My husband and I love staying at the St. Gregory when we are visiting Washington, DC. The service has always been excellent and so it was again. The hotel is always clean and attractive.

The staff, front desk and bell staff have always been friendly, helpful, and courteous. The rooms, Jr. suites have always been clean and attractive. We love the AAA package which includes free parking.

The St. Gregory is billed as a four star hotel, and it is certainly not a four star hotel. If it had been rated as 3 stars, I would have given this an average rating. The appointments are clean but extremely old, filled with tired furniture and aging appointments from the early 80's. The hotel itself is rather security conscious (swipe a key card to use the elevator) with an attractive foyer and friendly staff downstairs as well as a rather jarring life-size statue of Marilyn Monroe.

Positive first: they have a complimentary shoe shine service! Leave your shoes outside your door by midnight and they are back at your room, shined and ready to go by six a.m.! Also, the staff is friendly, and the doormen are swift (for the most part) to grab the door on your way in or out. They have an attached restaurant with a decent happy hour, if that is your thing. Also, there is an Illy coffee in the neighborhood, just a block away! And better, they are open early!

The rest of the hotel is average, filled with decaying 1980's furniture and appointments. The rooms feature radios with cassette decks, they look like they would have been the height of cool in the late 80's. Unfortunately, that appears to be the last date that anything (possibly barring the white ostrich chair in the sitting room) in the room had been updated. The walls were rather thin; I agree with a previous respondent who commented that they could hear the television from a neighboring room. On that note, if you're wondering where that geriatric cathode ray tube that your parents got rid of in 1986 went, it is in your room at the St. Gregory. Gigantic tv's with that horrible buzz and hiss noise. Everything else was just as old; two lamps were loose on their bases and hung to one side. Everything was clean, but I've had better sheets and pillows at a two star hotel. The tub didn't drain properly, so whenever you climbed into the tub you could look forward to 1/3 of an inch of cold water from your last shower.

The walk to the metro station is a little longer than I'd like; it is particularly unpleasant early in the morning or late at night.

Despite the nice staff, I'm going to go out of my way to avoid staying at the St. Gregory in the future. It is worth staying at if you expect three star amenities and the interior of a Best Western from the 80's (albeit a Best Western with a white ostrich leather chair in the sitting room). Otherwise, you can get significantly better amenities, service, and pricing by one of the hotel's many nearby competitors.

What better icon to say "have a good time fella" than Marilyn, there she stood in her art deco glory in the St. Gregory lobby. I'll admit I was sweating it from some of the unhappy reviews as to what the place would be like, could Priceline really steer me that wrong, I worried? The answer is that Priceline (I'm a big time addicted "negotiator") once again, got it right-- this place is old world charm in A++ downtown DC. The suite I was assigned tonight is spotless (but true I am a guy), spiffy and spirited with its decor and layout. Every staff member who helped me, for that matter, was high spirited. When I press "submit bid" on Priceline for my frequent visits to DC, I'll admit I always hope for the Hotel Monaco (again) at a killer price, yet I discipline myself with an explore mentality that welcomes the "bid accepted" at new places I never even heard of (a tribute to the numerosity of 4 star hotels in DC). I bid 4 stars and 4 stars only and this place earns 4 stars. If 4 stars was reserved only for new properties with glass and hip furniture, then the Paris Ritz would fail. So, when I bid DC again for my next trip in 6 weeks, my reaction if I get the St. Gregory will be: "Yes!"

I love staying at this hotel. Clean rooms, great service.

I always enjoy this hotel