It was a really nice visit. Though the hotel is out of the way in the foggy bottom district, it was close to the metro. Very few kid friendly restaraunts in the area, but we managed. Theres a Trader Joes within walking distance if you want groceries. The staff was curtious but not overly friendly. No indoor pool here for the kiddies, but there was so much to do in DC we didn't miss it. The room was large and well maintained. DC in december has fewer tourist and our temperatures were in the 50's. I'd recommend this hotel for families who don't mind using the metro and don't need hotel ammenities like pools and continental breakfast in the lobby in the morning. A free newspaper at our door was enough to make this a great trip for us.

The rooms themselves were quite nice, the staff was a serious problem for me. When we arrived no one greeted us, after standing infront of the desk with no line and two "busy" employees for about 5 minutes they realized we were there to check in. Once we got to the room the suite was impressive, I must say. When we tried to go out to dinner the front desk would not reccomend anywhere to go and would not call us a cab. She told us to just go outside and hail one. The bell man was very plesant and got one for us and also made some reccomendations for down town dining.
Before going to bed I hung the "Do not Disturb" sign on the door, in the morning, 3 hours BEFORE check out I was awaken by the house keeper pounding on the bedroom door. After telling them we would be on time with check out, the phone rang asking if we were giving the house keeper any problems! The woman at the front desk was pleasent but very bothersome and then sent the house keeper back up! We were interrupted with sleeping in for the long trip we had ahead of us that day and very disgruntled by check out. Although the rooms were nice, the property is not worth the snob-ish staff you have to go through to enjoy the room.

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.