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The staff was very helpful and nice, but every aspect behind the staff was ok and terrible

I stayed at this DC hotel when it was still the Mandarin Oriental. The location is ideal, the a/c is great but Salamander is not as clean and well-managed as the Mandarin Oriental was. I booked this Salamander DC hotel room a year ago knowing our Semiquincentennial would be a very busy time. Our first hotel room was not clean, the BATHROOM DIRTY & UNSANITARY. THERE WAS OLD URINE ON THE TOILET WHEN YOU LIFTED UP THE TOILET SEAT AS WELL AS BY THE BIDET HANDLE AREA. DISGUSTING. Totally unacceptable for a supposedly 5 star luxury hotel that describes itself as "refined" & "elegant", esp given the amount of money we were planning to spend/spending/spent. Needless to say the old urine was not reassuring, I wondered how clean the bed sheets, bathtub, etc. were. Waited 35 min.s but it was nice of Joelle to get us a different room. Still, bathroom cleaning was inconsistent AND SUB-PAR. Short cuts are unacceptable in luxury hotels; cleaning department doesn't seem to understand clean, luxury or the expectation they should move cleaning carts out of the way for guests. THE 5 STAR PROS who made our stay wonderful: Endy, Malik, Markus, Pong, Elsa, Adham (always warm, always welcoming, went above & beyond), Tyler (polite & professional), Dogon (although we waited 10 min.s for our table to be ready, very clean w/ extraordinary food w/ perfect service by 5 star waiter) & the Salamander Spa (CLEAN & SANITARY, Shanice was very sweet, knowledgeable & professional w/ extremely strong hands).