Came for a business conference and stayed over for to enjoy D.C. We found this hotel to be trendy, eclectic and fun! The guest rooms weren't huge but the beds were great! The on-site restaurant ART & SOUL was very tasty! Great location, helpful staff--we highly recommend!

So my girlfriend and I stayed here for a night and I can say that the hotel itself was nice and had a good ambience. The service was awful. We walked up to the bartender and asked for a cup of coffee and she looked at us like we were crazy. "I can do it but I'll have to go to the kitchen" is exactly what she said. We finally had to walk over to restaurant hostess and she was able to grab some coffee for us. The same bartender was in a bad mood all night and very slow at taking orders. I really hope they take care of this because it definitely impacted our experience and we won't ever be back. AMATEURS behind the bar.

My husband and I stayed here for four days in Aug '09. We had a wonder time. The location was great - very close to Union Station and the Capital. We are fairly young and walked almost everywhere (we only used our car one day to travel to the National Arboretum and Mount Vernon). There is a Metro station at Union Station which can bring you to most of the hot spots.

The hotel was very nice (trendy style) and our room was nice and very clean. My husband thought the room was a little small for a "four star" hotel, but I was pleased with the room. The hotel has about four different types pillows you can request from the front desk, so I got to have a memory foam pillow for a week. The only problem I found with the room was the firehouse next door meant there where many sirens during the night (not loud enough to wake you, but could make it hard to fall a sleep). I felt safe walking around the neighborhood with my husband (though I wouldn't have walked alone). I was a little worried about the liquor store on the corner, but we had no problems besides people asking us for money around Union Station.

The hotel charges for internet and there is no coffee or fridge in the room. The rate to park in the hotel was outrageous - $40/day (they only allow valet parking) but we parked in a garage on E (just around the corner) for about $20/day.

The pool area was beautiful and there was even a lifeguard duty, but on Sunday when we checked in the there was a weekly pool party going on. It was free to guests, but it lead to the lobby and front of the hotel being filled with very drunk, half dressed hipsters. The rest of the week the hotel was much calmer with business people and families. The restaurant in the hotel was the best we ate at in DC. I would definitely recommend the hotel and stay again.

I stayed here in December during a trip to DC for work, going off a colleague's advice. Glad I took him up on it- the place was very cool; very nicely done. Great location, excelent amenities (I only wish it was summer so i could have gone out to the pool, which looks amazing), amazing staff, and a fastastic overall vibe to the place. I would definitely come back here for all of my DC travel, and would highly recommend this hotel for the positive experince i had here.