Hotel Lombardy

“Charming Hotel”

We arrived very late for check in but staff were super helpful and got us in our room quickly and helped with the bags we’d brought. The room we were given was 1105 right next to the lift . This can be quite noisy and the almost constant sound of chairs scraping on a floor can be very annoying . ... more

We arrived very late for check in but staff were super helpful and got us in our room quickly and helped with the bags we’d brought. The room we were given was 1105 right next to the lift . This can be quite noisy and the almost constant sound of chairs scraping on a floor can be very annoying . Street noise is also quite loud and as our room was at the back of the hotel you hear quite a lot of deliveries and trash collecting going on the noise of reversing beepers going on from about 3am. We didn’t eat at the hotel or drink at the bar as we found a bar around the corner (2 right turns and across the street 5 mins walk) which served decent food and cold beer Called The Froggy Bottom Pub. Rooms are more like a small apartment . Small kitchenette with a coffee maker and fridge . We did find the lack of any cutlery or crockery strange or a kettle . Rooms are clean and functional . This is an older property with its quirks but generally ok. Staff were always helpful. If you can walk well( husbands just had a new knee) most attractions are within walking distance ( White House15-20 mins , Capitol Building 1 hr) . We like the walk and as the weather was great it’s good to see the city. We were here when the cherry blossom festival was on and had 2 glorious days before the rain moved in. Coffee shop with great cakes and lunch menu Tatte just 5 mins walk . We didn’t try the coffee shop next door. Be aware that most of the big attractions need a free timed entry ticket which you are best booking as far ahead as possible . We’re doing a road trip so will now have to navigate the city. Tip for Picking up rental car if you have luggage ask taxi/ Uber to drop you at car rental return , you get a ticket to enter and the driver doesn’t have to pay to leave as long as he has the ticket .

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“Well located, lovely staff - but showing its age”

This hotel was fine for a week-long stay, not least because some of the door staff are extremely helpful (one was particularly hands-on in assisting with an issue with a taxi) and because of its optimum location, near a delightful market area and a short walk from the White House, Metro Center an... more

This hotel was fine for a week-long stay, not least because some of the door staff are extremely helpful (one was particularly hands-on in assisting with an issue with a taxi) and because of its optimum location, near a delightful market area and a short walk from the White House, Metro Center and several good coffee shops/lunch options. I would also compliment the cleaning staff, who were particularly dedicated and left the room in a much improved state, including re heating. Where it maybe fell down a little was the underwhelming breakfast (where options were somewhat limited; we generally skipped it) and, in particular, just an overall sense that the place is becoming a bit dilapidated. As a minor aside (but just as an example) the TV still offered analog channels with a poor picture - the previous hotel we had stayed in, in Northern Ireland, offered Netflix, Disney etc! So this was all a bit antediluvian! In the rooms, WiFi was also a bit slow for business visitors. You would also wonder about possibilities for disabled people, as access to rooms was often in practice only by elevator. One other curiosity was that we had a double room with only one bedside table! This was odd because, otherwise, storage was generally good - there were plenty of drawers and a whole cabinet (as well as a safe). There was a coffee machine which I made plenty of use of, though it was in the bathroom. While I appreciate this is seen as less of a problem in the United States than some other places, putting electric equipment close to a sink used for washing seemed, well, a risk to be wary of! These seem like a lot of criticisms but I would reinforce that they are aimed merely to point out what could be improved. The fact is we really enjoyed our stay here!

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