Dupont Circle Hotel is just duh!
Maybe I'm just too old to appreciate this place, but I thought the Dupont Circle Hotel was awful. Yes, the furnishings and style is sophisticated and modern, but off the mark. To be fair, the bar and restaurant are high energy and the food very good, but the accomodations and service was awful. Room was so small, I felt we were in a tiny boat cabin, no dresser for clothes and a closet with 5 hangers. The bathroom was so tight and "public" it might as well have been in the middle of the room. And speaking of that-make sure you get into the shower first or you will be standing in a few inches of water for lack of a proper curtain or door that keeps the water where you want it. Better have your dancing shoes on, too. Trying to find a mirror that actually gives you a reflection and not a blast of light behind you is a futile dance around the room. All that would have been manageable, but the service matched the room-dreadful. Our room was still undone when we returned late in the afternoon from a morning of sightseeing, having to get ready for our evening affair with soggy towels and a bathroom still soaking wet from the morning shower debacle. The people at the desk were nice enough, but the concierge was useless. If you are young, hip and looking for style alone, this may be the place. If you are used to "the finer things", look elsewhere. Location, and location only, this hotel has it, but it is worth the extra steps to go someplace else.