Devonport House

Very disappointing experience. I stayed here with my mother for a London weekend getaway. I am familiar with the area and the De Vere brand and found a great deal. I booked us a twin room for 2 nights.
I arrived early from my flight, so I knew I couldn’t check in but wanted to drop off my bags. When I came through the entrance by the reception desk, nobody greeted or acknowledged me. No friendly smiley welcome at all. When I did speak to someone they advised the room was not ready and to return later.
Once I did return later and had checked in, nobody offered to help with our bags, which I would expect from a 4* hotel. When we arrived at our room, it looked nothing like the photo used online for a twin room, it was very obvious a double room. I called down to reception and I was assured it was a twin room and that housekeeping must have just pushed the beds together as normally there would be a bedside table between the beds. This was obviously not the case as there was a double headboard attached to the wall and had there been a table between the beds, you wouldn’t have been able to open the door as the room was too small!
We were offered an alternative room, that we were advised was the only other twin room available. I went to see it, but it was exactly the same, but the room was slightly larger. It was still two beds pushed together. The staff also advised me that it would be a noisy room as the event space outside the window had been rented for that evening and they had a DJ. As such, I kept with the original room.
The hotel is very tired and in need of an upgrade. The bathroom looked like it was being held together with glue. Different skirting was butted together and things were cracked. It needed a renovation.
I would advise to bring your own toiletries as those provided are not of great quality and you only got a body wash and shampoo combo. We also only got 2 towels and a hand towel.
We did not use any other facilities of the hotel and used it more of a base to sleep. One morning we did enquire with staff if there were engineering works on the nearby train in Greenwich as we couldn’t locate train times, but the women advised she doesn’t travel to work via the train so didn’t know. You would think a London hotel would know if their local line was running or not.
The hotel I would say is more of a conference/​events hotel. I would not consider it to be worthy of 4* either. It was basic. It was clean, I would give it that.

I’m a little surprised that I have not written a review for Devonport House a long time ago. I am also surprised at that 1 star review down below…
Anyway, my experiences here have always good great.
My primary reason for using them has always been business related and that will continue in the future. The functions rooms on offer are great for business meetings, conferences or presentations and they offer the usual equipment to get the job done.
The food here is good. Sometimes the fish offerings can be a bit dry but overall everything is good, the dining area and garden are lovely. Service is here tops! The wait staff are always happy to help if you’re unsure about ingredients or have dietary issues like me.
The rooms are spacious and well appointed. In fact, this place is just good to book for a weekend away from home as the prices are very reasonable. I don’t drive but colleagues have always had free parking included with their rooms.
They just fall short of the 5 star because they are really an upmarket budget hotel. That said, you will have a lovely time if you stay here.
Four well deserved stars

Could be a nice hotel. Reception friendly, room and hotel clean, but the retaurant. I just do’nt know what happens here. We only had the breakfast, we just could not risk having an evening meal. When seated for breakfast (2 days) there was always crockery and cuttlery missing from the table, a cup, a side plate, a fork, milk etc. etc. After asking the waitress for the missing items, she would take them from other tables. Hence the merry go round. Sometimes items would come from a table that had been used, this would be the milk jug. Goodness knows what the milk had been exposed to or how long it had been at room temperature. On the first breakfast the brown bread was mouldy, I dread to imagine what their hygeine management systems are if the simple task of providing fresh bread is not possible.

One of my favourite hotels. Ideally situated for Greenwich and handy for the Docklands light railway into London. So if you fancy staying in London, stay here and mooch into town.
Central London Hotels tend to be a bit tired and there is plenty of places to eat and drink in Greenwich within walking distance.
If you are driving parking tends to be a bit limited, but to be honest it was fine for me (yeahgot parked)
The hotel was clean, tidy with nice staff. It was difficult to believe that I was in the centre of Greenwich as the room I had was quite serene.
If you are going to the 02 I would give this place a try. It is much much better than the Express which is near the dome.
I would recommend this hotel both for business and leisure.