I have just returned from the Carlyle Suites Hotel for the famed Cherry Blossom festival. I have stayed at the hotel before and I knew it was always a good find, but now it is even better.The Carlyle Hotel has a stellar location on New Hampshire Ave in Dupont Circle. It is quite and to my surprise, fixed up quite a bit! They clearly made updates to the lobby by adding new marble floors, curtains, furniture and new wall paper. The front desk checked me in and they couldn't have been nicer! It's rare to find good service these days. They gave me a really large sized room but the bonus for me was that they they had just replaced all the rooms with all new sheets and duvets! A huge improvement from what they had!
I always loved the kitchenette with the stove, fridge, glasses, plates, silverware, etc. Really handy when you have to stay a week like I did.They used to have a restaurant called Lilly's, and to tell you the truth, it was never my favorite, but they replaced the chef and I was wowed! I had the shrimp and linguine, it was amazing!!! I highly recommend this hotel to you and your friends, Its affordable and a nice change from the big boring hotels.