I was very pleased with this hotel. The rooms felt clean, the free breakfast buffet was great, and the staff was friendly and helpful. The outside noise didn't bother us a bit. It was a good location too.

Stayed the first week in July. We had a room on the 12th flr and was not bothered by the train, or construction next door. Enjoyed the buffet breakfast, and there was a large crowd each day. The staff handled it very well and were friendly even tho it was a mad house every morning. Room was clean and comfortable. Just down the street is The Market Inn, great food and live music, we went twice.

The biggest complaint is the buffet "free dinner." Go early - one night, they ran out of food at 6:30, and brought out some cold cuts - not very appetizing. Watch out for little kids picking up food with their hands too - not very clean. The food is "OK." Nothing great - and I hope they'll work on this. The restaurant itself is a little run down - stains on chairs and rugs.

The room was wonderful, the staff friendly, professional, and helpful. It wasn't all bad.

Oh, one other thing - LOTS of little kids and you can hear them with their "outside voices" inside the hotel, especially when you're trying to go to sleep. Don't count on a relaxing swim - the pool is playground for the kids, which is fine - they seemed to be enjoying it.

We originally booked into the Hilton in Arlington (way overpriced) and moved to this location on the advice of a colleague. Great advice. I've stayed at Residence Inns e;sewhere and they are pretty consistent. Nothing posh but very comfortable and that sense of being in an apartment instead of a hotel is great when you are staying multiple nights. This one was clean, the service was timely and the staff were great. The hot and substantial breakfast, if not gourmet, was well laid out and served and way beyond the usual continental breakfast. Btw, we paid way less than the posted rates and only booked 48 hours in advance.

Not many restaurants in the vicinity but the metro station is close by and we were impressed by the convenience, cleanliness and cost (great alliteration or what?) of DC's metro system - but easy walking distance of the Capitol and the Smithsonians. We were really pleased with this hotel for the price. A great value, and great staff.