Not special
We spent one night at this hotel on our way home from Virginia. The hotel was in the process of changing from an Intercontinental Hotel to a Royal Sonesta Hotel on the day we arrived. While I can't fault the staff for the apparent discord and confusion during the changeover, I found their customer helpfulness less than helpful. Our room was adequate, not special, with an unpleasant view of a parking lot. There were no trash pails in the room or bathroom and no ice bucket. We were greeted by $5.00 bottles of water for sale in the room. There were no informative brochures available at the concierge when we asked. We had a breakfast credit but were told we could not have the breakfast buffet, only able to order off of the regular menu. 
On the positive side, dinner at the Brighton Restaurant was quite good and Ashley, our server, was outstanding as were Marion, our server for breakfast and Zoe and Joshua, baristas at the Illy espresso bar adjacent to the lobby. Henry the bellhop was helpful and efficient. The location, directly across the street from the science center is unbeatable.