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Sofitel Washington Lafayette Square

806 15th St Nw Washington, 20005 District of Columbia

The art of French living — in Washington, DC

French connections
A block from McPherson Square Metro station and the White House, this French-inspired hotel in downtown Washington is within 2 miles of the National Mall, Vietnam Memorial, and Smithsonian. Show more
European panache
The stylish Sofitel Washington Lafayette Square offers a wood-paneled library, six meeting rooms, a business center, a fitness center, the French/American ICI Urban Bistro, and the locally popular Le Bar.
Featherbeds, flowers
Rooms at Sofitel Washington Lafayette Square feature featherbeds against ceiling-high mahogany headboards. Marble bathrooms have freshly cut flowers, Roger & Gallet toiletries, and robes and slippers. Hide

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4.7out of 5

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96%

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Luxury Room- Two Double Beds
2 double beds with feather mattresses, duvets, and pillows. Sofa bed. Surrounding city view. 375–425 square feet. Oversized desk. Marble bath with separate shower and soaking tub. High-speed Internet access (surcharge). Dial-up Internet access (surcharge). Voice mail. Cable/satellite TV. Pay movies. Video-game console (surcharge). Minibar. In-room safe. Turndown service. Nonsmoking. Suitable for a crib (not for a rollaway bed).
Superior Room - Two Double Beds
2 double beds with feather mattresses, duvets, and pillows. 375–425 square feet. Oversized desk. Marble bath with separate shower and soaking tub. Wired and wireless Internet access (surcharge). Dial-up Internet access (surcharge). Voice mail. Cable/satellite TV. Pay movies. Video-game console (surcharge). Minibar. In-room safe. Turndown service. Nonsmoking. Suitable for a crib or rollaway bed.
Luxury room- One King Size Bed
1 king bed with feather mattress, duvet, and pillows. Surrounding city view. 375–425 square feet. Oversized desk. Marble bath with separate shower and soaking tub. High-speed Internet access (surcharge). Dial-up Internet access (surcharge). Voice mail. Cable/satellite TV. Pay movies. Video-game console (surcharge). Minibar. In-room safe. Turndown service. Nonsmoking. Suitable for a crib or rollaway bed.
Superior Room - One King Size Bed
1 king bed with feather mattress, duvet, and pillows. 375–425 square feet. Oversized desk. Marble bath with separate shower and soaking tub. Wired and wireless high-speed Internet access (surcharge). Dial-up Internet access (surcharge). Voice mail. Cable/satellite TV. Pay movies. Video-game console (surcharge). Minibar. In-room safe. Turndown service. Nonsmoking. Suitable for a crib (not for a rollaway bed).
Junior Suite - One King Size Bed
1 king bed with feather mattresses, duvets, and pillows. Sofa bed. 375–425 square feet. Oversized desk. Marble bath with separate shower and soaking tub. High-speed wired and wireless Internet access (surcharge). Dial-up Internet access (surcharge). Voice mail. Cable/satellite TV. Pay movies. Video-game console (surcharge). Coffee/tea maker. Minibar. In-room safe. Turndown service. Nonsmoking. Suitable for a crib or rollaway bed.
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Hotel Policies & Fees

The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.

Know Before You Go
  • There are no room charges for children 12 years old and younger who occupy the same room as their parents or guardians, using existing bedding.
Policies
  • Check-in time starts at 3 PM
  • Check-out time is Noon
  • Small pets only
Fees
  • The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
    • Valet parking fee: USD 42 per day (in/out privileges)
    • Fee for in-room wireless Internet: USD 9.95 (for 24 hours, rates may vary)
    • Rollaway bed fee: USD 40 per night
  • The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

Awards and Affiliations

A Green / Sustainable Property - First Party Certified

This property has performed a self-assessment, also known as First Party certification, of its sustainable tourism practices through Green Key Eco-Rating Program thus taking steps to understand its impact on one or more of the following: environment, community, cultural-heritage, the local economy. The property's claims have not been independently verified by a second or third party certification program.

  • This property is affiliated with the International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association (IGLTA) and welcomes lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) guests.

Accessibility Options

  • Accessible path of travel
  • Accessible bathroom
  • Roll-in shower
  • Handicapped parking
  • In-room accessibility
  • Accessibility equipment for the deaf
  • Braille or raised signage

Property Amenities

  • Restaurant(s) in hotel
  • Fitness facilities
  • Complimentary newspapers in lobby
  • Room service (24 hours)
  • Bar/lounge
  • Parking (surcharge)
  • Limo or Town Car service available
  • Business center
  • Ballroom(s)
  • Multiple large conference rooms
  • Event catering
  • Business services
  • Photocopy machines
  • Internet access - wireless
  • Porter/bellhop
  • Safe-deposit box at front desk
  • Multilingual staff
  • 24-hour front desk
  • Doorman/doorwoman
  • Security guard
  • Number of floors - 12
  • Tour assistance
  • Translation services
  • ATM/banking
  • Audio-visual equipment
  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Banquet facilities
  • Total number of rooms - 237
  • Elevator/lift
  • Valet parking
  • Air-conditioned public areas
  • Valet parking (surcharge)
  • Breakfast available (surcharge)
  • Coffee in lobby
  • Concierge desk
  • Currency exchange
  • Express check-in
  • Express check-out
  • One meeting/conference room
  • Parking limited (surcharge)
  • Room service
  • Gift shops or newsstand
  • Library
  • Multiple small meeting rooms
  • Patio
  • Shoe shine
  • Wireless (high-speed) Internet access - surcharge
  • Smoke-free property

Rooms

Sofitel Washington Lafayette Square houses 237 guestrooms in a grand, 12-story late-19th-century building in downtown Washington, DC.

Guestrooms' custom-designed furnishings mix Art Deco and contemporary lines. Pillow-top featherbeds with white duvets rest against ceiling-high mahogany headboards showcasing Impressionist-style paintings.

Marble bathrooms have glass-enclosed showers and separate bathtubs, freshly cut flowers, and Roger & Gallet toiletries. Mirrors are framed with backlights.

Rooms offer wireless and wired high-speed Internet access (surcharge), phones with voice mail, in-room safes, and minibars. Turndown service includes bathrobes and slippers.

Sofitel Washington Lafayette Square, Washington,  District of Columbia, Rooms Guest Room

Room Amenities

  • Wireless Internet access
  • High-speed Internet access
  • Cable/satellite television channels
  • Premium television channel(s)
  • Pay movies
  • CD player
  • Hypo-allergenic bedding available
  • Premium bedding
  • Patio
  • Climate control
  • Complimentary newspaper
  • Blackout drapes/curtains
  • Television Internet access
  • Internet access (surcharge)
  • Multi-line phone
  • Voice mail
  • Complimentary bottled water
  • Minibar
  • Refrigerator (on request)
  • Wake-up calls
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Extra towels/bedding
  • Turndown service
  • Designer toiletries
  • Bathroom phone
  • Bathrobes
  • Hair dryer
  • Makeup/shaving mirror
  • Sewing kit
  • Slippers
  • Separate bathtub and shower
  • Bathroom scale
  • Electronic check-out
  • Electronic/magnetic keys
  • Pillowtop mattress
  • Iron/ironing board
  • In-room safe
  • Air conditioning
  • Television
  • Desk
  • Clock radio
  • Cribs (infant beds) available
  • Non-smoking only

Dining

ICI Urban Bistro - Contemporary American cuisine with a French twist. Seasonal outdoor terrace. Breakfast and dinner daily, lunch weekdays.

Sample menu for ICI Urban Bistro

Appetizers:

  • Pan-Seared Sea Scallops
  • Onion Soup Gratinée
  • Frisée and Watercress Salad

    Main courses:

  • Sautéed Maine Lobster
  • Prime NY Steak and Frites
  • Wild Mushroom Risotto

    Desserts:

  • Chocolate Fondant
  • Brisk Coconut Parfait Bomb
  • Apple 'Tarte Tatin'

    Le Bar - Off the lobby, this popular watering hole is a meeting place for DC power brokers. Generously sized armchairs and sofas invite patrons to relax and partake in the French art of conversation. Open from early afternoon until late evening.

    Sample menu for Le Bar

    Appetizers:

  • Crab Cake Salad
  • Baby Spinach Caesar Salad
  • Cheese Plate

    Sandwiches:

  • Chicken and Roasted Vegetables
  • Roast Beef
  • Ham and Cheese

    Evening snacks:

  • Chicken Satay
  • Smoked Shrimp Quesadillas
  • Lobster and Vegetable Spring Rolls

    Drinks:

  • Jefferson (Frïs Vodka, Grand Marnier, Black Raspberry Liqueur, Sweet and Sour Mix)
  • Moët & Chandon, Brut, Imperial Rosé
  • Viognier, Zaca Mesa, Santa Ynez, 2000
  • Château Greysac, Médoc, France, 1999

    Sofitel Washington Lafayette Square offers room service 24 hours a day.

  • Sofitel Washington Lafayette Square, Washington,  District of Columbia, Dining Restaurant

    Recreation

    • Ice skating nearby
    • Rowing or canoeing nearby
    • Running track/path nearby
    • Hiking/biking trails nearby

    Verified Reviews: All guest reviews are verified as submitted by our customers and reflect their stay at Sofitel Washington Lafayette Square

    4.7
    out of 5
    avg. guest rating
    Hotel service:
    4.8
    Hotel condition:
    4.7
    Room cleanliness:
    4.8
    Room comfort:
    4.7
    Location:
    4.8
    Neighbourhood:
    4.7
    96%

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    out of 140 reviews

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    A Traveller from Long Beach CA
    5.0
    out of 5
    Recommends this hotel
    Posted 29 Nov 2011

    “Great experience”

    Very professional staff. They are friendly and helpful

    Sarah T from London, UK
    4.0
    out of 5
    Recommends this hotel
    Posted 22 Nov 2011

    “Close to White House and convenient for Metro”

    Staff very welcoming and helpful. Great location for seeing Washington's finest with the White House "just around the corner". Room comfort good with a bed you could stay all day in. Downside would be no in-room coffee maker and no free WiFi in room. Neighbourhood has a couple of restaurants, but you will need to travel further if you want greater variety on your doorstep, but easy access to Metro solves that. Great central location for a basis to explore wider.

    Area recommendations
    Visit the Mall with all the signature views, and top grade Smithsonian Museums which are free. Would recommend taking a Segway tour while you are there to save walking along the Mall. Shame that Reflecting Pools currently being refurbished and the Washington Monument currently closed due to recent earthquake, but still so much to do. Also, the trolleybus around Arlington Cemetery has recently ceased operation, so take your walking shoes.
    A Traveller from Northern VA
    5.0
    out of 5
    Recommends this hotel
    Posted 20 Nov 2011

    “Great DC hotel”

    My wife and I went to DC for a short weekend stay. Hotel was great!

    A Traveller from Australia
    5.0
    out of 5
    Recommends this hotel
    Posted 15 Nov 2011

    “Delightful!”

    The facilities are second to none - right around the corner from the whitehouse and was great to stay at!

    Joe B from New York
    3.0
    out of 5
    Recommends this hotel
    Posted 7 Nov 2011

    “Great hotel but bed was a rock.”

    The Sofitel Hotel in DC was a very nice hotel. I loved everything about it except the bed. Which quality of sleep is a primary reason for rating a staying experience, Sofitel beds were not comfortable at all. At first I thought it was just a problem with me and my bed firmness preference. But my wife and several guests I knew had the same complaint. At first, a guest is given the appearance that the beds are wrap-around sof (like a bed you would find in a W hotel, but find quickly that this is merely an illusion in that beyond the over-stuffed mattress pad is a concrete (not lilterally) slab. My back has yet to recover. Overall the hotel is very nice and the staff are excellent. The lack of comfort of the bed is a deal breaker for me. The location of the hotel adjacent to a park would make me call ahead to make sure mass protesters are not camped there. The surrounding restaurants, especially Starbucks, bathrooms were trashed, nasty and lined with folks using facilities without buying products.

    Edie A from Arlington, MA
    5.0
    out of 5
    Recommends this hotel
    Posted 6 Nov 2011

    “A very nice place to stay”

    The staff at the reception desk and in the restaurant are exceptionally nice and helpful. The business center is free, and located conveniently near the front desk so that they could bring more paper when the printer ran out. Breakfast includes delicious complimentary pastries with your order. The hotel is very convenient to the MacPherson Square Metro station.

    Mary V from Michigan
    5.0
    out of 5
    Recommends this hotel
    Posted 4 Nov 2011

    “D.C. Hotel”

    Very nice hotel. Nice room, great location. Carpet was very worn, room was nice. Maid left cleaning supplies on our table one day. Heat was not working but promptly fixed. Parking pricey, vallet. Front desk staff seemed rushed and not too informative.

    Area recommendations
    Georgia Brown's great place too eat
    Quincy M. from Palatka, Florida
    5.0
    out of 5
    Recommends this hotel
    Posted 3 Nov 2011

    “Very Pleased”

    My wife and I were very pleased with everything at the Sofitel. John Paul, the doorman, and Marlos, the waiter, were exceptional.

    A Traveller from Sao Paulo, Brazil
    5.0
    out of 5
    Recommends this hotel
    Posted 31 Oct 2011

    “Perfect Location”

    Great hotel, very well located.

    A Traveller from Toronto, Ontario
    5.0
    out of 5
    Recommends this hotel
    Posted 11 Oct 2011

    “Great location, comfortable hotel”

    Loved the location, within a 5 minute walk of a Metro station and within walking distance of many sights. Was a little disappointed at the limited number of other restaurants in the area, but that seems to be the way Washington DC is laid out, and certainly not the Sofitel's fault. The staff were pleasant and helpful. The room comfortable and very clean. My only disappointment was the lack of tea/coffee facilities which other hotels in the area do seem to offer. And my personal plea to all hotels everywhere ....please include wireless internet.... if Starbucks can do it, so can you!

    Sofitel Washington Lafayette Square

    806 15th St Nw Washington, 20005 District of Columbia

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    Nearby Points of Interest

    • Ellipse - 0.2 km / 0.1 mi
    • Lafayette Park - 0.2 km / 0.1 mi
    • White House - 0.4 km / 0.2 mi
    • National Museum of Women in the Arts - 0.4 km / 0.2 mi
    • Blair House - 0.5 km / 0.3 mi
    • Renwick Gallery - 0.5 km / 0.3 mi
    • National Geographic Society - 0.6 km / 0.4 mi
    • National Aquarium - 0.6 km / 0.4 mi
    • John A. Wilson Building - 0.6 km / 0.4 mi
    • Corcoran Gallery of Art - 0.7 km / 0.4 mi
    • Washington D.C. Madame Tussauds - 0.8 km / 0.5 mi
    • Ford's Theater - 0.8 km / 0.5 mi
    • Old Post Office Pavillion - 0.8 km / 0.5 mi
    • Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library - 0.9 km / 0.5 mi
    • DAR Museum - 0.9 km / 0.5 mi

    Location Highlights

    • In city center
    • In historical district

    The closest major airports to Sofitel Washington Lafayette Square are:

    Washington, DC (DCA-Ronald Reagan Washington National) - 5.7 km / 3.6 mi

    Washington, DC (IAD-Washington Dulles Intl.) - 36.3 km / 22.6 mi

    The preferred airport for Sofitel Washington Lafayette Square is Washington, DC (IAD-Washington Dulles Intl.).

    Distances are calculated in a straight line from the property's location to the point of interest or airport and may not reflect actual travel distance.

    Distances are displayed to the nearest 0.1 mile and kilometre.

    Nearest Major Airport:

    • Washington, DC, United States (IAD-Washington Dulles Intl.)

    Area:

    Downtown Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States of America: Downtown DC is awash with culture. The Smithsonian Institution museum complex flanks the National Mall. The Washington Monument bisects the Mall, just south of the White House. Federal agency headquarters house bureaucrats of varying stripes. Moneyed and powerful lobbyists help create (and quash) laws from K Street. Chinatown and the Washington Convention Center lie east of downtown.

    Sofitel Washington Lafayette Square

    806 15th St Nw Washington, 20005 District of Columbia

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