The Constitution Inn

The first problem with this place is that is so difficult to find. The taxi driver had no clue and I ended up leaving the taxi and going into a store to ask directions. Fortunately the store owner was friendly and directed me. When I explained this to the girl at the hotel reception she just smiled and said, «Yes, a lot of people have difficulty finding us». It would have been nice to have got some advice on that at the time of booking.
The next shock was that there was no catering at the hotel — no bar, no restaurant and nowhere nearby. For breakfast the next day there was a Dunkin’ Donuts a couple of blocks away or a diner about another half mile further on. That and the aforementioned store is all there is in the neighborhood.
The elevators have a mind of their own. Press the buttons as often as you like but the elevator will come when it is good and ready. The Wi-​Fi had a similar independent attitude and worked very intermittently.
The room was basic, which you would expect for this price in Boston, with a view of brick walls and weeds. It was a cold night and there was no heating. When I asked about this, the girl at reception gave me another of her big grins and explained that at a specific time of year the heating for the entire hotel is switched off and stays off until the following winter. I managed (with some trouble) to get extra blankets.
Transport to and from downtown was problematic. There was a bus service, some distance from the hotel, but getting information on this was difficult, as the staff is determined to be as little help as possible.
On the second day, I found myself locked out of my room. The receptionist took an extraordinarily long time to reactivate my key and offered no apology or explanation.
If you want to use the facilities of the adjoining YMCA, or particularly want somewhere close to the USS Constitution, at a low rate, then you might consider this. But be prepared for a true downmarket experience.

Not worth the money, even with it being on the less expensive side. I came in to an empty front desk. After waiting two minutes with no one out front I gave a «Hello.?» towards the open door leading to a back office. No response. Another minute. «Hello??!» No response. About a minute later I saw a woman walk by the doorway with a plate of food in her hand. She would have turned right back around if I hadn’t said «Excuse me!» fairly loudly. Once I had caught her attention she checked me in quickly and courteously.
The website advertises a free shuttle to the north end. It runs every 15 minutes a couple blocks from the hotel and every 30 minutes after 8pm (runs til 1:30 am). We had just missed one so we decided to take an Über. Later on when we wanted to come back, I called the hotel to inquire where the shuttle picks up in the north end and the guy on the phone was totally clueless. After putting me on hold twice he said there wasn’t a pickup in north end but there was a pickup at north station. We walked there and a shuttle that looked like a me it could have been the one completely blew us off as we tried to wave it down. So another Über home.
The room was decent for the price as the hotel is located in the navy yard. Cinder block walls and no décor but a suitable bed and bathroom with microwave and fridge. It’s connected to a YMCA which is included complimentary (even classes) during your stay, which is a nice perk. I would maybe stay here again if I had to, but it sure wasn’t anything to rave about!

Definitely a cheap place when other hotels raise rates for graduation weekend.
Our first room had unmade sheets, pillows flopped onto the beds, wet used towels and soap, and crumbs and stains on the counter. The front desk was surprised it was not cleaned and ready for us. We got a new room as the person next to us at the front desk found out he could not cancel his reservation because he booked through a specific website. He apparently was not happy either with his room choice.
The second attempt of a room was clean and prepared. It was still obviously a budget dorm vibe but it was at least clean. And that’s all we needed: a place to sleep in a beautiful neighborhood.
Overall they just need to invest in new staff for cleaning to try and repair their reputation. I’ve had better cleanliness/​service at a motel 8. Redoing the outlets and drywall for the holes in the wall and bricks (and around the outlets) would change things significantly for their aesthetics.

Place is pure garbage. Got here on a sunday morning and the gym was closed by 5 pm. I was looking forward to going at around 8 pm. Also, the rooms are poorly handled.

Where do I start? Rooms were poorly cleaned, terrible lighting, unfriendly staff, ect. What bothered me the most was when I got out of the shower and there were ZERO shower towels. Will NOT go back to The Constitution Inn.

If you value your sleep, I would recommend getting a hotel elsewhere. Whoever had the bright idea to make a hotel over a gym wasn’t thinking. Every morning around 6am I woke up to someone dropping weights on the ground, echoing throughout the building. This building is aged with extremely thin walls. I even wore earplugs and was still woken up to people working out. If this was not bad enough, the rooms were seriously outdated. I loved the old charm but nothing had been maintained. The first room I was in had a broken deadbolt, a broken toilet seat and broken toilet paper dispenser. I asked to be move since there was no where to even put toilet paper. The next room I had been moved into had a broken fridge (froze my food) and a non-​working/​leaking coffee machine. On the plus side the staff was very understanding and accommodating.

I wasn’t happy with this hotel. I booked room for 2 nights. Room was so dirty and smells not so great.

This is a lie. One star is a stretch. There was no working smoke detector. The fridge was so frosted over it was hot. The vending machines were jammed. The room came with trash, window sill had a charger wrapper and travel kleenexes under the bed. Fixtures broken and missing. Staff barged into our room even with do not disturb sign hung. Pool is a ymca and only available for a few short periods a day. No counters for toiletries. No plug for tub. Staff barely understands English for example when I asked for a plug I received a plunger. Vending machines with plenty of stuck food. Missing light bulbs, carpets and coving peeling up, two working outlets in the whole room. I could go on and on. Just don’t go. A motel 6 is way nicer.

The good: it is convenient for people visiting Charlestown, navy yard, etc. The price is low/​reasonable comparing with other hotels in Boston area.
The rest is just average, average room and not much service or food/​bev.

I booked a 2 night stay over the weekend here and I have to say that this is the worst hotel that I’ve stayed at. I’ve stayed at a motel that was 100 times better than this place. The location is not within walking distance of anything. Literally in the middle of no where so I had to take an über everywhere. I asked the front desk about where the shuttle was and they were not helpful at all so I couldn’t even find it. The hotel room itself was beyond dirty and dusty. It was super hot in the room (middle of January and snowing) and we had to leave the windows open to be comfortable. The carpets were stained and so was the tile in the bathroom. The sink leaked loudly all night long. There was no remote for the tv upon arrival. And not enough towels were provided. The walls were thin so we could hear everything going on in the room next to us, not to mention all the children hanging out in the hallways running back and fourth. Another thing that caught me off guard was when someone knocked on the door and I went to look through the peep hole but of course that was broken and stuffed with toilet paper.
I would not recommend a stay here!

Hotel viejo, muy viejo. La limpieza… Sin mas. Hace mucho calor en la habitación, que no es muy cómoda. El baño deja mucho que desear, la ducha… O el agua muy caliente o fría, pero poniendo el punto intermedio, no sale agua. La verdad que no volveré a reservar este hotel. Lo único bueno que tiene la ubicación y la Wifi.
Un hotel de 1 o 2 estrellas.

I wasn’t expecting much from The Constitution Inn. It was cheap and I was merely expecting a crash pad. However, it managed to fail as a crash pad. We were visiting during the fall season and it was pretty cool outside, but the room was uncomfortably hot. We attempted to correct the situation, but we quickly learned that the temperature is centrally controlled — we had no control over the temperature of the room! Even leaving the windows open didn’t help at all. We couldn’t get any sleep at all.
I’m not picky — I could easily overlook the out-​dated décor, uninterested staff, the super-​slow elevator and thin walls, but I should be able to get at least a few hours sleep in my crappy crash pad!
The only good thing about this place is the location — it’s in a lovely neighborhood. However, this is the only pro. You might have to shell out a few extra bucks to stay elsewhere, but I promise it will be worth it.

As said before you get what you pay for. I was only in town for one night to attend a conference the next day. Every other hotel was at least 300+ a night. The room was definitely old, but clean and served its purpose. It felt like a stayed in a dorm room. I wouldn’t stay here for leisure, but for a night or two in boston it wasnt bad at all.

This is an old navy barracks converted to «hotel» and run by the YMCA. So, pretty much a cheap motel experience. But location is unbeatable. So they didn’t really bother clean the room on the second day of our stay. So no services what so ever.

The location in town is probably the only good thing that this place has to offer. Rooms smell like cigarettes and the linens don’t look the cleanest either. The toilet constantly clogged — after taking a pee. This is a definitely a first for me. That’s just the stay…
Stayed there for a bachelor party and was on of the first to arrive so I put my credit card in to get the room key and indicated at check in it was going to to be fully charged on another card. After the weekend at check out, my card was taken off and my buddy paid for the room in full. (I paid him with cash) Two weeks later I have the entire room charged to my card and have since been unable to get anyone on the phone over there to resolve the issue.
Their business practices are as dirty as the rooms — avoid at all costs!

Not too bad! Not 5 star either. I’ve read other reviews, so going into this hotel, I knew what to expect. My experience was OK overall. Friendly staff, clean room, convenient, and inexpensive. Downfall: noise and light from the hallway made it difficult to sleep. We are here on a very busy weekend where all the hotels are super expensive. This one was affordable.

Pros: I love this neighborhood! It’s peaceful, with good street parking and green spaces and a lot of history. It’s an easy walk to the north end and city but far away enough that you’re not overrun by tourists or – worse – Massholes. On top of a YMCA with gym pool sauna. Nice, if overworked, staff.
Cons: I list these as cons but they don’t bother me: be clear – this hotel is not for perfectionists. It’s run down and inconsistent. But staff are always happy to try to help you fix whatever is wrong. You might get a room with a coffinbox shower and no bath. Your iron might not work. Your bed might sag in the middle. I always have a great weekend using this as home base, tho.

Convenient location to the ferry service, kid friendly, and friendly cleaning staff. However the lack of communication between the Inn and the YMCA was discouraging. The website indicate a pool but did not say it was part of the YMCA. We stayed here with 3 kids under 6 who kept talking about «the pool». This was a highlight for them however each time we got ready to go to the pool we were informed that either «the pool is closed» or «the pool is for lessons only». Try explaining that to a 2yo. Would I stay here again? Yes. Would I take kids? Yes. Would I recommend this place? Maybe. But not not without sharing this frustrating story. One suggestion is to update the website to be more transparent about the pool and for better communication between the front desk facilities.

I give this review reluctantly. I hate to be so extreme, but I truly believe it’s warranted in this case.
The Constitution Inn has a wonderful staff, clean rooms, and a charming appearance. What it does not have is individual heat and cooling controls in the rooms.
And that wouldn’t be so bad — I’ve never complained about this before — except apparently they heat or cool the entire building based on the weather of the previous few days.
When I arrived, it had been cold the the last couple days, so they were *cranking* the heat. Except the day I arrived it was warm and sunny. So the outpouring of heat was unbearable. If the (wonderful) staff hadn’t located a fan for me I would have gone elsewhere and eaten the cost of Constitution Inn — that’s how desperate I was.
And even more infuriating is that the Constitution Inn does have a temperature control on the wall — it’s just apparently not hooked up to anything. The staff told me that later, after I waited an hour to see if putting the control on ‘cold’ actually did anything. I mean, at least be honest and tell guests the control does nothing.
I hate to give only 1 star when everything else was great, but look, at the end of the day the only reason I need the hotel is for a comfortable sleep. And even with that fan it was pretty brutal — you know how on the hottest summer days, all a fan does is blow super warm air on you? Yeah. That’s precisely what it was like.
I’m going to this area several times a month over the next year, and this is the closest hotel to my office by far. But I flat out won’t be going back. I’ll take a Motel 6, a Best Western, whatever, over Constitution Inn. At least I can get a good night’s sleep.

The saying you pay for what you get, applied here. There is nothing special about the rooms or the facilities offered here. I have a stove in my room and my friends room did not. Her refrigerator worked and mine did not. So you can see the consistency here. The highlight might be that the ymca is located on the first floor and guests have access to that. Get your workout on.
The location of the place is great actually. It’s the start of the freedom trail, quiet and a block or two from the USS Constitution. If your goal is not to spend a lot of time in the room and explore the city this might work for you. Just don’t expect anything

Das Hotel machte von außen einen guten Eindruck und da auf der Website auch von dem Fitnesscenter und dem Pool geschwärmt wurde, war das ja schon mal was.
Als wir dann unser Zimmer bekamen gab es erst mal eine Enttäuschung. Dreckiges Badezimmer, uralter widerlicher Teppich.
Immerhin war der Pool riesengroß, zwar trüb aber man konnte super schwimmen. Dazu gab es auch noch das Fitnesscenter.
Leider waren in dem Bett uralte Laken und Decken die schon gelb waren.
Ich würde dieses Hotel niemandem empfehlen auch wenn es nur für eine Nacht ist!

I stayed at this hotel and was pleasantly suprised, on a last minute’s notice. The day of a show in Boston, I decided I needed a hotel room because of commuting concerns. Being the day of, there weren’t many options under $ 300, and I didn’t need a fancy hotel. But I also didn’t want to sleep with cochroaches or fleas lol.
And I wanted to be in Boston!
And so an internet search came up with The Constitution Inn and listed it as a 2 star hotel, which kind of scared me. But it was that with 2 double beds for $ 129 (with tax) or a 3 star for $ 250!
So I took the risk. I wasn’t going to stay for long, just 1 night. It was listed as 3 miles from the show, which was near Boston Common.
Low and behold … a pleasant surprise. The hotel was located by the USS Constitution, in the Charlestown area of Boston. I would not say the hotel is centrally located, but you can easily walk to the North End, the TD Garden, and Fanueil Hall within a few minutes, as well as the Seaport District. Although 3 miles, it was about a 12 minute drive at 6pm to Boston Common.
The bad — there’s no hotel parking, but there is street parking, which is metered. Meters run 2 hours and only take quarters, but they run 8am-​6pm around the area, so free overnight. It could be harder to find in the summer or on weekends.
The lobby was bright, and the desk was friendly. There is no hold on the credit card, but I did pre-​pay on the booking website I used.
The room … was old. But it was clean. It was dated, but again clean. Perfect for what I needed. They provided ample towers, plenty of soap, and individual shampoo, conditioner, and lotion bottles. The shower pressure was awesome!
There was a random gas stove in there, not sure why!
Two double bed and a small flat-​screen TV.
I’d stay again.