Courtyard by Marriott Washington Embassy Row

We felt very welcomed by the hotel when we arrived, the rooms were large and very comfortable. The hotel is in a great position, about 10min walk to the White House. The only thing that spoilt our trip was the parking. You have no option but to have your car valet parked at $53US/ night. When our hire car was brought up to us, it had obviously been ran into a pole in the parking lot and had big scratches and was dinted from this. It took us over 2 hours to get this sorted with our hire company with little or no help or apologies from the establishment, instead their advise was not to worry about it!

Great location, we were within walking distance to the monuments and many museums. The staff were so friendly and accommodating! There was free WiFi and an indoor pool and fitness center. The restaurant on the main floor had delicious food. My friends and I really enjoyed our stay. We would recommend this hotel to anyone!

While little more than a basic hotel, the staff and the restaurant off the lobby were great. The staff were always friendly & helpful; the restaurant had great food with good waitstaff.

We have booked through this web site many times. This was the worst hotel experience ever! After driving 10 hours from SC with our 6 year old son we arrived at the Courtyard Marriott in downtown DC. The only reason I booked this hotel was so our son could see the white house and Washington monument, which we did drive by, so he could swim for a few min and because it was only $119 for the night. it stated in the reservation "valet parking", so considering we were in downtown DC figured that was part of the hotel stay. Upon arrival, we are told it will be $53 to park the car, or take a chance and park on the road and get towed. This charge was not mentioned anywhere in the Booking area. Then they took $50 more and hold it for 3-5 days. Wake up in the morning to them had taken another $20 off for incidentals which is what the first $50 was for supposedly. I take this matter up with hotels.com and they tell me it is listed on my reservation. So I see that it is listed a $45 charge all the way at the very bottom of my reservation that it was already too late to cancel. We got to this hotel at 7pm and left at 5am. Then there was another charge for $8.10 cents for "valet tax" really! I would of never booked this hotel knowing this information. Hotels.com should have this charge listed like they have resort fees right when you book the room. I feel this is not the fault of the hotel but the fault of website for not accurately listing the charges. I feel Iike I was scammed!

The staff did the best that they could - we needed a king + sofa bed for four people. We were booked for a king only bed, so two of us needed to sleep on the floor. This hotel was too expensive for my family to be sleeping on the floor! Staff tried to accommodate us with extra blankets, but they were out of extra pillows. So no bed and no pillows?! That was upsetting. Thankfully, for our second night, they remedied the situation. This has happened twice with our hotels.com bookings. I really don't like sleeping my family on the floor. If we request a room for four people, please do not put people in a room with one bed!