Mansion on O St

Looking for somewhere to warm up during the chilly DC winter?

Looking for an extremely unique experience?

Try the Mansion on O St. 

Activities here can run from very, very high end to relatively affordable.

To start, it is a hotel with an extremely strict privacy policy.  Literally, your guests will have to know the "password" to get through to you.  Otherwise they will be told "there is no one here by that name".  This is one reason (I think I heard) that some celebrities choose to stay here should they be in town.  Rooms start at $350 a night.

Next, you can have tea here.  There are different levels of tea service, from Sunday High Tea ($75) to Sunday Dessert Tea ($30) to Monday happy hour tea ($10).  Tea service is usually accompanied with lots and lots of finger food and desserts.

Finally, the Mansion on O St is a museum.  Now, when I say museum you should think of it like this: imagine walking through rooms of a house and in and on every possible empty space is a painting.  Or a bobblehead.  Or a decorative serving platter.  Or an antique mini coke dispenser.  Or a wooden mockingbird.  In short, a minimalist's nightmare.  Also, everything is for sale, so everything has a price sticker on it.

But if you're looking for visual stimulation and love to look at nick-knacks and such, this is the place for you.  You can take a self guided tour for $5, and the prices go up from there.  You can also do a "hunt", in which they basically give you clues on a check list and you walk around trying to find everything.

The Mansion on O St is located just off of Dupont Circle in Northwest DC (Metro: Red line).

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