Boston Park Plaza Hotel

Perfect location. Easy walk to Freedom Trail; Charles River (and fireworks for 4th of July visitors); harbor; theatre district; little Italy and Chinatown. We are 60ish and he has a hip replacement; so if we say it is a stroll, it is. Take your time. Eat along the way. Don't miss King's Chapel during the 4th celebration.

Hotel is elegant. Rooms a bit small but doable. If you are a tea drinker, you will have to ask for more. Same for shampoo. Other than that...room adequate and views great. Best mattress I can remember anywhere. Bath old but clean and it works. If you are about gracious old places in spectacular locations....this is it. It is also in the Historic Hotels Registry. Eat in the North End. Italian. Mangia!!

It was terrible. The room was really old and tired - and not clean. When I left - stayed one night - I had bites on my back. Bedbugs?? It was a nice hotel once that has been left to decay.......

We enjoyed our stay at the Park Plaza. It was in a great location. Within walking distance of fabulous restaurants, bars, shopping, Public Garden, Boston Common, Freedom Trail Etc

Pros: Location, Breakfast Buffet
Cons: Expensive Internet Access, Only one towel in room every day

I just came back from 2 nights at this over-priced mortuary. The doors looked like they had coffin lids on them, and the rooms were small enough to complete the feel. The floor tiles and carpets were in poor shape and dirt, the shower leaked from someplace causing the wood in the bathroom to decay, and the maids didn't change the bed skirt that seemed to have red body fluid spattered on it. Speaking of the maids, if you like to sleep in and be in your room past 8 am put out the do not disturb or they will be knocking. The internet is a rip off - $11 for under 24 hours of very slow service that you had to go through several songs and dances to get it to work - tech support in Bangalore no less. The hotel was noisy - you could here toilets, TVs, phones, and people in the rooms on all sides (even up and down) and out in the halls. The conference room I was given for my presentation lost power to one side and when I panicked the hotel staff replied "it is an old building so the power supply isn't very reliable." Neither is their TV - I get better reception on the ariel antena at home, and all of the special functions - like the keyboard and the express check out don't seem to work. For $500 for 2 nights I should not be able to hear people on the street from the 11th floor, see tape-as-weatherstripping, or have a room that reaches 90F at night. And all of the information they give you about parking is just a bit off, and don't even begin to believe directions you get. From food to service, not a good value at all! The only saving grace was the irish pub O'Conner's nice selection of things people would really eat, dinner for around $12 per person and prompt/friendly service. Finale the desert bar was good if you go by taste but $30 for 9 spoon size dessert samples? Not that good. Stick to something with a little less "history" until this place actually does the renovations they keep claiming to have done. FYI: a little paint and some new towels don't count!

Pros: good resturants nearby, can walk to historic sites without much trouble
Cons: dirty, loud, expensive, hard to drive to, confusing parking arragenmet for unloading and parking

I stayed at the Park Plaza when attending a formal dance held there and let me say its not worth it. While the hotel is beautiful when you walk in, the rooms are just average for the price. Parking at the hotel was very expensive and the service was horrible. It took us 30 mins to get our car and they couldn't find the car of one of the others in the party!! Overall for the price, the Park Plaza is NOT worth it, there are so many other better places to stay in Boston that you actually get what you pay for.

Pros: Nice lobby
Cons: Price, parking