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  1. Catering & Design
  2. Food Trends

Sleek Dupont Hotel Opens With Event Space, Upscale Restaurant, and Private Dining

Walter Nicholls
June 10, 2009

Sporting a $52 million top-to-bottom makeover, the former Jury’s Washington hotel reopened as the Dupont Hotel with a soft opening in late March. All improvements and a ninth-floor concierge level are expected to be complete by midsummer.

Owned by the Dublin-based Doyle Collection, the Dupont Circle property offers 327 guests rooms, a restaurant with an outdoor cafe, a spacious bar, and 9,000 square feet of flexible meeting space. Of the 10 meeting rooms, the largest is the 3,371-square-foot Dupont Grand Ballroom, which has a ground-level private terrace.

Also on the ground floor, which has a red, black, and cream color scheme, is the 100-seat Café Dupont, which includes three private dining rooms that seat 10 to 30 guests each. In fair weather, a wall of glass opens onto the adjoining 36-seat outdoor café. Executive chef Nenad Stefanovic's menu favors French-infused organic cuisine such as braised short ribs with truffle jus and portobello fries with aioli.

Across a hallway is Bar Dupont, which has its own wall of glass looking onto Dupont Circle and plenty of sculpted leather and suede seating, white marble and Venetian tile floors, and rich dark wood.

Still to be completed is the ninth-floor luxury concierge level, which will include guest rooms, additional event space, and a bilevel presidential suite.

 

Correction: The story was changed to reflect that Doyle Collection is based in Dublin.

The Dupont Hotel's Cafe Dupont
The Dupont Hotel's Cafe Dupont
Photo: Courtesy of the Doyle Collection
The 3,371-square-foot Dupont Grand Ballroom holds 250 for banquets and has a private terrace.
The 3,371-square-foot Dupont Grand Ballroom holds 250 for banquets and has a private terrace.
Photo: Courtesy of the Doyle Collection
All 327 guest rooms have flat-screen TVs, iPod docking stations, and heated bathroom floors.
All 327 guest rooms have flat-screen TVs, iPod docking stations, and heated bathroom floors.
Photo: Courtesy of the Doyle Collection
The ground-level Bar Dupont has suede and leather seating as well as floor-to-ceiling windows onto Dupont Circle.
The ground-level Bar Dupont has suede and leather seating as well as floor-to-ceiling windows onto Dupont Circle.
Photo: Courtesy of the Doyle Collection
The 700-square-foot Kalorama boardroom holds 48 for banquets.
The 700-square-foot Kalorama boardroom holds 48 for banquets.
Photo: Courtesy of the Doyle Collection
The contemporary lobby decor includes extensive use of white marble and dark wood.
The contemporary lobby decor includes extensive use of white marble and dark wood.
Photo: Courtesy of the Doyle Collection
The 100-seat Cafe Dupont offers three private dining rooms as well as a 36-seat outdoor cafe.
The 100-seat Cafe Dupont offers three private dining rooms as well as a 36-seat outdoor cafe.
Photo: Courtesy of the Doyle Collection
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