Which room to book at Sea Containers London

The Riverview Deluxe Room. It is the cheapest category the hotel sells above the water, 32 square metres with a king bed and floor-to-ceiling glass, and it is the same floor area as the Riverview Studio Suite three rungs up at 200 pounds a night more. Everything below it faces the city.

The room to book

Riverview Deluxe Room

32 m²River Thames

The first category above the water: king bed, floor-to-ceiling glass, rainfall shower. The pick.

£369 a night

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Every room at a glance

Room	Size	View	Floor	From
Standard RoomCity	29 m²	City		£269
Superior RoomCity	29 to 32 m²	City		£289
Superior Double DoubleCity	29 to 32 m²	City		£319
Superior Patio RoomCity	32 m²	City		£319
Studio RoomCity	40 to 50 m²	City		£329
Riverview Deluxe RoomOur pickRiver Thames	32 m²	River Thames		£369
Riverview Deluxe Double DoubleRiver Thames	32 m²	River Thames		£419
Family Rooms				£549
Riverview Studio SuiteRiver Thames	32 m²	River Thames		£569
One Bedroom SuiteCity	59 m²	City		£619
One Bedroom Patio Suite	59 m²			£639
Riverview One Bedroom SuiteRiver Thames	59 m²	River Thames		£649
Ship Shape Suite	59 m²			£669
Riverview Balcony SuiteRiver Thames	65 m²	River Thames		£719
Thames ApartmentRiver Thames	112 m²	River Thames		£849
Edwardian Cabin SuiteRiver Thames · Top floor	55 m²	River Thames	Top floor	£869
Art Deco Cabin SuiteRiver Thames	55 m²	River Thames		£889
Mid-Century Cabin SuiteRiver Thames · Top floor	55 m²	River Thames	Top floor	£909
Dynasty Cabin SuiteRiver Thames · 15th	55 m²	River Thames	15th	£929

Every room they sell

Standard Room
The entry room: a queen bed, a rainfall shower, and the smallest floor area in the building, facing inland.
29 m²City£269 a night
Superior Room
The same room with a skyline outlook and up to three more square metres. The river at an angle at best, never in front of you.
29 to 32 m²City£289 a night
Superior Double Double
Two double beds for four, city side. The family fallback if the river version is gone.
29 to 32 m²City£319 a night
Superior Patio Room
An oversized private terrace with outdoor seating, queen or king bed, shower or bath. Outdoor space instead of a view.
32 m²City£319 a night
Studio Room
The big value room: king bed, lounge and study area, freestanding bath and rainfall shower, room for a rollaway. City side.
40 to 50 m²City£329 a night
Riverview Deluxe RoomOur pick
The first category above the water: king bed, floor-to-ceiling glass, rainfall shower. The pick.
32 m²River Thames£369 a night
Riverview Deluxe Double Double
Two double beds over the Thames for up to four. The river room for families or friends.
32 m²River Thames£419 a night
Family Rooms
Interconnecting pairs sold as one booking: two Standards, two Superiors or double doubles. Priced as two rooms, because they are.
£549 a night
Riverview Studio Suite
New for 2026, Jacu Strauss interiors, a rainfall shower and no bath. The same 32 square metres as the Riverview Deluxe.
32 m²River Thames£569 a night
One Bedroom Suite
Separate living room, freestanding bath, rainfall shower and a powder room, on the city side.
59 m²City£619 a night
One Bedroom Patio Suite
The One Bedroom Suite with a private patio, lounge seating and sun loungers. The hotel states no view.
59 m²£639 a night
Riverview One Bedroom Suite
The One Bedroom Suite turned to face the water: king bed, bath, shower and powder room.
59 m²River Thames£649 a night
Ship Shape Suite
A suite with a Peloton, a fitness mirror and dumbbells to 25 kg. The hotel states no view.
59 m²£669 a night
Riverview Balcony Suite
The only suite for two with a private balcony over the river, plus a freestanding bath and a rainfall shower.
65 m²River Thames£719 a night
Thames Apartment
One bedroom, a kitchenette, a dining table for eight and panoramic river glass. The residence.
112 m²River Thames£849 a night
Edwardian Cabin Suite
Copper bath, antiques, champagne breakfast, parking, Curzon tickets and 1pm check-out, on the top floor. Two adults only.
55 m²River ThamesTop floor£869 a night
Art Deco Cabin Suite
Nickel bath, burl-wood headboard and a wet bar, with the same Cabin inclusions.
55 m²River Thames£889 a night
Mid-Century Cabin Suite
Danish powder-blue seating and a Naturalmat bed on the top floor, with the same Cabin inclusions.
55 m²River ThamesTop floor£909 a night
Dynasty Cabin Suite
1980s maximalism, pink marble and a Maralunga sofa on the fifteenth floor. The dearest room in the building.
55 m²River Thames15th£929 a night

Prices are a guide from our last check, not live rates.

Why this one

The ladder has one line through it and it is the river. The hotel's own website files six categories as city view, from the 29 square metre Standard to the 59 square metre One Bedroom Suite, and five as river view, plus the Riverview Studio Suite and the Cabin Suites whose river outlook is stated on their own pages. The Riverview Deluxe is where the river starts, at 369 pounds a night on the prepaid Plan Ahead rate for 9 to 11 February 2027 against 269 for a Standard, and it comes with a king bed rather than a queen and 32 square metres rather than 29. The Riverview Studio Suite three rungs up is the same 32 square metres for 569, with a shower and no bath, so its 200 pound premium buys Jacu Strauss's 2026 interiors and the word suite. Below the pick, the Studio at 329 is the best-value room for space, 40 to 50 square metres with a bath, but it faces the city.

Above the pick the ladder stops being about the view and becomes about floor area and inclusions. The 59 square metre suites cluster between 619 and 669, and only one of the four, the Riverview One Bedroom, faces the water; the Balcony Suite at 719 is the only category for two with private outdoor space over the river, and the hotel also sells it joined to a Deluxe Double Double as a Family Riverview Balcony Suite from 1,019. The four Cabin Suites at 869 to 929 are 55 square metres, smaller than the 59 square metre One Bedroom suites below them, and what you pay for is the antiques, the champagne breakfast, parking, Curzon tickets and the 1pm check-out. On the same February dates a Suite Dreams rate with buffet breakfast undercut Plan Ahead on every suite, 557 for the Riverview Studio Suite, 692 for the Balcony Suite and 781 for the Edwardian Cabin, so on a suite check both before you pay.

Ask for: The hotel publishes no floor for the Riverview Deluxe, so there is no floor to name; only the Cabin Suites carry one, the Edwardian and Mid-Century on the top floor and the Dynasty on the fifteenth. Ask for a high room if you want Blackfriars Bridge and St Paul's in the frame rather than the walkway, and say at booking that the river is the reason for the stay. Ask for a room away from the lifts, because guests report thin walls, and if you are two people who both want a bath, the Riverview Deluxe has a shower only; the bath starts at the Studio on the city side or the One Bedroom suites on the river side.
Avoid: Anything the hotel calls city view if the Thames is why you chose this hotel: Standard, Superior, Superior Double Double, Superior Patio, Studio and the One Bedroom Suite. Do not pay the Riverview Studio Suite premium expecting more room, because it is the same 32 square metres as the Deluxe, and do not book a Cabin Suite for space, because the 59 square metre One Bedroom suites below it are bigger. The Family Rooms are interconnecting pairs and priced as two rooms, which is fair, but check the two-room total before assuming the Family Room is a saving.

Suites against rooms

Two stand out. The Riverview Balcony Suite is the only category for two with private outdoor space over the water, 65 square metres with a private balcony, a freestanding bath and a rainfall shower, at 719 pounds in February and 829 in April on Plan Ahead, or 692 with breakfast on Suite Dreams. If a balcony over the Thames is the point of London, the only other way to get one is the same suite sold with a Deluxe Double Double attached as a Family Riverview Balcony Suite, from 1,019 pounds in February; the Patio Suite and Patio Room face the city.

The other is the Thames Apartment, 112 square metres with a kitchenette and a dining table for eight at 849 pounds in February. It is one bedroom, so it sleeps two properly with rollaways on request, and it costs less than any Cabin Suite while being twice the size. The Cabin Suites are the design set piece, four of them at 55 square metres with antiques chosen by Jacu Strauss, and the inclusions are real: champagne breakfast, parking with an EV charger, Curzon tickets from Friday to Sunday and a 1pm check-out. They are for two adults only.

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Anything the hotel calls city view if the Thames is why you chose this hotel: Standard, Superior, Superior Double Double, Superior Patio, Studio and the One Bedroom Suite. Do not pay the Riverview Studio Suite premium expecting more room, because it is the same 32 square metres as the Deluxe, and do not book a Cabin Suite for space, because the 59 square metre One Bedroom suites below it are bigger. The Family Rooms are interconnecting pairs and priced as two rooms, which is fair, but check the two-room total before assuming the Family Room is a saving.

Our verdict

This is the choice for dinner, drinks and a film under one roof if you accept that there is no pool and pay up for the river side. Book the Riverview Deluxe and the building does the rest.

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