This hotel is listed in historical hotels book. It is a nice building in a god location and is about to undergo a major refurbishment. While the appearance of the internal finishes is still reasonable, it will certainly benefit from the refurb.
The room we had was very comfortable and was on one of the club floors but we were told by one of the reception staff that we were not to use the club facilities - why put you on a club floor if you are not supposed to take part. After a day or so, when the people providing the club facilities asked why don't we partake, we decided why not. Club facilities are very handy when your traveling - continental breakfast, drinks, hors deuvres, fruit etc
The rooms and the hotel generally, appeared to be cleaned and maintained well and I would also recommend the restaurant in the hotel - food and service was very good and the price was comparable to other nice restaurants of this standard.
While the hotel was within walking distance of the Smithsonian, it was easier and pretty cheap to just get a cab each way - also it meant not wasting time - so many things to see in DC. Once your in the museum area, there is one museum after the other and you are walking all day, so the last thing we needed was another walk back to the hotel.
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