Good - reasonable price, unique view onto West Ham stadium, easy access to Excel conference centre, close to Underground station, free parking, clean, quiet rooms.
Bad - out of city centre, surrounding area a bit shabby.
Rating - 8 out of 10

View of pitch from my room at Quality Hotel West Ham
I stayed at the Quality Hotel West Ham for 3 nights in mid November 2007 when I was attending the World Travel Market at the Excel Conference Centre in the Docklands. I spend some time searching for reasonably priced accommodation of an acceptable standard, fairly close to the venue. Some hotels next to Excel were charging £200 a night, some cheap hotels in the area received very low guest ratings. I certainly didn’t want to stay in noisy dive but neither did I want to be ripped off because there was a trade fair running.
The only accommodation I could find that received very good ratings from guests, at a reasonable price, costing £65 for a double room without breakfast, was the Quality Hotel West Ham Continental breakfast costs £6 per person, a cooked breakfast costs £10 per person.
It’s a two minute walk to the bus stop and a 10 minute ride on the number 147 bus will take you directly to Excel. The service runs every 1o minutes. A day bus pass costs £3.50. To reach the bus stop you turn left on exiting the stadium grounds and walk to the crossroads, cross the main road, (Barking Road), at the traffic lights and turn left to the bus stop.
The hotel is quite unique in that it sits in the grounds of West Ham United so if you’re a West Ham fan you’ll be in seventh heaven as you can gaze out onto the pitch from your room. The towels, cups and chairs are adorned with the West Ham emblem but don’t be tempted to take anything apart from the pen or toiletries bag home as a souvenir or you’ll be charged £15 per item. Free parking is available in the stadium grounds. However there are restrictions on check in and check out times at the hotel on match days so watch out for this.
The rooms are just adequate for double occupancy. There’s not much storage space available as what should be the wardrobe is locked and used as storage for match days. There are just a few clothes hangers on a couple of hooks and some drawers. I had to leave my suitcase lying on the floor. The bedroom and bathroom were very clean and the daily housekeeping service was very good.
A double room at the Quality Hotel West Ham costs from as little as £40 a night. The hotel is located in east London within 3 miles of London City airport and Canary Wharf . The hotel is close to Upton Park Underground Station, with a journey time of around 20 minutes to the Tower of London and 45 minutes to Kensington.
The neighbourhood is bit run down but I felt safe walking around on my own in the evening as the streets you walk on to reach the Underground station, a 5 minute walk or to reach bus stops are fairly busy streets lined with small shops and lots of people walking around.
I’d recommend the hotel if you’re attending an event at Excel or are a football fan. Although if you can book the hotel at a rate of around £40 a night, it is worth considering for a stay in London as there is a good service on the Underground into central London and all day travelcard only costs £5.70 if you start your journey after 9.30am on a weekday.