Historic hotel in an excellent location
The best thing about this hotel is the location; half way between the White House and Dupont Circle. It is close to all the attractions and all the cool stuff at Dupont Circle. It is also a very historic hotel where everybody who was anybody used to stay, i.e. it is perhaps a bit past it's prime but still a grand old hotel.
Our only real complaint, and a minor one at that, was the service we received from some staff, especially the bell hops. We were returning from trekking in the Himalayas. This was an overnight stopover for us and we had already been travelling for about 24 hours and about 20 of those in the air. So, showing up a little dusty with backpacks we felt we were treated somewhat as second class citizens compared to the "suits". That said, the service was still polite and of a decent standard compared to other hotels. The concierge staff were excellent.
A plus was that the rooms are very well lit with a nice bright work desk. There were also a couple power bars which were handy to charge iPods, cel phone, cameras etc etc.