Travelodge London Farringdon

Decent hotel but the front rooms are noisy and hot

The hotel is faurly near to kings cross and other surrounding convenient shops, buses and tube that are near to it. Its about a ten to 15 minute walk away, ehich for most people will be ok. Easy walk to get there. (I guess for those with mobility issues this may be a slight issue - if you have problems you may want to choose another one right next to Kings Cross.) Staff were friendly and helpful, restaurant clean. The downstairs customer toilets are in the basement and severely aged, weirdly there were flies everywhere there too but you only need to use those toilets if you haven't checked in yet and desperately need the loo, so not too much an issue. The rooms are dated, this is an old hotel that has not been updated, artex walls and wooden desks but nothing wrong with that. My room, 230 was clean and tidy. Bathroom was nice. All rooms here have a bath and a showerhead too. Clean towels. It was all old fashioned looking but not worn out. Lovely square behind the hotel with a playground and basketball court if you wish to relax. Cheap value stay with basic conveniences but it is not the most peaceful for sleeping at all.

The room was hot because you are entirely unable to open the windows, an old plastic alarmed cable limits the opening of them so you could not even open them a crack for fresh air. At least it did in my room. All hotel room windows are normally alarmed but these were ridiculously restricted. The plug sockets were also on the opposite end of tge room to thge bed. A fan was provided but was not very effective due to not being able to stretch it far enough to reach the bed. The worst problem as you may expect was traffic noise. This severely ruined my stay. The back of the hotel i noticed however, backs on to a lovely square called Granville Square. This was a peaceful haven, and the back rooms benefitted from this. Ask for a back room and try to check in early if possible, however there are a limited number of back ones. Also, luggage is only stored in the back office. You may struggle if you arrive after 1 to store your luggage there because there isnbt much room