I have stayed here and the hilton embassy down the street. Both numerous time. The room are clean and spacious especially for four girls getting ready for a night in the town. Also a $5 cab ride to most bars

This is my 3rd time staying at this hotel. The service is great and the rooms are very comfortable. The hotel has 5 dinning facilites on site. This hotel is everything you would expect from a Hilton!

First let me tell you that I love the neighborhood that the hotel is located in. There are loads of restaurants and stores between Dupont Circle and the hotel. It is about a 5-block walk from the metro station and part of the walk is uphill. The good news is that cabs are plentiful and economical in DC.

This is a huge convention hotel, and if you get a room far from the elevator (Joe did) it can be quite a walk to get to your room. We arrived at 11:30am and luckily we were able to check in. The only downside was that we had to settle for a room with two double beds, that early there were no kings available.

The rooms are pretty standard and not very large. The walls are done in a textured gold stripe wall paper and the floor is blue carpet, the bed cover is blue and gold. We had the two beds, a desk and chair, an armoire with the TV (which had cable with HBO), and the armoire has four drawers for storing your cloths. There is an arm chair and a small table in the corner. The closet has an extra pillow and blanket. There is no ceiling lighting but the arm chair and desk both have a light. There is a nightstand between the beds with one light on it, not the best for reading in bed.

The bed was very comfortable. It has a pillow top and four feather pillows on the bed. There is a feather bed for your cover and everything but the spread is white. I love all the white bedding and we slept very well.

The bathroom is small and basic. There is a blow dryer in a bag on the back of the door. The amenities from Crabtree and Evelyn are nice and plentiful amd there are plenty of towels.

The hotel has five dining options. Everything from a deli on the concourse level to a very fine dining option the 1919. We ate at the deli, the buffet for breakfast and at McClellens the lounge. Prices are high, big city high. Lunch at the deli cost us $26 for two.

Pros: location, location, location and price. We purchased the hotel from Hotwire for $87 a night. Staff was also invariably friendly at every level. It began at check in and never wavered. There is an outdoor pool which was closed for work. There is a health center on the terrace level. There is a coffee maker and we had two bottles of Poland Springs water provided free.

Cons: No free Wi-Fi. It is available for $9.95 a day and even the business center charges to use the computer. I had to use dial-up which cost me $1 for up to an hour, slow but inexpensive. No indoor pool. Not the best room lighting.

Located with a commanding view of Connecticut Avenues bustling shopping and restaurant district that stretches down to Dupont Circle and beyond, the Hilton Washington & Towers is superbly located to explore one of the capital city's most stimulating neighborhoods. It's a large convention hotel of 1,123 rooms and its "M" design functionally splits the property to keep it from being too much of a chore to navigate its 10 stories. Standard guest rooms are not large, particularly by Washington standards -- but they are comfortable, well-furnished and feature windows that can be opened.

As a convention hotel, your experience may be impacted by who else happens to be on the premises during your visit. Catching this gem at a "quiet time" would leave in you in a first-class property with little waiting for elevators and perhaps at an enviable rate, too. But it's good to understand what is going on while you are there. For example, there is a single "bonus" elevator that will take you to the pool terrace and it is very convenient. But if you happen to jump on half-dressed for a swim in the outdoor pool and catch the timing of a break for a large gathering downstairs, you could find yourself standing in an elevator crammed with well-dressed companions and you in your swimming suit. The pool is outdoors and seasonal.

The Capital Cafe on the lobby level offers a decent menu at fair prices. (The downstairs deli is strictly for on-the-run stuff, if anything. We don't recommend it). There is also a bar at the lobby level where you can have my personal Washington favorite, a "Black & Tan", which is a mix of dark and pilsner beers artfully stratified in your glass. There are certainly better places to hang out in the neighborhood, but the place isn't bad for a hotel bar.

While the facility receives heavy use, we found the guest rooms and the entire property to be very well-maintained and high quality throughout. There are many who would probably want to avoid a convention hotel unless they were actually attending a function there, but be assured that if you can snag a good rate at the Hilton Washington & Towers, you'll be getting a very nice accommodation indeed. (We've booked for under $150/night without a great deal of effort.)

As a point of interest, this is the hotel where an attempt was made on President Reagan's life, and you will notice a covered area with doors on each side near the front of the hotel where VIPs can enter and exit limousines and move securely into the grand ballroom downstairs now. Depending on what is happening during your visit, you may see high-ranking officials from members of Congress to cabinet secretaries on up to the President coming to the Hilton for speaking engagements, with media in tow. If you enjoy that kind of Washington "buzz" as much as we do, it's an added attraction.

The Hilton Towers is a beautiful hotel ideally situated just north of Dupont Circle and just west of Adams Morgan. Rooms are very clean and elegantly furnished. Many have awesome views. There is a great outdoor pool.

The restaurants in the hotel are typical hotel dining: food ranges from awful to good on any given night and service is often lackadasical. Prices are inflated, but if you feel like not adventuring far, there you have it.

The hotel has the, uh, unique nickname of the "Hinckley Hilton" because apparently John Hinckley holed up there while fantasizing about Jodie Foster and plotting to shoot President Reagan.

This is a great area for walking... you have lots of restaurants (Bistro du Coin, Ruth's Chris Steak House and Buca di Beppo to name a few), shops (Blue Mercury - my favorite!) and conveniences (a la CVS) nearby.