My 80 year old mother and I stayed at the Doubletree for 12 days. It is located in a quiet area of DC and only a couple of blocks from the Metro. Our room had 2 queen sized beds, a kitchen with a 2-burner stove, dishwasher, clean refrigerator, coffee and tea service, sink, dishes and utensils. The room was spacious and clean, the staff was very friendly, helpful and always greeted us with a smile. The beds were wonderfully comfortable with nice linens. There is a continental breakfast Saturday and Sunday mornings. The maid service is the only weak spot we noticed; sometimes the dishes weren't washed or the coffee/tea/soap supplies weren't replaced, but when we called the front desk, they were always apologetic and got the requested items to us very rapidly. It is in a very convenient location: in the Watergate complex (about 3 blocks away) there is a Safeway grocery store, a CVS pharmacy, casual Chinese restaurant, beauty salon and bakery. It is one of the few places in DC within walking distance of the memorials (even from the Metro they are a long walk). There is a farmers market every Wednesday nearby with truly scrumptious things to take back to the room for dinner. The Kennedy Center was for us the real find: it has free public concerts every evening at 6-7pm with a truly wide range of talent from all over the world and it is also within walking distance of the hotel (or you can take the free shuttle from the George Washington University every evening). We walked everywhere or took the Metro and really looked forward to returning to our comfortable room at the Doubletree. My mother and I consider this to be one of the most pleasant hotels that we have stayed at and is certainly a value given its location within DC. I chose it using Trip Advisor and found the reviews to be quite helpful.

We stayed at the Doubletree for 2 nights in April. My husband and I -- and our 2 teenage daughters -- shared a two-room suite. The advantages to this hotel are (a) its location near key tourist sites and midway between the mall and Georgetown, (b) price, (c) proximity to the metro, and (d) proximity to GW University. Interestingly, when researching hotels for a family visit to DC maybe 6 years ago, I had at that time settled on this same hotel, again for location and price reasons. This time we were combining a visit to GW with a little sightseeing. The hotel is somewhat "tired", and everything about it says SMALL . . . the lobby, the elevators, the rooms. We did feel cramped in our room with the 4 of us, but we had been spoiled by the hotels we'd stayed in the prior 2 nights in Greensboro and Richmond. DC hotels are, of course, significantly more expensive across the board, and you are not paying top dollar at the Doubletree. We did not use the kitchen other than to stock the fridge with cold drinks. There is a 7-11 virtually across the street.

My family stayed in the Doubletree for five nights back in March. I had wrote up a review back then and never got around to posting it until being reminded of it after recently learning from an NPR story that a “water fly” is in fact a cockroach! So here goes…

The Doubletree is an older property, shows its age here and there but overall well-maintained and clean.

The hotel is in a very convenient location, a two minute walk to Foggy Bottom Metro and a Safeway just across Virginia Ave in the bottom floor of the Watergate complex. The Lincoln Memorial is within walking distance though it wasn’t so pleasant a walk when the temperature was in the 30s.

We were in a 9th floor room facing New Hampshire Ave. and noise was not a problem. New Hampshire Ave is a pretty quiet street. I understand there are rooms on the other side with a view of the Kennedy Center.

The suite arrangement was very comfortable, the front door opens into an entry hall, the living area had plenty of room for a dining table, couch, television and desk. The kitchen was a separate room from the living area. The bedroom was another separate room with two very comfortable beds, another TV and a large closet area.

The kitchen was serviceable, with minimal counterspace, a new, large, clean refrigerator and microwave and a stove and dishwasher. I’m always wary of hotel microwaves, they so often have the stench of old cheese and popcorn – not a problem at the Doubletree. We loaded the dishwasher and housekeeping would run it each day, though it doesn’t seem like they put any detergent in it. Having the kitchen and a grocery store nearby was really convenient and cheap. We could prepare a big breakfast, eat lunch out and several evenings we prepared dinner in the suite too. Cooking utensils, dishware and silverware were limited but enough to get by.

The (for a fee) wireless Internet worked flawlessly after spending almost an hour on hold waiting for assistance from the third-party Internet service provider.

Did have two problems though:

Upon checkin I find a two inch insect parked in the front door jamb. It looked like a roach to me, but on the other hand it didn’t scurry away at the slightest provocation the way roaches typically do. The maintenance person said it was a “water fly”? – anyway it was promptly removed and I never saw any other evidence of bugs during the remainder of our stay.

The other problem was with cigarette smoke wafting through the bathroom ventilation system. I was told the smoking rooms are on the 2nd floor. Since we were up on the 9th floor I’m guessing someone on a floor beneath us was cheating.

We had a fine stay there and would readily return when the kids are ready for another tour of the Smithsonian – maybe after the American History museum reopens!

We had a fabulous experience in the quiet neighborhood of Foggy Bottom. It was convenient to the metro; walking in the GWU area was easy. We stayed 10 days and other than one night of noisy party girl neighbors, it was perfect. The room size was great; the kitchen was convenient. There's a farmers market on Wednesday afternoons and we were able to buy goodies to feast on in the room. The pool is small, but nice to cool off in from the sultry steamy heat of August. I had chills and instant relief after a day of walking DC.