Residence Inn Boston Downtown/South End
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“what's really neat about these rooms it's this old renovated building and so it's got these old big wooden beams high ce…”
youtube.com2:28“there's a big flat panel television right here and a nice big wide desk plenty of room for that desk”
youtube.com3:20“okay so it turns out the air conditioning didn't work in that last room so they switched me rooms now I'm in room 623”
youtube.com5:31“this particular room has a little bit better of a view you can see that garage I was looking out at before is on the rig…”
youtube.com6:12“and I also really appreciated free breakfast this morning it's a typical Residence Inn breakfast but the breakfast was p…”
youtube.com7:58“actually the cash rate of this night was really expensive it's like five hundred dollars a night the night I'm staying h…”
youtube.com8:40“being in the Seaport District of Boston it's a bit removed from kind of the hustle and bustle of most of the city if you…”
youtube.com9:15“another con I know I said the room was quiet it was quiet for most of the night until the morning when the planes starte…”
youtube.com9:55“also I could hear like water running from one of the rooms next door I think that's something about being in one of thes…”
youtube.com10:10“and of course the biggest con at least impacting my stay was being put in a room where the air conditioning didn't work…”
youtube.com10:25Frames are citations: each one links to its second in the source video, attributed to the creator who filmed it. Nothing here is supplied by the hotel. Creators who want a moment removed can ask and we take it down.
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Score breakdown
How the 82/100 is built, category by category — each one with the strongest thing travelers actually said, and the source it came from.
Bathroom
90Nothing quotable yet on this one — the score leans on the rest of the coverage.
Food
91- “and I also really appreciated free breakfast this morning it's a typical Residence Inn breakfast but the breakfast was pretty good” 47:58
Location
74- “being in the Seaport District of Boston it's a bit removed from kind of the hustle and bustle of most of the city if you're here for touristy type things most of the touristy stuff like Quincy Market and Boston Common is like a 20 or 25 minute walk away I mean it's not all that far but it's far enough to just kind of feel removed from the rest of the things” 49:15
Noise
85- “also I could hear like water running from one of the rooms next door I think that's something about being in one of these old hotels that's just the way that the pipes run I didn't hear it like all night but when my neighbor woke up and started running the water I could hear the water” 410:10
- “another con I know I said the room was quiet it was quiet for most of the night until the morning when the planes started coming in here I can hear every plane that comes in and lands so if you're a light sleeper that might be a little bit annoying” 49:55
Room
91Service
85Bed & Sleep
88Nothing quotable yet on this one — the score leans on the rest of the coverage.
Value
86- “actually the cash rate of this night was really expensive it's like five hundred dollars a night the night I'm staying here” 48:40
Where it is, how to reach it
Details checked 2026-09-10
Where it sits
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Stay value
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Falls short of what $$ usually buys
Scores 4 points below the mid-range median of 86, across 655 hotels in the same bracket. In Boston it sits 2 points below the local median of 84.
- This hotel
- 82
- Bracket median
- 86
- Index median
- 86
Based on 655 comparable hotels.
Which room to ask for
What reviewers say about where to sleep inside this building — by room number where one is named, and otherwise by floor, wing, aspect and position. Every line opens onto the quotes behind it.
Nothing is yet praised often enough to recommend.
- 1 mention
Where travelers agree — and don’t
The topics reviewers split on most. A wide bar means your experience depends on which room you get — or whose opinion you trust.
View the 11 things travelers said behind this verdict▾
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- “also I could hear like water running from one of the rooms next door I think that's something about being in one of these old hotels that's just the way that the pipes run I didn't hear it like all night but when my neighbor woke up and started running the water I could hear the water” On camera410:10
- “another con I know I said the room was quiet it was quiet for most of the night until the morning when the planes started coming in here I can hear every plane that comes in and lands so if you're a light sleeper that might be a little bit annoying” On camera49:55
- “okay so it turns out the air conditioning didn't work in that last room so they switched me rooms now I'm in room 623” On camera45:31
- “and of course the biggest con at least impacting my stay was being put in a room where the air conditioning didn't work I called the front desk they sent someone up he came up and super nice guy he flipped the breaker has tried to reset it it didn't work” On camera410:25
- “there's a big flat panel television right here and a nice big wide desk plenty of room for that desk” On camera43:20
- “being in the Seaport District of Boston it's a bit removed from kind of the hustle and bustle of most of the city if you're here for touristy type things most of the touristy stuff like Quincy Market and Boston Common is like a 20 or 25 minute walk away I mean it's not all that far but it's far enough to just kind of feel removed from the rest of the things” On camera49:15
- “actually the cash rate of this night was really expensive it's like five hundred dollars a night the night I'm staying here” On camera48:40
- “and I also really appreciated free breakfast this morning it's a typical Residence Inn breakfast but the breakfast was pretty good” On camera47:58
- “this particular room has a little bit better of a view you can see that garage I was looking out at before is on the right-hand side and you can see some of the buildings over here” On camera46:12
What we still don't know
What we can’t tell you yet, said plainly. These close as we read more coverage of this hotel.
- Nothing reliable said about room types.
- Nothing reliable said about floor level.
- Nothing reliable said about building or wing.
- Nothing reliable said about which side it faces.
- Nothing reliable said about view.
- Nothing reliable said about position on the floor.
- Bathroom rests on 1 source — too thin to rely on.
- Food rests on 1 source — too thin to rely on.
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How much we read
Light coverage · 50/100We read 9 sources for this property, and pulled 13 traveler insights worth knowing. Last checked 2026-09-11.
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Sources
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Everything quoted on this page.
- 1Residence Inn Boston Downtown/South Endreddit.comForum thread2024-01-06AgeingRead originalreddit.com
- 6Is it safe? near Residence Inn Boston Downtown South Endreddit.comForum thread2022-07-26AgeingRead originalreddit.com
- 2Residence Inn Boston Downtown/South End • 2026 Room Rateshotelsboston.orgReview siteDate not statedRead originalhotelsboston.org
- 3Residence Inn Boston Downtown/South End Reviewyoutube.comVideoDate not statedListened for quotes onlyRead originalyoutube.com
- 4Residence Inn Boston Downtown/Seaport DETAILED Reviewyoutube.comVideoDate not statedListened for quotes only10 quotes used
“also I could hear like water running from one of the rooms next door I think that's something about being in one of these old hotels that's just the way that the pipes run I didn't hear it like all night but when my neig…”
Read originalyoutube.com - 5Residence Inn Boston Downtown/South Endbostonhotels.orgReview siteDate not statedRead originalbostonhotels.org
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