Best Western Lodge Hotel

Top quality accommodation with easy access for elderly members of the party. Super rooms with plenty of room and such a variety of rooms available. Excellent breakfast and a good bar menu for teatime. Very clean rooms and other areas. Most helpful staff. Will certainly go back!

We stayed at the Lodge hotel for a week in September 2009 as some friends were getting married in Putney. Location-wise, the hotel is in a pleasant, leafy part of town although it is situated on a main road (however we did not hear any traffic noise). It's 5 minutes walk to East Putney tube, 12 minutes walk to Putney station and 20 minutes walk to Putney Bridge tube. Alternatively, it's a 5 minute walk the other way into Wandsworth town centre. Lots of good pubs, restaurants etc within 10 mins walk.

The hotel is impressive from the outside and the communal areas are good, especially the conservatory restaurant and the lovely garden out the back where I spent several hours writing my best man's speech! The breakfast is not bad, a good selection of English & continental with fruit, croissants, yoghurts and the usual bacon, eggs etc. The service was also good, both the reception and wait staff were efficient and friendly.

Although I knew I was getting a small room, I was a little disappointed with what we got (room 16). A classic English shoebox, it certainly will not be playing host to the National Cat Swinging championships any time soon and should be avoided by claustrophobes. The room was comfortable enough, the bed was OK and the bathroom, though tiny, was fully functional. However we did have a few gripes:

1. Storage space was limited and it was a struggle to find room to store all of our belongings

2. We were on the ground floor with a window leading out to a fire escape route so we could not leave the window open during the day which meant the room got very hot (and it was only 19-20 degrees outside)

3. About two thirds of the channels on the TV did not work (including ITV, C4 and Five)

4. The walls are paper thin and the room is under the stairs going up to the next level so it was very noisy at times

In summary, the Lodge is a good hotel but I reckon it is probably worth paying the extra to get a better and bigger room.

Finally, a few hot tips for prospective guests:

1. There is free broadband internet in the lounge

2. If you don't like the look of the scrambled eggs at breakfast, ask for poached - we had them every day and they were cooked to perfection each time

3. The hotel runs a special offer with Virgin Active gym 10mins down the road (towards Putney) - 7.50 for a day's use of all facilities, well worth it