Things to know:
- It isn't in Georgetown (it's a few blocks away).
- It's REALLY noisy, the windows provide very little noise insulation. We had particular problems with street noise, and we were on the 9th floor.
-When you check-in, they ask you to initial a form agreeing to a $30/day parking charge. When I was thinking about it, the front desk person informed me that "there is nowhere else to park".
-Breakfast is in a crowded windowless room, it's not very good (some cereal, some pastries and toast, a little fruit and yogurt, juice, and ATROCIOUS coffee), and there are large pillars causing traffic jams. We skipped it.
-Apparently there is no automatic check-out, which is ok, unless there is a group tour trying to check out in front of you, in which case it would be nice to have the convenience of not waiting in line for 30 minutes to let them know that there are no changes to your bill.

Despite large rooms and large kitchens, and its proximity to Trader Joe's (which is great), it costs a lot for what it is. Our $238/night room was over $300/night with parking and tax. You can do a lot better for $300/night, even in Washington.The hotel should skip the free cookies and manager's reception, and use the money to upgrade the windows instead.

After reading the reviews, I was a little tentative but I was glad I did not change anything. Perfect Location to the Foggy Bottom metro station as well as an easy walk to Georgetown and other restaurants. Trader Joes, Papa Johns and Subway are across the street. The room was very big and clean. My two kids also loved the two flat screen TVs so there was no fighting for channels. The front desk staff was wonderful and very helpful.
The neighborhood is very safe. All in all, it is a great place to stay and I will stay there again.

The only drawback I see is if you come when the seasons are changing since you only have heat or cold in your room based on the hotel settings.

When I checked in the desk clerk behind the counter was very rude. I think he thought we were going to have a raging party upstairs...he should know you should never judge a book by it's cover. He proceeded to be rude throughout our stay, when someone needed a cab and also upon checkout. We paid for 2 rooms, one was a Standard One Bedroom Suite & the other a Deluxe One Bedroom Suite. Once we got upstairs and saw the rooms, they were EXACTLY the same. Now why we paid $25 more for the Deluxe is beyond me. I didn't bother calling downstairs about it because I didn't want to deal with that guy's bad attitude, plus the rooms were connecting and we didn't want to move. The rooms were fine, the breakfast was good, and the location great, HOWEVER, I would NOT stay here again. I don't like being treated like that when they should be thankful we chose their hotel to stay in.

Pros: large rooms, large flat-screen TVs, kitchens, Trader Joe's across the street

Cons: A/C system, street below noisy beyond belief, super-thin walls--
conversations from next door came through very clearly, breakfast not pleasant due to layout and crowds, and in our first room, the horrible stink coming from the kitchen sink, which the front-desk clerk had no comment about and no apology for

Even with the windows closed (which resulted in us being quite hot), I was kept awake by street noise...honking horns, sirens, yelling, motors revving...I never knew it could be so noisy at 3 am! I figured this must be because we were at the front of the building overlooking Pennsylvania Avenue, so I asked to be moved to the back of the building. Well, guess what: in the back are the dumpsters that must be emptied, and that apparently includes lots of metal-against-metal banging and large-motor compressing. Sirens are still loud from the back, too. I counted 5 different sirens in a one-hour period as I lay awake one night. Also, on our last night there, after 6 nights of not sleeping due to noise, I had to laugh at what happened next, or I would have cried. At 1:00 am, a very loud, very unidentifiable noise started. After 10 minutes I got up to look out the window. On the roof of the building next door was a man with a powerful, motorized or gas-powered water hose, cleaning some kind of metal turbine. It was VERY noisy, and it went on for over an hour. And then afterwards, of course, his tools all had to be dropped to the pavement four stories below, which was more noise. By the end, I was just laughing in disbelief. This was the noisiest hotel EVER!

Breakfast is poorly concieved...either find a better flow for it, and a bigger place, or stop offering it. It was too frustrating. We gave up after one morning and got some supplies at Trader Joe's and ate in our room.

The elevator farthest from the front desk needs checking. The door stays open just a second or two, and slammed on family members several times.

I would suggest that staff members at this hotel STAY in the rooms at this hotel. Pretend you're a guest. Live with the hotel the way it is and see what the frustrations are. Then, maybe some of this would be improved. And the hotel definitely needs to fix the AC/heat problem. That's just ridiculous.

I would NOT stay here again, with all the choices in DC. Trader Joe's is really the only good reason to stay, and it doesn't make up for all the annoyances.

Shout out to front-desk clerk Seck for his hospitality, though. All but one of the front-desk people were friendly and helpful.