We booked in here with no problem at all. The guy on the desk was from Ethiopia and was helpful and cheerful with it. He was able to answer all of my questions. There was decent shops not too far away but the area itself is rough and I'd not recommend walking around alone or at night. I did that to go to Subway for a couple of subs. It is only a few hundred yards away but I wish I had used the car and not walked, I had to go into 'ready for anything' mode. The subway shop was fully kitted out with clear sheets of armoured plastic to stop people from robbing the shop.
The hotel did not have coffee making facilities in the rooms. You had to get your coffee from the breakfast area - at breakfast. The seats when we went in at 12 noon were occupied by the cleaners. I wouldn't call them maids. That is a fact. The were all devouring something. We just kept going!
The subway (Metro) was a 10 minute walk away and was easy to figure out. The ride into Washington DC to the tourist places took about 15 minutes. You can get a good Metro map with large print at the Metro station office which you pass on the way in. There was an armed railway policeman riding on our train. A reasurring presence I thought.
We stayed here for 2 nights. After dropping off our luggage in the room, we made our way out of the building and the cheery chappie who booked us in waved something at my wife........her passport!! She had forgotten to recover it after showing it to him when we arrived. So full marks to him for that as she had not even realised it was missing and it could have led to quite a commotion if she had discovered her loss herself.
The room safe never worked. It would not accept the code. I think the battery was flat for the safe electronics. The room was a non smoking room but for some reason we could smell cigarrette smoke after we got back from downtown. I called the desk to ask if anyone had entered our room as the smoke smell was strong, I was advised by the cheery chappie who was still there, that no-one had entered our room. I told him, well, in that case, we have a ghost. For some reason he found that really funny.
We were on a front facing room, facing onto Georgia Avenue. The fire and police and ambualance departments were really busy, it being a Saturday night and we got next to no sleep. We had our earplugs from the flight over to the States and put them in and that helped a bit to cut down the noise. But the noise was dreadful, not from people, but from the emergency services going down an empty road at 2am with drums beating, banners flying and bayonets fixed!
But the hotel was ok, it was good value for money. It was clean and tidy and we had no problems with it. The parking was plenty, room for everyone.
The free wi-fi was ok, it didn't need any login details, so make sure your firewalls are up when visiting this place.
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