Best and worst travelodge in London

sal-ad_daze

Hi
We're going to London in February and have looked at the sale prices today, what I'd like after reading some threads here is some advice on the travelodges to avoid and the ones to look out for as the best quality.
Any advice would help as we just don't know where to start!
Thanks

p00hsticks

We like the Tower Bridge one for prolonged stays - plus points being;

1. clean, modern hotel in a pretty central location (Just round the corner from the tower of London and Tower Bridge)
2. close proximity to the tube (Tower Hill), DLR (Tower Gateway) and Thames Clipper river service, and a number of bus routes to various sites.
3. Wetherspoons opposite for cheap and tasty breakfasts and evening meals (and also a couple of other pubs close by)
4. Tesco express just round the corner, to save a fortune on drinks, snacks etc....

Only con I've heard about is that the rooms can get hot in summer (only the ground floor has aircon), but that shouldn't be a problem in February.

Avoid the Kings Cross Royal Scot - run down, nowhere to eat and always heaving with what appear to be foreign students

cheap_charlie

I like Marylebone because it's in a pretty central location. It's an old Ramada hotel so doesn't feel like a converted office as so many Travelodges do. Only bad point is it doesn't have family rooms.

I haven't stayed in any real dumps in London but City Road was too noisy for me and Covent Garden was tired.

staggy

cheap_charlie wrote: »

Covent Garden was tired.

I've stayed in Covent garden a couple of times (just booked again for January 2011). I've always had excellent rooms and found the location to be perfect

staggy

The only other Travelodge I've stayed in (in London) was Farringdon. That one wasn't very good. Room was cramped and very hot (non opening window)... bit of a schlep to the nearest tube (Kings Cross) and not the most salubrious part of town.

p00hsticks

staggy wrote: »

I've stayed in Covent garden a couple of times (just booked again for January 2011). I've always had excellent rooms and found the location to be perfect

I've not stayed at this one myself, but I've seen a few comments on this board about it. I believe that it consists of two separate buildings, one considerably better that the other, hence the diversity of opinion about it. Apparently the trick is to request a family room in order to ensure that you are in the more modern of the two buildings.

sal-ad_daze

Thanks for the advice guys,
We are going to London to see our daughter who is coming in with a school trip (she lives abroad), we have found out where they are staying and it's at Gilwell (the scout HQ) which is actually outside London near Enfield so we'll probably stay near there. You never know, may work out cheaper!

Mk14:37

Agreed, the Royal Scot and Faringdon are both awful, though disagree about there being nowhere to eat - a nice Italian and a Japanese very close by.

Tower Bridge likely to be the best, though haven't used the Marylebone one.

Browntoa

southwark one is good , also handy for the Tate Modern , London Eye , St Pauls etc

very near Southwark Tube and Waterloo Train station

loads of cafes in the area down The Cut

tajk321

We love the location of the Soutwark one and it's nice and modern. Covent Garden ok but does have good and bad rooms.

sal-ad_daze

Mistaken info!
It's not Gilwell it's Baden Powell House which is central London.
We think we're going to meet up and go to London Zoo so it's either going to be somewhere near there (although I think that's one of the pricier areas of London) or close to Euston if we get the train.
The other option is driving down and staying on the outskirts so any advice from seasoned travellers welcome. We will have a disabled person, not a wheelchair but limited mobility, and a 2 year old with us!