The Lenox Hotel

The Lenox Hotel is a family owned hotel in an older building located in the Back Bay. I loved the location and loved the hotel. I enjoyed this hotel so much that when I come back to Boston I will only stay at the Lenox.

Unique Quality: The rooms were extremely spacious. This photo shows the interior of the room we booked for our children. We booked it through the hotel's website and got it for an amazingly low price.

The absolutely best feature of the hotel is the wonderful bellhop, Jimmy Fisher. He's the archetypal Irish-Bostonion. He is an icon at the hotel and has worked there for something like 50 years! As he helped us with our bags, he told us of the advice he gave to the hotel regarding design of the rooms when the hotel was last refurbished. A bellhop who helps design the rooms! That is a very unique bellhop indeed. He now works only on Fridays and Saturdays. If you are there on one of those days, you should meet him.

We had such an amusing experience with our laundry. Jimmy Fisher, who delivered each installment was so entertaining! Jimmy, we loved you! You made staying in the Lenox so worth it!

This is a very nice non-business-oriented hotel. [There was no coffeemaker or fax in the room, although there was free wi-fi] It's above my pay grade, but I dawdled too long while making my reservation. Note to self: Boston in the summer is CROWDED! It was a beautiful, well-run hotel perfectly located for my purposes, that is -- near the "T" and not far from the hotel where our Macedonian "daughter" was staying.
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There are two restaurants in the hotel, the upscale Azure and the Irish pub, Solas. Tips forthcoming.

Unique Quality: Real flowers in the bathroom. "Our" cow [see tips] was on the hotel awning! The extra toilet paper roll was discreetly dressed with a gold tie!

Directions: Just down the block from Copley Square and very close to the "T"