Famous residents included Mrs. Henry Cabot Lodge, Admiral and Mrs. Chester William Nimitz, and Senator John L.

Future Vice President Al Gore's family lived in the three-bedroom suite on the hotel's top floor for a total of twenty years during his youth.

[3] The Fairfax was also a popular residence of families in the Foreign Service, as it was the only establishment with kitchens that fell within the limited temporary-housing allowance provided by the State Department.

[8] Al Anwa USA, controlled by Saudi Arabian Sheik Abdul Aziz bin Ibrahim al-Ibrahim, bought the hotel in 1989[9] and renovated it at a cost of $15 million.

The four Al Anwa hotels all dropped the Ritz-Carlton name on August 14, 1997,[7] and ITT Sheraton Luxury Collection[7] began managing them.

[19] In January 2006, Pyramid Advisors LLC purchased The Westin Embassy Row,[20] along with two other Starwood hotels in San Diego and Framingham, Massachusetts, for a total of $146 million.

The hotel reopened in November 2008 as The Fairfax at Embassy Row, as part of The Luxury Collection division of Starwood.

[24] The hotel permanently closed on September 7, 2021, after Westbrook Partners sold the property to Maplewood Senior Living and Omega Healthcare Investors Inc. for $58.1 million.

[10] The restaurant was popular with members of the Kennedy family, Nancy Reagan, Vernon Jordan, and celebrities including Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra and Warren Beatty.

[28] Famous guests of the hotel included Jackie Kennedy, President Jimmy Carter, Margaret Thatcher, President Bill Clinton, Vernon Jordan, Lady Victoria Rothschild, Betsy Bloomingdale, Estée Lauder, William F. Buckley,[30] Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli, Jack Nicholson, Steve Martin, Julie Andrews, Lynn Redgrave, Samuel L. Jackson, Angela Bassett, and Dr. Matthew Cifelli.