Hard Hotel to Rate
I have stayed at The Quincy a number of times. Many of the other reviewers already covered key points: good location; large room; climate control is very limited, so there is a chance you will be too hot or too cold; there is quite a bit of noise (whether you stay in the front or back side of the hotel); and some aspects of the hotel and rooms are dated.
I will address a slightly different issue. The last two times I stayed here I had problems with my reservation, which I made on the Quincy website. The first time I showed up about 10 PM, tired and ready to get some sleep. When I tried to check in the woman told me they didn't have a reservation for me. I pulled out a printout of my confirmation and handed it to the woman. The story then changed to someone canceled my reservation. I asked who did that and when. She said a member of the staff had canceled my reservation. There was no explanation as to why. She then proceeded to tell me the hotel was sold out and there was nothing she could do. She actually expected me to just take my luggage and leave. When I refused to do so, she finally agreed to call another hotel and try to find me a room. She got me a room at the Washington Suites, which is about 1/2 mile away. The hotel did not offer to provide a cab, but she was happy to tell me how to walk there.
As a result of that experience, I avoided The Quincy for a while. But recently I decided to give it another try. I made my resrvation on the Quincy website. When I tried to check in around noon, I was told they did not have a reservation for me. I again pulled out a printed copy of my reservation and handed it to the woman. She again said she did not see a reservation for me. The woman then took my printed confirmation and disappeared in a back room for about 10 minutes. When she came out she said they worked out the issue. She said the hotel had two reservation systems but she only had access to one at the front desk. Someone in the back room was able to finally find it on their supposed other system. It sounded like a lot of bull to me.
They told me they did not have any rooms available at that time and said I should come back. I was not leaving anything to chance. I was attending a meeting close to the hotel. At 2 PM I actually walked out of my meeting to go back to the hotel to check in, just to make sure I got a room.
One other tidbit of info, the hotel haa a quasi frequent stayer club called the Q Club. If you are a member, which I am, you are supposed to get breakfast and a discount on the room. I have never gotten breakfast. Also, if you make a reservation on the hotel website, there are no instructions on how to get your Q Club discount. The hotel will be happy to explain the process to you once you get there, but then you are expected to remember it.
This hotel happenes to be convenient to where I often do business in DC, which is why I use it. But with all the other hotels in DC and the experience I have had here (including the noise and heat issues), it is questionable if I would go back.