Hotel Palomar Dc

Of course when we got there we were in awed. Not being seasoned travelers and coming up to this and the valet, we were totally impressed.
We got there late at night as the maps we had did not help finding this
place.(it is actually easy,right in front of your nose).The room was
beautiful!Yes, its decor is based with dark tones, highlighted with
cremes and oranges and limes. It would not have been my chosen taste,
but it was done nicely.The bathroom was very clean.Though it took some
minutes to drain, but no real problem. The air condition was broken, and
we woke up to street hammering right below us on Sunday morning. Nice the
city keeps up.(they never did anything beyond that)We ordered room service,we did not know where to go that late, and the tiramsu is nothing
to write home about or the salad from a pea patch.The service was excellent though.When we went to leave,since we were so high up, we were
going to bring the bag trolley up, but were not allowed to touch.During our time there they also lost the receipt to our car and had to get another one.This was after 20 minutes of waiting. There was a lot of good
to this hotel-but for us at least, we will not go back.

Hotel Palomar is a nice new property in DC's Dupont Circle area from the Kimpton Group, also known for their "Hotel Monaco" properties, and their other hotels in DC: Topaz, Rouge, Madera, and Monaco. The service and amenities at the hotel are good, and the rooms are nice with higher quality linens than the average hotel, large & deep jacuzzi tubs and stand-up showers.

My room was large, probably around 750 square feet, in a suite-style with one room split into office (WiFi is available) and living room areas, and a second room with a king-size bed and a large bathroom (with the amenities described above). The rooms are very modern with sleek glass desks, modern credenzas and television stands, and simple straight lines. The room was decoratee in a fairly dark decor -- think dark chocolate with grey and creme accents. The colors and furniture worked well in the room.

The air conditioning/heating unit was broken when I arrived at my room, but the engineers were very quick in replacing the broken part and the room was at a nice temperature in no time. The service in the hotel is very good.

The restaurant downstairs, Urbana, fashions itself as a wine bar, but the staff that I have encountered have not been that knowledgeable about the wine list and I have been less impressed with their wine list compared to fine dining restaurants in DC. This may be inappropriate because Urbana's average entree price is not as high as those fine dining restaurants. Also, I have noticed after eating dinner at Urbana several times that the kitchen frequently runs out of signature items. Overall the restaurant is comfortable and nice for middle-tier dining in DC.

In the summer, the hotel has a fairly small outdoor pool in the back which is unusual for most DC hotels, especially for a boutique hotel, because DC hotels generally have only indoor pools or no pools at all. Only the largest properties like the Washington Hilton and the Washington Plaza have outdoor pool areas.