Fairfield Inn & Suites (Washington, USA)

Finishing up our 2-week trip in North America was a short stopover in Washington DC which saw us stay at the Fairfield Inn for 2 nights. Located in the heart of the city's Chinatown, the hotel is just 1-2 minute walk from the Verizon Center and the other main attractions (ie. The White House, different museums etc.) not too far away (15-20 minutes).

I admit I wasn't the one responsible for picking the hotel. I was happy that someone did all the research for me this time around so I didn't have to lose all those sleep reading reviews on Tripadvisor.



But this turned out to be quite decent. Both the hotel lobby and rooms are modernly decorated with a nice oriental twist. The bed and linens were clean and comfortable and yes, I slept pretty well on both nights.





The bathroom was fine.



Breakfast was included (isn't that a rarity in US?) but it was only served until 9am on weekdays (weekends till 10am) so we had to scramble a bit waking up early. And even if we did show up in time, that didn't guarantee much coz there were way too many hotel guests squeezed into a very little space. Not the most comfortable situation to be in and we didn't manage to get much to eat.



Another issue we needed to tackle was parking. There's no garage available in the facility, only valet parking which cost $33 per night. During our check-in, they indicated to us that our car would be ready as long as we told the front desk 10 minutes in advance. But it ended up taking almost an hour on the morning when we were driving back to the Big Apple. I sympathized with the one and only valet parking staff who had to deal with so many customers in one morning; however, everyone including us has a tight itinerary to follow and an hour wait was really unacceptable any way you put it.

In addition to parking, we had a water leakage problem. We stayed on the top floor (10/F) and during a weekend of heavy rainfall, we had leakage in the ceiling with water drilling down. At the end, we had to switch room at 10pm but to the team's credit, they did a good job arranging a new room for us in very short notice and we had everything taken care of in approximately 10 minutes. 

All in all, I found Fairfield Inn to be serviceable but whether we would stay here again, well that's another question.



Rating: ❤❤❤
Price: $$$
Address: 500 H Street NW, Washington, DC 20001, United States
Tel: +1 202-289-5959
Website: Link