Residence Inn Washington, DC/Dupont Circle

One of the absolute best service experiences I’ve had! Josue, Dave, and the rest of the crew were excellent in their attentiveness and are a massive boost to this place. I was bummed we had to leave. I can wholeheartedly recommend this place to those seeking shelter in the DC area.

I like Residence Inn, so this was an easy choice for me while on a weekend getaway to one of my favorite cities.
Spacious room complete with living room, full kitchen and large bedroom. The bathroom was very spacious and showcased a beautiful glass shower that could easily fit two people.
This place had an excellent continental breakfast. In fact, it was more like a regular breakfast than the continental variety. So, this was a great value.
Also, this place is a short walk from the monuments as well as one of my favorite spots in DC-​Burger, Tap and Shake.
Check it out.

I’ve found the Marriott Residence Inn a great place to stay while in DC. On «P» street just a couple of blocks from DuPont Circle, it’s conveniently close (walking distance) to great restaurants, shopping, and DC attractions. If you want to branch out, the Metro at DuPont station is a great way to get around.
The hotel room is spacious and clean, with kitchen facilities, stove, refrigerator, microwave and even a dishwasher. Of course most people don’t come to DC to cook in their hotel room, I found the refrigerator useful for keeping bottled drinks cold. The queen bed slept wonderfully, and considering it was Halloween weekend, the hotel was relatively quite.
The Staff was very friendly, and there was always a morning greeting and smile when going for their complimentary breakfast — provided 6:30 — 9:30, Mon-​Fri, and 7:00 — 10:00 Sat & Sun. Speaking of breakfast, theirs was as good or better than any of the other hotels I’ve stayed at. Besides their usual, cereal boxes, toast, and coffee, they had scrambled eggs, sausage patties. fried potatoes, biscuits & gravy, a waffle making counter, and always 2 bowls of fresh fruit — strawberries and pineapples, or cantaloup. Everything was fresh and very good.
I would highly recommend this hotel, and will stay here again when coming back. It’s very competitively priced, but do your homework, and shop around to compare prices. I did, and still booked here. Be aware, it’s DC and parking is a premium. If you travel in with your vehicle, it’s an extra $ 35.00/night for their below grade parking — which is very secure, and have elevator facilities to the hotel floors. (I just parked mine and left it for 3 days, not wanting to deal with DC traffic — besides, as previously mentioned you can walk or «Metro’ to all your destinations.)
So enjoy your trip to DC and keep this hotel on your radar when looking for a place to stay.

I am very happy with this hotel. The rooms are well equipped and the location can’t be beat. But what really makes this hotel special are the people at the front desk. They have been so friendly and helpful. They have made my stay so much more pleasant because they are pleasant. Keep up the good work!

Very kind staff at front desk. Rooms borderline clean. Many things in the room broken. The engineers who came to deal with it, all kind. The cleaning staff kind. The hotel is a couple of notches up from basic and a bit more away from nice. There is a creepy feeling to it as some of the more permanent residents are weird. I would hope for the price there are much better options out there, but it wasn’t horrible and it is certainly conveniently located.

Worst experience with a Residence Inn ever! Very loud construction the whole night I was there. They over charge per night $ 300 really? Breakfast was cold. I moved hotels due to the nose at night and front desk staff can barely speak english. Moved to Courtyard mariott and I’m very happy with them and it’s way cheaper & less noise.

Good location and service! It’s one of the good spots for sightseeing in DC.
They always have 2 kinds of coffee and ice cold water and newspaper. The dining area and bathroom are clean.
They have a good looking restaurant in their building at 1^st floor. I’ve not tried it yet though.

My stay over all was very good I loved the room. Romeo at the from desk was amazing and Anette the cleaning lady for my room was so sweet. The night manager had issues but the DM and day manager made up for her. The location is great and all the nice spot near by made this one of my next go to locations to stay. Fran own the next door SOHO tea shop and they made the stay even better. The room is very clean and very big. Nothing is missing and the night security made sure we made it in safe each night. The room has a full kitchen and they will even stick it for you if you desire. I could not have picked a better location for A week covering July 4^th week and weekend. There is a bagel etc next door that had the best smoothie and breakfast ever for a quick bite. I will make sure I stay here the next time we visit DC as there is a CVS on the corner and the metro is only 1 block away and made the trip even better. The hotel manager made up for any small things and gave us a great gift basket.

I had to tell this story of this hotel and how they wowed me for life.
I am in D.C. for work. I arrived about a week ago and was staying at The Holiday Inn at Rosslyn (uneventful hotel with a neat location). About 4pm today, I get a call from my boss saying that Holiday Inn had called her and told her I was supposed to check out that morning. «How could this be? I am scheduled to fly out 5 days from now!» Lo and behold, my company split my stay between 2 hotels because of occupancy issues, and never made that clear to me. They booked the second leg of my stay at Residence Inn, 10 minutes away. Stuck at work, I was not able to get back to the hotel until 10pm, and was worried that they had packed my room up in order to accommodate their ‘sold out’ week. I was pissed, to say the least. Holiday Inn charged me the extra night AND I still had to leave the hotel. I completely understand, not their fault. But I was SOOOOO ANGRY that I had to pack up and switch hotels so late at night.
Needless to say, I was NOT a happy camper walking into Residence Inn in D.C. I just wanted to sleep and send angry emails. That’s where Romeo came in. At the front desk, he saw that I was staying a 5 nights and told me he would bump up my reservation since it was a bit of an extended stay, which was sweet. I then told him about my day, and how I was upset about the situation with the previous hotel. Romeo disappeared into the back room and emerged with a little gift bag filled with snacks and bottled water! Made my night… but it did not stop there. After explaining all the amenities, he let me know he upgraded me to a nice room, to which I thanked him for ensuring my day would end well.
I entered my room and was floored! What started as a reservation for a basic room (I think) turned into a beautiful suite, complete with full size fridge/​freezer, dishwasher, stove, all cooking and dishware utensils, modern and spacious living room and office, zen bedroom, and full size shower with tub. Keurig coffee maker? YUP! Bags of popcorn? UH HUH! Free wifi? I’M ON IT!
My night immediately went from sucky to amazing, with Romeo’s gesture of kindness and empathy. Romeo is the reason why I would REQUEST to stay at Residence Inn’s during any of my travel (travel 90% of the year). Many thanks to Marriott, and especially to Romeo for making me a lifelong guest at Residence Inn!

Great front desk service. Decent breakfast. Great location. Nice clean room. Depressing fitness room. No swimming pool.
Weekday evening manger snack get together is pretty neat.
Would’ve nice to have a spa or steam room. After all the walking you will do here, really good to have one

The staff at this location were wonderful. Seriously, the lady at the front desk, the dining staff, maintenance helpers etc. Everyone one so nice and helpful. Would definitely stay at this location again. Great location, great service. Thank you for the friendly service, nice spacious rooms!

I have stayed in several Marriots in DC, and this one is by far one of the better ones, especially for a Residence Inn. The location is great, the service is friendly and the rooms have been updated and are very spacious. Highly recommend,

The check in was uneventful. The front desk attendant who checked us in was friendly and informative. The rooms are nice with a pretty blue accent wall in each room. The full kitchen is beautiful, and is stocked with the conveniences of home — a coffee maker, silverware, pots and pans, stemware and flatware, and even paper towels.
This location’s largest 2 bedroom suite has 1 queen in each room. They have none with king sized beds, which was disappointing. It costs just over $ 37 (including tax) to park in their garage, on top of the cost of the nightly stay. There is no pool or hot-​tub at this location either.
The bathrooms are small, but clean and nice. Unfortunately, around 10pm, we discovered that one of the two the toilets did not flush. The toilet was constantly running, but never filled up to be able to flush. After calling the front desk to report this issue, a security guard was sent up to our room and confirmed that the toilet did not flush and was continuously running. He turned off the water to the toilet, and said we’d have to wait for a plumber to look at it at 7am.
Upon my checkout, I asked the front desk administrator about a reduction in our rate because 5 people had to share 1 bathroom, but he seemed unwilling to acknowledge the inconvenience. Because of the front desk attendant’s lack of concern, I asked to speak to the manager, to report not only the malfunctioning toilet, but also the inconvenience of learning that there was no power at the Greenbelt location (where we originally booked), the stress of having to make location changes at the last minute, and the disappointment of finding out that the relocation suite in DuPont Circle was smaller with less beds and there was no pool. When the change was made, we were assured that we’d have the same sized room with 1 king in one room and 2 queens in the other. When we arrived at DuPont Circle I found out that none of their suites have kings or double queens.
The attendant said he would call the manager later, and would email me. Upon hearing this, another patron of the hotel, told the front desk attendant that he should call the manager now, because after she listened to my experience, she would not be returning to the hotel. The attendant attempted to tell her that he would call the manager later, but she insisted the he call as soon as he was done with her. I thanked the woman several times for her support.
After the woman left, the attendant called the manager who agreed to give me $ 100 off for the inconvenience of the evening. I thought that was reasonable, but I don’t think I would have gotten that response if not for the kind patron who supported me and made the attendant aware of the power of good/​bad customer service, and its effect on business.

The room was nice. the kitchen staff great. when i had my room cleaned, they didn’t finish cleaning as my trash was sitting in the middle of bathroom, no toilet paper nor the rod for it. i found it on the shelf over the sink. the floor was still sticky in the kitchen area a well. I had to put a towel down to be able to walk on it. I also didn’t have anything to wash the dishes with so i had to leave them dirty in the sink. The hotel is very clean otherwise.
Now, what will stop me from staying there or any other residence inn/​Marriott is the fact that they overcharged me twice on my bill. then when i kept trying to get help and get it fixed they blamed my bank for over charging me, was very rude, yelled at me and told me there was nothing they could do. I called corporate on them and complained. I also found out that a fellow person who stayed int eh group was over charged and they didnt return all her funds. they took $ 300 from the amount they owed her. I told her she should also call corporate as front desk isn’t worth anything.
I also watched the front desk clerk tell a guest to call the bank to release a charge they did. a extra hold the HOTEL placed, they told her to tell the BANK to release it. Now anyone who knows anything knows a BANK can’t release a merchant’s hold! The front desk didn’t want to be responsible for anything and tried to play us dumb. Now when i saw they interact with the white customers it was all smiles, yes sir/​maam, no sir/​maam. I had to tell the front desk clerk to apologise for telling me a lie about my charges. he gave me a false story about a false roommate i didn’t have. He just kept saying how you want to pay? I was highly ticked off that i had to tell you to say sorry for lying.
in the end they owed me $ 101, and put an additional hold of $ 101 on my card, just to release it and think I was not going to forget that they still owe me $ 101 from the $ 620 they took. since they split my bill as i was supposed to have a roommate (who never checked in), i didn’t understand how half the bill was $ 518, yet the other was $ 721??? Needless to say i am disputing the charge in card.

Clean, modern and convenient. They even honor your previous rate if you have to stay an extra night due to a snow storm! Staff is super friendly, breakfast is included so that a nice bonus. Quiet, and very comfy bed !!

great location, staff is helpful except when they are almost off shift. Its a residence so you have a kitchen and they even offer to do your grocery shopping but what i dont like is that I over shop. I asked for them to take the unopened food but their policy is to throw it out. That is unfortunate.
Breakfast is good, never went to their happy hour but they have one with food too. The engineer hooked up my cable internet in the room because they had sealed up the line. He had to call the provider to make sure I got uninterrupted service. That was awesome.

Great establishment. I think its a great little spot within easy walking distance to the red-​line metro and lots of food/​bars in the neighborhood. Next door to a little grocery store and CVS is two blocks. Ideal for me coming into town for work.
Free dinner M/​T/​W and free breakfast daily. The offer free wireless internet and have washer/​dryers available on the 4^th and 8^th floor. All convenient things if you are staying for a few weeks.
The staff is excellent — very nice and accommodating.
My only negative is they are using a very weak home type router for their wireless internet. The signal is weak on the 9^th floor (and I assume others). For a hotel this size, they really need to upgrade and routers are fairly inexpensive. For those business travelers who often have to work from laptop in their rooms, this may be a bit of a problem. I had to hot-​spot internet from my iPhone because of their weak signal. Other than that, great hotel and staff.

Excellent amenities (stove/​microwave/​dishwasher). Walking distance to grocery, CVS. Nice running path to Georgetown. Shower is accessible. (I don’t appreciate shower stalls with tubs for rooms marked wheelchair accessible).

You know me, I love me a Marriott brand hotel.
Dupont Circle was the area we needed to be in on a trip to DC and thank goodness the Residence Inn was there.
Since Residence Inn is an «extended stay» property the room had a mini kitchen (full fridge, microwave, stove, sink, cooking stuff), dining table and mini living room area.
Other perks are free breakfast and free WiFi. Parking if needed, will run you a little over $ 20 a day. The cities center was in walking distance and this area is also Metro accessible or you can always catch a cab.
Rates for me are always right and Marriott is always my first choice when looking for a hotel. My stay at Dupont Circle was a good one and would return again if ever in the DC area.

+2 stars for great location and friendly staff. Everything else = grody, 0 stars. Old, musty, mildewy, poorly insulated, dirty hotel. I’m quite sure this place hasn’t been renovated since DC became our nation’s capital.
The pungent smell of curry pervaded the hallways (and don’t get me wrong — I like curry, just don’t like my hotel to smell like it), and elevators that look like someone got murdered in them. Yes, I’m talking brass elevator interiors that are curiously speckled with fingerprints and bleach-​spotted watermark evidence, like there was a big post-​massacre clean-​up. The fitness center was downright scary (see my pics), and mos def not a place I’d go as a solo chick. However, I did get a good chuckle from the scale.
Cursing myself for being a good steward of the company account, saving $ 70/​nt here vs. staying at the kick-​ass, gorgeous, new, beautiful Hotel Palomar literally across the street.