Omni Parker House

Overall our stay at the Omni was excellent, with a few drawbacks. Pros: - Excellent location. Right down the street from the Boston Common and the start of the freedom trail, and a 2-3 minute walk from both the red line T Station at Park Street and the blue line at Govt Center. - Lots of bars, restaurants, shopping within walking distance. - Beautiful historic hotel, with excellent service. Bottled water offered at check in, along with coupons for a free drink (either beer/wine at the bar, or coffee at the coffeeshop in the morning - and the free coffee includes lattes, etc not just black coffee). - Beautiful room (they upgraded us to a suite). Large, nicely furnished, spotlessly clean, and an incredibly comfortable bed. Plenty of outlets everywhere to charge electronics. - We were on the 8th floor, and could not hear any street noise at all, despite being in the middle of downtown. - Overall we loved our stay. Often older hotels can have a lot of problems (dirty, not enough elevators, etc) but this hotel has been incredibly thoughtfully remodeled and you get the beauty and charm of a historic hotel with all the modern comforts and amenities. Cons: - The bathroom door has a sliding barn door, so it doesn't securely close , and therefore doesn't block all light and sound. - The bathroom light is on a motion sensor and goes on when you walk in the room, which I think is a horrible design in a hotel. This causes two issues. One, if you get up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom, the light goes on before you can close the door, which wakes up your partner. And two, it doesn't detect motion in the shower, so the light turned itself off while I was taking a shower at night, leaving the bathroom in complete darkness. I had to carefully step out of the shower in the dark and wave my arms to turn the light back on. Other than the issues with the bathroom, we loved our stay at the Omni, and would definitely stay there again.

My friend and I shared a room. The room was very nice, we had queen size beds however it was not terribly spacious, and there were not many amenities and at the price point, we simply expected a bit more from the room. But that wasn’t the worst thing, the bathroom was the smallest bathroom I’ve ever been in an had a barn style door. This door would not close completely, so there is basically no privacy, which was a huge issue. That would be the one reason that would not take me back to this hotel

Very happy with the location. hotel is beautiful and the staff was great. Our room was nice. However, the bathrooms are extremely small no counter space and a barn sliding door, which does not close. Therefore no privacy. I would not stay at this hotel again just because of the bathroom situation unless I was in a room alone.

This historic hotel is perfectly located if you want to walk the freedom trail and walk to other locations in Boston. It has been refurbished and is a well kept historic building. We had room 518 which is a king bed and larger room. It's directly over the school st entrance. The staff is superior in attitude and service. Lot's of restaurants within walking distance. We enjoyed drinks and food at the "last hurrah" bar just off the lobby. An exercise room is well equipped. Our king bed was very comfortable and a large tv is on the wall. The bathroom is very modern but tight. Ziggys restaurant is around the corner and provides a great breakfast value. You are given the hotel managers name and link as you leave. We texted him about a billing issue and the resolved it to our satisfaction. His name is Mr. Gagne. The hotel lobby is beautifully maintained and has much of the old world woodworking. It is not an inexpensive hotel but a 1st class establishment.

Wow, what a great place from the moment you walk into the front doors. The staff (everyone) were unbelievable and so helpful. Being a workout nut, I can't say enough about the fitness area - has everything anyone would need. The food, well, perfect and very good, with super service. The rooms, we had a suite, were incredible, and I highly recommend paying the extra and getting one, you won't be unhappy. Location is perfectly located to walk to all the sites. Close to all the parks, North Town, the freedom trail and we even walked to Fenway. Everything here is a big fat 10 !!!!!! Yes, our next trip to Boston we will be staying at the Omni !!!