Wardonia Hotel

This hotel is not what it says on the tin.... yes it is small which we expected for the price however you would expect a hotel to be cleaner than a public toilet whatever the price you pay.

I booked in here for a one night stay with a collegue, our experience was so bad we ended up leaving at 11pm to go to the nearest travel lodge!!!!

When we checked in we were not given our keys until the owner had contacted the travel agency that our company had booked with just in case we dedided we wanted to stay the night for free, despite the fact that both the travel company and our company had provided him with payment details many times over the previous week. This meant we had to wait in the tiny small reception whilst he confirmed (for the umteenth time) the payment details with both our company and the travel agents.

My collegue then had to change rooms as they had allocated her a room that had clearly been slept in and not cleaned with dirty sheets, rubbish and pill boxes on the floor and dirt all over the bathroom. She was then moved to another room that wasnt much better, this had snails and spiders on the wall and plaster was hanging off the wall.

I would like to say that my room was better and that she could share with me, but it wasnt. Not only was there not enough room to swing a london alley cat, as soon as the window was shut in the room it smelt worse than a public toilet. The room smelt strongly of urine so bad that it hit the back of your throat when you breathed. Also the "clean towels" were grey, and the sheets had holes in them.

Unfortunately... as we had just dropped off our cases and dashed out it was almost eleven oclock when we realised how bad the rooms were. You can live with a spider but i have never known a hotel to have snails on the wall or to smell worse than a public toilet. we then had to call to find somewhere else to stay and luckily was rescued by good old travellodge... this was only 5 mins down the road and for the extra ten pounds was far superior!

When leaving the friendly receptionist told us we would have to pay for the room as there was nothing wrong with it. I would seriously never stop here again, and would advise that you look every possible other place before even considering here. Even a basic hotel should be free from creepy crawlies and should at least be clean. THERE WASNT EVEN A LAMP SO YOU COULD STAY UP ALL NIGHT READING IF YOU DIDNT DARE GO TO SLEEP!

Yes, the rooms are very small, but for the location and price, you can't get any better than this. It's very close to several Tube and bus lines, and it's an easy, pleasant walk from many tourist destinations. My chief concerns for a home base were safety and cleanliness, and I was very satisfied on both counts. Rooms are cleaned daily, the shower had good water pressure, and the staff were congenial. Don't go expecting the Ritz and you won't be disappointed.