Great Location, but Hotel lacked Something
My wife and I stayed here for 5 nights for the anesthesiology conference at the Washington convention center conveniently located just walking distance away.
I reserved and paid for a single king bed but recieved a two twin bed room. I requested the front desk find me what I had previously ordered. She told me that all their king rooms were reserved and she blamed the mix up on the booking company, expedia or travelocity or whatever it was that I used. She was kind enough to walk me to another floor with two "twin" beds and a view of a brick wall. The floor was wreaking of smoke and the front desk clerk motioned to housekeeping which happened to be on the floor and asked her to spray the hall with some air freshener.
The nightstand has three electric devices on it (lamp, telephone and alarm clock), but the wall has only two outlets so the phone was not connected. I had to disconnect the clock to make a phone call to the front desk. One night my wife wanted to watch a movie, and the hotel tv has no movies you can rent or choose from. I called the front desk and asked if they had an hdmi connector so I could connect my laptop to the tv monitor to watch a movie. The time was about 8:30pm and it was cold and raining outside. Front desk told me they did not have anything to connect to the tv but I could walk to Radio Shack and buy one which was 6 long blocks. I used my gps on my phone to find and walk to Radio Shack. Upon reaching the store the doors were locked and the clerk would not let me in pointing to the sign on the door that read closed at 7 pm. Soaked and disappointed I walked back to the hotel.
I think generally everyone working in the lobby was friendly and sought to be helpful. However, the high cost of this hotel is probably due to the location and the average price of more competitive hotels in the area.