Hotel Intercontinental The O2, London
Expert reviews
“For riverside luxury, try the InterContinental London – The O2, which opened in Greenwich in 2015.”
Featured in New York Times’ 36 Hours in Southeast London.
“The hotel couldn’t get much closer to The O2. The domineering white curves of the dome, and much of the Canary Wharf skyline, can be seen from the hotel – head to the Eighteen Bar on the top floor for the best views.”
What guests liked
- Amazing views
- Friendly staff
- Excellent Wifi
- Top location
- Comfortable beds
All you need to know
Located on 1 Waterview Drive in the Greenwich district of the city, this five-star hotel is the epitome of luxury and elegance. The hotel offers guest proximity to the city’s most important places especially the iconic O2 Arena which is connected to the hotel via a covered walkway.
The hotel offers luxury and posh accommodation options for tourists and travelers in the city such as Deluxe Twin Room, Superior King Room, and Superior Twin Room. The hotel offers family-friendly rooms such as a Family Room while other rooms in the hotel come with a view such as Superior King Room with River View.
The Intercontinental is located in the best place for a hospitality center and as such, offers guests a closeness to the city excitement, adventure, and highlights. Several world-class restaurants and bars are located close to the hotel making it the right place for travelers seeking fun in the city.
Its closeness to busy and major transport hubs like the North Greenwich Tube station which is just a 5-minute walk away from the hotel makes it the ideal departure spot for guests.
The closest airport to the hotel is the London Heathrow Airport, 32 km away.
Amenities such as free Wi-Fi for internet access, flat-screen TV, air-conditioning, a full minibar, and a private bathroom fitted with thoughtful touches such as bathrobes, and free toiletries are available in the hotel.
Guests can enjoy a tasty meal in any of the three restaurants in the hotel.
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Location
Recent guest reviews
21 February 2025
Great location!
The location is perfect! Our view of the o2 from our room was amazing and for getting to and from the venue you couldn't fault that. It is a lovely bright, modern hotel. It feels luxury but not pretentious. The beds were comfortable and the bathroom amenities were lovely. The staff were helpful and friendly.
We had the junior suite booked for 3. Just small details that could be improved... there were only 2 cups for hot drinks, two of the lamps were not working, the lighting is poor and could be brighter or more natural (mainly for us women who need to be able to see our make up!) The long mirror is behind the chair next to the tv. This would be far better in the entrance area by the wardrobe. I had to ask for the sofa bed to be made up, instead of offering this on check in. Pricey for drinks. £14 for a mediocre glass of rose wine! (Although that's probably just London prices for you!) All of the above would not stop me staying again, especially for an event at the o2.
21 February 2025
Lovely
View location and kids menu, accommodating staff, love the pool.
Access to o2 not clear or 10’min walk, needs bubble bath, the room is a little highly priced. A mini kids spa treat would help.
20 February 2025
excellent great sky great location for o2
breakfast was very good and excellent selection
all good
20 February 2025
Exceptional
It was a wonderful stay staff are brilliant in all areas can't wait to come back again thank you
20 February 2025
Fabulous
Location and access to the club lounge
Expensive, rates go up when there is an event at the O2
20 February 2025
Would highly recommend
Everything
Nothing
20 February 2025
Well worth it, perfect stay!
Super friendly and helpful staff, rooms of a good size with all the necessary amenities and really comfortable. Ideal stay for when you have an event at the O2. Views around the hotel are iconic and the breakfast catered to just about everything you could want. Highly recommend this hotel.
Nothing.
20 February 2025
Great location
The upgrade to one of the residential suites.
No free breakfast and it’s over £30 pp unless you take the offer when you check in and it’s £22 pp. as we had the suite we were able to pop to Tesco for breakfast
20 February 2025
Fabulous
The location was perfect for what we had planned
We had the facilities to cook but there were no pans, plates or glasses
20 February 2025
not worth the money
location
room was dirty - dust all over , bathroom not cleaned - used cotton buds on floor. tv broken
20 February 2025
It was lovely accommodation facilities in a lovely location.
Nice size rooms and facilities .
The work men on the roof was my view so I was forced to keep my window shut for privacy.
19 February 2025
Exceptional
Beautiful river views from both the room and the conference center. Modern, roomy, well-designed and functional. Will be happy to return.
19 February 2025
Exceptional
Breakfast and the spa was lovely
19 February 2025
Great experience
All good
Nothing
19 February 2025
Quality all round
Excellent hotel and location.
The quality and easy. Very professional staff and very friendly
19 February 2025
Lovely stay
I loved the staff, especially Ivan was so lovely! Also the room and bathroom were very spacious. I really loved staying here overall. Comfortable beds and it was possible to change the room temperature.
It would have been nice to used the options of the smart tv, like YouTube. They did have bluetooth connectivity for music though.
19 February 2025
Expensive, but very convenient.
The location is amazing for the O2.
The car parking is restrictive, especially with the building works. It's expensive too. And it's not abundantly clear that you will be fined if you park over a white line. Food and drinks very expensive Especially as there is a wetherspoons just inside the O2!
18 February 2025
All-in-all an excellent stay!
Staff very friendly and attentive. Check-in was very efficient. Room was excellent, very clean, comfortable and had everything we needed. Breakfast was very good. All-in-all an excellent stay!
All good!
18 February 2025
Amazing
They have a link route to the O2. Staff helpful and the best was amazing along with the view!
There was building/refurb works which would have been warned about in advance. But the stay was still good and would go back
18 February 2025
Brilliant stay, perfect combination with a visit to the O2!
The staff is amazing!
18 February 2025
Hotel is lovely! Had a view from our room! So convenient for transport, restaurants and shows!!!
Friendly staff. Clean comfortable room with gorgeous smelling toiletries! Excellent location to the tube, bus and our reason for visit......the O2!!! Check out was quick and efficient.
Being guided to stairs due to immense queue for lits, only to find the stairs vanished on floor 1, and got heckled by guests in the lift accusing us of queue jumping! We're not!!! We can't find any more stairs!!! Maybe signs directing to the stairs??? Other guests felt the same! Not a staffing issue, more a clarity issue!
18 February 2025
Perfect location for O2 London events, comfortable rooms and fabulous bathrooms
Location was great
Overpriced, particularly car parking (£52 for 24 hours)
18 February 2025
Lovely staff and suited our purpose perfectly as was close to o2 arena.
Lovely staff
18 February 2025
Excellent stay
The location was perfect. The staff were friendly and the bedroom was exactly what we wanted.
Car parking was limited and not easy
17 February 2025
Great facilities and excellent location for a show at the O2
Room was excellent and clean, Restaurant was very nice with a good atmosphere, food was excellent and very reasonably priced. Breakfast was expensive but excellent with lots of choice.
Price of breakfast.
17 February 2025
Quality location, facilities and staff
Ideal safe location to access The O2 Spacious clean room Good view Helpful staff
Food quite pricey
17 February 2025
Amazing weekend of music at o2 with convenience of superb hotel.
Staff excellent helpful and friendly. Nothing too much trouble. Rooms clean and superb views over Thames. Super quick access to o2. Easy access to river boat/Thames path/North Greenwich station.
17 February 2025
Exceptional
Brilliant for concerts at 02
Nothing, amazing!
17 February 2025
Very clean and comfortable. Hotel was Gorgeous and Snow patrol was brilliant! Had the best view looking out the window
Fantastic stay if your going to the 02 venue and would like to stay somewhere close
Lots of building work going on around the hotel
17 February 2025
Comfortable, convenient with very good customer service. But very, very busy all of the time.
Location was perfect as we were there to watch a concert at the O2. The facilities were good and the breakfast was excellent.
The hotel was crowded and there were queues everywhere for everything (check-in, lifts, the bar, breakfast). I appreciate there is nothing the hotel can do about this - fortunately there were plenty of staff to manage. The convenience outweighed this fact but it has put me off staying here again the future.
17 February 2025
Lovely hotel and detail
The location was perfect for the O2, breakfast was amazing.
I cannot see how you justify charging £52.00 to park, there are not enough spaces and after spending over £1000.00 on 3 rooms it seems very tight. Bar prices are crazy, so watch out for a big bill and the smallest bottle of expensive coke you could buy as a hotel!
17 February 2025
A genuinely 5 star hotel experience which made an overnight stay for a concert feel like a luxurious mini break!
Beautifully furnished. Excellent location for the O2. Very accessible (I was unexpectedly in a wheelchair) and the staff went over and above to help. The Sky bar was stunning.
Honestly nothing.
17 February 2025
Excellent hotel on so many levels
The location is perfect when attending the O2
Nothing
17 February 2025
Would have like to have stayed longer
Staff were very attentive and perfect for an event at the O2! Costly parking but convenient and easy!! Thanks to all the staff for making it such a pleasure 🤩
16 February 2025
Fabulous
It was a top quality hotel, the staff were very friendly and welcoming. The staff were very accommodating. We had a lovely stay.
16 February 2025
Expensive
Excellent for the O2 only a short walk
Very expensive for the size and facilities offered
16 February 2025
Fabulous
Love this hotel, great rooms and amenities
Car parking expensive
16 February 2025
Exceptional
Toilet dirty on arrival. Extractor fan clocked with dust
16 February 2025
Amazing
Amazing finished throughout and the views were great as well. Great service from all staff
Nothing
16 February 2025
Great as always
Great view great bar great breakfast
Pricey
15 February 2025
Yet again! Best hotel to stay when visiting London
Second time here! A stunning hotel with fab connections to 02 London We came for a show from Cornwall The staff are so helpful the rooms are large and immaculate Breakfast excellent We can’t wait to return next year Only problem we had was parking Being disabled you really need to reserve a place when you book It’s only a small car park for a huge hotel Excellent hotel with fabulous views of London
Not being able to book a pre bookable car park space Very bad when you have a blue disabled parking card and driving for 7 hrs It’s not the hotels land but this really needs sorting
15 February 2025
We had a brilliant time, perfect location to watch a show at the o2 and the staff went above and beyond to make our stay
The facilities, the breakfast spread and the staff were brilliant.
Hard to work the lights in the room and the bath wasn't as clean as expected.
13 February 2025
Fabulous.
The room and view of the Thames were amazing. The bed was so comfy. The staff were so helpful and friendly. Location was great. We had room service at 11.30pm It was delivered quickly by a very friendly member of staff. The food was lovely.
We had nothing negative to say.
13 February 2025
Excellent base for shopping or events at the O2
It’s a great location. The staff are friendly and the room was well appointed
The dynamic pricing meant that we paid double a normal night rack rate!
12 February 2025
Very impressed
Fabulous, a wide range of choice & helpful polite staff
Nothing
12 February 2025
Brilliant location for the O2 arena, a connecting tunnel really took the strain out of finding your way.
The decor was very nice, clean and the staff were very accommodating.
It was hard to get to from the tube, due to construction work.
12 February 2025
Great hotel for staying at if going to an event at the o2 Arena
The staff were very polite and very helpful. Such a welcoming place to stay at.
The pillows were lovely and soft, but too soft for our liking.
11 February 2025
Lovely location, super friendly staff, great food, very relaxing stay.
Location, Staff (Very attentive and polite), evening meal (Kinaara), Breakfast, room service.
Plug in bath did not work, hallways needed a slight clean, the member of staff taking a room service order was not so friendly (The member of staff who delivered it was super nice), more snack options in the eighteen Sky Bar. Cost of parking.
11 February 2025
A 21st Birthday treat for my daughter, she loved it! Thank you! We will recommend & return!
We went to the Strictly Tour so it was a perfect location. We did request twin beds but got a double bed which was not ideal but very very comfy, room clean and welcoming.
We didn't have breakfast, I feel this was overpriced
Hotel facilities
Food & Drink
- - Restaurant
- - Bar
- - Breakfast in the room
- - Special diet menus (on request)
- - Kid meals (additional charge)
- - Wine/champagne (additional charge)
- - Coffee house on site
General
- - Room service
- - Non-smoking rooms
- - Facilities for disabled guests
- - Family rooms
- - Lift
- - Safety deposit box
- - Heating
- - Non-smoking throughout
- - Air conditioning
- - Designated smoking area
Business facilities
- - Meeting/banquet facilities (additional charge)
- - Business centre (additional charge)
- - Fax/photocopying (additional charge)
Reception services
- - 24-hour front desk
- - Express check-in/check-out
- - Luggage storage
- - ATM/cash machine on site
- - Concierge service
- - Invoice provided
Activities
- - Sauna
- - Fitness centre
- - Golf course (within 3 km) (additional charge)
- - Spa and wellness centre
- - Massage (additional charge)
- - Bowling (additional charge)
- - Indoor pool
- - Indoor pool (all year)
- - Beauty Services
- - Spa facilities
- - Steam room
- - Spa lounge/relaxation area
- - Fitness
- - Fitness/spa locker rooms
- - Temporary art galleries (additional charge)
- - Stand-up comedy (additional charge)
- - Movie nights (additional charge)
- - Walking tours
- - Live music/performance (additional charge)
Outdoors
- - Terrace
- - Sun terrace
- - Outdoor furniture
Cleaning services
- - Laundry (additional charge)
- - Dry cleaning (additional charge)
- - Ironing service (additional charge)
- - Trouser press (additional charge)
- - Daily housekeeping
Parking
- - Accessible parking
Accessibility
- - Wheelchair accessible
- - Toilet with grab rails
- - Lower bathroom sink
- - Emergency cord in bathroom
Pool and wellness
- - Sun loungers or beach chairs
- - Swimming pool
- - Swimming Pool
Miscellaneous
- - 24-hour security
- - Key access
- - Key card access
- - Smoke alarms
- - CCTV in common areas
- - CCTV outside property
- - Fire extinguishers
- - Breakfast takeaway containers
- - Delivered food is securely covered
- - Access to health care professionals
21 February 2025
Fabulous