Not quite as expected.
Beautiful reception area and fairly large rooms, but not quite as we expected. Booked this hotel on line at a reasonable rate, were offered a number of different types of room and chose one standard double and a twin for two teenage boys. When we arrived we were allocated our rooms, which were identical. At reception I was told there are only two types of room, one with two double beds and one with a king bed, hence a change of room for my wife and I.
During the evening we realized that the toilet was continuously filling, on checking the cystern and moving the ballcock all hell broke lose with water flooding the bathroom. The stopcock would not turn off the flow and I along with everything else was soaking. The maintenance guy came and changed the complete fitting promptly though.
The other thing that was not as expected was the fact that everything is EXTRA and has to be paid for. No breakfast, no wi-fi and parking is 33 dollars per day, or valet parking at 46 dollars for 2 days.
Having travelled around the eastern sea board for a couple of weeks and had breakfast and free wi-fi everywhere, this had a feeling of greed by the hotel owners. In fact we went for a walk and found free internet at a multitude of cafes and even burger bars. If these places can do it free, why can't an otherwise upper class hotel?
A tip for those wanting a beer, most weekdays there is a special in the hotel between 3-7pm. Beer is 3 dollars. At any other time it is a ridiculous +7 dollars each.
On the plus side in the mall below the hotel the is a choice of places to eat and the metro railway one floor down. The situation of the hotel could not be much better for ease of access to the Smithsonian museums, which are a few minutes walk away..... and are all free.