I got such a cheap rate at this hotel that it seems churlish to complain, though anyone paying anything near the rack-rate would have cause to feel agrieved. It's tired, worn out and needs a total refurbishment - once this is done it should be a pleasant place to stay. Until then my advice would be 'avoid' . . . unless you can get it for under £30 a night as I did.

The green man pub as it is known, is in a quite part of Essex, nr Harlow and is quite easy to get to.
From the outside the Pub/ coachhouse looks traditional and quite promising, however once inside it is somewhat of a let down, the bar and restaurant areas are not oldy worldy infact they appear to have been touched up and bodged on the cheap and in need of a lick of paint etc..
The staff on Reception however are pleasant and efficient.
The rooms are in a seperate building at the rear of the pub, on first impressions the stairs and corridors look well used and tired, the rooms tend to follow suit, but all areas are cleaned daily as are the rooms.
To sum up Travelodge copy in need of a bit of TLC.

We had booked for two nights but they had "lost" our booking & were full on the Saturday for a wedding. Reception staff were very unhelpful. In the end one night was enough! Behind the once attractive front is a standard boxy modern motel with a view over a car-park & a derelict building. Our room was like a sauna even with the window left open all night-no air conditioning. Room doors banged all night with late returning wedding guests.

Adequate Hotel, I stayed for 2 nights (coming from Italy). The room (a double one, number 110 at the enf of the corridor) was spacious, clean and quiet, though a bit cold (0 degrees outsise).
Bathroom also was Ok.
I have found friendly staff, though the very young girls at the reception probably should do something else than working.
Interesting the possibility to do the "fast check-out" just dropping the keys and go. Actually I did the traditional check out, and it took one minute (also because, as usual, the young girls at the reception had something else to do).
Good location, walking distance to Old Harlow town centre (about 5 minutes).
Good restaurant as well, considering it's a Hotel one.

On the negative side, some smoking smell on corridors, and, above all for me, NO internet at all. I tried to ask to the young girst at the receptions and they said there were just dial access from the room, but obviously they were just repeating a story - they have no idea whatsoever of what Internet, dial-up, modem, broadband etc. are.

Overall, for a few nights it's fine.