We had a decent stay here. As far as cleanliness of our room, comfort, and desk staff, I'd say it was average to above average. The breakfast wasn't spectacular, but slightly better than most other hotels. They actually had fresh peaches and strawberries as well as the usual apples and bananas. They also had sliced cold cut ham and cheese, as well as both pork and turkey sausage. We stayed 3 nights, and found that the main hot offerings varied slightly each day. They had real cream , skim, and 2% milk available with the coffee instead of only the typical artificial pump or powdered creamers.
Things that could be improved...the location is not that great. It is located between busy roads, front and back, with an entrance that is hard to find....we had to circle around the building every single time, as we always missed the front driveway. My husband needed to attend to some business one day, so I was left stranded at the hotel. I thought I could take a walk around the surrounding area and maybe do a little shopping to fill some time, but I was wrong. There are busy multi lane roads both back and front, a fenced-off pond to the south, and a big wall that prevented my walking any further than the hotel property line to the north. There was a very tiny strip mall accessible from the front parking lot but it only had a handful of businesses...realtor, salon, sit-down Italian restaurant, cabinet store, and a shower door store. Not exactly where I could do any window shopping or such., and a wall/embankment at the end of that property prevented me from walking any further. When we wanted to go into Boston, we had to drive 40 minutes or more (depending on traffic) just to get to the end of the blue line terminal at Wonderland. A bit inconvenient if your intention is to visit Boston.
The WiFi here is an open network with no option for a secure connection. My husband could not get his work computer to connect to WiFi at all, despite being on the phone with tech support for at least a half hour. Ethernet connection was not an option in the room. This was very inconvenient, as this was a business trip for my husband, and he could not use his computer in the room at all. I did not care for the idea of a completely unsecure connection, so I chose not to connect my phone.
Our room was on the first floor, so we did not use the elevator or see the upper floors. There was a large group of teens staying at the hotel at the same time, but we did not hear them at all during the night. We did see the teens at breakfast...,as large groups of them them rolled their suitcases and carried all of their belongings right through the breakfast buffet food serving area to a meeting room. This was not their fault at all, and they were very respectful, but made the poor hotel floor plan layout very obvious. A meeting room with no connecting hallway except right through the food service area? The breakfast bar and dining area became very crowded at times, with not enough seating and people crowded into the food service area.
The choices in furniture throughout the hotel may have been based on artistic reasons...certainly not functionality. Some of the breakfast tables were supported with bases that didn't allow people to place their legs under the tables while they ate. Lounge chairs in the lobby were uncomfortable and must have been designed for people with extremely unusual leg/body proportions. Maybe they did this intentionally so that guests wouldn't sit there?? We did not use the pool, but that area smelled strongly of chlorine. read more