There has been a change as hotel companies have realized that restaurants with really good food can be profit centers. Hotel restaurants now seem to be trying to outdo one another with extravagant raw materials and lavish preparations. Jeffrey Buben, whose restaurant Vidalia earns four stars in The Washingtonian's 100 Very Best awards, has opened Bis in the Hotel George on Capitol Hill. Hotel restaurants are expensive, often very expensive. The Lafayette room at the Hay-Adams, with its view of the White House across Lafayette Square, offers a unique Washington experience.
Links refer to most recent review of the restaurant.