The Gantry London, Curio Collection by Hilton

Hotel is smart and in an easy to reach location, check in was easy and all the staff were really helpful and understanding. Rooms are average but typical of a corporate style hotel, paid for an upgraded deluxe room but not sure there was much difference between that and the standard. Some annoyances such as no water provided in the room, you get a refillable bottle but the refill point is on the ground floor only and it takes a good 2 minutes to fill a bottle with the trickle that comes out of the machine - just unnecessarily annoying. Breakfast was a disappointment, it's a buffet style with the option to request some cooked food such as an omelette or vegan options, unfortunately there is only one person cooking so you'll be waiting a while to get anything outside of what's on offer in the buffet. If you do go for the buffet your food will get cold as you wait for the toaster (not a commercial one, just a normal household toaster which takes ages) and then queue for a tea/coffee from a machine on the other side of the room.

Very pleasant experience. Booked this for my birthday trip to London, had a concert at night at the O2 and decided to stay in Stratford, which is only 3 stops away on Jubilee line so location is great! Hotel is easy to find as it's next to Westfield, so good to grab coffee and snacks on the way. The hotel receptionist was very warm and welcoming, she was so nice to give me an room upgrade. She mentioned it's because of me being a Hilton Honors member, but I only registered right before I booked the room on Trip.com, so not sure if it's general practice or birthday-related. The view was decent, nothing fancy due to the are, but airy enough. Room was modern design and I personally quite like it, very clean, and the shower is HUGE. Honestly very very happy about it. The only thing I wasn't expecting was that there's no drinking water in the room, like bottled water or other beverages, charged or not, instead there's a glass container with a sign on saying you can collect water and ice at the ground floor. The water station actually had a Brita machine that can give cold still or sparkling water, eco-friendly and avoid waste I guess. I don't mind it that much as I was only staying for one night and was out for the concert most of night anyway. The price included breakfast the second morning, was quite decent, buffet style, more than enough choices for a quick breakfast to my taste. Seating was cosy and view was bright and nice. Generally very pleasant experience and I'd definitely try to stay here again next time I'm heading to O2 for concerts.

Gorgeous hotel, lovely decor and extremely pleasant staff. Would highly recommend. Central location too