L'Enfant Plaza
L'Enfant Plaza
3.5
10:30 AM - 7:30 PM
Monday
10:30 AM - 7:30 PM
Tuesday
8:30 AM - 7:00 PM
Wednesday
8:30 AM - 7:00 PM
Thursday
8:30 AM - 7:00 PM
Friday
8:30 AM - 7:00 PM
Saturday
10:30 AM - 7:30 PM
Sunday
10:30 AM - 7:30 PM
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- Smithsonian • 7 min walk
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Tim H
Miami, FL35 contributions
Feb 2024 • Family
He did a quick weekend trip to D.C. and booked at the Hilton in L’ Enfant Plaza. About the best location we could have picked. Walking distance to the Wharf for entertainment and great restaurants, and walking distance to the Mall and all of the monuments and museums. And in front is the Spy museum! A must visit. One tip, plan 2 hours min per museum. So much to see. Highlights were: capital building and a chance opportunit to witness a senate in session, lincoln memorial and washington monument at night, the National Air and Space museum, and the Spy museum.
Written February 12, 2024
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Jill D
Cusseta, AL44 contributions
Nov 2021
This plaza is the best of all worlds. It is a Metro stop for one. You have multiple food options to choose from. There is also a Hilton hotel with direct access there. It is a win win win place to be.
Written June 9, 2022
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jco71
Arlington, VA111 contributions
Nov 2013 • Family
Finding parking near Smithsonian is impossible. When I have friends and family in from out of town and don't take the Metro, then L'Enfant Plaza is where I go to park for museums, cherry blossom festival, etc. There's also a food court but think it's only weekday lunch and not weekends.
Written November 19, 2013
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2Fortunes
Morganton, NC39 contributions
Feb 2020 • Couples
Hilton L’Enfant is excellent and there is a great food court and shopping adjacent. Walking distance to National Mall and many monuments.
Written February 11, 2020
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vancouverpatel
Vancouver, Canada171 contributions
Aug 2019
We didn't really like the vegetarian choices and the place closes at 7pm! Only good for fast food on the go
Written August 27, 2019
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LolaGo1
Washington DC, DC6,632 contributions
Sep 2019
I generally stop here before taking the Express Bus to the Dulles International Airport. There are shops here where one can go shopping and Food Court that offers several food options. The latest one I tried was the Vietnamese Restaurant that offers delicious pho or soups plus other Vietnamese dishes. Note that there is also public restrooms near this Food Court.
A block away from here is the Bus Stop for Express Bus to the Dulles International Airport or IAD. The fare is only $5 per person. It makes 2 stops in Virginia before proceeding to the airport.
A block away from here is the Bus Stop for Express Bus to the Dulles International Airport or IAD. The fare is only $5 per person. It makes 2 stops in Virginia before proceeding to the airport.
Written September 21, 2019
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RickyChi
Highland Park, IL7 contributions
Aug 2019 • Business
We stayed here mainly because my friend had a conference at that hotel. And it was pretty close to where my son and future daughter-in-law live. Let me see those were the only advantages. We waited a long time to register and that was at 11 o’clock in the evening. Of course the restaurant was closed, in the bar had Last call in an hour.
We went to her room hungry and tired and walks what felt like 300 yards from the elevator to get to our room.
Decent nights sleep so the next morning, I called for room service. Been traveling a lot in my life never knew that I hadTo order room service through the television and that there were no substitutions allowed. When the order didn’t arrive in the 30 minutes promised I call down and received a call from the operator who said that if I wanted to pick up my room service I could otherwise it was a five dollar surcharge to have it brought to the room.
That’s ridiculous.
The next day I came back from meetings, at 5 o’clock and the room wasn’t made up.
I called customer service and was told that they were still cleaning rooms I asked them to get there now. The woman on the other end of the phone said that she was busy and they were busy and they would get to me when they could.
The final straw was when the housekeeper finally did come and change the towels one of the “clean “towels had a brown stain on it. I’ll leave it to you from where that stain came from.
I have been a blue Hilton honors member for a while, but I have to tell you that there were no advantages for that on this trip except free Wi-Fi which was slow anyway.
Oh and by the way the pool. Closed for construction which they did not have while I was there.
Do yourself a favor stay someplace else
We went to her room hungry and tired and walks what felt like 300 yards from the elevator to get to our room.
Decent nights sleep so the next morning, I called for room service. Been traveling a lot in my life never knew that I hadTo order room service through the television and that there were no substitutions allowed. When the order didn’t arrive in the 30 minutes promised I call down and received a call from the operator who said that if I wanted to pick up my room service I could otherwise it was a five dollar surcharge to have it brought to the room.
That’s ridiculous.
The next day I came back from meetings, at 5 o’clock and the room wasn’t made up.
I called customer service and was told that they were still cleaning rooms I asked them to get there now. The woman on the other end of the phone said that she was busy and they were busy and they would get to me when they could.
The final straw was when the housekeeper finally did come and change the towels one of the “clean “towels had a brown stain on it. I’ll leave it to you from where that stain came from.
I have been a blue Hilton honors member for a while, but I have to tell you that there were no advantages for that on this trip except free Wi-Fi which was slow anyway.
Oh and by the way the pool. Closed for construction which they did not have while I was there.
Do yourself a favor stay someplace else
Written August 5, 2019
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krocking123
New York City, NY965 contributions
Apr 2019 • Family
23 dollars a day to park here.. it was super easy to walk to the mall and quickly get on to major highways. Spent two days parking here with no problems.. if you are gonna bike and roll. This is the place to park. Hilton uses this parking as well. 8 min to walk to the wharf from parking as well.
Written April 21, 2019
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kyoto5301
Silver Spring, MD223 contributions
L'Enfant Plaza is conveniently located near the Mall and the Smithsonian, but it is a rather sterile concrete jungle. It is a bit "dead" outside of business hours, and if you walk the wrong direction, you can walk right onto the expressway. Traffic patterns can be tricky and dangerous. and there have been a few violent crimes in the metro there.
Written February 21, 2013
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bumper1965
Washington DC, DC308 contributions
Oct 2012 • Business
I've been going through some of the stuff they have on trip advisor and informing them of restaurants which have closed and so forth. I go through L'Enfant plaza everyday for work. Here's what you need to know. It's a metro stop in a business area of DC. There's nothing to see at "L'Enfant Plaza." HOWEVER, please note this is the closest metro stop to the Air and Space Museum, Hirshorn and Indian Museum. Follow the signs to Maryland Ave/C street on the top level of the station. You'll ride up an escaltor under a glass canopy and be looking at a large glass office building. If you keep going to the left on 7th past the 6 story marble office building(FAA), the air and space museum will be behind that. If you go for more than two streets and don't see the mall (large green area), you're headed in the wrong direction. Lunch? Cosmos Cafe or Vie de France in that large builing you saw when you came up the escaltor. Of if there are food tucks? (There will be many, many food trucks on a good day) do that. I could do a separate review just on them.
Written October 12, 2012
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Is the L’Enfant Plaza within walking disrtance to The Residence Inn/Washington/DC , 333 E Street?
Written February 13, 2019
Yeah, maybe, but take the Metro instead!!!
I've stayed at that residence Inn. You walk out, and just around the corner is Federal Center Metro. I think about 3 Metro Lines (silver, blue, orange) all go from Federal Center to L'Enfant Plaza ... so every couple of minutes.
What PART of L'Enfant are you trying to get to ... Spy Museum is on the opposite side of the L'Enfant complex, so a much longer walk. Smithsonian Air and Space is on the near side, so a shorter walk.
I think I walked it once, but decide to ride the metro instead.
Written August 24, 2019
Is this a good option to eat something during the afternoon in the National Mall?
Written September 24, 2018
YES. We did this as a family after some time on the mall. Some of us went to Five Guys, others to AuBonPan, LOTS of options, easy access from the mall (go under the DOE building and up towards the Post Office and the Spy Museum and you are right there.
20 to 30 places to eat ... pizza, Chinese, Burgers, Italian, everything. HUGE food court.
VERY busy right around Noon .... if you can be a bit earlier or bit later, you'll probably like it better.
Please note, there are TWO food courts in the complex ... so if you don't see what you want at one end, try the other end.
(NOTE, another good HUGE food court for lots of options in in Pentagon City Mall)
Written August 24, 2019
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