We stayed here because we wanted to cash in some HHonors points and this seems like the least offensive Hilton in the area. Our other night came in at a whopping $235 plus tax, not including breakfast.
The location of this hotel is it's main asset, across the street from a Metro stop which is only a few stops from Reagan airport, and a few blocks from the Mall and all it's surrounding museums. There are also buses running outside, and the tour buses go from just a few blocks away. There is also a Cosi next door, and a few other 'fast food' options nearby, and a few shops including a Macys in the area.
But the hotel itself is a bit of a letdown. If you get a room at $80 or $90 a night, then you are getting what you pay for. But when you are paying upwards of $200 a night, a bed which is larger than a full shouldn't be too much to ask. We booked a two-bed room which was rather cramped, despite both beds being only full-size rather than queen. There was a decent enough flatscreen tv, with a good number of channels. The bathroom had that usual problem of only providing kid size towels. Our room also overlooked an office building which was fine on the weekend but we had to dress with the curtains closed on the Monday!
I used both the gym and the pool. Both were fine, the pool was actually heated which was nice, but lacked any real changing facilities.
We didn't eat breakfast here as our Hilton Honors Silver membership didn't get us free breakfast and I'm not about to pay $50 for 3 people to eat toast. But due to the lack of child-friendly restaurants in the area we did eat dinner there one night. They did have a kids menu which was nice, but at $9 for a kids burger I felt it was expensive. The service was also fairly slow as the staff seemed to be too busy taking care of room service.
We were also charged for valet parking despite not having a car, and when we went to have it removed from the bill other guests were making the same complaint.
The maids were also out in force at 7.30am on the Monday morning trying to get their rooms cleaned. No tip for ours that day.
All in all we had a good time in Washington, and if the price was under $100 we'd probably stay here again. But if I'm going to shell out the kind of money they usually charge, I expect to get my money's worth.
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