Originally Posted by
gailwynand
If you do stay at the Wardman, keep in mind that almost all of the restaurants near the hotel, especially those on Connecticut Avenue are overpriced and/or poor quality. You have to walk about 15 minutes to Adams Morgan for decent food. (I speak from experience, I used to live in the neighborhood..)
For that reason I would choose one of the Dupont Circle options over the Wardman.
There are a number of good restaurants in the area, actually, especially if you are willing to walk 10 minutes up Connecticut towards Cleveland Park. Some of the better options include Ardeo+Bardeo, Dino, Indique, Lavandou, and Palena.
Seeing as how the dining scene around Dupont Circle has deteriorated in the past few years and the two areas are a metro stop away, I wouldn't use food as the discriminator.