Arrived 4th of July weekend to celebrate my birthday and the 4th. Arrived around 5ish on Fri. Agent was friendly and efficient, room was ready,check-in was swift elevators not so much. Only 1 of 2 were running and made for long commutes to the room. There was a 3rd but you had to go down some stairs and thru the restaurant which was just a nuisance. Enter the guest room. I reserved a Corp. Quarters King which is basically a studio suite. Really spacious living area but the small bathroom and strands of hair in the sink and tub was a blower. Its the kind with a seperated vanity and then the bathtub and toilet closes off. I am 6'1 2051lbs and could barely turn around in the shower, no exaggeration. One of the highlites of my trip was to take a bubble bath upon arrival. If you are into baths this is not the place for you. Maybe the full 1bedroom suites are different but this bath sucked. You would not want to sit in this thing. I come prepared with Comet to clean any hotel tub myself but this had one of those ratty slip guards half glued to prevent you from breaking your neck in the tub but it was old and worn and there was no way to clean it thoroughly. Decent shower pressure water stayed hot for the whole shower but no bathroom ventilation so it got muggy. Nice fully equipped kitchen, AC worked great. 2 TV's one flat screen and one tube inside of an armoire. My son travels with his Xbox so he was able to connect to the flat panel which is always a plus. Bed was old and rickety yet very comfortable with soft linens. On to Sat. nite. Fireworks from the rooftop bar. Lackluster. Very crowded. Cramped rooftop, marginal view. We came downstairs after about ten min.to try the restaurant out for dinner since everyone was upstairs. Menu seemed condensed or limited. I wanted the Crabcake and was told it was only sold during lunch. We received 10percent off because I booked a package and dinner came to $74 after the discount!!!! This is where they lost major points! We ordered 2cheeseburgers, 1bread pudding and a choc. lava cake all of which was horrible, and I had 2mixed drinks @$9 a pop. I could not believe that 2cheeseburges came out to $74 and they sucked so bad. They werent even the half pound angus burgers you usually get when burgers are on a restaurant menu. To put it in perspective we went to Houstons,Rockville the night before and got 2 16oz NY strips, a spinach dip appetizer, a crabcake appetizer. 2apple cobblers with ice cream and a vodka and cranberry for $90! And everything was absolutely outstanding so I was angry at the $16 disparity between them and the Beacon Grill. Take the drive or walk to any one of many fabulous restaurants in the area. Valet worked great. Got up early Sun morning at 4am and went to Ihop, no problem getting the car. Instant check out, no problems with the bill. Filled out the E-survey on the TV and again thru email when I got home and voiced my displeasure with the small ratty bathtub and the crappy cheeseburgers but havent heard anything and not really expecting to. All of the staff was really great but there are way too many swank new hotels in DC and Bethesda for me to stay here again.
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