Nice Hotel-Disappointing Location For Evening Dining
When booking our room directly with the hotel, I specified that I preferred a room away from the elevator to avoid noise. We arrrived at the hotel at 11:00am and were told that they only had one room available (room 320.) This room looked out over railroad tracks which were constantly in use by passenger and freight car traffic. Consequently, I was not happy, but we resigned ourselves that this room was otherwise acceptable. When we arrived via taxi from Union Station there were no valets to greet us at the entrance and help us with our luggage. Also, when we asked the front desk for help in securing a taxi to go sightseeing, they suggested we go out to curbside. There were no taxis available. They offerred to call us a taxi and we accepted, but the taxi they called for never arrived. We mentioned this to the front desk and they didn't seem overly concerned or responsive, so we wound up finding a taxi on our own. Finally, the only good restaurant near the hotel at night was called Station 4 and it was at least a half-mile walk away. Fortunately, their food and service was very good, especially their pizzas, which I rate the best I have ever had. I doubt that we will stay at this Hotel the next time we are in DC.