I stayed in the Palomar Hotel in Chicago and loved it so didn't hesitate to book this one in DC. Check in was a breeze. They'd already emailed me before to see if I wanted to opt for a reduced price upgrade if a room was available. It was so we ended up in a suite on the9th floor.

The room was great with contemporary furnishing,everything spotless and funky animal print robes. We also got a $10 off the minibar voucher thrown in which was nice. The only gripe was the TV had a few channels which were a bit grainy.

Every evening they have free wine and nibbles in reception. We only made it once but it was very relaxed and the reception surroundings are very comfortable with sofas and a faux fireplace.

The bar is accessed by walking through Urbana restaurant and they have a happy hour between 4-7pm (or 5-7pm? it's all a blur) where you can get various reduced price drinks includingsparkling wine for $5 per glass and Peroni lager for a similar price. The staff were very friendly and warned us well in advance for last happy hour orders. I also recommend th calamari available in the bar and the restaurant. V good.

We asked and were granted a late 1.30pm checkout on Sunday which enabled us to go up to Washington Zoo (free entry!) and back. So nice to get some activity in on the day of checkout without having to vacate the room first.

The hotel is in the Dupont Circle area of Washington and is a 10 min walk through a posh residential neighbourhood to the centre of town and the White House etc. It is also 100 yards from the Dupont Circle Metro station from where you can get anywhere for a few $. There's some nice neighbourhood shops in the road including a pet shop, kebab shop, Thai, Chinese takeaway, Starbucks next door a small supermarket opposite and the cool Scion restaurant (www.scionrestaurant.com) where we had a nice meal one night. Comfort food best describes Scion!

There's free wireless internet available if you sign uo to the Kimpton In Touch website and it was a good connection throughout the hotel. The one thing you notice in this hotel throughout is how friendly the staff are. They all seem very happy and will always greet you as you pass through.

Next time I'm in Washington (I work for National Geographic) I will definitely stay here again. Absolute value for money and a great hotel experience.

Note, they also allow dogs in here as we saw a few in there.

I cannot fault the service and in particular Phillip, the concierge, my sister and her new husband stayed at the hotel for their wedding night and I telephoned from the UK to arrange a gift to be placed in their room. On telephoning the hotel I was put though to Phillip who immediately emailed me (to save on long distance phone calls) with the telephone number for the shop in question, he then liaised with the shop direct before picking up the gift and placing it in the room. He kept me informed throughout the whole process by email. A big thank you for making this process seem so easy from so far away. Next time I am in Washington I will definitely be staying at this hotel as the service was so outstanding.

Palomar is the type of place that makes you feel welcome from the moment you drive up. Valet took the car and bags, front lobby has a roaring fire and wine flowing (how is that, a wine tasting EVERY day), front desk gets us into our room in a flash. So far so good.

Executive King room was large and brand new. Big bed, great bathroom, flatscreen tv etc.

Headed down for dinner, to Urbana, one of the best new restaurants in DC and totally fell in love. Apps were delicious, drinks were well made, pizza, oysters, grilled Brussels Sprout. Man, what can I say. Off the charts.

Had breakfast the next day in Urbana again, and it was again a home run. Eggs Benedict, Juice, coffee and a very reasonable bill.

This hotel is in the best neighborhood in DC....walking distance to everything...and really treats their guests right. Loved it and will be back soon.

We absolutely loved our stay here and I am now in the middle of booking our second stay (and third Kimpton hotel) at the moment!

The staff were incredibly friendly and helpful - always smiling and happy to assist with anything we needed :)

We loved our room and especially loved our late night room service. We were incredibly jetlagged and woke up hungry at a crazy hour after sleeping all afternoon.. the staff were so lovely. When we mentioned we had completely slept through dinner we were asked if we missed the evening wine reception - which we had. So we were offered wine with our meal to make up for it.. I was so sleepy and didn't want wine so my partner said "just one glass will be fine".. and they then brought apple juice for me instead, just to be nice! It was so perfect :) The small things make an overall stay simply wonderful.

We loved the food and the atmosphere and you can't beat the location. We were walking distance to great restaurants too. I really can't rave about it enough, our experience was perfect. Will definitely be there again in April :)