AC Hotel Bethesda Downtown

The AC Hotel Bethesda Downtown is a newer tower on Montgomery Avenue, a short walk from the Bethesda Metro station and the shops and restaurants of Bethesda Row, about 1 km west of the Town of Chevy Chase. It has a café and lobby bar on the ground floor, and one 2026 reviewer mentions four EV charging spots. It's a mainstream hotel, not a gay venue. Chevy Chase has no gay bars; DC's bars around Dupont Circle and 14th Street are roughly 15–20 minutes south on the Metro Red Line. Google rates the AC 4.5 from about 460 reviews, the best of the Bethesda chain hotels. Recent reviews praise the staff, the quiet upper-floor rooms and the lobby drinks; one complains of a lost second room on arrival, so confirm multi-room bookings.