The Royal Sonesta Washington DC Dupont Circle

The Royal Sonesta Washington DC Dupont Circle sits in Embassy Row, one of those discreet four-star additions that travellers tend to bookmark before the rest of the city catches on. The setting is part of the appeal, within an easy walk of the city centre, and the location score sits in reasonable territory because of…

The Royal Sonesta Washington DC Dupont Circle sits in Embassy Row, one of those discreet four-star additions that travellers tend to bookmark before the rest of the city catches on. The setting is part of the appeal, within an easy walk of the city centre, and the location score sits in reasonable territory because of it. Expect well-appointed rooms with reliable wi-fi and an in-house restaurant, practical details that keep showing up in consistently flattering comfort feedback. Front-of-house has been attentive without being overbearing, the kind of detail that doesn't show up in the photographs but ends up on the review pages. Pull the review pages apart and you find well over 1,300 reviews, with a solid consensus that's hard to engineer. Reputation has held up across enough stays to mean something. Expect to pay something in the region of €208 a night, a middle-of-the-road entry on the board, especially when stacked against nearby alternatives. Stack The Royal Sonesta Washington DC Dupont Circle against the better-known names in Washington, D.C. and the trade-offs become genuinely interesting.