Hilton Arlington
About Hilton Arlington
Nestled in the upscale Ballston area, and adjacent to a Washington, D.C. metro station, this hotel offers elegant accommodations, complete with all the latest technologies, only minutes from major attractions. The Hilton Arlington is conveniently connected to the Ballston Common Mall shopping center as well as a number of office buildings by a skywalk. The Ballston metro station, instantly taking guests to the heart of downtown Washington, D.C. is also located within walking distance. After a long day, guests at the Arlington Hilton can relax on signature Serenity beds and enjoy an in-room movie on flat-screen TVs. With an on-site restaurant as well as a state-of-the-art business center, guests have access to everything needed for an enjoyable stay.
Amenities
- On-site parking
- 24-hour front desk
- Meeting space
- Fitness center
- On-site dining
- Bar / lounge
- Café / coffee shop
- Breakfast available
- Business center
- Express check-in / check-out
- Concierge
- Dry cleaning
- Self-service laundry
- Luggage storage
- Multilingual staff
- Full kitchen / kitchenette
- In-room refrigerator
- In-room microwave
- Spa / sauna
- Pet friendly
- Family friendly
- Wheelchair accessible
- Smoke-free property
- Air conditioning
Reviews
The hotel is praised for its convenient location near the Metro station and various dining options. The staff is consistently described as friendly and helpful. However, there are several complaints about the quality of the rooms, including issues with noise, cleanliness, and comfort.
- Convenient location near Metro station and dining options
- Friendly and helpful staff
- Issues with noise in the rooms
- Concerns about cleanliness and comfort in the rooms
- 2/5
One of us had an emergency at home so we had to leave one day early. This was told the morning before, but no partial refund was possible because this reservation was booked on Expedia. The clerk said he would ask his manager later if I could get some reimbursement since we did not use the two rooms the last night (of 5 nights), but I knew that would come to nothing, so I did not bother to follow up. The lobby is a maize trying to find your way around.
- 5/5
Very nice, modern, clean room in a very good location. Lots of shops and restaurants in the area, and nearby Metro Station will take you all over Washington DC area.
- 5/5
Lovely room except view is hideous. Should have a mural painted!
- 4/5
Great location because it’s right at a Metro stop Some of our outlets by the bed didn’t work.
- 5/5
Location is superb - right around the corner from a great German Bierhall, and across the street from a busy IHOP for brekkies - it was really enjoyable and accessible for our needs.
- 5/5
Exceptional
- 5/5
It was all good
- 4/5
One thing I did not like about as I’m pretty sure they told me Parking included. I ended up paying $54 for two nights for a parking garage everything else but that was OK.
- 5/5
Very nice hotel
- 5/5
Very nice hotel with a convenient location close to restaurants, shops and metro station.
- 5/5
Perfect location by metro, affordable parking, quiet room.
- 5/5
Clean room and great staff
- 4.5/5
Great location just next to the train station. Front staff super helpful allowing us to check in early.
- 4.5/5
Great location just next to the train station. Front staff super helpful allowing us to check in early.
- 4.5/5
Superb
- 5/5
We received excellent service from the staff. The hotel was quiet and confident. You can’t beat the location and proximity to the Metro.
- 5/5
Pleasant Staff. Clean Comfortable Great location Nothing
- 4/5
Very good
- 5/5
Clean Comfortable Great location Nothing
- 5/5
For the price of the room, breakfast should be included
- 5/5
Awesome 👏…..close to everything!
- 1/5
Hotel was outdated and dirty
- 3.5/5
Great location A price point like this should come with robes and q tips. Poor design of shower guarantees leakage on to floor.
- 3.5/5
A price point like this should come with robes and q tips. Poor design of shower guarantees leakage on to floor.
- 5/5
Exceptional
- 4.5/5
Was located next to restaraunts and businesses. Parking was easy.
- 4.5/5
Was located next to restaraunts and businesses. Parking was easy.
- 0.5/5
Some if the staff The air conditioning filter in the room was very old and smelled disgusting.
- 0.5/5
Some if the staff The air conditioning filter in the room was very old and smelled disgusting.
- 3/5
I stayed in room 411. There are no towel hangers in the bathroom. The caulking in the shower area is peeling or moulding in some areas. The bathroom vanity counter top is not level, water pools and travels to the left side and wets anything you keep there. The room is great; the carpet feels a bit dirty and soapy (probably has soap residue from being washed at some point in time. The room felt a bit dim even after all lights were turned on.
- 5/5
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- 5/5
N/a
- 4/5
Older hotel in well maintained and good condition. Some things can feel a little out of date, but not in a bad way. Great location.
- 4.5/5
All ok with me
- 4.5/5
All ok with me
- 5/5
Exceptional
- 5/5
Room was clean! Perfect overnight stay to break up our family road trip! We left relaxed, refreshed and ready to hit the road! Easy location right off the highway.
- 4/5
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- 4/5
The property is somewhat dated, not very modern, but it’s a perfectly nice and fine place and the staff are very very friendly and helpful. Location is near a cute area with nice shops and restaurants.
- 5/5
Exceptional
- 4/5
Pretty basic in terms of hotels. Nice accomodations. Good location to walk to restaurants. The front desk staff was amazing though! Super helpful. Eric handled every request we had promptly and thoroughly.
- 4/5
Furniture was a little dated and roughed up. Waters in the room would be nice.
- 5/5
Another great amenity was - breakfast restaurant. Breakfast had pretty good selection of different menu items, everything very fresh and consistently added up by stuff well before particular item was to run out. But the most amazing part of breakfast were two amazing servers - Saha and Zee (spelling of their names might be slightly incorrect). With them I felt like if I were at home. They very very accommodating, compassionate and kind to us. So, I hope they will still be there as they are the major reason now (outside of good hotel location and parking) to come back there!
- 4/5
Front desk said they would send an engineer to fix the phone. They never did. Got charged 85 cents for a local call too. Room was clean and ok. Standing shower only, no tub. Bed comfortable. HVAC a bit noisy; setting it to automatic helped with that. Fridge was in the TV cabinet, a non obvious location. So non-obvious we only found it because hotel left a slip of paper by the tv to notify the guests, which we noticed on the morning after we checked in. So overall, a decent stay. Good location on top of the Ballston Metro stop, but not amazingly good.
- 5/5
Excellent room, location..very friendly staff
- 5/5
The best part is the convenience, the metro station is right there, so there’s no need to cross the street.
- 5/5
Lobby and room clean. Amenities in room sufficient. Staff helpful and friendly. Food in restaurant delicious. Temperature controls easy. Hotel in safe location in Arlington VA. Metro train right next to property. Lots of restaurants within walking distance.
- 5/5
Super
- 4/5
From check in to check out the staff was friendly. I appreciated the free coffee and tea in the lobby in the morning. Overall, I found the property to be pretty clean and well maintained (appreciated the decor in the lobby). There is a restaurant on site (we didn’t eat there) and restaurants nearby. Also super close to the metro and some street parking. The overnight parking is reasonably priced ($24 a night), garage is super tight!
- 5/5
Beautiful hotel, friendly staff! Wish there was a laundry facility.
- 5/5
Very quick check in. Staff was courteous. They had welcome water bottles for us.
- 5/5
Nice clean room. On site restaurant and tons of other restaurants nearby. Right at the metro location - don’t even have to get wet if it’s raining. Couldn’t ask for a better location when visiting the DC area
- 5/5
Staff was super friendly and helpful. The metro station being right there is also very convenient. Room was very nice and clean for us. Overall great stay.
- 4/5
NA
- 4/5
A very clean property
- 5/5
I wanna thank Princess, Paris Hilton for the shower cap and mini ponytail holder that she puts in every room. It’s the little things.
- 5/5
Cleanliness and location made it a great stay!
- 4/5
Clean room
- 5/5
Yes clean room
- 5/5
Great location and clean rooms
- 4/5
Was good
- 5/5
Would definitely stay again.
- 5/5
Great staff! Quick check in and check out, and answered all my questions. Room was modern, quiet and clean.
- 5/5
Excellent location. Metro right from hotel !
- 3/5
It is just a “ok” otel.
- 2/5
I would rate it better but front desk staff, Angie, was rude when I arrived. Saw her the following day and she was rude again when I inquired about breakfast.
- 4/5
The heater is very loud and needs maintenance for noise when it comes on and runs.
- 5/5
Friendly and great location
- 5/5
Top notch staff, truly the best. You will always feel welcome and well cared for here.
- 5/5
Didn't add the breakfast purchase
- 2/5
Heater broken/ loud
- 1/5
I saw a mouse run along the back wall of the hotel restaurant! Yikes. It was awful. The incident happened on 11/29/25.
- 2/5
Upon arrival, the front desk staff weren’t welcoming, etc. The event staff wasn’t friendly
- 5/5
Fantastic staff. Clean room.
- 2/5
We checked in and told the front desk that we have a car. He said that we would just need to scan our keycard to enter the parking garage. Well it did not work! We only really stayed in the hotel from 6pm to 7am. When we showered in the morning, as I was about to use the towel, there was a big stain. I pulled another towel and it was there was a stain too. We brought it to the front desk attention and she said, OH! We were instructed to use our keycard to exit the garage. When we left the parking garage. Our keycard did not work again. Somebody had to come and open the gate for us, while other customers wait behind us u till a staff member comes down.
- 5/5
Very nice. Comfortable beds.
- 5/5
Clean, spacious, friendly staff, and great location!
- 5/5
None
- 5/5
Very comfortable room with decent room service and fantastic staff.
- 5/5
Clean, convenient, friendly.
- 5/5
Great Hotel
- 5/5
Friendly staff, excellent location.
- 5/5
Clean, comfortable room and friendly staff. Would definitely stay here again!
- 4/5
Yes, very well.
- 5/5
Manuel and Denis are amazing employees
- 5/5
Easy check in and fast service
- 5/5
Very nice hotel. Clean and quite room, and friendly staff. Convenient parking garage.
- 5/5
Stayed here for work travel. Very convenient location! Easy acesss to ar
- 5/5
Concierge was very helpful in guiding us on utilizing the Metro for the marathon weekend.
- 3/5
Room was clean enough but old and the whole hotel needs a major renovation. The shower head and water pressure were absolutely terrible. Fine for one night due great location.
- 4/5
Good property for the price.
- 1/5
I had 2 bad rooms. First room had no hot water the 2nd did not have a working toilet. Needed to stay In room as the hotel was sold out
- 5/5
I would stay here again
- 5/5
Thank you!
- 5/5
Enjoyed
- 1/5
The room smelt like mildew and I got sick from sleeping in the room 529
- 5/5
Convenient to restaurants and shops. Metro station at this location so very convenient especially getting into DC. Really couldn’t ask for better. I will always stay here when visiting the area.
- 2/5
An old man at the front desk was impolite and very arrogant. The bed is cold.
- 5/5
Thanks from the Jones Family
- 5/5
Ever
- 4/5
The parking garage is a nightmare!
- 5/5
Service was outstanding
- 5/5
clean room and walkable some near areas like restaurants stores etc i dont like they dont have free breakfast and the dont have big vehicules parking
- 4/5
Rooms are bit dark
- 5/5
Well maintained and clean. Bathroom was clean as well, We stayed 2 nights to visit Washington DC, access to the national mall was great. Also, there is a big and nice shopping mall with many restaurants and food courts which is connected to the hotel (there is a door to the mall) that you and your family can visit and have lunch or dinner together. I highly recommend this hotel.
- 3/5
The hotel charged me $22 for parking, however, the room card did not work at the gate and I have to pay parking again with my credit card.
- 5/5
Centrally located in an excellent area.
- 4/5
Great price for Parking
- 2/5
Needs to be updated, old, dated. The assistant manager couldn’t do much.
- 5/5
We were there for Steelers Training camp and they made sure we felt right at home!! Amazing staff!!
- 5/5
Great location! Near a lot of restaurants and in a very clean area. The room was spacious and clean. My only complaint was the drop-off and parking were in a sort of awkward area.
- 5/5
Good
- 5/5
Staff just was not ok
- 5/5
Convenient location and excellent staff service.
- 4/5
Liked the location of the hotel. It was clean & convenient to where I had to be. I enjoyed my stay.
- 5/5
Fantastic spot. Right on the metro. Clean and quiet.
- 5/5
We will definitely come back to this hotel next time
- 5/5
Amazing
- 5/5
Property was good
- 4/5
Kind of pricey for no parking or breakfast
- 4/5
It was a great stay! Restaurant staff was excellent for our togo meal. Check in and check out staff was excellent as well. Only real issue was the missing part on the shower chair which as a newly disabled person I couldn't use, which means i had to stand in the slippery shower. All was well though. Grateful the Metro stop was right there as well.
- 3/5
Sink and tub are clogged
- 5/5
The bed was soo comfortable. I wish the hotel did have a pool, and the remote on the tv stopped working. The service was amazing and they made sure our room was cleaned and organized.
- 4/5
The check in was smooth and the room was quiet and comfortable
- 5/5
Very clean area , nice staff
- 5/5
NA
- 5/5
Fantastic! Easy parking, cold AC super friendly staff!!!!
- 5/5
There for a music festival and it was great!
- 5/5
Clean, great location. Excellent staff
- 3/5
Old hotel
- 5/5
The staff was friendly and helpful, the rooms were spacious and clean.
- 5/5
The staff was nice room was clean
- 5/5
Great stay, will come back
- 5/5
Wonderful hotel stay & amazing staff!!
- 5/5
very nice & clean 100/10 recommend
- 3/5
Los cuartos tenian un mal olor
- 4/5
I was really happy with the customer service! The main issue with this property is it is just simply very dated, and I would hazard to guess most of the rooms need some maintenance in some capacity (given that the room we first got placed into has a completely broken shower bracket (the shower head is only hand held and MUST be propped up in the bracket, otherwise the water just shoots whatever direction from where it hangs if the bracket is broken --which it was). I am pretty certain the rooms were last renovated in the mid 00s. The only other issue is the guest in the room that connects via the double set of doors between rooms coughed in the middle of the night, and we woke up scared because we thought there was someone in the room with us... after he started snoring, we realized the sound proofing between the rooms felt nearly non-existent. I would probably only stay here again if I could guarantee we get a room away from the elevator bank, and the price was competitive or better than the Westin around the corner.
- 3/5
Location of my room was really loud-- doors slamming at all hours of the day and night, banging in the room above me, housekeeping yelling and knocking on rooms at 8am... Wasn't great
- 5/5
Great place to stay for a night or so.
- 4/5
Only negative was that we checked in and received a joining room. The moment we walked in we had a baby crying very loudly and felt like s/he was in our room. The joining door was paper thin. Thankfully they had one room left to move us to. Otherwise it would have been a horrible nights sleep for me as a light sleeper. Will stay again!
- 5/5
Excellent service at check in
- 3/5
The check-in was fast and good. My room did not have hair conditioner, and I found hair in the bathtub. Everything else was fine.
- 4/5
Very nice, clean, convenient and liked our room
- 5/5
Staff was extremely friendly and helpful. Room was very nice.
- 5/5
Great place, great people!
- 4/5
Great location, needs some updates
- 5/5
Rooms clean and beds firm.
- 5/5
Easy and convenient
- 5/5
Very welcoming and attentive staff
- 5/5
Great location
- 4/5
The staff were very friendly especially the breakfast team. The night before i had tried to go to dinner in the restaurant but couldn't find a host, server, of bartender. I ended up calling room service & the person I left order with as well as who delivered were great. Room very comfortable & area very walkable.
- 4/5
Nice
- 5/5
Very good property will definitely stay here again
- 5/5
Great customer service
- 3/5
Ps…the room’s coffee brand was the worst coffee I’ve ever had. If you haven’t have coffee to function, get familiar with the local coffee places. DD is super close by.
- 5/5
I don't have anything negative happen during my stay and felt relaxed and stress free during my stay.
- 5/5
Very professional. Most convenient location. Metro nearby.
- 5/5
Convenient and accommodating
- 1/5
Later that evening, I went down to the restaurant for something simple—a slice of cake and a glass of wine. Only one woman was managing all the tables. I understood she was working alone, so I was patient as she took my order, especially since she assured me it wouldn’t take long. Unfortunately, I ended up waiting 20 to 30 minutes. She opened the bottle of wine but was then called to the back, leaving the bottle open and unattended. She continued to serve several other guests while my wine remained untouched. At that point, I’d had enough and left without being served. To add to the frustration, the beds in the room were much smaller than expected—I had paid for queen beds, but they felt significantly smaller. I even hit my elbow on the lamp table while turning over. Finally, during checkout, the woman at the front desk was extremely dry and dismissive, as if I were asking for a complimentary stay. I left genuinely disappointed. This marks the second time in the past two months I’ve had such a poor experience with Hilton. I’ll be taking my business elsewhere going forward.
- 3/5
Just a normal hotel stay in Ballston.
- 5/5
Clean hotel & room, kind staff who went out of their way to please, convenient to Ballston area, food and metro — a great experience and I’d happily stay there every time I visit Arlington
- 5/5
Great place
- 4/5
The front desk staff were friendly and courteous. The hotel is in an excellent location to get in to DC very easily.
- 1/5
Kids unable to sleep. Hotel.com website says , parking available, Hotel charges $290 per night, this needs to me mentioned at hotel.com website
- 5/5
Great location! Walk distance to a lot of restaurants. Metro is in the same building.
- 5/5
Always love a shower with goid pressure and a detachable spray.
- 5/5
Very nice , clean and great location.
- 5/5
El hotel hermoso y muy limpio.
- 5/5
Everything was great for a one night stay.
- 2/5
Outdated. Smelled funny. Pipe noises. Terrible breakfast. Not worth the price.
- 5/5
Full breakfast and location to metro.
- 5/5
Love the location near the ice rink and the walkway connecting the hotel to the Balston building and the shopping mall where the ice rink is.
- 4/5
Superb location! Right next to the metro station. Room was clean, updated shower was great. The only slight discomfort was the heating. It was so warm that we had to switch it to cool mode. But will definitely stay here again.
- 5/5
The staff and accomadations were exceptional!
- 4/5
I loved the location and are surrounding the hotel. I thought the beds were uncomfortable.
- 5/5
Great hotel
- 2/5
The facilities are old and not very clean! The receptionist's face was expressionless!
- 5/5
Great place for a quick trip nice area parking was nice
- 5/5
Very good
- 5/5
It was everything I could’ve expected
- 3/5
Staff was very polite and friendly, but the hotel is old, it definitely needs upgrading. Location is great and has parking right next to the hotel. Parking is $22 extra
- 5/5
I traveled from Maryland to Virginia for work and needed a dog-friendly hotel nearby. My husband and I found several restaurants, including my favorite, Yume, just 10 minutes away. There was a nearby square for dog relief, but my dog struggled, so we drove to a lovely dog park seven minutes away where she could play and relieve herself. The hotel staff were wonderful and helped me locate my lost items. We can't wait to return.
- 5/5
Great staff. Clean and quiet. Easy to drive past but I found it.
- 5/5
All nice
- 5/5
Great location, clean, and helpful staff. Lots of upgrades to an older building.
- 3/5
Really old feeling. Just not that nice. Good area though. Wouldn’t stay here again.
- 4/5
Old but proper facility with old but spacious and correct rooms.
- 4/5
We stayed 2 nights. Hilton was outstanding; clean, friendly staff, large room. It's located in the heart of tons of restaurants and shopping so easy to walk to. It's also located above the Ballston metro station so it was super easy to get in and out of downtown DC. Definitely will stay again!
- 5/5
The location was perfect; you could hop on and off the metro to go into DC from right outside the front door. Staff was very friendly and housekeeping did a great job. Only complaint is the pillows they have here were not very comfortable at all due to being so thin. Bring your own pillow and you're good. Also, there is not continental breakfast offered here, but there are a variety of breakfast choices just steps outside. Overall, very nice stay and would come back again.
- 5/5
Nice place