Stayed at the Intercontinental from March 26 – 28, 2008 for business. The directions on the confirmation form for the website left out an important note to continue straight when you get off Interstate 93. Net result, a 15 minute delay in getting to the hotel. The title of my post indicates that I am not a fan of driving in Boston. One wrong turn and you will suffer the consequences of an extremely long delay. Be forewarned, if you do not need a car, take the T. I went to school in Massachusetts, am from New York City, live in DC and am therefore familiar with big city driving. That said, the single direction roadways and lack of street signs in Boston can result in a high degree of frustration.

In any event, got to the hotel, left the car for valet service and went into the hotel. Check in was quick and pleasant. The rooms are extremely high end. Big plasma TV, nice business lay out for the desk and comfortable bedding. The bathrooms, as other posts have pointed out, is large and chock full of amenities such as a soaking tub, glassed in shower, and plenty of room around the sink. Good turn down service as well.

The bar was high end, and known for its rum selection. Nice touch, but a little pricey. Mojitos were $14.

The only negative was the valet parking. I read other reviews that indicated that having to go down to the garage to drive your car out was a pain. I generally did not think it would be that bad. Wrong. You cannot call down to have your car pulled out (at least no one told me you could do that, they indicated you had to come down to get your car) and the first morning, it took a good 15 – 20 minutes for them to get my car because they had a conference going on and were getting a lot of cars pulling in. In addition, I had to get on 93 North after pulling out of the lot (far left of the four lane Atlantic Ave), which is hard to do at 8:25 AM in downtown Boston. Then, upon my return, the entire front driveway was packed with valet cars and cabs. In order to get off Atlantic Ave, I had to pull into the valet garage myself and wait in a line for about 15 minutes for them to take my keys and send me to room. In sum, the parking, like the driving in Boston, was a real hassle. Both evenings, I left the car in the garage, and took the T or cabs. Much better.

In sum, the hotel is fantastic. Leave your car elsewhere.

Recently stayed here on business for four nights. Check in was fast and efficient as was the check out. I had an eleventh floor room, the view wasn't anything special but it was quiet. The room was very spacious with two double beds, flat screen, mini-bar, Internet, desk, safe, iron etc. The finish in the room was to a good standard, the hotel was completed end of 2006.
The bathroom was also very nice with seperate walk in shower, bath, large sink area, bathrobes etc.

The main bar area (Rum-Ba) was always quite busy at night with a good atmosphere. They also have a small sushi bar in a separate location in the hotel but always busy. The main restaurant (only had breakfast) seemed reasonable and I understand it is 24*7.

Didn't use the leisure facilities but walked past and it looked good. I had no complaints about the hotel and would certainly stay there again. As always it depends what you want and how much you want to pay!

Stayed here 2 nights. It's a fairly new hotel. Location was great, right near attractions, public transportation (about 2 blocks from South Station). Hotel was great -- staff, facilities and amenities. Nice little spa area, pool and workout facilities. Room was great, nicely furnished, well maintained, LCD widescreen TV, comfortable bed, clean, quiet. Staff was informed and friendly. Price was very reasonable for the area. For overall value, I'd take this place over the half dozen other places I've stayed in Boston through the years.

My teenage daughter and I stayed here while visiting my niece. I got a package deal from Priceline for 3 nights and airfare from DC for $700 - which came out to be about $140 a night. We loved the staff. They were quite friendly. The rooms were very clean and nicely decorated. The bathrooms were very nice and large! The only problem was the shower had no hot water the 2nd two mornings we were there - the first was barely tolerable but I was able to use it - the other two I used the hand held shower in the bath tub and the way it is designed - not to be a shower - the water ran down the back edge onto the floor and luckily didn't make it quite to the carpet in the main part of the room. Other than that one small issue - this place was amazing! They gave us a corner room - plenty of light in the morning - which was nice!
We ate dinner one night at the Miel restaurant at the hotel. That was delicious! I had lobster raviolie - was great! Only a couple blocks to a 7-11 for whatever you might need and a really good cafe was a couple blocks down as well - Rudi's - a Panera Bread was across the street from the cafe also - which was a nice Panera - with a fireplace. Quincy Market nearby and the T was only about 2 blocks away. I would defniitely stay here again and recommend it to others!