Residence Inn Boston Back Bay / Fenway

Great location in the small New England town of Bawhston.
Parking is $ 45 but slightly cheaper options are nearby.
This is good hotel and I recommend this for a great breakfast included with eggs, waffles, Starbucks coffee and more.
If you are in the area for an extended time, I highly recommend the resident in brand

Nice location. Shopping and restaurants all around. Short walk to Fenway. Hotel is very clean, large lobby, valet, bar and outdoor patio overlooking Fenway. My one bedroom is large with contemporary styling. Room 517. Open floor plan making it feel even larger with one full wall of floor to ceiling Windows. I would definitely come back here when in town again.

Nice hotel, good service, nice view of Fenway and Boston. Great complementary breakfast.

I cannot say enough good things about the Marriott Residence Inn. My family and I visit Boston on a semi-​regular basis because of Boston Childrens Hospital, and one thing we look forward to each time is staying at this hotel.
The staff takes customer service to the next level and beyond from the simple things like a warm greeting and efficient service, to going the extra mile in mailing us some small yet critical items left behind during our last stay.
Other perks are the ideal location, the delicious breakfast offered (makes travelling with small children much easier), the kitchen in the suite and clean and comfortable rooms. It’s also right across from a ton of restaurants and steps from Fenway.

We stayed for four nights moving our daughter into college. I got two bedroom suite with all our stuff which worked out great. Lots of room. We had free breakfast which worked out great. Everyone was friendly!

SMALL ROOMS — EVEN BY RESIDENCE INN STANDARDS.
Room rates vary — if there is a game at nearby Fenway Park the price goes up $ 100 from $ 399 to $ 499 ! Even if you are staying all week !
Being a Marriott’s Silver member, we were not greeted with any treats, as in every other worldwide Marriott property.
This hotel is only a few years old, having opened in 2013. Check in was smooth & efficient. Our room had a few flaws — the front door would stick closed (had to throw body weight against it to get it to open or latch closed). Our bathroom floor tiles were cracking — indications the building is already settling & shifting.
Another annoyance, is that there is only one elevator lobby that is not CENTRALLY located in the building. Rooms in the back must walk around the entire floor to access their rooms (poorly executed design).
The rooms are WAY SMALLER than the typical Residence Inn. The pull out bed in the living room literally spans the room when open!
The rooms are clean and well appointed. There are plenty of light fixtures to eliminate that hotel dungeon feeling.
Kitchenette & bathroom is also smaller, allowing 1 person at a time. A new Target just opened ½ block away that offers a complete grocery, dairy, produce & frozen food department. Walking distance, though you must remember that you must CARRY EVERYTHING back to the hotel.
Fenway Park & the T (subway line) are both within walking distance.
Parking is $ 45/​night — valet only! Otherwise you must find suitable street parking — ARGH!
Rooms in the back overlook the loading dock — it can get noisy at night when they are taking out the trash, receiving AM deliveries or having the dumpsters emptied. This is also the service alley for adjacent buildings, so you’ll hear screaming workers, tools, horns & slamming doors.
The morning breakfasts offer a lot of fare: eggs, sausage, bacon, make your own waffles, oatmeal & cold cereals, fruit, yogurt, toast & bagels. A nice offering and bountiful selection.
M-​W evenings they offer a FREE evening happy hour buffet on the rooftop bar. Enough finger foods to get you through the night.
Rooftop pool is small & only large enough for a dip. Forget swimming laps.
NO RECYCLING BINS in the rooms to deposit your newspapers, recyclable drink containers or other eco-​friendly recyclable products.

This hotel was amazing. Breathtaking view of the city and Fenway, which was awesome to have a window seeing right into the park while the sox played the sox. Surprisingly their was no noise that crept into the room making it easy to study and/​or fall asleep.
We came into the room with a note from the hotel staff and plenty of treats the sink our teeth into.
The breakfast buffet has a great selection of options and even toppings. The staff at the hotel had a fantastic attitude and was incredible helpful. I don’t really know where to begin or end on how lovely of a stay it really was seeing as how less than 24 hours were spent here, but I would not hesitate at the chance to return to this hotel.

I travel a lot but don’t usually write Unilocal reviews for hotels mostly because they’re all the same meh or nothing jumps out at me. I usually only stay at Marriott properties. This place is amazing and I would 100% stay here next time I go to Boston. It’s hands down the nicest Residence Inn I’ve ever stayed at. The entire hotel is either new or very updated. I will say we had a hard time figuring out the shower and then only scalding hot water came out after our 2^nd night. The hotel promptly found a new room that was just as good or better as our old room. I realize most Residence Inns are pretty spacious but this one was as well as new.
The biggest draw: the roof top bar! There was a Zac Brown Band concert at Fenway the night that my boyfriend and I arrived and we just sat at the rooftop bar all night and got a free concert! We couldn’t see the concert but we could certainly hear it. Couldn’t hear it from the hotel room though so the sound proofing is good enough for me. It was also very easy to get a cab from the hotel. We went to two Red Sox Cubs games when we were there which is why we elected to stay so close to Fenway, but we also explored the city a lot. I went knowing nothing about Boston, but honestly it isn’t very big and you can either take public transportation or an Über for pretty cheap and go to a different neighborhood.

I very much enjoyed my stay here. Great location and friendly staff. Walking distance to restaurants and Boston University. I highly recommend it if you are considering staying in the Back Bay/​Fenway area.

The location is the closest Marriott property to Dana Farber Cancer Institute, if that’s important to you.
Pros:
The staff is nice.
The property seems really clean and well kept
Cons:
Since it’s so close to Fenway, it’s noisy on game nights
Gets pricey on game nights

Great hotel by Fenway. Across the street is Yardhouse. Clean and a very friendly and efficient staff. Free breakfast was good as well.

Just returned from our trip to Boston yesterday. Very good location within walking distance from Kenmore subway station, Marshalls, grocery stores, restaurants and Fenway but staff ruined it for me. My family had an extremely long day traveling and continued to have a bad day when we were greeted by silent doormen staring up and down at us without smiles on their faces or they were on their phones/​surfing the Internet in the computers next to them. The front desk lady who helped us did not smile at all and looked troubled when she realized she actually had to do something. We asked if we could have a room facing Brookline and she looked at her computer for about 2 seconds before saying no, everything is booked. We called another lady the front desk a few minutes later from our initial room and instantly got placed in a room facing Brookline. In the morning, the breakfast manager (boss?) an older woman looked extremely irritated and grouchy and gave a hearty sigh whenever someone asked her something. Later she was yelling at her employee in the middle of the breakfast buffet for everyone to obstacle around. Be a little more professional? The men who came to pick up our plates just swooped up the plates and ran off without asking if we were finished with the food. However, our housekeeper (Ena I believe) was very kind and courteous and a man at the front desk was also nice in giving us directions. For the most part, the terrible service from most of the employees ruined our trip to Boston. Tip-​Brookline has better views but can be noisy in the morning with honking cars and street workers.

Fantastic hotel! GREAT VALUE!
The property was wonderful with a warm inviting lobby. My room beautifully decorated… spacious, modern, clean and had a full kitchen!
The property is centrally located, easy to get everywhere.
The best part of my stay was the staff… everyone was so gracious, and welcoming. Audrey at the front desk is fantastic!
The complimentary breakfast was exceptional and the choices change every day. They also offer complimentary happy hour/​dinner socials a few days per week… a nice touch when traveling alone.
I cannot say enough how wonderful this hotel is… I travel constantly and really appreciate finding such great and affordable place to stay in the heart of Boston.
I will absolutely stay here again.
Thanks to all the staff for an amazing experience!

Amazing.
Location cannot be beat, breakfast is terrific (and I normally don’t even EAT breakfast) and there is dinner 3x week (Mon-​Wed) in the lobby. My room is about the size of a studio condo but 10x nicer; really, I would live here if I could.
Everyone who works here is INCREDIBLY nice, and a huge shout-​out to Jerrill at the Front Desk. Give this man a raise, day-​off AND a promotion!
Lastly, folks, please do not complain about valet parking for $ 40 in Boston: either don’t drive to the city, or you can pay OR you can park at a meter for free overnight (a «why didn’t I think of that» moment!) and then the garage at the Buckminster Hotel has an $ 11 ALL DAY deal for you. Do that. But really, $ 40 is still cheaper than DC, NY and you cannot see the Citgo sign from there!!!

Not the Hotels fault but we arrived and they were booked and the only room left that they had was next to a flooded room that had monster fans blarring.
Needless to say they were kind and made arraignments to stay at another Residence Inn. They picked up the first night, the taxi ride over, and the parking of my car… In my book that is pretty stellar service.
Location is top notch. Right across from Fenway. You can walk to loads of shopping, dinning, and drinking establishments.
This neighborhood, Back Bay has an amazing vibrancy to it.
If you are coming as a tourist this would be a great place to stay as the location is pretty stellar.
Thank you Dottie for all your help and the amazing service. I am a loyal Marriott fan because of wonderful people like you!!!

Love it’s close proximity to Fenway Park. Really enjoyed my stay. Hotel is really new and it shows. Über Modern version of this chain by Marriott yet it gives you the comfort of home.
And when you stay make sure you head up to the roof top patio it’s an awesome view and if you head to end of patio the CITCO sign is there for you to stare at for hours. So grab a drink or bring some food up and enjoy a summer night.

Super friendly staff, clean rooms with great amenities and fixtures (that were designed really well), comfy beds, excellent complimentary services like free WiFi that is actually pretty fast, a swimming pool with great hours (7am-​10pm), a 24 hour gym, and, best of all, an excellent location. Parking may be kind of tough because it is in Boston, so be prepared to pay for your car to stay in the Fenway garage, or I think they have a valet service for $ 40 or so. I was lucky enough to find parking right in front when the Red Sox weren’t playing, but other than that I really love this hotel. Cannot recommend this place enough and the breakfast is really good; lots of healthy options, which I appreciate.

Can’t say enough great things about this hotel. I have stayed here a few times now and every time I stay it is a great experience. The rooms are beautiful, clean, and very spacious. The service is always good. And the roofttop lounge they have is amazing! They have a bar open from 5 – 9 up there as well. It is nice to relax up there and look out at the city. The complimentary breakfast is yummy as well. Will definately keep staying here whenever I want a mini getaway.

J’ai eu la chance de séjourner dans cette résidence Mariott pendant mon séjour à Boston.
Le lieu est très accessible, en métro (Green Line) ou en train (pour le même prix depuis South station, 2 arrêts).
L’hôtel est assez neuf, propre &les chambres sont équipées de kitchenettes, très pratique si l’ont veut se faire à manger sur place !
Le petit déj est très copieux, servi sous forme de buffet, avec un grand choix de produits.
Il y a aussi une salle de sport, une piscine, et un bar avec terrasse, où l’on peut profiter d’une belle vue sur quelques buildings de Boston :)
Staff au top :)

This place was wonderful! We were in town visiting our daughter who attends BU! Got a Sox game in and lots of shopping. The location is perfect! Many new places for great food and drinks are all super close! The room was great! The service was great and the roof top bar was great! We will stay here again! We used Hotel Tonight app as that is how we found this great place!

we thoroughly enjoyed the 5 nights we spent at this new residence inn in august. the location is fantastic — basically across the street from fenway in the back bay area. since boston has (arguably, by me) the US’s best public transportation system, you can easily get to anywhere from this hotel. in fact, don’t bring or rent a car or, if you have a car, park it and forget about it until you’re ready to leave boston — because a car is just a hassle and the T makes getting anywhere a piece of cake.
speaking of pieces of cake, this residence inn is close to a couple of awesome restaurants. get up in the morning and stroll over to neighborhoods (that’s the name of the place) to enjoy the coffees and crepes, and remember — as long as you put fruit in it, it’s healthy! (said after eating a strawberry/​banana/​NUTELLA crêpe as big as my head one morning for breakfast, but i digress)…have awesome italian for dinner at tiny, charming trattoria toscana. and yeah, i’m not reviewing those places here but it is important to know there’s good stuff right around the hotel (also a grocery store within walking distance).
this is an all-​suite hotel. our 1-​bedroom suite was very small — almost like they took a regular sized (US) hotel room and put a wall down the middle to make it 2 rooms. by european standards, the suite was just right. we really liked having the kitchenette with full sized fridge so we could stock up on snacks and beverages and not feel the need to go out for every meal (as if i’d ever need to eat again after that crêpe…). the suite was clean and comfortable.
hotel staff was outstanding — super friendly, attentive, and helpful.
one of my favorite things about the hotel is the balcony up on the 8^th floor where they have a bar that opens, i think, around 4:30 each day — nothing fancy, just a small walk up bar. not sure why the bar is not mentioned on their website, but it made the balcony our happy hour spot every day. the balcony is long and narrow, and includes several seating areas with different options (tables and chairs, loungers, etc. one of the nights we were there, JT and Jay Z were performing at fenway and so we got to enjoy a little of that, although sure it was a bit muffled and we couldn’t actually see anything.
they also have an adequate fitness center up there, and a small indoor pool, in case you want to work off some of the indulgence.
we would not hesitate to stay here again.