We did not have any problem with the age or cleanliness of the room as some have reported. Ours was typical Embassy Suites in terms of layout. Service was reasonably friendly. The morning breakfast was excellent. The afternoon reception was beneath the standards of other Embassy hotels and did not fit with the price being paid. The hotel does not have its own pool or fitness center, you have privileges to use such facilities of a club located on the top floor. The staff there was unfriendly such that you felt hotel guests to them were more of a bother.

The hotel is in a mall that has as its best feature direct access to the DC Metro Underground. This allows you to tour the city easily-best bet, the daily pass that allows unlimited riding. There is also a Cheesecake Factory in the mall but there are better and more reasonable alternatives nearby on the outside. Its also a short train ride to local restaurants in areas such as Dupont Circle. So you can stay here and avoid driving/parking to see the sights, though they do charge $15/day for garage parking. For these reasons, its very convenient, but it comes at a price. We enjoyed our stay, but if it weren't for the metro station it wouldn't be worth it.

Immaculate. Great service from the front desk, Cafe Cino' staff, housekeeping, right down the line to the security personnel that man the desk on the first level by the metro station. We were always able to contact someone when we needed anything.

After reading an earlier review about a family that was almost mugged, I was nervous about security, but I felt safe the entire time that I was there.

Convenient location: hotel is situated directly above the metro. Visiting DC forces you to do A LOT of walking. It was a pleasure to get off at the Friendship Heights station and know after a few escalator rides up that we were "home".

Complimentary breakfast and managers reception were all great touches. The breakfast is a FULL breakfast with choice of fruits, cereals, omelettes made to order, sausages, pancakes, waffles, muffins, juices, coffee, etc.

HOtel is part of a shopping mall, which didn't interest us much -- BUT it was also nice to have a STARBUCKS on the main level.

There are actually two health clubs that you have access to and my husband enjoyed the full service one a lot. The smaller one, on the penthouse level is next to the swimming pool, which was a bit small, but adequate considering it was just to take the edge off of walking all day through DC. My son and his friend had a great time.

We got a rate of $169/nite, internet rate -- non-refundable. It was definitely worth it.

We can't say enough about this hotel. WHile packing for the last leg of our vacation, Ocean CIty Maryland, my son and his friend inquired if the next hotel was going to be an Embassy Suites, too. Enough said....

We have stayed over Thanksgiving for several years visiting in-laws who live in the District and who first recommended it. One year some of the electrical was problematic (functioned sporadically) and one year the room was fairly shoddy (carpet, walls, etc.). The rooms were quiet (we are as far from the elevators as you can get), roomy, a little dark. The staff was excellent, particularly Ananda who runs the breakfast and his staff. The food was very good and plentiful and every staff member was friendly and attentive.

The location of the hotel is great, even if most of your time will be spent touring, as the Metro stop is in the hotel building. Also, there are excellent shops in the center across the street, so all in all we would be happy to go back again and hope that Hilton literally "cleans up its act". A little carpet cleaning, some brighter lights, and some paint would go a long way.

I just returned from an eight night stay at Embassy Suites, Chevy Chase. The front desk personnel were always very helpful and prompt. The room attendant/housekeepers were very kind and helpful. The room bill was accurate at Express Check-Out.

I did not hear the construction noises on the 8th floor, so unsure if where the room is located is a determining factor in the noise that other Trip Advisor commentors have made.

The room design was well done for my needs. However, the carpet in the room was dirty and torn, the upholstery on the couch was torn and insides were spilling out, and the walls needed painting. Whoever is doing the upkeep on this hotel needs to wake up as there are far too many comments on Trip Advisor about this continuing degradation of property.

High speed internet access is $9.95 for 24 hours. Local calls are $1.00. I opted to use dial up access for the $1 local charge versus the high speed cost. $10 a night for internet access is $300 per month basically. This amount is totally outrageous when many hotels are now providing free high speed internet access.

This hotel is very close to the Corner Bakery which makes wonderful chili and chicken noodle soup. Booeymonger's sandwiches were wonderful and the place was always packed so other patrons shared my enthusiasm for their food. The approximating Cheesecake Factory restaurant is next door and surprisingly this was the first Cheesecake Factory meal that both my husband and I found extremely disappointing. Maybe they use different recipes than the other Cheesecake Factory restaurants, but both our meals were disappointing enough that we will probably avoid them all in the future.

This hotel has a great location with the Metro right in the shopping center near the hotel escalator/elevator. The Mazza Galleria across the street provided a movie theater and moderate to upscale shopping opportunities. Lord and Taylor was a short walk down the street. Inside the hotel was a card advertising Enterprise rental cars that would offer a 10% discount to clients and they picked us up at the hotel and took us to the Enterprise site. The Enterprise location closed at 6 p.m. and had more limited weekend hours, so be sure to keep and eye on your watch if you are renting a car. The parking at the hotel for rental cars was $15 a night, so we only rented a car for one day and took Yellow Cab the remainder of our trip. The parking garage for the rental car was rather spacially restricted so I was glad we did not have a large vehicle. Yellow Cab drivers always were prompt and courteous. If you plan on using the taxi, read first online about their local zone charges. When you get in the cab, make sure and ask in advance what the fare is as the zone charges are used rather than the meter in many instances and that way there are no surprises when it comes time to pay your fare. The fares do vary based on time of day, number of passengers, and amount of luggage. I was hesitant to commit to using the taxi cab versus a rental car, but it was far cheaper and actually more pleasant to spend $15-30 a day on taxifare rather than pay $45 for a rental car plus the $15 per day parking fee.

I would probably avoid staying at this Embassy Suites, Chevy Chase Pavillion, again until I started seeing something on Trip Advisor that the management has invested in carpet and general room upgrades.