Kimpton Banneker Hotel, An Ihg Hotel

“Great location”

Beautiful room. Love the walk-in shower. Although water pressure was rather weak. Front desk workers were friendly and helpful. Certainly not the least expensive hotel in DC, but the location is excellent. My wife and I would recommend this hotel.

“Nice Stay”

It is a nice hotel located in the heart of DC. You are able to get around very quickly which is nice. The staff are super friendly and will to help out when needed. The rooms are spacious and nice. The restaurant that they have there, I would reccommend.

“Average facility, below-average hospitality”

This is an average hotel. The bottom line is that although their website bills them as "a luxury hotel near Dupont Circle," their in-room amenities are below average for the typical (non-luxury) hotel. You have better options. When my husband and I checked in (I'd gotten a deal through Travelzoo... more

This is an average hotel. The bottom line is that although their website bills them as "a luxury hotel near Dupont Circle," their in-room amenities are below average for the typical (non-luxury) hotel. You have better options. When my husband and I checked in (I'd gotten a deal through Travelzoo), the employee at the reception desk told me my reservation had actually been for the previous night. Obviously, I was shocked and alarmed by this, and searched for the email with my reservation. Sure enough, he was incorrect, and I was there on the right day. After a bit of research, he told me there was an error in their system and it would just take him a few minutes to resolve it. My expectation here was that they would be at least somewhat apologetic about this, since my anniversary trip had just begun with a minor heart attack, but they weren't. Nothing more was said about it. Because of this, I started on a note of being unimpressed. I'll cut to the chase and list the other things that didn't impress me: - Parking is $65 a night -- a pretty jaw-dropping rate when you're a guest. I might expect to pay that in a typical parking garage, but not at a hotel that I'm a guest at. (This was the thing that really pushed me over into a more negative review. It felt galling to be a good sport about some of the other items below and then get price-gouged on parking at checkout.) - Bare-minimum amenities in the room. No water bottles, no coffee machine. Fairly minimal TV channels. The bathroom included a single washcloth, so if two of you are sharing a room, you're also sharing a washcloth. When you tell me you're a luxury hotel, I think it's reasonable to expect some of these things. When you upcharge me a $25 "amenity fee," I am definitively expecting at least average amenities. - The shower had no door or curtain. That was bizarre. There's this sort of half-wall alongside the showerhead, but then the other half of the shower is just open to the bathroom. It feels weird and exposed and prevents the heat from staying in the shower area. - Outlets are inconvenient and/or don't work. My husband had to plug in his phone on the opposite side of the room from the bed and his CPAP about 7 feet from the bed, trailing the cord across the floor. Then when he woke up in the morning, his phone hadn't charged because that outlet was dead. The good: - They did allow us to check in early, which is a perk of joining their (free) loyalty program. That program also allows late checkout. - The room was very clean, including the bathroom. - The room included a small fridge, which was nice.

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