My husband and I were really excited about staying at the Dupont Hotel and we were greatly disappointed. We received a great deal online for our three night stay and we were looking forward to staying in a trendy hotel, especially the glass walled bathrooms. We arrived and check-in went smoothly. We got up to our room and it was quite small, and had no glass walled bathroom. During check-in the staff at the front desk commented on our "great rate" and it is my belief that they put us in a room that was less than desirable because of this. I had a chance to look at a regular King room, and it was a little bit bigger than ours, with a chair to sit in, and a glass walled bathroom, none of which we had. Anyway, there were several things in the room that bugged me. Little things, like the carpet was not clean, no iron in the room, the bed did not have a fitted sheet and when my husband and I woke up every morning the mattress would be showing, because the sheets did not fit the bed. Also the shutters were broken, and the temperature control did not work. Our room was a a steamy 75-77 degrees the entire stay, when we had the temp set at 69-70. Also, they boasted heated tiles in the bathroom, however, only about two of the 25 tiles in the bathroom actually heated up when we turned it on. We thought it might take a while so we left it on for several hours and the other tiles never warmed. If we had paid regular price for this hotel room, it would have been a huge RIP OFF!!! The location was great and we had fun exploring the shops surrounding Dupont Circle! The wireless internet worked great and was convenient. The staff that we did talk to were nice and helpful.
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