The hotel is clean & comfy and the staff is nice & accommodating, but i'm not sure it makes up for the location. A lot of reviews say it's close to the Capitol it is about 1 mile away but in between just so happens to be a highway/freeway 395. The closest Metro (subway Station) is 5 LONG blocks away, and no way would we walk there alone at night. The hotel is oddly across from a playground/park. The cabbies would tell us mixed things about the area, some good some bad, but it was obvious that it wasn't the best area since we could hear sirens multiple times a day every day of our stay. We spent all our money on cab/taxi's (which were few and far between at this hotel) and if you called for one it took forever for them to get there. Food options were limited. Across was a McDonalds,a 0.5-1 mile walk got to you Five Guys Burgers and a few other waterfront options, and the hotel's restaurant was okay, sort of pricey for such a limited menu.
I would definitely go back to D.C. we still have much we didn't get to see, but I would probably stay at either a hotel closer to a Metro station or closer to the sites (white house, etc.) even if it cost more money.
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