Well located in DC. The staff is very professional. We had a pleasant stay!

Beautiful lobby, friendly staff, awesome bar and a starbucks on site!!! Location was great, we were about 2 to 3 blocks from the White house and down the street from the hotel was the subway and plenty of restaurants to choose from. Next door to a park. We had a view of the park so that was a plus. Rooms are rather small but cozy. the only issue we encountered was the long wait for the elevator. Only one was working due to the earthquake earlier that week. Obviously not their fault but that was the only little issue.

I stayed at the Hamilton for a business trip last week. I love being in downtown DC and the hotel was in a good location both for my meetings as well as food and fun. The restaurant was fabulous and they had a terrific happy hour with a good mix of locals/visitors. The hotel is definitely showing signs of age, and not just in the historical sense I expected. The rooms are in need of updates for decor, etc and I had a rattling air vent in my room, which was directly across from the elevator. The beds were also soft like old mattresses. I almost asked to switch rooms when I saw it but I'm not a high maintenance traveler so I kept what I had and asked that the vent be fixed, though that didn't happen. The exception to the age creep was the fitness center, which was very nice. I had read about special features for women business travelers but saw none of that while I was there. Overall it was okay, and if the reviews are correct and updates are in the future, I would stay there again, but I expected a lot more for the hotel rate.

This hotel is listed in historical hotels book. It is a nice building in a god location and is about to undergo a major refurbishment. While the appearance of the internal finishes is still reasonable, it will certainly benefit from the refurb.
The room we had was very comfortable and was on one of the club floors but we were told by one of the reception staff that we were not to use the club facilities - why put you on a club floor if you are not supposed to take part. After a day or so, when the people providing the club facilities asked why don't we partake, we decided why not. Club facilities are very handy when your traveling - continental breakfast, drinks, hors deuvres, fruit etc
The rooms and the hotel generally, appeared to be cleaned and maintained well and I would also recommend the restaurant in the hotel - food and service was very good and the price was comparable to other nice restaurants of this standard.
While the hotel was within walking distance of the Smithsonian, it was easier and pretty cheap to just get a cab each way - also it meant not wasting time - so many things to see in DC. Once your in the museum area, there is one museum after the other and you are walking all day, so the last thing we needed was another walk back to the hotel.