Hotels near The George Washington Masonic National Memorial in Alexandria

Ctrip booked two double-bed rooms, ready to check in at the front desk, and only one double bed was answered. The Ctrip customer service was always busy. Later, a customer service called me to talk to the hotel front desk and gave them to the hotel. After a confirmation code inside, the hotel found another section of the department, or a double bed. The customer service phone changed the hotel front desk to a large bed. The front desk refused, said it could not be changed, and finally had to wait for Ctrip to negotiate, about an hour before and after. Finally, I went to the hotel on-duty manager to explain the situation before I was able to check in. I got my room card at 8:50 pm and 10:00 pm. After a long day of fatigue, it was a bit ugly to encounter this. The location is relatively close and the price is relatively cheap. After all, Hilton is a big name, but this type of hotel has to charge and expensive for breakfast. I still think that holiday inn and crown plaza are better and cost-effective.

DO NOT STAY AT THIS HOTEL. It is not safe. My mother, my sister, and I went to Alexandria to visit my husband who is active duty. My mother (93) and sister (71) stayed at the Holiday Inn Carlyle, 2460 Eisenhower Ave, Alexandria, VA 22314 from 5/5/22-5/7/22. On Saturday evening, 5/7/22 at approximately 9pm, there was a tall African American man in their room when they entered. He was walking toward them and my sister asked him who he was and how did he get into their room. His response was that he thought this was his friend’s room and showed them that his key card worked and said he would go to the front desk to get this straightened out. Nothing was stolen from mother and sister but my sister said he had clothes draped over his arm with price tags hanging. They were understandably shaken up. They could have been killed. They went to the front desk and they had someone walk them back to their room to tell them how to use the deadbolt. This way no one could enter their room once they were inside, he said. Apparently, an engineer was to come to their room also to look at the key lock but he never showed up. It was too late to move hotels by the time this was all done and they were okay staying the night. The next morning, we moved them to another hotel. I called back Monday morning and talked to the General Manager who had no idea that this happened on Saturday. He called the police and said his staff did not follow protocol. They should have called the police on Saturday evening. Hmmm makes you wonder if the staff was in on this and the man had a master key perhaps or the front desk employees were making keys to the rooms that they had guests staying in for him. It was clear that he stole from other rooms by the clothes with tags over his arm. The GM was kind (at first) and comped the room for the 3 nights and gave us bonus IHG reward points as we are a member. I could care less about the points. What I’m concerned about is 2 months later (7/22), the police said that the hotel has not provided any video footage. I have called the hotel several times and talked to the GM and was told not to call them anymore and to talk to the police. I did call them back again as nothing was getting resolved and talked to the assistant GM and he told me in an email “the hotel management is working with the local City of Alexandria Police Department and will be sending the footage requested by officer XXXX, once obtained from security camera technician. Any additional updates or information will come from City of Alexandria Police Department.” I talked with the police last week (6/27/22) and the hotel has not provided the video footage yet. I have called the GM back several times since and got his voicemail. I have tried for 2 months to get some resolution so the only thing I can do now is to make all of you aware of this situation and DO NOT STAY HERE FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY. Besides, the hotel is run down and the comforters had stains on them. Just terrible all the w

Hotel stay was far less than satisfactory and here are the reasons: 1. Some Front Desk staff didn’t know how the Bonvoy Ambassador hotel credit worked providing evidence many are poorly trained. a. The morning front desk member told me that he “just worked here” and the manager would arrive in a couple of hours to help me. No one ever got back to me. b. Requested manager support, not one got back to me. 2. Hotel room had: a. Collapsed cushions on the couch. b. Mold in bathroom c. Broken or extremely worn furniture. d. Torn and ripped window drapes 3. Billing was wrong and difficult to correct. Our family grew up managing hotels and I know that owning and operating a hotel is very difficult, this hotel exemplifies just how hard it is. I will not stay at this hotel again because there are so many other quality hotels in the area at the same cost.

This hotel is wonderful in every way. The facility is especially clean, the breakfast buffet extensive, beds and rooms very comfortable, and small kitchens a plus. The entire staff was especially efficient, courteous, and gracious - front desk (guest experts), breakfast staff, cleaning staff, and the shuttle drivers. They were all genuinely polite, friendly, and welcoming. The hotel offers free shuttle service within 1 mile, and it is just 2 blocks from the free Trolley that goes down King Street - although the waterfront is a pleasant 20-minute walk away. Exceptional hotel! Highly recommend this hotel.

The place was really nice everything was clean and organized and I love to come back to this property

This has been the worst experience I’ve ever had with a hotel! I book a 2 queen suite 5 months ago and the day we were checking in I found out our room was changed to a king suite with a pull out couch. That doesn’t work for a family of 4. We needed a bigger room so our 18 month old had room to move around and everyone would have a bed. I called once I saw the change and they said they needed to put me on hold and instead hung up on me and didn’t answer when I called back. I tried calling again an hour later and got through and explained the issue. I was told they were going to try and work it out since the hotel was booked full. When we arrived they said everything was fixed but after checking in and getting to our room it was just a regular room with 2 queens. So again I had to go back to the front desk to address the mistake. I showed the confirmation email from 5 months ago and was told all of the rooms like I booked were full and someone had changed my reservation and should have notified me but didn’t. My options were to take the 2 queen room I had, go back to the king suite, or wait over an hour for the manager to arrive and try to get a refund since we already hacked in. We decided to make the king suite work because it’s wasn’t going to be easy to find a new hotel and we were tired after an 11 hour drive. For the last 3 nights of our stay the people in the room above us were constantly stomping on the floor for hours. Our last night we finally had enough because we couldn’t get our 18 month old to sleep so we called the front desk. For the next hour the noise kept going so I went to the front desk and asked again and she said it was a room of kids on there school DC trip and she went up and got it taken care of.

We were so impressed with this location! We're a large group of relatives who have traveled together every midwinter. From our first call, Victor was super helpful and accommodating. We needed adjoining suites, and he was so patient and kind. We were shocked to hear that he is pretty new on the job! Angela went out of her way to check in with us and ask after our needs. We had a few small issues that everyone was so quick to remedy. There were some difficult, belligerent guests there and we watched the staff handle things with grace and aplomb. Michael as well was super nice and helpful. Really good people. We were really grateful to have stayed here!

I am a travel nurse and I booked 7 days at this location. However, after checking it I was very disappointed. The room had a horrible smell to it, the vent was extremely dirty, and the toilet didn’t work. I then went downstairs to have my room changed, which the night shift assistant helped me with. The next room was slightly better outside of this loud noise that I couldn’t find the cause of. The room was a handicap assessable room, had slight smell as well and dishes were not clean, tub was dirty, and the microwave had old food in it. The next morning I approached Rafeal at the front desk due to the loud noise and me not being able to sleep due to it. Since I was scheduled to stay 7 days, I needed a new room. When I approached him, he was on his phone and didn’t look up at me until I said hello. I then proceeded to ask for another room due to the loud noise. Without him looking into the computer, he told me that “there’s no other room”. I asked him if he could please look because last night the other attendant was able to move me due to a toliet issues and the smell of the room. He said it again, there’s no other room. I then asked him to change my departure date to the next day because I’m extremely unhappy. He did, I asked will I get a refund after check out for the $800 I was charged, he said he wasn’t sure. His attitude and demeanor made me not want to stay here anymore ! At least the night shift attendants were nice. I checked out this morning and was greeted by Marie. She was a breath of fresh air. I proceeded to tell her about the problems o had and She apologized for my issues I had at her location. She was very empathetic & told he how I can voice my concerns. I appreciate her great customer service!

Great, freshly prepared food and big selection of items. Debra kept the food coming out and constantly cleaned the surface areas on the buffet table and she did it all with 50 high school kids charging towards the food! Way to go Debra! And thanks for remaining gracious and calm through it all.

Stayed here twice and both times I paid was respectful and a customer like everyone else but the front desk guy treated me funny