I genuinely love this hotel and I'd definitely return if it was just me and my husband this time. I certainly wouldn't do it with my children again - I'd find a more spacious and family friendly hotel.
The renovations were painful. I'm sure they weren't doing construction in the entire hotel, so Im really not sure how I ended up being so unlucky as to be placed in a room that seemed to be right below/above/beside the knocking and drilling that began between 8-8:30am! Every morning. For all 5 days of my stay.
Unfortunately I was unaware of the $20 daily resort fee, and when I checked in, it wasn't mentioned to me at all. I only discovered it when I went into my account to Zelle someone and noticed several hundred dollars charged by the hotel. So since I discovered it at the last minute, I wasn't really able to take advantage of whatever this $20 daily fee gave to me - which really isn't much unless you decide to use every tea bag and coffee pod in the room. Every day. The snacks they said was there for our use at the front was hidden away in the back "because there were too many children around taking them" (their words, not mine) so you had to request them. The concierge did give me a handful of granola bars though, and it saved my kids from starvation on their flight back home. So yay for that!
Finally, the location of this place is unmatched! Metro center is a block away, Gallery Place/Chinatown is about 3 blocks away. Everything is walkable! I'll be back!