Good Hotel, needs updating in some areas
I stayed here 3 nights in July 2012 for a work conference. The location is good, near Dupont Circle, where there are plenty of restaurants and nightlife. The rooms themselves are quite nice, spacious, well decorated, comfortable beds, nice bathrooms. I ate in one of the hotel restaurants my first night, and it was decent, good food, somewhat reasonable prices.
The conference facilities definitely need updating. It's really hard to hear and see in some of the rooms, and some of the rooms are just difficult to find the way they are partitioned off.
No issues checking in or out, about what you would expect. The hotel has a swimming pool, which was actually really nice because DC was going through a bit of a heat wave when I visited.
Two things I did not like about this hotel - these are pet peeves of mine. The hotel charges for in-room wireless, about $11USD per day. To be fair, they do offer free wireless down in the lobby, you just have to complete for space and an outlet to plug in with the other guests. So, this is forgivable, at least they provide another option. The hotel also charges to use the workout facility, about $10 a day. Sorry, I don't like this, and for this reason, I wouldn't stay here if I were a tourist in DC.