Hilton London Canary Wharf {GBR}
Aug 7, 2019, 1:39 pm
#436
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: MAN and LON
Programs: Mucci, BAEC LT Gold, HH Dia, MR LT Plat, IHG Diamond Amb, Amex Plat
Posts: 13,773
Its a very different (and not in a good way) hotel at weekends to in the week. The crowd changes as it does in many Hiltons and that is a good reason to avoid despite the decent product and lounge. If I wanted an evening in Wetherspoons there is a fairly decent one by West India Quay!
Aug 7, 2019, 3:38 pm
#437
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: norwich, uk
Programs: hhonors diamond
Posts: 5,397
Apologies for the late review, busy week. I spent last Saturday night ( 27/7) here. Lounge completely full at 6 pm, hot food chicken wings and breaded mushrooms. The cheese platter was absolutely awful, dried out old chedddar.
No kids though 😀. Pleasant evening.
Then came the night..... retired early 10.30 ish and the door slamming, shouting started. It went on untill 2am. Apparently there was a huge birthday party on the first floor and many stayed over. How many “guests” I had standing in front of my door calling their “bruvs” loudly proclaiming “this ain’t my room” when their key didn’t work I can’t remember, but I got sick of it at midnight and called the night manager, who to his credit came up immediately and told the yobs to be quiet, but 5 minutes later same thing happened.
In the morning the corridor stank of booze and was littered with flowers and sparkle. Poor housekeeping had a huge clean up to do.
All I heard at check out were people complaining. I did as well, and apoplogies were made.
No kids though 😀. Pleasant evening.
Then came the night..... retired early 10.30 ish and the door slamming, shouting started. It went on untill 2am. Apparently there was a huge birthday party on the first floor and many stayed over. How many “guests” I had standing in front of my door calling their “bruvs” loudly proclaiming “this ain’t my room” when their key didn’t work I can’t remember, but I got sick of it at midnight and called the night manager, who to his credit came up immediately and told the yobs to be quiet, but 5 minutes later same thing happened.
In the morning the corridor stank of booze and was littered with flowers and sparkle. Poor housekeeping had a huge clean up to do.
All I heard at check out were people complaining. I did as well, and apoplogies were made.
Aug 8, 2019, 4:50 am
#438
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: KUO
Programs: HH Diam, AY/AX/KQ/IHG/VISA Plat, SK/Bonvoy/Melia/Strawberry Gold, Radisson Prem, PP Prest
Posts: 2,266
I have mostly nice memories of this hotel. Also one not so nice. I woke up in middle of the night and thought hearing knocking on the door. As the door was in an indentation from the corridor, I had to reach out to look to left and right. No-one was there. However, the door closed behind me and there I was stark naked without a room key card. An embarrassing situation. In the lounge by the lifts there were couches with pillows. I grabbed one to serve as fig leaf and headed to the lift and reception calling for help. A friendly male concierge then came to help me out of trouble. However, in the room I had to show him an ID. Lessons learned, do not sleep naked or at least do not go to open the room door without at least wearing a bath robe. 
Aug 8, 2019, 10:40 am
#439
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: norwich, uk
Programs: hhonors diamond
Posts: 5,397
I have mostly nice memories of this hotel. Also one not so nice. I woke up in middle of the night and thought hearing knocking on the door. As the door was in an indentation from the corridor, I had to reach out to look to left and right. No-one was there. However, the door closed behind me and there I was stark naked without a room key card. An embarrassing situation. In the lounge by the lifts there were couches with pillows. I grabbed one to serve as fig leaf and headed to the lift and reception calling for help. A friendly male concierge then came to help me out of trouble. However, in the room I had to show him an ID. Lessons learned, do not sleep naked or at least do not go to open the room door without at least wearing a bath robe.
I remember one Xmas staying at the London Waldorf Hilton, I was in the lounge with my mother and the hot offering was calamari......my mother asked me what this is and I told her “ squid tentacles “, she wasn’t sure if I was joking and when the lounge dragon came around to clear the plates she asked her “ are these really squid testicles “ ......laugh!.....I nearly choked on my prosseco !
Aug 13, 2019, 11:55 am
#440
Join Date: Feb 2018
Programs: Hilton Honors diamond
Posts: 403
And so it begins... first no children under 16 now .... 12. I tried to post a screenshot but failed. It doesn’t show up on the app but it does on the website.
Last edited by Winniesbestfriend; Aug 13, 2019 at 12:04 pm Reason: Pic added
Aug 13, 2019, 1:29 pm
#441
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: norwich, uk
Programs: hhonors diamond
Posts: 5,397
Typical...... how long before it becomes a crib again with folk claiming their 10 year old is 12....... I can see it now.
Aug 14, 2019, 2:20 am
#443
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: norwich, uk
Programs: hhonors diamond
Posts: 5,397
Aug 14, 2019, 9:39 am
#445
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Dante's 6th Circle
Programs: British Airways, Hilton Hhonors, Avis, Hertz
Posts: 80
Aug 16, 2019, 8:23 am
#448
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: Antwerpen - Belgium
Programs: HHonors Diamond, Melia Silver, NH silver, H10 Class
Posts: 659
Aug 23, 2019, 8:59 am
#450
Join Date: Feb 2018
Programs: Hilton Honors diamond
Posts: 403
Not good. Not good at all. Checked in earlier, junior suite with swan on the bed for the people who love them 😀 and a mini bag of Haribo sweets instead of chocolates.
Went to grab a coffee in the lounge and surprise surprise, full of children. “12 years and older are welcome” my *****. Little girls who can’t be older than 7 is more correct. Host has obviously lost the will to argue.
I was looking forward to a quiet bank holiday weekend, but that seems very doubtfull now.
Went to grab a coffee in the lounge and surprise surprise, full of children. “12 years and older are welcome” my *****. Little girls who can’t be older than 7 is more correct. Host has obviously lost the will to argue.
I was looking forward to a quiet bank holiday weekend, but that seems very doubtfull now.
Last edited by Winniesbestfriend; Aug 23, 2019 at 9:57 am