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Donovan House - A Kimpton Hotel – reviews, photos

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1155 14th Street, N.W., Washington DC, DC 20005
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Donovan House - A Kimpton Hotel
Ranked #97 of 123 hotels in Washington DC
3.5 of 5 stars 25 Reviews
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Paris, France
Senior Reviewer
7 reviews 7 reviews
Reviews in 6 cities Reviews in 6 cities
4 helpful votes 4 helpful votes
“loved the service and the style not so much noise and overbooking”
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 26 May 2012 NEW
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person found this review helpful

I arrived on a Saturday night and they had overbooked the hotel, you can’t help feeling totally disappointed nevertheless I appreciated the staff and manager's effort to fix the problem and sincere apologies as well as the free upgrade and apology letter. Apart from that incident the rest of my stay was perfect loved my room, the style and amenities (who doesn’t) the great service and breakfast location and price. I have heard that some people complain about the party crown on the weekends - I didn’t mind at all as I couldn’t hear anything from my room, actually I had a couple of drinks at the roof garden and loved the DJ, interesting crowd too. Overall good value for money , pleasant stay , superior service.

  • Stayed November 2011, travelled on business
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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New York City, New York
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20 reviews 20 reviews
Reviews in 13 cities Reviews in 13 cities
22 helpful votes 22 helpful votes
“Great stay at the Donovan House”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 26 May 2012 NEW
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Stayed here for business while in D.C. for a few days. The room was clean, and the hotel facilities were nice. They had a small pool on the roof and a roof top bar. The hotel is close enough to everything, and the staff were very pleasant. Definetly recommend.

  • Stayed May 2012, travelled on business
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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Cleveland, Ohio
1 review
“great dc visit staff 5 star superior”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 25 May 2012 NEW

from check-in to check out the service was superior. including the hotel Restruant,the rooftop bar the door barman all we're warm and welcoming...Keyarna, Daysi, check in Jeanine, Louseny, Restruant , Eric ?( who started at 4:00 full arm tattoo with Koi on his right arm. ) Camille,
Cherise.... the attentive service of the entire staff of this hotel is nothing less than amazing.... we did feel welcomed and pampered.
The hotel needs a bit of tender love and care , it is looking a bit tired.
the room was smoke free....
the carpets were clean.
the beds were comfortable.

THE STAFF IS 5 STAR!
we would stay again.
great location for walking to many great local eats...

Room Tip: we stayed in 610 facing the rotary no noise and great view
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  • Stayed May 2012, travelled as a couple
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 3 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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Washington DC, District of Columbia
2 reviews
Reviews in 2 cities Reviews in 2 cities
“Best wedding ever!”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 21 May 2012

The Kimpton Hotel was the wedding home-base for our family, and we cannot say enough good things about the property and it's excellent staff. Everyone from Darryl and Daisey at the front desk, to Chris at the restaurant, and the hotel assistant general manager took great care of us and made sure that all our needs were met. We took advantage of the rooftop pool and enjoyed the great views. The lobby happy hour was a very pleasant treat, it gave an opportunity for everyone to catch up on the daily activities and make plans for the evening. Thank you Donovan House and Kimpton Hotels for another job well done.

  • Stayed May 2012, travelled with family
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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Los Angeles
1 review
1 helpful vote 1 helpful vote
“Dirty”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 18 May 2012
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person found this review helpful

This hotel is prematurely run-down. I arrived from a late flight at midnight and had get switched to four different rooms before finding one that didn't smell like cigarette smoke and/or have stains all over the carpet. The manager was extremely apologetic.

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  • Stayed May 2012, travelled on business
    • 2 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Location
    • 2 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Service
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MMJennings, General Manager at Donovan House - A Kimpton Hotel, responded to this review
21 May 2012
Jack,

So sorry to hear of your disappoining stay. Under the previous management this was a smoking hotel and of course Kimpton is non-smoking so you can imagine converting takes some doing. We have had an outside company come in to do reclamation of the smoking floor and will do a another follow up. All the rooms have been undergoing intensive deep cleaning and engineeing touch ups and we should have all completed by next week. We would love to show you the difference. Give me a ring and I will take care of your handling your next stay personally.

Regards,

Mark Jennings
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Address: 1155 14th Street, N.W., Washington DC, DC 20005
Price range (per night):* INR10,143 - 26,360

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