Comfort Inn Herndon Reston

I picked this hotel for a brief stay in Northern Virginia, and a major reason was that its breakfast hours during the week ended relatively late (10 am instead of 9 am or 9:30 am). I'm also impressed by the fact that this hotel has eliminated small bottle toiletries in favor of wall-mounted dispensers despite this place not having any official ban on such items on its books as of this writing. The fact that the hotel was very close to restaurants, shops, etc., was also a plus. However, the public machine that dispensed hot water was also used for coffee before, so the water dispensed did have a detectable coffee smell (which I didn't entirely like as someone who dislikes coffee itself).

I am a little wary with no new reviews since 2023. So I looked up reviews on other sites. I decided to give it a try. Anyway, let me give my experience. To start off, Tripadvisor should update their description posted here. It says " While you’re here, be sure to check out Ice House Cafe & Oyster Bar, one of the seafood restaurants that can be found in Herndon. " FYI- the Oyster Bar closed in 2019!!! Now on to my review. Building is a bit on the old side but there are renovations going on,. Check in- was quick and smooth. NO issues. Staff were quite helpful. For example, Breakfast was listed as 7 - 10 a.m. We had to leave at 615 a.m. The front desk told me, (I never asked) why don't I have breakfast. I said it opens at 7. He said he opened it early for the workers to have something. So go ahead! There is cold flavored water and coffee in the lobby but I do not know if it is 24 hours. Nice little lobby. They have a vending machine for drinks. Breakfast- nook is quite decent in size, and cleanliness. Food is standard breakfast with coffee, juice, eggs, sausage, pastries, and bread. Waffle maker, fruits, cereals, yogurt, chilled hard boiled eggs. Enough to get you started. Wifi- here I must confess that I forgot to do what I usually do. Do a speed test. All I can say is that my wife connected to the wifi and watched videos without any issues. We were at the first floor close to the lobby. So I don't know if that makes any difference. Bathroom- average size. Old but clean. Complete set of towels. Two small bars of soap. 1 each small bottle of shampoo and conditioner. Standard stuff. Hot water was hot and potty flushed very well. There was a hairdryer in the bathroom. There doesn't seem to be a vent in the bathroom. It does get quite steamy Side note. While checking in, a guest was asking the front desk for toothbrush and toothpaste which the front desk readily gave. Room- Beds were quite comfy with 4 pillows. If wife did not say anything, then it must be good. You cannot trust me since I can sleep almost anywhere 😊 AC/heater worked very well. The unit is controlled not on the unit itself but by a separate thermostat. See pictures. The thermostat sets the temperature. So it either runs heat or cold air. It is not an either set to heat or set to cool type. There is a safe in the room but we did not use it. Microwave, fridge that worked very well, and a flat screen TV available as well. Coffee maker- their version. It is NOT a keurig type. There are lots of outlet at the base of the table lamp and behind it. Behind it are also 2 usb ports that charged my phone pretty fast. The area around. Parking is adequate. No issues Entry to the building is either thru the lobby or side doors opened only by your key card. If you exit the lobby and turn left, the next building is Elden Plaza. It has a Papa John Pizza, A Greek restaurant and a pho place. If you turn right, your choices are immense. Within 10 minutes walk, you can reach Herndon Plaza. What ever you literally want, it's there. Escape room? Russian food? Got it. Market? Yes. Pho? Definitely. A word on GPS. Technically, Comfort Inn is right on Elden street but recessed a bit from Elden. See picture. But routing on my GPS says turn from Elden street, turn into Carlisle drive. You can ignore that.

Clean room with comfortable beds. The main drawback was that the wifi was so weak as to be unusable. In order to work I had to connect via my iphone hotspot. The hotel has not gone back to pre-covid practices and only sends housekeeping to rooms every three days.

this is one of the cleanest places we have ever stayed at. the floors SHINED. our room was spacious and very comfortable. there was a hot breakfast--one day we had scrambled eggs, homefries, and toast. plus there were bagels, muffins, oatmeal and cereal. another day we had sausage & homefries plus all the other food items. very tasty. would we stay there again? ABSOLUTELY!

We were visiting for a funeral of a family member. The hotel had signs of recently being remodeled but it was not done well. We stayed in a suite room. The floor was new surface materials but the base under the floor was not flat or level. The bed, linens, and bath room were in good condition. Lighting in the suite area was poor. All in all, it was disappointing - a very average hotel. I expected more from a Choice property.