A First-Rate Hotel in Rosslyn, VA.

We like the quirky uniqueness of Kimpton Hotels, so tried this new one in Rosslyn, VA. just across the Potomac from Washington, DC. Since it recently opened and this was a weekend, we got an excellent rate from the hotel -- enough to pay for our dinner each night in the hotel's very good Italian restaurant.

Cool and hip hotel to enjoy while working!

This is a new hotel that opened in November 2007. It's one of the Klimpton properties and very nice and modern. It's hip like a W Hotel without the over the top lounge feel. The sheets and bed were super comfy and the bath amenities were by L'Occitane. In the morning, they put a NY Times at your door and there is a coffee hour too. I get tired of going to boring and average hotels for work, so this was a treat! I will definitely use this hotel for all my Arlington area travel.

Sleek, Luxurious--but With a Few Big Problems

GOOD:

Loved the staff

just left there 2/10

booked 3 day visit via bid on priceline

only the gym is still to be finished and by april the hotel will be 100% complete

they were building an outdoor elevator to get guests to the outdoor area of the italian restaurant woke us up at 6am two days but we understood that might happen

in the warmer weather the outdoor eating area will have great view of the potomic and georgetown

what made this hotel fun was every staff member greeted us with a smile and had pride in working there

hotel is near to georgetown and to the metro very convenient

we would go back for sure just to see the staff's enthusiasm

Great Atmosphere and Location

I stayed here for four days while on business in Northern Virginia and found it to be perfect for business travellers, or even travellers visiting friends who live in Arlington or McClean.

Feeling Disappointed and Mislead...

Like the other reviewers, I received an introductory rate (though had increased to $191 from the mentioned $113). The doormen were very friendly and the hotel very beautiful. HOWEVER, this hotel is not yet fully operational. I stayed for 8 nights and they were literally building it up around me throughout the week. The staff are not well informed and often did not know the answers to very basic questions...like "what is your turn-down service?" I was wakened by construction at 9 am on Saturday and 6:30 am during the week. Room service was a disaster and the hotel seemed to host a large event every night. When I asked for something off the very limited room service menu, I was told by a very earnest employee that he would do his best, but it was hard to get anything because they were having a party. (Not my idea of full service). Though Rosslyn has much to offer, there were no evening convenience stores nearby. I discovered as I was checking out that there had been an honor bar in my room. Apparently, they failed to tell me so at check in and did not provide the key. The gym wasn't open. The elevators were not fully functional and quirky. My bathroom light turned my bedside lamp on and off.

Loved this trendy new hotel in Rosslyn!!

Hotel Palomar Arlington lies just across the Key Bridge from Washington, DC on the Potomac River. Our room (#812) had an excellent view of Georgetown and the National Cathedral just across the river. We very much enjoyed our stay and would highly recommend this hotel.

Beautiful New Upscale Hotel

Booked a room at the new Palomar in the Rosslyn section of Arlington on what may be a never to be repeated grand opening rate of $116 for a deluxe 2 queen bedded room with waterview. The hotel is in Rosslyn directly across the Key Bridge from Georgetown. Close in to DC by car, metro or foot, Rosslyn is mostly shiny modern highrises with, unfortunately, no charm or street scene. Palomar is the luxury brand of the Kimpton Hotels chain, the group that invented the boutique hotel back in the 70's in San Francisco and has now spread to other cities. The Palomar Arlington is in an as yet unfinished 2 building complex directly off two busy streets, that fits with its neighbors(see above). Warm greeting by doorman, you step into a ground level lobby with some stylish touches and are whisked to the 4th floor reception and main lobby. Warn greetings again, you may peak at the lobby to your right with an oh so cool and to be honest, beautiful modern seating areas and a long country dining table and modern art and design touches. The table is a host for early evening wine tastings(sans food) and art previews. Cool jazz plays in the lobby. To the left of reception, there is another bank of elevators done in dark wood-in the elevator, you may feel like you are in a modern sculpture-that take you to floors 5-11, the

Nice but short stay at the brand new Palomar!

My husband and I stayed at this new boutique hotel last night. We didn't arrive until 6pm and attended a party at my girlfriend's house nearby, so we really weren't at the hotel that long. I am part of the Kimpton loyalty program, so we were delighted to find a hand written card welcoming us back with a plate of chocolate raviolis. One weird thing that happened was right when we got to our room, the maid was there for turndown, and even though she could see we had just arrived and wanted to get settled, she lingered a bit. A couple of the lamps in the room didn't work, so she wanted to send an engineer, but we had no time for that since we had to change and get to the party. Crazy enough, we ran into the exact same ice machine problem here as we had at the Hotel Palomar in DC......certain floors, including ours, had broken ice makers! So the maid went and got some for us. The room was a corner king deluxe. It was spotlessly clean and the same awesome hip decor as the DC location. The hotel itself was gorgeous and the staff very friendly, including check in. The doorman Acee was AWESOME and arranged a car for us that took us to the party and picked us up at the end of the night. One drawback was the proximity to Reagan National Airport. Starting around 7am the planes taking off were LOUD! We will definitely stay here again, and we are looking forward to trying other Kimptons in the future!