Le Meridien Arlington

Giuliana and Oscar are the absolute best! They both were so kind and compassionate and helped me secure a room at the Le Meridien in Arlington when I had a disastrous experience with the Airbnb I had rented. Theu really went the extra mile in comforting me and assuring me that they would do their best to help! My trip to Arlington would have been ruined had it not been for them saving me. I cannot thank them both enough! Next time I come back to Arlington I will definitely be staying here again as the staff are so kind! Thank you Giuliana and Oscar!!!

Review of our Le Meridien stay, August, 2025 4.5 stars In collaboration with my wife, we rated various aspects of our stay in August, 2025. I have written this by section to give a reader a more in-depth feel for the experience and entered “footnotes” in [brackets] to add even more depth or explanation. The in-house restaurant, “Amuse,” earned a solid A rating. [With a busy schedule, we enjoyed not having to spend time searching for good restaurants in the neighborhood.] Chef Harold’s Amuse and Garden Omelet breakfasts are hard to beat, especially amongst hotel restaurants, and the buttermilk pancakes with berries? --- diplomat finesse and Paul Bunyan size. As a very fussy coffee drinker, I can say their Illy brand regular American-style cups, and the espressos, lattes and cappuccinos are simply tops of all restaurant coffees and earned an “A+.” Breakfasts were served by breakfast waiters, Nick and Carlos with attention to detail. [The Amuse Restaurant on the 4th floor has a high ceiling and an entire outside wall of glass providing an airy ambience and transition to the outdoor patio seating and the panoramic view of the Potomac River and Key Bridge, Georgetown University and Hospital area, and the iconic Washington National Cathedral and beyond to Embassy Row.] The kitchen fills up the inside wall where we watched chef Blanca preparing our evening fare of delicious “Crispy Calamari” and some very hearty and mouthwatering burger plates. Our evening waiter, “Aziz,” is an excellent waiter, a pro, a gentlemen’s gentleman, and was a pleasure to talk with for any questions we had. The Amuse Restaurant was a daily highlight. As an added bonus, we also met the very personable and informative food and beverage manager, David, who has extensive knowledge of the Arlington/D.C. area, along with his restaurant manager, Benjamin. I met Benjamin running through the lobby one day and stopped him to complain about my Google and Waze map directions and asked if he could give help me with a more logical route out of this “spaghetti-bowl corner” of Arlington/Rosslyn. He gladly stopped, looked at my phone maps, and declared, “No, no, no! This is all wrong!” He then proceeded to walk me outside and down to the corner to point out the directions. His home-area expertise and super helpfulness turned my 20-30-minute phone-map routes into 12 minutes! Both David and Benjamin, and their entire restaurant staff have worked together as a team for quite some time and seemed like a family ready to take good care of you. For other hotel information, we just asked Samim at the front desk --- yet another always helpful source. For extra kudos, the fitness center is one of the best equipped in any hotel I’ve ever seen! I saw other guests and even hotel staff down there. The area itself is centrally located. The Rosslyn/Arlington area is a safe area for walking with Gateway Park, the Rosslyn Metro station, and Mt. Vernon (hike and bike) Trail within 2 blocks, and an easy walk to Key Bridge to Georgetown nearby, and well connected strategically for driving across the Potomac to the sites of Washington’s monuments and the world-renowned Smithsonian Museums. It’s simply an amazing location. Downside? Yes, but rather than serious problems, the downsides were more quirky and caused some delays at the beginning of our stay. A) While the hotel entrance is on the 1st floor on 19th street, the lobby is actually on the 4th floor! [To drive into a quite small semi-circular front-entrance driveway, then run into the lobby to ask a hotel staffer where to drop off the suitcases and/or ask where to park the car, you must send a passenger, or leave the car in the small entryway, and go yourself up to the 4th floor.] B) After getting the necessary information, instead of trying to follow some verbal instructions, it would be better to be handed a small map sketch showing the tunnel-like parking-garage entrance and the signage into the (third-party) Waterview Parking Garage building at the corner of 19th and Kent. That sketch diagram could also show the connection to the hotel and explain how to get back to the lobby. [I learned later that this hotel is used a lot by businesspersons and other returning guests who know all these quirks. As a first-time guest, it delayed our getting settled in and belied the superior quality of the experience within.] Bottom Lines: If we return to this area, we will definitely use the Le Meridien Hotel Arlington for it’s friendly, hometown-like atmosphere and pro-actively helpful staff. Disclaimer: No, I do not work at Le Meridien, have never been there before, nor have any financial-interest connections. I do enjoy getting to know people and appreciating their cultures from all corners of the USA and the world. For others who share these values, this is a place you will enjoy.

Great location if you’re looking to stay a little outside the city center to save some money. Convenient setting only a couple blocks from a metro station with several restaurants/fast casual places nearby with even more options a few blocks further west. Nothing spectacular about the hotel itself but a pleasant stay with friendly, competent service. The only thing keeping it from 5 stars is the price point relative to what you get. It wasn’t a top-tier experience that you’d associate with the Le Meredian brand - it felt like a nice mainline convention hotel like a Marriott or Hilton. Regardless, I’d recommend. I found the access to the national mall and other attractions was actually easier than when I stayed near the convention center (at a much better price point).

Je’mia at the front desk was awesome! Checked me in quickly and helped to orient me to the area and places I wanted to go. So helpful! The hotel is quiet, clean, and just a couple blocks from the Rosslyn Metro station.

I want to do a special call out to David Giroux, F&B Director. I haven;t seen tight management of a dining room like that in a very long time. A professional of the highest order - he knew my needs before I did, truly. Wish there were more like him - thank you, David!!