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Address |
3100 South St. NW |
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Location |
At 31st. St., between K and M sts, Georgetown |
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Transportation |
Metro: Foggy Bottom, with Georgetown shuttle bus connection |
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Phone |
800/241-3333, 202/912-4100 |
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Fax |
202/912-4199 |
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Web site |
www.ritzcarlton.com/hotels/georgetown |
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Room Information |
86 units |
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Prices |
From $499 double; suites start at $749. No charge for extra person in the room. Check website or 800 number for weekend packages and specials |
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Credit Cards |
AE, DC, DISC, MC, V |
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In Room Amenities |
A/C, TV w/pay movies and Web access, 2-line phone, Wi-Fi ($10/day), minibar, hair dryer, iron, safe, robes, umbrella, CD player |
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Parking |
Valet parking $32 |
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Pets |
Small (under 30 lb.) pets accepted (no fee) |
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Frommer's Review
Staff at area hotels have taken to calling this hotel the "Baby Ritz," to distinguish it from the other, larger Ritz on 22nd Street. The moniker is the only cute thing about the hotel, however. The Georgetown Ritz is a sophisticated property, exclusively small (only 86 rooms), and designed to feel like a refuge in the middle of wild and woolly Georgetown. The hotel opened in April 2003, after years of construction. Look for the 130-foot-high smokestack to guide you to the hotel, which is built on the site of a historic incinerator and incorporates the smokestack into the design. In fact, you can have a meeting at the bottom of the smokestack, which, obviously, is inoperative. The lobby, whose brick walls are original to the incinerator, always smells of a recently lit fire, even on a summer day. (There's a large fireplace at one end of the lobby.) The restaurant is called "Fahrenheit," the bar is called "Degrees," and the signature drink is the "Fahrenheit 5 Martini." To get to your room, you have to go down one level from the lobby, and travel along a wide, cavelike corridor with vaulted brick ceiling, to a special elevator. You must have a key card to operate the elevator, so anyone visiting you at the hotel must either be escorted by a staff person or be met by you. Rooms are very large, decorated in serious colors of moss green, gold, and a burnt red, with lots of dark wood furniture and accents. Ritz-Carlton hotels have the best bathrooms, and this property is no exception: spacious, marble vanities, separate tub and shower, fancy wood shelving.
Facilities: Restaurant (seasonal American); bar; lobby lounge; fitness room (complimentary) and spa; 24-hr. concierge; fax and some currency-exchange services; 24-hr. room service; in-room massage; same-day laundry service; dry cleaning; 1-hr. pressing; 3 rooms for those w/limited mobility, all w/roll-in showers.
Note: This information was accurate when it was published, but can change without
notice. Please be sure to confirm all rates and details directly with the companies in question before
planning your trip.
