I stayed here on a business trip because there was a huge conference in town and - literally - every other hotel in the area was booked. It was adequate, but I'd only stay here again in similar last-resort circumstances. The location is horrible unless you are going to the theaters - in an up-and-coming area that isn't quite there yet, with hit-and-miss blocks (some feeling rather deserted and sketchy). I didn't have any problem with noise, but it was a Tuesday night and they put me on the top floor facing away from the street. Check-in was pretty good.

The lobby is very pretty - the hotel clearly has some historical legacy - but had a musty natural gas smell. The room was garishly decorated (reds, blues and yellows, with mostly reds) and had very cheap linens. My room was a perfectly decent size - again, perhaps because it was on a higher floor?

The biggest problem I had was with getting a cab - following tips from other reviews, I called downstairs to the bell desk 15 minutes before I needed to leave in the morning, in order to make certain a cab would be there. The phone rang several times, and was finally answered by the front desk. I asked if they would make sure a cab was available for me in 15 minutes, and was told that several cabs were downstairs right then and that they would make certain that there was a cab for me. I went downstairs less than 10 minutes later - no cabs, and when I found a bellman, he obviously had no idea that I had called or talked with the front desk. I waited outside for almost 15 minutes while he tried to find a cab - because of the hotel's location, there aren't many cabs driving by - and finally jumped in a livery car who offered to drive me for a higher price. I ended up late to my meeting because of the poor hotel location and bell/front desk incompetence.

We stayed 4 nights at this hotel in May 2007. The rooms were small - but we had expected this as it is a city centre hotel. The position is great, within easy walking distance of Boston Common, with lots of good restaurants in the area. What we weren't prepared for was the level of noise in the hotel on w/end nights.There are several nightclub and entertainment concessions on site and there seems to be no attempt made to protect the guests from the noise. We were on the 6th floor (the night club is in the basement !!)When I complained (at 2am) I was told that the hotel could do nothing about it !!
My view is that this is a good hotel for a stay in Boston - but if you are staying at the w/end, stay at the back of the hotel and as high up as you can.

General Hotel: Very nice lobby, fast elevators, nice common areas.

Room: Small, but one expects that in a downtown hotel like this. Bathroom was nice and fairly sizeable. Flatscreen TV & comfortable bed.

Location: Great for shows at the Citi/ Wang Center as it is right accross the street. Lots of restaurants in the area plus China Town a few blocks away. Subway about a 3 minute walk. Lots of clubs in the area which was annoying to us.

TIP: On a Saturday night it was REALLY loud. Maybe with a room in the back it would have been better.

In town for the AAN Conference in late April. The rooms were very very tiny. I was also falling over myself in the tiny bathroom - no place to put anything. Went out to a restaurant on Saturday evening and then a local pub and when came back to the hotel it looked like a war zone outside. Literally thousands of drunks lining the streets until late at night - sirens, etc. Also very hard to get cabs on multiple occasions.