ML Lodge
Hotel in Cardiff
Reasons to book
Great price for your budgetOne of the lowest cost properties in the area
Includes essentialsInternet / Wifi, TV, Laundry and more
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About this hotel
Hotel with a coffee shop, steps from Principality Stadium
Along with a coffee shop/cafe, this smoke-free hotel has dry cleaning and a front-desk safe. WiFi in public areas is free. Other amenities include multilingual staff.
Housekeeping is available on request.
ML Lodge offers 10 accommodations with coffee/tea makers and hair dryers. 15-inch LCD televisions come with digital channels.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
Along with a coffee shop/cafe, this smoke-free hotel has dry cleaning and a front-desk safe. WiFi in public areas is free. Other amenities include multilingual staff.
Housekeeping is available on request.
ML Lodge offers 10 accommodations with coffee/tea makers and hair dryers. 15-inch LCD televisions come with digital channels.
Bathrooms include showers and complimentary toiletries. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Housekeeping is provided on request.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
Amenities
Internet / Wifi
Laundry
TV
Map of Cardiff
Available Rooms
Single Room
1 Single
Sleeps 1
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Double Room
1 Double
Sleeps 2
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Family Triple Room
1 Double • 1 Single
Sleeps 3
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Twin Room
2 Single
Sleeps 2
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Comfort Quadruple Room, 1 Bedroom
2 Double • 2691 ft²
Sleeps 4
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Ratings and reviews
1.5 / 5.0
Was easy enough to find, right in the centre of Cardiff. 5 minutes from the Principality Stadium.
Very comfy bed. Slept well.
77 steps up to the room. With a suitcase, arthritic knees and COPD it was a hike.
No water in the morning. Couldnt have a shower or make a drink.
4.0 / 5.0
Fairly large room, good view of the town, central location.
Plenty of tea, coffee, milk, kettle in room. even an iron and ironing board.
The TV was small but worked well.
Access is via a long staircase over 3 floors pending on which room you get, best to travel light or it can be bit of a haul. We have used ML lodge before and would use it again, its great value for money. One tip, lock your door from inside/outside as it does not lock automatically on closure to avoid unexpected interruptions or being turned over if you go out.
4.0 / 5.0
Right in the heart of the walking route. It was loud at night and in the morning. Parking was expensive but the discount rate we received was generous. Large spacious room
3.0 / 5.0
It is a budget venue and it is good value for the cost. It is basic lodging with a lot of stairs. The hotel was smaller than I expected but the rooms were a good size.
1.5 / 5.0
Basic room with en-suite. Check in via the kebab shop went well!! Stair area was shabby but seemed clean. The room had all of the necessities (tea/coffee making facilities, TV, shower gel, toilet paper) and the bed was comfy and sheets seemed clean.
The room itself was also shabby. The window frames haven’t been touched for years. The decorating likewise. There was a peeling poster on the wall and cracks all over the place. It was just very, very tired. But it was only £38 for the night and I only needed a comfy bed and a shower in the morning so it ticked those boxes.
5.0 / 5.0
Check-in was very easy. Room had everything i needed - suiltable for one or two nights stay in Cardiff. Located in the centre of Cardiff but very quiet from my room.
2.5 / 5.0
ideal as there were 4 of us so we all atayed together. fairly clean, did notice however stains on the curtains (sound petty but it what was noticed) didn't affect our time in Cardiff though.
4.0 / 5.0
Great location. Walking distance from train station, castle, great pubs and restaurants. Rooms spacious and had everything you needed. Beds and pillows comfy but could have done with and extra blanket or two. Would definitely stay again.
4.0 / 5.0
Good, clean basic room at the heart of Cardiff. Enjoyed my stay.
3.0 / 5.0
Walking distance for central Cardiff
2.0 / 5.0
Decent stay for what I paid. The location is great and right in the city centre and not far from the bus station as well as the train station. Slight smell of cigarette smoke on the bedding but apart from that it was a comfortable stay.
2.0 / 5.0
Needed a bed for the night and thst was it.Basic but functional.Was quiet enough to sleep in city centrevlocation Check in/ out a breeze.Helpful,friendly staff in Gyros downstairs Would stay again.
2.0 / 5.0
Excellent location with disappointing condition. Carpets should be replaced, at least.
1.5 / 5.0
Convenient location but room was FREEZING with only single pane windows, a closet I could not use because it was smelling so bad of stale cigarette smoke, AWFUL decor and a bathroom I did not want to use because it was so scruffy and dirty feeling.
3.0 / 5.0
Location is perfect, rooms are totally OK but atrociously slow and unstable wifi signal ruins everything
2.0 / 5.0
Went for the wrestling with friends. Really convenient as it is right in the Main Street but…it is right on the Main Street so it is LOUD. With a group of friends out on the lash it’s perfect. Family intending to sleep maybe not but I found it comfortable and a great place to use as a base to enjoy the nightlife.
5.0 / 5.0
Brilliant location and especially for the price. Clean and comfortable would stay again.
4.0 / 5.0
The door to the toilet didn’t close.
I don’t mind, but you should know there are no elevators; there were 58 steps to reach our room.
It was good for the price, and excellent location for nightlife and shopping; a decent walk to the waterfront where I enjoyed looking at several species of birds.
0.5 / 5.0
Guys - Yes it is cheap, but there is cheap abs then there is not even paying that little should allow anyone to stay in such a disgusting , shocking environment . So it starts with checking in, this is a sign in the door saying to go to the Kebab shop next door to collect keys, and then it starts you go in, and immediately start the climb, if your lucky it’s only 20 stairs to climb, abs they are steep to. If you are in room 7 like us, that is 75 stairs to climb, which is carpeted by a carpet that your feet stick to, it is filthy, then you get to your room. The door had foot marks as if it had been kicked in many times, then the room - Woooow - No pictures in the wall and curtains hanging off the rail, the walls had holes in the plaster, and hand marks all over them, the TV the size of a postage stamp, and the electric heater that ‘cannot be legal’ the beds would of been more comfortable if mad of concrete, and the bedding even though washed was covered in old stains. Again the carpet was torn and filthy.
Then to finish there was the bathroom, urghhhh, the shower just abs I mean just produced water when turned on, and again the floor was disgusting… and when leaving on seeing the cleaner with 12 toilet roles with a price ‘£1.69’ on it summed it up - then the disaster was finalised by dropping the keys back to the kebab shop
You may wonder why no photo’s and the truth is I wanted no trace of this stay anywhere to be found, as it was simply awful.
Not worth a £5 stay away
0.3 / 5.0
Guys - Yes it is cheap, but there is cheap abs then there is not even paying that little should allow anyone to stay in such a disgusting , shocking environment . So it starts with checking in, this is a sign in the door saying to go to the Kebab shop next door to collect keys, and then it starts you go in, and immediately start the climb, if your lucky it’s only 20 stairs to climb, abs they are steep to. If you are in room 7 like us, that is 75 stairs to climb, which is carpeted by a carpet that your feet stick to, it is filthy, then you get to your room. The door had foot marks as if it had been kicked in many times, then the room - Woooow - No pictures in the wall and curtains hanging off the rail, the walls had holes in the plaster, and hand marks all over them, the TV the size of a postage stamp, and the electric heater that ‘cannot be legal’ the beds would of been more comfortable if mad of concrete, and the bedding even though washed was covered in old stains. Again the carpet was torn and filthy.Then to finish there was the bathroom, urghhhh, the shower just abs I mean just produced water when turned on, and again the floor was disgusting… and when leaving on seeing the cleaner with 12 toilet roles with a price ‘£1.69’ on it summed it up - then the disaster was finalised by dropping the keys back to the kebab shopYou may wonder why no photo’s and the truth is I wanted no trace of this stay anywhere to be found, as it was simply awful.Not worth a £5 stay away
0.5 / 5.0
What a smelly and dirty place , stinks of damp throughout very steep stairs with ripped and stinking carpet , finally got to our room after what felt like a thousand steps , where do i start 1st woodwork dirty 2nd carpet more like wipe your feet on the way out 3rd bed like a concrete slab 4th shower all mouldy didnt dare use it , 5th woken up every hour with doors slamming and banging , 6th fan kept coming on in bathroom 7th green fire exit sign lighting the room up 8th get woken up by police banging on door at 5.30 in morn wrong room , 9th pick keys up from a greasy takeaway 10th tiny tv , wish i had read reviews 1st , would of been cleaner and comfier to sleep with the homeless on streets
0.3 / 5.0
What a smelly and dirty place , stinks of damp throughout very steep stairs with ripped and stinking carpet , finally got to our room after what felt like a thousand steps , where do i start 1st woodwork dirty 2nd carpet more like wipe your feet on the way out 3rd bed like a concrete slab 4th shower all mouldy didnt dare use it , 5th woken up every hour with doors slamming and banging , 6th fan kept coming on in bathroom 7th green fire exit sign lighting the room up 8th get woken up by police banging on door at 5.30 in morn wrong room , 9th pick keys up from a greasy takeaway 10th tiny tv , wish i had read reviews 1st , would of been cleaner and comfier to sleep with the homeless on streets
2.0 / 5.0
Good clean hotel for price
1.5 / 5.0
The room was clean (other than behind furniture) and acceptable. The access was very difficult with luggage; three+ flights of stairs. I did not pay a lot for the room so it was good value for money. You get what you pay for.
0.8 / 5.0
The room was clean (other than behind furniture) and acceptable. The access was very difficult with luggage; three+ flights of stairs. I did not pay a lot for the room so it was good value for money. You get what you pay for.
0.3 / 5.0
We had to collect keys from fried chicken shop then climb 5 flights of worn carpeted stairs and the room at the top was very basic and worrying escape route down in an event of a fire. We did not stay - we booked at alternative hotel.
0.5 / 5.0
We had to collect keys from fried chicken shop then climb 5 flights of worn carpeted stairs and the room at the top was very basic and worrying escape route down in an event of a fire. We did not stay - we booked at alternative hotel.
2.0 / 5.0
Clean basic hotel good value . Good location if you want to be central to the bars. No lift and 6 stories. Very narrow steep staircases. I had a bike which wasn’t great.
Rooms are good , clean with tea and coffee and surprisingly quiet considering on main bar strip (my room was at back ) . However actual in building you can hear everything , especially doors slamming this is pretty unavoidable .
1.0 / 5.0
Clean basic hotel good value . Good location if you want to be central to the bars. No lift and 6 stories. Very narrow steep staircases. I had a bike which wasn’t great. Rooms are good , clean with tea and coffee and surprisingly quiet considering on main bar strip (my room was at back ) . However actual in building you can hear everything , especially doors slamming this is pretty unavoidable .
2.0 / 5.0
If you are looking for something just to sleep at night and sightseeing whole day this small hotel is perfect. It’s old and worn out, definitely need some refurbishment and maintenance but the shower was hot and with good water pressure and bed sheets were clean (one of the beds not too comfy but it was ok). Highly recommended for budget short stay.
1.0 / 5.0
If you are looking for something just to sleep at night and sightseeing whole day this small hotel is perfect. It’s old and worn out, definitely need some refurbishment and maintenance but the shower was hot and with good water pressure and bed sheets were clean (one of the beds not too comfy but it was ok). Highly recommended for budget short stay.
0.8 / 5.0
Our room did not look much like the photos shown on Hotels.com - the check in instructions on here are also wrong as the hotel they send you too no longer deals with this property, you have to go to a chicken shop instead!The bathroom light was falling off the ceiling, the shower temperature when from freezing to boiling in a second; there was an emergency light in the room with a very bright green LED that lit up the room all night.There are lots of stairs, but that was not too much of a problem.One of the beds was damaged and made a loud noise whenever you moved. The room was really hot, even with a fan on.It wasn't a good night’s sleep and I cannot understand why there are so many good reviews on here. Ok it was cheap, but didn't quite tick all the minimum requirements for a basic room
1.5 / 5.0
Our room did not look much like the photos shown on Hotels.com - the check in instructions on here are also wrong as the hotel they send you too no longer deals with this property, you have to go to a chicken shop instead!
The bathroom light was falling off the ceiling, the shower temperature when from freezing to boiling in a second; there was an emergency light in the room with a very bright green LED that lit up the room all night.
There are lots of stairs, but that was not too much of a problem.
One of the beds was damaged and made a loud noise whenever you moved. The room was really hot, even with a fan on.
It wasn't a good night’s sleep and I cannot understand why there are so many good reviews on here. Ok it was cheap, but didn't quite tick all the minimum requirements for a basic room
1.5 / 5.0
Overall it's ok I was in room 8 was on the top floor 7 flights of stairs, room was ok fresh bedding, good WiFi in the room
1.5 / 5.0
Accomadation was clean and tidy, people in next room was noisy on going in and out of room. There is no lift in the property which makes it awkward to bring items back as i had 75 steps to climb to get to my room
0.8 / 5.0
Accomadation was clean and tidy, people in next room was noisy on going in and out of room. There is no lift in the property which makes it awkward to bring items back as i had 75 steps to climb to get to my room
2.0 / 5.0
We booked this hotel after reading all the reviews so we knew what to expect. Yes, the building is old and has no lifts. Yes, the furniture and the windows are single glazed BUT the bed was clean and comfortable, the bathroom was spotless with beautiful fluffy towels, we had tea,coffee, hairdryer, iron and ironing board, spare heater, spare fan and free wi-fi. It was right in the city centre a 5 minute walk from the train station. To sum up, this is an old hotel but it is cheap and cheerful, extremely good value and I would stay there again in a heart beat.
2.0 / 5.0
Great location and good value basic accommodation
0.5 / 5.0
I was charged for a room that I never stayed in. The website then took my PayPal payment and I got told the hotel was closed due to lockdown in Wales. Transaction should not have happened if this was the case. Reported to PayPal to open a case.
4.0 / 5.0
Excellent Location - Big Space on Room
Easy to walk to main places
No elevators
FAQs
How much does this hotel cost compared to others in Cardiff?
The average price for a rental in Cardiff is $187 per night. This rental is $107 less expensive than the average.
Is parking included with this hotel?
Parking is not specified as an available amenity at ML Lodge. For more information, we encourage you to contact the property about where to park.
Is there a pool at this hotel?
We didn’t find pool listed as an amenity for this hotel. It may be worth double checking if a pool is important for your stay.
Is ML Lodge pet friendly?
Unfortunately, this hotel is not pet-friendly. Try searching again and filter for "Pets Allowed"
What amenities are available at ML Lodge?
We found 3 amenities for this rental. This includes internet / wifi, laundry, and tv.
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