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The London Dinner Cruise on the Thames River
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The London Dinner Cruise on the Thames River

By City Cruises
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See a different side to London on an evening dinner cruise on the Thames River—the perfect way to celebrate a special occasion. Tick off more landmarks in less time on a sightseeing showboat and admire the capital at night, when it’s illuminated and at its most magical. Receive a glass of sparkling wine when boarding the boat and enjoy a 4-course meal of British classics, background music will be played during the cruise instead of live entertainment.
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Ages 13-99, max of 9 per group
Duration: 3h
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Highlights
  • See more of London's illuminated attractions in less time from the water
  • Feast on four courses inspired by British classics
  • Admire top London attractions such as the Shard and the London Eye

  • Pre-cruise glass of sparkling wine or Soft drink
  • Delicious 4-course dinner
  • Live performer and dancing till late
  • 3-hour dinner cruise of London
What's not included
  • Gratuities
  • Hotel pickup and drop off
  • Food and drinks, unless specified

After making your own way to a departure pier in central London, board a sightseeing showboat and begin your cruise on the Thames River. Enjoy a glass of sparkling wine; soak up views of London illuminated by night; and then settle into your seat at a dining table. As you cruise past landmarks such as the Houses of Parliament and the London Eye, feast on a 4-course meal featuring classic British dishes such as roasted chicken and smoked salmon. Following dinner, you have the opportunity to hit the dance floor and enjoy songs inspired by West End musicals. Your Thames River tour concludes after a substantial time on the water.

Departure details
  • Westminster Pier, Victoria Embankment, London SW1A 2JH, UK Please go directly to the boarding gate.
Return details
  • Returns to original departure point

  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Stroller accessible
  • Service animals allowed
  • Near public transportation
  • Infants must sit on laps
If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 3542SB

  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
  • Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
  • We do not guarantee that products are free from nuts or traces of nuts. For gluten-free tea give at least 24 hours’ notice
  • No allergies or dietary requirements can be catered for on the day of travel. Please ensure you have advised City Cruises 72-hours prior to Travel date
  • Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
  • Boarding begins 20 minutes before departure time
  • When you board you will be shown to your table. Please note tables are fixed and within close proximity. Our panoramic windows provide great views from all angles of the passing sky-line, regardless of your table location
  • Your seat on board is guaranteed and will be allocated to you before the cruise takes place
  • If you have dietary requirements they must be added to the 'Special Requirements’ section during the booking process.
  • Most travelers can participate
  • Please ensure you arrive 20-minutes prior to departure time
  • This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 9 travelers

  • If you cancel within 3 days of the scheduled departure, there is a 100 percent cancellation fee.
  • If you cancel at least 4 days in advance of the scheduled departure, there is no cancellation fee.

What you can expect during your visit
  • Regularly sanitized high-traffic areas
  • Guides required to regularly wash hands
  • Hand sanitizer available to travelers and staff
  • Transportation vehicles regularly sanitized
  • Gear/equipment sanitized between use
  • Social distancing enforced throughout experience
  • Safety precautions are provided by the property and are not checked by Tripadvisor for accuracy.

Which attractions will I visit with The London Dinner Cruise on the Thames River?
How much is The London Dinner Cruise on the Thames River?
The London Dinner Cruise on the Thames River price starts from $99.04. Discover and book The London Dinner Cruise on the Thames River on Tripadvisor
What is the The London Dinner Cruise on the Thames River cancellation policy?
The London Dinner Cruise on the Thames River cancellation policy: If you cancel at least 4 days in advance of the scheduled departure, there is no cancellation fee. If you cancel within 3 days of the scheduled departure, there is a 100 percent cancellation fee. Discover and book The London Dinner Cruise on the Thames River on Tripadvisor
Which company provides The London Dinner Cruise on the Thames River?
The London Dinner Cruise on the Thames River is hosted by City Cruises. Read reviews, discover additonal experiences or contact City Cruises on Tripadvisor. Discover and book The London Dinner Cruise on the Thames River on Tripadvisor

If you have questions about this tour or need help making your booking, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 3542SB

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Itinerary
  • You'll start at
    Westminster Pier
    Westminster Pier, Victoria Embankment, London SW1A 2JH, UK
    Please go directly to the boarding gate.
    See address & details
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    City Cruises London Westminster Pier
    Stop: 20 minutes
    Board at Westminster Pier, please arrive 20 minutes before your scheduled departure time
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    Pass by
    London Eye
    Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
    Tower Bridge
    Canary Wharf
    Tower of London
    The Shard
    SEA LIFE London Aquarium
    St. Paul's Cathedral
    Thames River
    HMS Belfast
  • You'll return to the starting point
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About the operator
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  • David C M
    David C M
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    A genuine experience :)
    Let me start by mentioning the exemplary sevrice and courtesy of Frix and the rest of the team. As a person who deals in customer service abroad, it is rare now adays to find people that genuinely enjoy their job, and care about how my experience is going…. Keep doing what you do!! Beyond this review…. I will def recommend this to others.
  • sara_london2016
    sara_london2016
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    Lovely entertainment on board
    A shoutout to Tom, our guide, for his fun, witty and refreshing running commentary. Intelligent sense of humour and a pleasant London voice.
  • casamedway
    casamedway
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    Brilliant service
    We received our Bateaux afternoon tea trip as a present and we were not disappointed. We were shown to our table number 4 which was at the front with brilliant views. We had free flowing champagne with our tea and there was plenty served. The tour was about 2 hours long and the views along the Thames were amazing. Nino was our waiter and was very helpful and attentive. The food was plenty and tasty.
  • Niecey2016
    Niecey2016
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    Nice calming ride with humour …loved it ❤️
    First off I got to say Thank you to Jordan our tour guide and part of the crew for keeping us laughing my gosh you are hilarious😂 I enjoyed cruising on the river while u kept us informed with a hint of humour…..Great stuff
  • finchy3
    finchy3
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    Lovely evening Cruise
    We had a lovely evening Cruise on the Thames, we were met with a glass of bubbly or soft drink before taking our seats, the singer was superb and added to the enjoyment, the slow relaxed journey was a perfect way to spend the evening.
  • travel123190735
    travel123190735
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    Perfect again!
    Third year in a row for this great value lunch cruise. Staff were attentive and friendly as always. The food was good, chicken a little over cooked but did not detract from memorable occasion. Live commentary from the crew. Lasts around 2 hours. Next year we will return. Cant wait!!
  • jansV5869PX
    jansV5869PX
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    What a rip off
    Please be aware this is not what it seems. One of our party had dietary requirements that the tour operator knew about but said when we boarded they had no idea , if that was not bad enough once on board they told us we would not come back to where we got on the boat and we had a 2.5 mile walk back at midnight to the pier where we got on the boat - absolute disaster
  • kleohc
    kleohc
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    Ok to skip
    It was ok. I would have probably skipped it, unless you are seated by the window or you go up, the views are not great especially where we were. But for the price not bad, we had to pay extra for our drinks, by choice. Everyone was nice tho, boat was clean and check-in was smooth.
  • Nigel S
    Nigel S
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    Very enjoyable experience
    Took our 5 YO twin grandsons on the Thames cruise to Greenwich which is about 1 hour 20 minutes each way, we stopped off at Greenwich for a couple of hour, there are some restaurants and interesting shops, you can also stop off at the Tower of London but we did not take advantage of this option.We all enjoyed the experience. Informative and amusing commentary, sat on upper open deck and fortunately the weather was kind to us. There is food and drinks (including alcohol) available but we would have liked a greater selection.
  • Roam58610164822
    Roam58610164822
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    Great experience.
    Nice view of London from the Thames. Fantastic guide on tour, factual and humorous. Highly recommendable.
  • wendyhK5661JP
    wendyhK5661JP
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    Excellent!
    Our trip from the Tower to the Westminster piers was excellent. The captains admitted they are not tour guides but did an awesome and entertaining job of pointing out landmarks with facts and humor. This was an outstanding 30 minute tour!
  • Kjersti Ruud H
    Kjersti Ruud H
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    Worst experience, pice any other service!!
    Worst expericense ever! A lot of waiting, rude staff, did not follow the time table. Wasted 1,5 hour of our day by waiting and the staff only told us the boat would come eventually! Pick any other boat service!!!!
  • zowiet2023
    zowiet2023
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    Fantastic
    First time going on the sight seeing boat and the three work colleagues was very welcoming and polite, they was also good with my child that got bored on the way back and they provided him with a colouring pack, Kathy was a very fabulous worker and was very good with the passengers also Brooke and Vincent thank you for a lovely cruise. Zoe
  • 645ikhlasm
    645ikhlasm
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    Evil staff
    The staff are incredibly rude. From the moment we got onto the boat they were shouting at us teachers and our students. Very unprofessional and unpleasant. The captain threatened us saying “get off our boat”. What a disaster.
  • barbarahZ2716ZG
    barbarahZ2716ZG
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    I would go again
    Well organised service prompt and food of a good standard both amount and taste Staff friendly and information about the sights interesting
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Pattiwig
Greenlawn, NY86 contributions
Jul 2022
There was a promotion for 25% off this dinner cruise on Monday-Thursday if you booked by July 3rd. We tried to book it repeatedly on the night of the 1st and it would not take the code, I spent an hour on a chat and the gentleman could not fix it. He said the code was for speedboats, I sent a screenshot of the promotion, he couldn't help. Tried again the next day, the chat girl couldn't help said she would call me the next day, never did. I was booking for a party of 10 as a graduation dinner for my daughter. I emailed; every email got bounced back. I'm still trying to figure out how to contact them. We ended up booking, at full price because it was a special occasion. but I am extremely angry and feel ripped off.
Written July 19, 2022
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Hello Pattiwig, Thank you for taking the time to write your feedback, we apologise that your experience with us didn't meet your expectations and we are sad to hear you wasn't able to use our latest promotional offer. Our customer relations team are always informed on what we have on offer, but we will investigate on this so this doesn't happen again. Many thanks City Cruises
Written July 25, 2022
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Keith C
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Dec 2022 • Couples
Booked this cruise for a Special Anniversary. Booked the champagne/ VIP option. Were shown onto the boat first and given a window seat which was part of the package. After that no other advantages. Boat was cold with people keeping their coats or jackets on, service was no better than anyone else, usually last to get food ( which was good), should have got a liquor after dinner, never offered one. Entertainment a girl singer was very average.The amount they charge for the champagne package is very overpriced.. Have been on this dinner cruise before which was much better. Overhaul very disappointed for what should have been a very special night.
Written December 10, 2022
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H.J. Lawler
North Walsham, UK7 contributions
Aug 2022
Booked this cruise dubiously as it was not cheap - however, I am pleased to say that we had a wonderful evening and I felt that every effort was made to give a thoroughly enjoyable experience to the customers. We were particularly fortunate with the weather and a very large moon which offered first rate photographic opportunity.
We were greeted by a welcome drink, tables were set beautifully and it was all clean.
A singer was there to add atmosphere for the evening, wine was sensibly priced.

The landmark views were outstanding.

I would really recommend this experience as it was the highlight of our stay in London.

Thank you City Cruises
Written August 12, 2022
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Hello Hillyspeaks, Thank you for taking the time to write about your dinner cruise, we love to hear how much you enjoyed your time on board! We are glad to hear you felt every effort was made to give a thoroughly enjoyable experience to the customers. Many thanks, and we hope to see you on board again soon! City Cruises
Written August 26, 2022
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Relax791405
Dinas Powys, UK7 contributions
Jul 2021
Chose to celebrate our special wedding anniversary with this dinner cruise. It was just perfect. The staff were friendly and efficient. The food was of a higher quality than we'd anticipated and they pause for a few minutes at their HQ to bring on the piping hot and fresh main course, My favourite course was the fish starter, which was served immediately we boarded and the food was nicely spaced out over the whole of the cruising time. The live singer was excellent with a good mix of music and she greeted us all and got to know us. The boat was clean and we were seated socially distanced from one another which we appreciated. We were able to pop to the front or up to the roof at any point to take photographs or just enjoy the views. We were amazed that we were able to have such a wonderful evening using Tesco Clubcard vouchers.
Written July 31, 2021
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donnadanish
98 contributions
We had booked a party of four and two were not able to attend due to airline cancellations which seem to be quite common recently. We did not know until just before the cruise. I do understand that in “normal” times, a four day cancellation is accepted although most people, when needing to cancel, typically have to do that within 24 hours. But, City Cruises is in business to make money however they can. We did notice that the dinner cruise was not completely full so it wasn’t as if they could have resold the two spots.
We requested a window seat since we were stuck paying for four dinners. We were denied. The food was ordinary. Service, lacking. We got a bottle of still water (non bottled was apparently not an option) and were presented with a bill of 3.90 at the end of the night. Ridiculous!
I believe most others felt the same about the service since very few gave tips even though they were encouraged to do so.
Written June 27, 2022
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Hello donnadanish, Thank you for taking the time to write your feedback, and we are sorry that your experience didn't meet your expectations. We are sad to hear two of your party couldn’t make their booking as it was short notice. In the future, we do offer ticket assurance where you would be fully reimbursed or have the ability to move your booking to another date, based on availability and fare price difference, for no additional change fee. Window seats are only for two people and have to be prebooked, as they’re very popular and sell out quite quickly. If we have availability, we would always try and accommodate requests on the day. We apologise that you were not offered tap water when requested. This team member has been spoken to and the remainder of the team reminded of this stance. Thank you City Cruises
Written June 30, 2022
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TheExperienceX
Gainesville, GA204 contributions
The London Dinner Cruise was awesome from being on time for departure from the port all the way to the entertainer during the actual dinner. The cruise had some great photo opportunities during the evening. The food and dessert options could’ve been a little more to choose from. However, the singer was great she mixed up the song option so all the passengers could enjoy and even some hit the dance floor to show off their dance moves. Last but not least the servers and bartenders were awesome as well and very friendly. I definitely would recommend this dinner cruise if anyone ever visits London.
Written March 25, 2023
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Supr D
2 contributions
Aug 2022 • Friends
Had a lovely time. A great evening.

Reading some reviews I'm shocked. It clearly states 72 hours and who do they think pays for the food and place that can't be sold?

From booking to the boat had a fantastic service
Written August 20, 2022
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Hello 118suprd, Thank you for taking the time to write about your Dinner Cruise, we love to hear how much you enjoyed your time on board! We are glad from booking to boarding you had fantastic service. Many thanks, and we hope to see you on board again soon! City Cruises
Written August 31, 2022
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B M
Phoenix, AZ11 contributions
Jun 2023
We have been to London several times but never cruised the Thames. The dinner cruise was a great way to see the City in both daylight and night as the sun set. The food and service was great and the entertainment was excellent. Four of us enjoyed window seats and we enjoyed going topside as we approached the Tower Bridge for beautiful nighttime photos. Thanks for a great evening.
Written June 26, 2023
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Hello 349barbm, Thank you for taking the time to write about your dinner cruise, we love hearing how much you enjoyed your time on board and that you liked the food and entertainment. Many thanks, and we hope to see you on board again soon! City Cruises
Written July 4, 2023
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Debswhitaker
3 contributions
Jun 2021 • Friends
I have never experienced such a lovely evening sailing down the Thames eating the most beautiful cuisine. 10 stars and more food absolutely delicious and the staff were amazing even the dancing waiter, keeping the kids amused he was a joy left a ten pound tip each couple well worth it. The singer was also amazing as was her choice of music thank you for a special 30th anniversary night will do again soon xx
Written June 11, 2021
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trudy w
1 contribution
Sep 2021
We had such a lovely evening. Everything was great. We were welcomed by the staff, nothing was too much trouble. We had a four course meal which was delicious, a live singer, she was great and finished the evening sat upstairs looking at all off London lit up while we cruised down the Thames. It was a perfect evening.
Written September 7, 2021
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