From the outside the George Washington Hotel looks very impressive. The hotel was impeccably clean and neat both in and out. The hotel turned 100 years old this year and the place looks like it had just opened, no exaggerations here. The lobby is very classy and looks the period the hotel first opened. There is an original guest mail chute running down all floors located on the wall in-between the elevator doors that looks like they can still be used today. It just added to the charm. Our room looked like it is well maintained (no peeling or chipped paint) and all amenities (TV, remote, AC, coffee maker, lamps) worked perfectly as they should. The front desk and the concierge were very friendly and inviting. They were very helpful when giving us information. Just one block away is a 4-block long pedestrian mall. We arrived late on a Sunday afternoon and at least 1/2 of the restaurants there were open. A few stores were also open. One refreshing thing about the mall is that the stores are not the usual retail franchises. All were quite unique and local businesses. The George Washington Inn is a very nice place for a get away to. The hotel restaurant is the only franchise we saw, a "Pizzeria Uno," and they were the only place in the immediate area that served breakfast before we left the next day. We went there as a stop-over between NJ and TN and we are glad we did.
