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Omni Parker House Review
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Omni Parker House
- Address: 60 School St., Downtown, Boston, MA, 02108 | Map It
- Phone: 617/227-8600; 800/843-6664
- Fax: 617/742-5729
- www.omniparkerhouse.com
- Price range: $$-$$$$
- Location: Downtown
Fodor's Review:
Any place that serves dessert for breakfast is quite okay with us, and it's even better that the Parker House dishes up the treat invented here at the hotel: Boston cream pie. Should cupid's arrow strike, the place to propose is Table 40 at Parker's restaurant, where JFK popped the question to Jackie. (JFK also gave his first speech here, in the press room at age six.) Other famous names on the "slept here" list include Charles Dickens, whose first reading of A Christmas Carol occurred at the hotel. The Parker House, the oldest continuously operating hotel in the United States, opened in 1855. You'll be transported in time the moment you enter the lobby, with its glossy wood paneling and ornately carved ceilings. All of this gives the Parker House a genuinely Boston appeal, which helps offset the fact that guest rooms are small. (The furnishings were custom-built to fit.) At least they're nicely turned out, in shades of blue and taupe with ivory wall coverings and cushy mattress covers. Another plus: rooms are extremely quiet -- a claim that can't be made by some of the Parker House's newer neighbors. The hotel stands opposite old City Hall, on the Freedom Trail. Pros: Historical element, uniquely Boston feel, location near Downtown Crossing (Filene's Basement) on Freedom Trail. Cons: Small rooms, some say that staff could be friendlier.
- Hotel Details: 551 rooms, 21 suites
- In-room: Wi-Fi.
- In-hotel: 2 restaurants, room service, bars, gym, laundry service, public Wi-Fi, parking (paid), some pets allowed.
- Credit Cards: AE, D, DC, MC, V
- Metro: Government Center, Park St
Member Reviews & Ratings:
Friendly Staff
Posted by Peri from Arizona, U.S.A. on 7/1/08
The staff was friendly, and the overall atmosphere was very comfortable. The Boston Creme pie was wonderful.
Truly Unhelpful Staff
Posted by dj55 from Boston on 4/22/07
During my stay in what should have been a non-smoking room, the guy in the adjoining room was smoking like a chimney (in what was also supposed to be a non-smoking room), with the fumes making their way under and around the adjoining door. When I complained to the hotel staff, they eventually sent up a gumchewer, whose investigation/interaction with the next door neighbor went something like this: knock...knock..."You smoking in there? No? OK." After the security guard left, the next door neighbor then continued to smoke (now both tobacco and pot). Despite repeated complaints, no real action was ever taken, and neither apology nor compensation was offered by the hotel.
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