After reading all the great reviews and paying such a high price (around $700.00 a night) I thought this would be a very special hotel, when in fact it is pretty average. There is no lobby to speak of, so when entering you immediately encounter one of their restaurants. More than half the time there was no one at the front door and the concierge was rarely around. We had hoped the hotel would be able to help us in getting tours or access to some of the more crowded tourist sites but they were unable to do so. The simplest requests became overly complicated events. We had to take cabs everywhere as the hotel is not really near anything other than the National Geographic Building. The room looks like all the furnishings came from Restoration Hardware Company and smelled of paint. The bed was very comfortable but should be. I assume putting a television in the bathroom mirror is their justification for their high prices because this hotel is just not worth it at even half the price.
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