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Joy S
Joy S
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Beautiful Hotel

  • October 5, 2007
  • Rated 5 of 5 by a traveler from Travelocity.com
We stayed here for a night before heading to Paris. The yacht was beautiful, the staff friendly, and the room was amazing. Sitting out on the deck with a bottle of wine was awesome. Would definently stay here again.
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Sunborn Yacht Hotel

  • April 3, 2007
  • Rated 4 of 5 by Joy S from Manchester, United Kingdom
Sunborn Yacht Hotel

The hotel is a custom built yacht hotel in Royal Victoria Dock near Canary Wharf. We booked through ratestogo.com and paid £90 for the room per night. The hotel quoted £150.00 per night. Breakfast was an extra £13 per person - our son was free of charge.

The hotel is only 5 minutes from the City Airport. This might concern some people, as you can watch the planes take off and land quite close to your balcony, however there was hardly any noise in the rooms and there is no flight activity between 9pm and about 7:30am.

There are 102 yacht suites and 2 luxury suites. Be sure to ask for a room with a view of the water - otherwise you may get a room on the other side of the ship which will have a view of the car park and the Excel Exhibition Centre - not ideal.

Our room had air-conditioning and was extremely spacious. This is quite unusual for London hotels and was probably the largest room I have ever had in the city. The room had a huge, very comfortable double bed and a lovely big sofa bed for our son. There was a mini-bar, hairdryer, and tea and coffee making facilities. The small, but modern bathroom had a great power shower. We had a small balcony overlooking the water and you could see Canary Wharf in the distance and the top of the Thames Barrier.

The hotel had a restaurant - we didn't try it but it did look pricey. Breakfast was good - a nice selection of hot and cold food and was buffet service. We ate out one night in a great Caribbean restaurant about 10 minutes walk from the hotel. It is along the waterfront, past the ExCel centre and had delicious food, excellent service, and a great laid-back atmosphere. The walk there at night is also very pleasant with the lights of Canary Wharf twinkling in the distance.

We loved the novelty of staying in a yacht in London. The biggest plus for the hotel was the room size. Being that bit further out of the centre of the city, you do get so much more space for your money. The downside though is that it is a longer journey in and out to the main sights and attractions. The Docklands Light Railway stops opposite the hotel. Trains are frequent but it does take about 20 minutes to get into the city, then you probably have a further tube ride to get where you want to go. For us, this time, the trade-off was worth it, but I think next time we would prefer to stay somewhere a little more central.

From journal A Weekend in London

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