Spent 2 night here over half term with my two teenage sons and elderly parents. Phoned day before arrival to request rooms overlooking car park ( quiet side) which was no problem. Staff were polite, friendly and welcoming which is not always the case with some Travelodges! Rooms were spotless and smelt fresh with plenty of bedding/towels etc.
Location wise, this hotel is perfect. A 3 minute walk to the DLR station which takes you right to the Tower Of London, with a tube station 100yds away. As the hotel is set in an office park it is very quiet in the evening, but after a hard day in the hustle and bustle of London streets it is welcome. We stayed at the bargain price of £26 per room per night, and will definately stay again.

Spent New Year in London and needed something based on the east side of the city. I was originally booked in somewhere (sleeping beautty leyton review) but had to get out asap. Luckily they had rooms available here for about 65.00 a night for a double room which for a weekend and new years eve i didnt think was too bad,
Rooms were smallish in size but ample and as usual now there is no treats, one towel, one pillow each basic television no iron no hairdryer. I did need both of these as my other hotel had them and when asking at reception to borrow them i was told there was approx a 2 hour wait!
Room was clean staff were friendly although the kitchen had a problem when we was there so you could only really get a sandwich.
None of the vending machines worked so when bar was shut no soft drinks could be got.
Location was about 10 mins walk from the dlr and a pleasent journey into the city and to canary wharf which is a must to go to !
All in all an enjoyable stay basic but clean and affordable

We stayed in the Travelodge Docklands from Dec 27 to Jan 8. I recommend it because it was cheap, basic accommodation (which was all we needed) and because of its accessibility to transit.

the positives:
We had two rooms, a double for £26 a night and a family room for £56 a night. Can't beat that for London. Both rooms were decent sized rooms (and bigger than rooms in a certain London Hilton according to my husband who has stayed there on business).
The hotel was clean, and the bar/restaurant downstairs was convenient. It's standard fare but they serve a fairly good meal if you aren't expecting haute cuisine. The kids liked it as well which was a definite plus.
The front desk staff were extremely helpful - we arrived several hours before check-in, exhausted after the usual all-night flight, and were given our rooms immediately on arrival which I really appreciated.
Big (2' x 5'!) towels in the bathroom!
The hotel is a short, few minutes walk to the Docklands Light Railway which connects to the Underground. It was close and convenient.
There is a small but excellent grocery store just on the other side of the DLR, convenient for anyone wanting to pick up late night snacks or (wonderful!) pastries & juice for in-room breakfasts.

the negatives:
We had a difficult time getting the housekeeping staff to clean the rooms & in particular the bathrooms every day, probably because we tended to leave later on in the morning and they didn't think to go back and do them. I had to go down 4 days in a row to complain that they hadn't been done.
Apparently the hotel ran out of toilet paper!! Perhaps that's why the maids hardly ever replaced the empty toilet rolls. One day the maid left us with 1/4 of a small roll to share between 3 people. I had to go down several times to request more toilet paper and met other guests doing the same thing but the front desk staff were always apologetic and gave us as much as we asked for.
No phone calls to the rooms from outside the hotel. We desperately needed to contact our son in the room once while we were out and were told that because it was a budget hotel it was not possible to have the call transferred to the room. This meant that one of our party had to go all the way back to the hotel which was a real pain in the butt.
Noise from the roadway if you have a room on that side of the hotel might keep some awake though ear plugs did the trick for us.

Bottom line: We all agreed that even though there were problems we would be happy to return to this hotel. This hotel is particularly recommended for families or anyone who needs to keep a strict eye on the budget. You'll get a clean, comfortable bed with own bath/shower (depending on if you have a dbl or family room) in a no frills hotel. (I'd rather spend my money on fun stuff!)

We stayed here for 2 nights with friends to celebrate the new year in London, we payed the cost of £26.00 per room per night, which i think is fantastic price, this lodge is only about a 4 minute walk to Londons Docklands railway which takes you straight into Central london.
The hotel was very clean, we did phone the day before as we had been warned about trying to stay in a room the car park side, other wise your room over looks the A13!!!!!!! which can be vey noisy.. our room was top floor on the car park side, which was very quiet, cannot fault this lodge, excellent value for money.
Would definately stay again when visiting London.