Porter Square Hotel

The Hotel is located very close (3 minutes) to the Metro Station of Porter Square (Red Line). It takes about 30 minutes to reach the stop "Park" by metro  , which allows you to visit Downtown and most relevant spots in the city centre. BTW It takes about 50 minutes to reach the Hynes Congress Center by metro. Harvard is just one stop from the Hotel. The area surrounding the hotel is absolutely safe, with many services (e.g., supermarket, cafeterias). There are also a few good restaurants on Massachusetts Avenue (south direction). The Hotel is very clean, the wifi works perfectly. The staff is super collaborative and friendly. Two bottles of water are provided for free every day. The room is equipped with a coffee maker (coffee is good). Downstairs the lobby, there is an additional room with a "public" coffee maker and restrooms. All in all, I would be happy to stay again in this hotel.

Housekeeping is made upon requests. Thus, if you need housekeeping, you must ask for it every day. This is a bit tricky, but nothing serious. The Hotel does NOT serve breakfast. However, one can exploit the many options available close to the Hotel (supermarket and cafeterias). Both weak points are points. All in all, I would be happy to stay again in this hotel.

The location is great: very close to the Porter square shopping center, with lots of options for food, and several supermarkets. The staff was very helpful.

The "petite double twin room" is *really* small -- I couldn't lay open my two suitcases; there was also no refrigerator in the room originally, and the one they sent me upon my request took extra space. Very few electric outlets. There's some design flaw in the door entering the shower space -- you cannot avoid being poured by water over head. Also, they only provide room cleaning upon request.

Complimentary water Location Staff in general are great

I was booked into a room upon my arrival in error and had to move just hours later. A token gesture was made (1 free drink) for the inconvenience. Felt a meal and a couple of drinks or a bottle of wine would have been more appropriate. I had travelled from Europe after all!! I mistakenly booked a twin room vs a double room. I was staying for 14 nights so really felt that at least during some of my stay, that a request for a double room could have been accommodated across 2 sister hotels. That wasn't the case and I felt a little disappointed in the hotel management with that.

We stayed in the centre of Boston at the start of our trip and slightly further our at Porter Square at the end of our trip before flying home. Porter square was my favourite as it was cheaper, opposite an excellent thai restaurant and quieter too. Lovely room and location very close to a metro stop to get you easily into the centre of the city.

We were not the biggest fan of the bathroom door as it did not close completely and you could clearly see the silhouette of the other person when they were on the toilet (admittedly we forgot to mention this on check out). This could be awkward if you were not a couple but perhaps friends sharing.

The room size of 17m is good enough for a lone traveler but don't expect to be able to spend too much time inside it. Very clean and modern bathroom with a good tv. The best is comfortable and new but can move very easily. What I especially liked about the hotel was the fact that I could get unlimited ice and coffee at the basement at any time of the night.

The hotel doesn’t offer any breakfast but there is a large Star Market just minutes away that open very early so I didn’t find it to be a big problem.

Clean, looks modern and new. Staff are friendly and helpful. Bar is great with nice decor. There is on site parking (valet) although we did not use it during our stay this time. Location is very convenient, within walking distance from Harvard and MIT. Metro station right downstairs. Fairly safe neighbourhood.

Room is slightly on the smaller side. Bar is a bit expensive (a beer of ~500mL costs $8 + tax + 20% tip = $10 approx or £8 which is much more expensive than a pint or 568mL of beer in Central London). Drink choices are also a bit limited.

Located in a nice neighborhood outside central Boston. Lots of options for food/drink nearby (aside from the hotel's own bar/restaurant) and only a short walk (10-20mins) from other areas such as Davis Square and Harvard. Very close to Porter station for connections to downtown Boston. Good facilities (including business lounge). Access to air-conditioning, water and ice was very beneficial. Very helpful and friendly staff.

Little storage / no wardrobe in Petite Double Twin room.

amazing people, very nice indeed. Jordien is the guy in the photo with us, what he did for us is amazing. we faced a problem with NFL tickets bought by mistake. to get refund we should own an American bank account which we surely don’t. so this fellow gave us his personal bank data, he will receive the money and he gave it to us even before he gets it. can you imagine his sincerity and honesty? it was a lot of money for us, so we public thank him and thank the hotel for having Americans like this. a hug bro. hope to come back soon in the future to see you well

the cold outside 😅 and the closed bar! we should got drunk

We stayed in a Petite Double Twin for 13 nights. Although we had been concerned about the size of the room and the lack of storage facilities, the room (which had high ceilings) was a lot more spacious than anticipated. The beds and pillows were firm, which suited us. We asked for a mini fridge to keep drinks cool and one was supplied. The bathroom was well designed and had a powerful shower. All of the staff that we dealt with were civil and obliging. Of course, one of the great things about this hotel is its location, right across the street from a T stop (red line) and a commuter train station that takes you to North Station in 10 minutes. There are lot of restaurants and stores in the vicinity. We would recommend Bagelsaurus and Zoe Acai Bar for breakfast - we brought the food back to the hotel patio, which was a great picnic spot.

There is really nothing that we didn't like. One minor thing for improvement - the small table and two chairs supplied in the room are really redundant pieces of furniture; it would have been better to remove these and make space for large suitcases, or some kind of storage unit for clothes.

I travelled with seven other family members in a group of eight. We occupied four rooms. Each room had two twin beds. The rooms were very clean and modern. The beds were very comfortable. We drove in and used the valet service to park our car. Given the hotel's location across the street from the Porter Square MBTA stop, we were very pleased with the transportation options. We also went down the street to an excellent French pastry shop for breakfast one morning and enjoyed this as well. I highly recommend this hotel.