We stayed here for 2 nights on a city break in March 2012. We chose this hotel as it was one of the cheaper options in the central location and an easy walk to downtown Boston. We paid $219 USD per night (but then a surprise additional $30 in various city taxes per night). This did not include breakfast.
Pros: Rooms a good size with free internet, bathrooms a good size and clean with nice ‘Bath & Body Works’ toiletries. Location of hotel is central, close to the subway, and an easy walk home after a day’s sightseeing. The staff were also all very friendly. If you like Sushi there is a great place across the street called 'Fin'.
Cons: Rooms were not sound proof – we could hear people coming and going from their rooms, and on Friday night had to call reception because of a rowdy drunken homecoming in the early hours in the room next door. We had asked for a quiet room, and got a room on the 8th floor facing the car park - I suppose the noise that disturbed us wasn't traffic noise. The TVs don’t show any programming at all unless you pay for it which seemed strange considering there was free internet in the rooms. But I suppose if it’s a choice between free TV or free internet I would rather have free internet. Also the hotel is currently having renovation work done on their restaurant (which to be fair they were very open about at the time of booking, and is probably why we got a relatively reduced rate). But this means there was drilling from 9am on Saturday. The restaurant being closed for renovation also meant that breakfast is currently being served in a conference room that is not big enough for the demand for breakfast, resulting in a long wait for a table in the morning.
Summary – while there was nothing staggeringly wrong with this hotel I would still probably not stay here again. I would look for other options as for $250 per night I’d want something a little plusher with some extras, that had more sound proof rooms. It’s possible that we weren’t seeing the best of this hotel while it was having renovation work done, so once that’s done it might be better, but I’d worry that the cost would then go up even more once the building work was complete.
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