Not a hotel I would voluntarily make a return visit to. Yes I know it is in a budget chain but that does not excuse a basic lack of cleanliness in the rooms and courtesy on the front desk. I think a child's sweet on the bathroom floor represents a certain lack of vigour in the cleaning process..
On the rather light plus side the shower was powerful and the breakfast adequate.

I was not impressed with this city centre Cardiff Hotel. At reception I asked for a wake up call, and the receptionist told me there were no phones in the rooms as they had been taken out, I asked how I would wake up...and she just walked and left me. The room was not very clean, there was some sick down the mattress, and the bathroom was sort of mouldy in many places around the tiles. Pictures had been taken off the walls, and holes in the wall had just been covered with pollyfilla, and left. The window had no handle on, and banged open and shut all night. When we left no reception staff could be found to tell.

My Mom and I spent 4 nights in Travellodge Cardiff Central. We were pleased by the stay due to its place in Cardiff, were it is very near the City Centre. The room was clean and tidy, TV with a variety of channels and friendly staff.
Like what I read in the reviews about the noise, I DIDN'T get disturbed in any way while I was there.

I think the people who wrote the below reviews need to get things in perspective a little bit, this is a travellodge not a 5 star hotel and as such you should expect what you pay for!

Me and my girlfriend had a double room for one night because I was going to see a gig in the city, we paid £20 for the night which was great for just a quick simple one night stay, the room wasnt brilliant but for 20 quid what do you expect! fact is it wasnt dirty the tv worked the double bed was actully very comfy, we had no problems with noise at all although for the people complaining about this they do actully warn you of the hotels location on the website and in the lobbey of the hotel itself so you cant really say you didnt know.
bascially we had a good stay didnt get a 5* room but for £20 wasnt expecting a 5* room! the hotel was comfy enough suited our needs and we had no complaints!

I think some people on this website have had to much pampering at the ritz etc and seem to expect 5* facilites at a discount price....not gonna happen...wake up! :)