Poor reception takes down the overall rating
I made the reservation on the official homepage instead of hotels.com to be sure that all would go smoothly when arriving late in the evening from Europe. The reservation was a non-smoking room with two double beds. We were shown to probably the most smoked-in room in the hotel, with a sofa full of stains, a lamp foot so dirty so my socks were black as I accidentally stepped on it, the bathroom had soap rests from earlier guests, but worst was the smell of cigarette smoke. We couldn't stay. The bell man told us to phone the reception and left. The reception informed me that they didn't have another room, but what about the room I reserved, the non-smoking room? I even informed that we would be arriving late. No answer to that. They could fix a new room the next day. Somebody came to spray the room but it really didn't help. Couldn't even open a window to get some fresh air so it was a nightmare. We didn't even open our suitcases, didn't want the terrible smell to get to our clothes.
The next evening we got a new room. A non-smoking but with a king bed! Our party wasn't going to sleep in one bed. Another call to the reception and they finally fixed the room I reserved from the beginning. A bell man was going to come up and move us in a second. It was getting late, time for dinner and the time for our dinner reservation was close. We waited, and waited. I really wanted to see the room as I didn't trust them, so we couldn't just leave. Phoned the reception again, the bell man was on his way I was told. Ok, we waited. No bell man, an hour had already passed. I lost my temper, went down to the reception to get the keys to the new room myself and asked why they just couldn't speak the truth and say the bell man was busy instead of letting us wait and wait. No answer to that. So the man in the reception tried to be friendly and gave me a box of cookies and a free video film certificate card. Honestly, do Embassy Suites think this is a comfort to having to change rooms three times? Who is staying in the room watching films when visiting Washington, not us! I proper comfort should be one free night or extra HH-point. Cookies, lol!
Finally we got the room we were supposed from the beginning. On the top HH-floor, a non smoking room with two double beds, how could it be so hard to do right from the beginning, Embassy Suites? We are HH-members, as stated on the reservation also, so why didn't you put us on the HH-floor immediately? I tried several times to speak to the manager but the reception didn't let me to do so. The excuses was that the manager wasn't there, running late in the morning and left in the evening. The reception was going to forward my complaints. 
The HH-floor room was clean, nice and comfortable. Can't understand why the smoking room on 3rd floor was so dirty. The whole appearance of the hotel feels worn down and old but the at least the HH-floor was apparently newly refurbished I was told ...
The complimentary drinks in the evening was nice. The complimentary breakfast was ok, American style. Be sure to start early, gets very crowded after 9 am. 
The location is great, it is really walking distance to everything, bring good walking shoes. 
This is an average middle class hotel and I really can't say it is worth to stay here. If you consider a free breakfast and you like free drinks in the evening, perhaps it is price worthy. I would never ever stay here again, Washington can surely offer better and there are so many other hotels in the area. It is though a shame that Embassy Suites destroy a dream vacation is this way. I only selected Embassy Suites as we stayed in the same hotel chain about 20 years ago in Maui, which was a dream! Now, Embassy Suites Washington took down the trade mark substantially. 
My advise, select another hotel.