Thin Walls, Unremarkable Rooms, High Prices
I stay in mid to high end hotels 30 to 40 nights a year in major U.S. cities, including both Ritz-Carlton hotels in Washigton, D.C. This review is of the one located at 1150 22nd Street, N.W. This hotel does not rise to the level of other Ritz-Carlton hotels -- it is more like the quality of a Westin or Park Hyatt.
To begin with the positives, there are a lot of staff members and they almost all greet you with a smile; and the bathrooms are large and have marble tile.
However, beyond that, the hotel is not really a luxury hotel. The reception area is small; it is really a very large vestibule with no sitting areas to meet somone. The rooms are the size of a standard hotel room, and have a standard lay out (open the door, bathroom on one side, small closet on the other; straight ahead is a dresser with a plasma TV on it, bed, two night stands, a small desk, and a sitting chair). The furniture is the quality of a Park Hyatt. The walls have some scuff marks. The worst part about the hotel is that the rooms are not quiet. The walls are thin -- so thin that I heard the person in the next room who was talking in a normal voice. The heating and air conditioning unit was loud and kept turning on and off during the night (I finally just turned it off).
In summary, except for the service, this is not a luxury hotel. I will not stay at it again.