Small rooms, great location and friendly staff
I stayed here for a mini reunion with friends. I struggled with exactly what review to give this hotel. As Marriotts go, I'd rate it as just average, but compared to similar hotels, it's somewhere above average but not quite "very good". The biggest pluses are the location (you can walk to the metro and get to just about anywhere in the city relatively quickly), and the staff, who were very helpful and seemed knowledgable about the area. Parking was valet-only and was pricey, but so is parking everywhere else in DC. The minuses were the size of the room (very small - like "accidentally hit your shins on the bed as you try to get to the window" small), and noise level in the room. It was difficult to fall asleep, as we could hear people talking and laughing in the halls until late at night, and we woke early to the sounds of a family and their unhappy (or so I guess, since he/she was screaming) young child. Room to room noise wasn't bad (we had people on either side and didn't hear them) - it was just noise from the hallway. My advice is to bring a good pair of ear plugs, just in case.