Howard Johnson Express Inn Washington DC

Perfect location with reasonable price to visit Washington, just 5 minutes walk to subway station and then 5 minutes on train to the Mall and other sightseeings. If you drive the car, after 2pm it's not difficult to find free parking within the Mall (weekday).

When I read people's review about how bad the customer service was, I totally disagreed with them. We got off at Jamaica train station and tried to get a cab around 2 AM with cold and wet weather, and we called the hotel and the front desk lady was kind enough to get us a cab. And they were easy to talk with. NYer are some rude, but that doesn't mean that you need to be rude also. When you expect people to be nice to you, then you should be nice to them as well. that's all I gotta say. Room is clean, eventhough the area was really not a place to walk in the middle of the night. I would not recommend this for family vacation. You'd rather to pay a little higher price to stay closer to city. Overall is OK

Not my first trip to Washington, but it was my husband's. In the airport shuttle, a local woman described the area - "it's in a bad part of town" made us leary. When we arrived, it went downhill. The lobby smelled of greasy food. The room was OK (generally clean but VERY small), but we were very hungry when we arrived and decided to call for delivery. The desk clerk would not let us borrow a telephone book because "there is one in every room." It wasn't there. While we were waiting for our food, the sounds from ambulances, trucks and people yelling were just too much. I went online and booked a room elsewhere. We had the room reserved for 3 days but one night was all we could take.

Not too close to the major monuments, and with traffic, construction in the area, and the police directing you it takes more than 3-5 minutes to get to the major attractions. There were no trash bags in the room and it smelled musty, as if it had not been open in several months. There were termintes (?) in the room and the toilet was broken. The staff was friendly and offered me a plunger to fix the toilet, but that wasn't what the toilet needed. The wireless internet never worked and the cable/TV had horrible reception. Breakfast seemed to be with whoever walked in there off the street and the neighborhood seemed to be in a 'rougher' part of town. Save yourself the headache and disgust and stay somewhere else.

I had a 1 night stay here. It was a very clean and well kept room. If it were in a better location, it would have been a steal of a deal! the location was less than desirable, but I have no complaints about the room.

Terrible location - room was nasty. Only stayed about an hour - Was scared the whole time we were there.

The location was prime, however the motel was pretty rundown. Once inside, the room was clean. The pool was unuseable due to the garbage floating in it. The place needs a little TLC.

The hotel could have offered transportation service. We toured the area like the White House, State Capital, Washingtion Memorial, Library of Congress, and the down town area. The outside decor was horrible along with the smell in the front lobby. They were doing renavation outside.