Great Hotel
Just spent 3 nights at this hotel and it was wonderful! The staff are terrific -- every staff member we saw said hello to us. Cedric checked us in and couldn't have been nicer. It was our 25th anniversary and we were treated very well -- from the wine and flowers to the heart made of Hershey's kisses! Thank you all so much :)
The hotel was exceptionally clean and everything looked brand new. Very convenient to get to the metro around the corner. Breakfast at Tynan's Tea down the block was great! (the hotel does have breakfast). A couple of smaller places to eat on the block as well but no real dinner restaurants besides the one in the hotel.
The neighborhood is definitely up and coming. All the buildings looked new and you can see more of them going up. 
The club across the street definitely draws a crowd on weekend nights. There was some kind of college reunion weekend going on when we were in town so there were a lot of people outside the club. They didn't bother us and we did see police presence but, nothing bad was going on. We had a room in the back (nice view of the Capitol building) and never heard any noise.
Our only complaint was that the hotel bar closed at 10:00 - even on weekends. We like to have a drink when we get back to the hotel at night and there are no other bars in the neighborhood. They told us the hotel bar is packed at lunch time and happy hour but once the business people go home, they are quiet. My thinking is that the hotel bar should be somewhat geared towards hotel guests. We were not the only guests there at 10 who were disappointed that it was closing. That's the only reason I am not giving 5 stars. Other than that, we loved this hotel!