홈우드 컬럼비아 로럴

I booked this hotel almost out of frustration that my usual DC area hotels were sold out. This place is newer, close enough to Metro station stops so we (as a family) could go into DC and hit the Smithsonians. Suite was very comfortable. On Monday night between 5-7pm there was a social in the breakfast area--free munchies and free beer/wine. We were kinda tuckered out from our day at the National Mall and here we see chicken noodle soup, some salad, and some wine. Wow--that was unexpected. I really did not want to go out and find dinner. The one drawback is that the immediate local area does not have brand name food save for a Subway and a Chick Fil-a. There a local Mexican, BBQ, and Japanese place, but not the usual places you'd want to go with kids.

Plenty of space in the room, plenty clean. Reserved for 4 people...only 3 towels...never did get the towel we requested. Lots of kids there...could hear them running all the time.

Staff was great, room clean and VERY accommodating .

This doesn't live up to the Hilton name. Lovely lobby but that's about it. Many fixtures were just plain shabby. Outside landscaping featured a dead evergreen shrub with Christmas decorations, in June -- the hotel in a nutshell. Pool was closed for maintenance and looked like it hadn't been touched in a while at any rate. While the listing on the hotels.com app said the hotel had a bar/restaurant, on site mini-golf, and on site playground, this is misleading or downright inaccurate. The bar/restaurant is Monday-Thursday (we are there Saturday and Sunday nights, so a fat lot of good that does) and there's no mini golf or playground at all. This may be a fine place for the weekday business traveller but don't book for a family weekend stay based on the advertised amenities. When I spoke to the manager, he seemed concerned about the innacuracies but then disappeared in the office. I had to get back to my kids and making alternate plans for the day, since the pool was closed and mini-golf and playground were not in the cards here.

The room was very nice and clean and had all of the amenities that were advertised. My only complaint was the remote for the living area television was not working and the bed pillows were MUCH TOO SOFT. Otherwise, I was quite satisfied with my stay.