Travelodge London Covent Garden

Arrival at the hotel at 09:45am, (i'd booked for a 12 check in). We had the buffet breakfast (a bit pricey, but you could eat as much as you like) Got checked in at 11am (result)

The room, was clean, tidy and basic. Pretty much what I expected.

Location was fantastic, 100m from Hairspray the musical, so we booked that through UK tickets. Half a mile from a restaurant we had booked, and a couple of hundred meters from Chicago.

Leicester sq just down the road.

When I go back to London, i'm going here.

Just got back from 3 nights at The Covent Garden Travelodge. There are two lodges about 200 yards from each other. One of them is old on the corner of the main road, but the one I stayed at was just 200 yards further down Dury Lane in an old office building.

My room was very clean and modern with comfortable double bed, small bathroom with shower (no bath), flat screen wall mounted TV and air con. I arrived quite late and was told my room was on a lower floor with small window. The window looked into an underground carpark that was lit 24 hrs which didn't hinder my sleep, but never knew what the weather was like in a morning! Didn't bother me but others may not like it.

Avoid the £7.50 all you can eat breakfast! Sounds great but had to queue to get a table, then queued and had to hang around for food to be replenished! There were no cereals, teabags, milk, cups, and croissants and muffins had all gone by 9am. When I asked for cups and tea bags - took forever! Restaurant is far too small to cope with demand. Save money and go to the coffee shop right opposite for a freshly cooked breakfast and tea or coffee for £4.50.

Nowhere to store luggage. Ridiculous in central London

Location is fantastic! Turn right and and you are a few minutes walk from Covent Garden, turn left and you are a five minute walk from Shaftesbury Ave, China Town and Piccadilly.

WiFi vouchers were available at reception for use on their computers in the bar area.

Irons, ironing boards and hairdryers were free of charge and just needed to be returned to reception within 2 hours.

Room service menu available - didn't use this but prices seemed pretty reasonable but there are loads of great places to eat on the hotels doorstep.

Overall I enjoyed my stay and would definatley stay again as long as I was in this newer Travelodge - it seems a lot of the bad reviews refer to the older Covent Garden Travelodge! Great price for a central hotel! Justmake sure you are booked into the newer lodge.