Recommended. Booked thru the washington.org for 3 nights for $404 including all taxes and fees. Parking was $105/$35 a day. Not cheap until you consider the location.
Every other hotel near the mall was $30+ more a day when you added in parking and taxes. Short walk to the Metro and the Mall, which was critical. We are already walking around 8+ hours a day sightseeing. We didn't want to have a 30 min Metro ride in and out of the city everyday or bother with a hotel shuttle to/from the Metro stop which you have to do if you stay in Arlington or further west. The area felt very safe, we saw more office building security guards on our way back every evening than other people. The room was clean and quiet, it's not the Mandarin Oriental for sure but it is a little better than a Holiday Inn, and you are not going to get a larger room for sure under $200. Most tourist sights close at 5:30pm, so after dinner you will probably be back in your room by 9pm. Having a kitchenette (full size fridge, sink and microwave) made the evenings much more enjoyable. The room had cable, HBO, medium sized flat screen TVs and free wireless internet that was fast enough to stream Netflix on an iPad with no problems when there was nothing on cable. Staff was fine on check-in and checkout.

I have stayed at this hotel several times in the past and my most recent stay was last week. I have booked this hotel through marriott.com and also through priceline. Be warned I really do think they treat priceline guests like crap. You book on priceline and no matter what time you come to check in the room is never ready and they always try to stick you in the smallest studio they have that nobody else wants.

I will give the hotel one thing. It's consistent every stay and I am not saying that is a positive thing. The rooms had a cheap renovation a few years back that are already looking worn out. The public spaces are terrible. The furniture in the lobby and the breakfast room probably have been there since the hotel opened. If your looking for friendly staff then this is not the hotel for you. The front desk staff is always rude and not helpful. they really don't care. just want to get you out of their way as fast as possible.

This last trip I had booked the hotel for a thursday through saturday night. I decided I wanted to stay one more night and asked the front desk if they could give me the weekend rate of 129 a night which priceline and marriott offered if you stayed those four nights. But if you tried to book one night just for that sunday it was 289. Which is ridiculous! I asked two different front desk staff if they could check with the manager about getting me a 129 rate. They both couldn't have cared less. Played with their computers and said oh well we must be close to full. we can't offer you that rate. Never even checked with a manager. So the joke is I went on priceline name your own price and bid and I ended up getting that sunday night for 60 dollars!!! So I guess they kinda screwed themselves over on that deal.

I only stay at this hotel because of the kitchen in the room and the location. But frankly its overpriced and overrated.

This is a nice hotel but if you are sightseeing in DC there are other better located hotels nearer to the Mall. We were given a room with a view of Thomas Circle and that was lovely but very noisy all night long ask for a quiet room. The staff was friendly and helpful and overall the hotel was clean and rooms spacious.

This property is nicely located with easy access to most tourist sites as well as the Metro. The staff is exceedingly friendly, helpful, and reliable. My room was clean and reasonably spacious with ample kitchen and bath space. I didn't like the fact that the closet is inside the bathroom but, overall, I would give the property good marks and would return on future trips.