Travelodge Chessington Tolworth

I’ve stayed here on many occasions with work. Yes it’s a Travel lodge so you get what you pay for...but still!

must have stayed here 30+ times and still yet to find a room that works....the TV is broken or the shower doesn’t work, or the lights don’t work etc etc.

You frequently get woken up by delivery lorries at 6am in the morning and kept awake at night by kids on scooters. In short I would avoid unless you have no other option (like me).

Let me start by saying I've given the hotel an above average rating based on the fact it only cost L19 for the night for four us. The room was large with a double bed (matress bit soft) and an ok sofa bed. Plenty of bedding, hot water, good shower, clean room. I'll say it again, L19!!!

If I had paid about L70 then I might be thinking I could have stayed in a superior hotel like, say, the Premier Inn for about the same price. But I didn't, I paid L19 (sorry, said it again) and for that price the standard of the room was superb. Parking at L5 a night was fine. Park on the second floor of the multi-story and enter the hotel from a door on the same level. Go down to reception on the ground floor and at the same time as checking in pay a fiver and get a slip of paper for your dashboard. A previous reviewer said you had to move your car by 0900. This is not the case, you can park until checkout (1200) and anyway you don't have to use a ticket to open a barrier, you just drive in and out without anyone checking how long you've been there. And if you're reading this review because you're going to Chessington World of Adventures, it is an easy 5-10 minute drive away. Hotel is on top of a Marks and Spencer, we went there after breakfast for provisions for CWofA and made a picnic in our room using a knife I borrowed from the breakfast room (see below)

Would have been the perfect stay if we hadn't decided to have the Travelodge breakfast experience. Think we paid L6.50 each online and kids eat free. Standard of food was just about passable but don't expect the food to even vaguely resemble the photo of it in the bedroom literature, don't expect the food to be replenished without asking, don't expect mugs, bowls or cutlery without having to harangue the staff and (quite importantly, I always find when having breakfast) don't expect a table or seat. We got there at eight and managed to get a table, ten minutes later there were people milling around with nowhere to sit. Whole restaurant woefully small, woefully understaffed, just woeful really.

But hey, skip the breakfast and get yourself a L19 deal!

In agreement with other reviews here I have stayed at worse Travelodges. This one was very convenient and quiet considering the nearby A3.

Check-in staff were very helpful and parking easy (at L5 per night).

My only gripe is that we requested a non-smoking room yet the room stank of smoke on arrival and we both left with our clothes a little bit smokey the following morning. On asking the reception staff about this, they assured us that the hotel is now non-smoking and someone must have 'had a sneaky cig' in their room. I don't suppose I can hold it against the hotel if someone disregards their policy.