We are a military family who moved to Fort Belvoir and needed a place to stay for a couple of weeks while we waited for our home to become available. For us, the price of the suite offered at this hotel combined with the location made staying here the logical choice.
Having said that, the hotel staff was what really made this stay memorable. There was no need that went unfulfilled or any request not granted, even requests that any other hotel would deny for inconvenience.
Our room offered a full-sized refrigerator, stove top, separate bedroom while the hotel boasts free laundry facilities, gym and so on. They even have a check out system where you can obtain anything from exercise gear to board games.
Bottom line, this hotel as a building is not unlike many hotels you have stayed at. It is a place to lay your head and offers all the amenities to increase your comfort. How the staff takes care of you is what makes this place unique and special. I will not stay anywhere else in the future and I wholeheartedly recommend this hotel to anyone.

We chose this hotel for it's location (only reason it got it's second star to get to a "poor" rating vs. "terrible") close to Mount Vernon so that we did not have to travel far after spending the day with the Washington's. After finding what seemed to be the last available parking space, we were greeted by a less than friendly desk worker who then proceeded to tell us that the room we had arranged on the IHG priority club website (one queen bed clearly printed on our reservation) was not what we would be getting. He basically implied that we had made the mistake when we reserved the room...not exactly sure how we could have done that as it is THEIR COMPUTER RESERVATION SYSTEM! We got to the room with two full beds with sheets that need to be replaced as they the "holy" and not comfortable. The room itself was clean, but the view out the window was of a Burned out hotel next door. :-( There are very few nearby options for eating out with this hotel so be warned. When we got back from dinner, we again had trouble finding a parking spot and literally got the LAST ONE! The poor lady who pulled in after us was still driving around when we got back up to our room, not sure where she found a place to park. This chain is best for extended stays as they have a complete kitchen, but I will never stay with this chain again when traveling whether it is to be overnight or an extended stay.