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"This grand Beaux-Arts hotel dating to 1917 draws business travelers, wedding parties, Smithsonian tourists, and happy-hour revelers chasing the unparalleled Washington Monument view from VUE Rooftop—worth springing for a pricey cocktail at sunset. Downstairs, the renewed Fireclay restaurant cooks over an Argentine-style grill and twin wood stone ovens (don’t sleep on the brisket/bone marrow burger), while rooms keep things minimal save for oversized cherry blossom headboards; suites add wall-spanning graphic murals, and Deluxe Kings tuck in a window-seat perch for appreciating the view. It’s our top pick for views in DC." - Laura Ratliff
