Name: The Godfrey Hotel Boston
Address: 505 Washington Street, Downtown Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Boston, Massachusetts, US
Price range: $328–$842 per night
Rating: 9.13

What guests think

At The Godfrey Hotel Boston, travelers praise the central, walkable location and consistently friendly, attentive staff, while modern rooms with plush beds deliver comfort, though room size and street noise vary.

Many reviews highlight a lively lobby scene, an attached restaurant, a quality coffee shop, and a compact but well-equipped gym, alongside perks like bike use and evening candy or wine tastings. Cleanliness is widely praised, though a few guests noted worn furnishings or occasional housekeeping misses. A good fit if you want a central base with modern comforts and lively surroundings.

Facilities

Cleanliness

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Facilities

Facilities include a lobby bar, attached restaurant, popular coffee shop, valet parking, and a small but well-equipped gym; nightly perks like drink vouchers, candy or wine tastings, and even bikes add value. Some mention a crowded lobby, resort or amenity fees, and occasional bar or nearby club noise.

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10

Tim

Jun 22, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Parking was a 2-3 minute walk, better than most locations. Staff was amazing, very friendly and helpful. The lobby bar was fairly well stocked and the keeper was great. Short walk to the subway various coffee shops and restaurants. Would definitely stay again. Rooms were clean and quiet. No negatives.

8

Nigel

Nov 26, 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

Location was terrific, walkable to everything. The hotel itself was very clean, lobby was inviting. The check-in process was quick and easy. Hotel room was clean. Only complaint about the room was that while the mattress was comfortable, the bed pillows were not comfortable. Gym in the basement is small but has a great variety of workout equipment. Anybody serious about working out should not have a problem. And they have a fancy water refilling station in the gym too. I would stay here again.

10

Julie

Oct 25, 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

The coffee shop George Howell onsite is great. Hotel is comfortable and plenty of special touches to make guests feel welcomed. Location is great, especially if you’re taking in a show. Staff is great.

10

Paul

Apr 6, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Loved this hotel. Close to theaters.We had a fabulous meal at the sushi restaurant next door. The hotel aven has a candy bar set up in the afternoon! Great coffee shop in the hotel!

10

Kaitlyn

Aug 20, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Great hotel. Perfect service. Everyone are nice, enthusiasm and helping a lot. Beautiful bedroom with all free supplies. Very clean modern bathroom. They supply all free snacks and free water. Also give you 1 free cocktail for each day, make sure check it out. We recommend you to choose this hotel.

10

Sara

Jul 8, 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

Great location, clean rooms, friendly staff. The hotel fee is $40 a night, but there were so many free amenities it made up for it. We were given free snacks and water every day and in the evenings there were free wine tastings and a candy bar (depending on the night). They also have bikes and helmets you can use to ride around Boston. Great experience. Will absolutely stay again.

8

dan

Jun 13, 2025

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Stayed 4 nights

Nice Hotel. Great location in middle of downtown. Freedom trail and Commons just steps away. One big issue is to make sure you budget more than they tell you. They only show the base fee NOT any of the many taxes and surcharges. Plan at least an extra $60 a day in fees.

10

Brent

Jul 15, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Wonderful stay. Great hospitality! Everyone was great. Doors were always opened when arriving and leaving. Restaurant Raku was unbelievable. Also great hospitality and really great flavors and lastly Wonderful atmosphere and decorations.

8

Kevin

Aug 31, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Music from restaraunt below can be heard until 11:00

10

Raymond

Nov 26, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

It was an excellent boutique style hotel in a great location! The room was nicely appointed with all the amenities on could ask for! The hotel bar was quaint a nice way to wind down from a full day! I can agree why it was tagged as exceptional !

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Cleanliness

Guests frequently describe rooms and common areas as very clean or spotless, with generally strong housekeeping. A few reported worn furnishings or isolated issues such as missed replenishment or a cleanliness lapse.

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Arlene

Jun 30, 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

Staff was very friendly and helpful. Beautiful hotel. Loved the in room snacks. Nice sized room. Quiet for downtown hotel. Location was perfect for us to do tours and shopping. Easy to get to Fenway Park with a short subway ride. Would definitely stay here again!

10

Jenelle

Aug 2, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Pros: the staff were great, always so helpful. FREE bottled water and a variety of snacks in room, plus iced tea, lemonade, and popcorn in the lobby. Housekeeping was excellent. I stayed several days and my room was immaculate each afternoon when I returned from sightseeing. One cute touch - they change the rugs in the elevator by time of day- good morning/afternoon/evening. Cons: the carpets/furnishings have seen better days. Some look worn/stained. The bed was too soft for my liking, but might work for others. Overall, I would definitely stay there again. It may not be the prettiest, but everything else is top notch!

10

Paula

Aug 18, 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

Beautiful property. The staff was extremely helpful. The bartender gave us lots of great tips. The cleaning staff kept the rooms impeccable.

2

Brittany

May 25, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

The hotel overbooked rooms for Memorial Day weekend so when my friends and I got there the 2 queens we had booked became one bed and a sofa bed. They asked if that was fine but due to the holiday and multiple events happening in town over the weekend everything was booked so I didn’t really have much of a choice. Once in the room we found they didn’t leave sheets blankets or pillows for the sofa bed and when I went to call the phone didn’t work so I had to walk down to ask for them. Once I complained about this they offered to send someone up with linen and asked if I’d like to have someone sent to look at the phone. For my trouble I was offered a free coffee voucher which felt like a slap in the face considering. I was finally offered the $40 resort fee back which I’ll hold my breathe on getting. After going out and eating dinner we came back to the hotel room for the night. When I went into the bathroom to shower and roll out the bath mat I found pubic hair not only on that but in the shower as well. I get sometimes you may miss a hair when cleaning in the shower but to also find it on the “clean” towel/bath mat then made me question everything else. At this point I’ve been told I’ll be refunded half of what I paid for the room they gave away but I’m so disappointed. I’ve stayed here before last fall and it was lovely. But now I’m just grossed out and worried they’d overbook and give my room away again.

8

Stephen

Nov 25, 2025

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Stayed 7 nights

Very clean room, prompt housekeeping, quiet, nightly treats, in-room snacks. A few blips, but they were handled properly.

10

Simon

Nov 30, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Great location and spotless room.

10

Nicole

Jul 19, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

This hotel is beautifully maintained and the staff was incredibly helpful with anything we needed. I would highly recommend this location.

10

Dan

Aug 7, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

What an amazing hotel in the heart of downtown and a great value. Spacious, clean and comfy room in a newly elegant facility, friendly and helpful staff. Our expectations were far exceeded.

6

Alexandra

Jul 3, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

The bed was amazing, frette never disappoints. Although the staff was very helpful, we had things missing from our room (robes/amenities for 2 guests) and a clogged toilet (from previous guests) that had to be addressed a couple times. The floor of the room of tacky and sticky probably due to whatever carpet cleaner they use but it felt damp. The front door/bell hop guys were very kind and welcoming. Mixed feelings about this stay.

10

Simon

Nov 28, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Great location. Hotel is modern and spotlessly clean. Staff are all amazing especially the guys on the door who are polite and always have a smile!

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Rooms

Rooms are modern and comfortable with notably soft, cozy beds and in-room snacks; layouts and views vary. Some feel compact or short on storage, certain interior rooms can be dark, fridges are not standard, and street-facing rooms may hear city noise.

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Amy

Apr 24, 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

Great location right near Boston Common. Convenient to lots of sights and to transportation. Super comfortable beds and pillows! Free snacks were a great plus. My one complaint—no fridge in the room.

8

Simon

Aug 8, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Great stay but room was too close to street level and incredibly loud. Very hard to sleep. Ask for a higher up room and this is a great stay.

8

Cynthia

Oct 14, 2025

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Stayed 4 nights

Great location. Comfortable bed.

6

Michael

Aug 27, 2025

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Stayed 4 nights

Small room

8

Patricia

Sep 29, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Room was small. Don’t care for rain shower head. The street noise on our side of the hotel was terrible.

10

Melissa

Nov 13, 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

This is a great hotel if you are planning to visit all of the Boston historical sites. It is one block away from Boston Commons, where the Freedom Trail starts. All of the major downtown historic sites were no more than a twenty minute walk from the hotel. Many excellent restaurants were also only a few blocks away. Even navigating to and from picking up our rental car for the rest of our trip was very convenient and easy. We also really appreciated the seemingly unlimited supply of bottled water they let us have (historical walking is thirsty business). Some people may consider the rooms to be small, but they are actually perfectly sized for one of the oldest cities in our country. I would recommend asking to stay in the quiet part of the hotel. It really helped us by cutting down on the city noise my mom and I are not used to.

8

Vickie

Sep 2, 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

The Godfrey Hotel is an excellent choice based on their location alone. The hotel is clean and quiet. The bedding is very nice and comfortable. Do note the rooms are small. We were displeased that their rooms come with one nightstand which doesn't work week for a couple. The hotel could easily fix this complaint.

6

Katharine

Nov 7, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Dark and dated room

8

Sherri-Anne

Aug 30, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Very nice hotel. I would stay again but recommend that some of the furniture is updated.

10

Bruce

Sep 1, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Everything was great from the service to clean environment with one exception that was that there was no storage, no drawers no place for our stuff. Very little closet

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Service

Service is widely praised as warm, attentive, and efficient, with standout doormen and valet plus smooth, often early, check-in. Isolated complaints cite overbooking, inflexibility, or less friendly interactions.

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10

Barbara

Oct 25, 2025

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Stayed 4 nights

Very friendly staff, conveniently located, good service.

10

Joyce

Oct 12, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Having arrived early, we were very happy to be able to get into our rooms right away. Wendy checked us in…five people, three rooms, and all were clean and comfortable. Wendy was very friendly and helpful and also provided suggestions for restaurants in the area. All the staff were super friendly and helpful. The coffee shop and bar in the lobby were welcome assets.

2

Seher

Jul 16, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Worst hotel! Worst staff! Horrible rooms, horrible service :(

2

Brittany

May 25, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

The hotel overbooked rooms for Memorial Day weekend so when my friends and I got there the 2 queens we had booked became one bed and a sofa bed. They asked if that was fine but due to the holiday and multiple events happening in town over the weekend everything was booked so I didn’t really have much of a choice. Once in the room we found they didn’t leave sheets blankets or pillows for the sofa bed and when I went to call the phone didn’t work so I had to walk down to ask for them. Once I complained about this they offered to send someone up with linen and asked if I’d like to have someone sent to look at the phone. For my trouble I was offered a free coffee voucher which felt like a slap in the face considering. I was finally offered the $40 resort fee back which I’ll hold my breathe on getting. After going out and eating dinner we came back to the hotel room for the night. When I went into the bathroom to shower and roll out the bath mat I found pubic hair not only on that but in the shower as well. I get sometimes you may miss a hair when cleaning in the shower but to also find it on the “clean” towel/bath mat then made me question everything else. At this point I’ve been told I’ll be refunded half of what I paid for the room they gave away but I’m so disappointed. I’ve stayed here before last fall and it was lovely. But now I’m just grossed out and worried they’d overbook and give my room away again.

10

Marnie

Jul 13, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

The staff at the Godfrey were incredible! They couldn’t do enough for you. I would highly recommend staying at the Godfrey while in Boston.

10

Donna Ophelia

Aug 31, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Absolutely the best hotel I’ve stayed at in Boston. I’ve come back four different time in the last two years. I’ve stayed here every time.

10

Karla

Nov 29, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Very easy early check-in, free snacks & beverages in the room. Clean, and fairly quiet.

10

Mary

Jun 13, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

What an excellent hotel in downtown Boston! The room was most comfortable and clean. When we walked into the lobby we knew we felt a vibe of welcome, upbeat, and friendliness. The staff were outstanding. I was confused in the beginning about a fee, and received a phone call and follow up email explaining the fee. This was service beyond any other hotel we have stayed at. Wow, what a gem hotel!

10

Bryan

Jul 15, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Excellent, service. Ismael & Arbon bring to us great service both remember me & my family beacause this our 2nd stay with Godfrey. Overall great ! And Defenitly we comeback to stay again with Godfrey Hotel

10

James

Oct 12, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Excellent from greeting by doorman to Wendy at reception to Arbon with bag service. Three rooms with 5 guests and luggage for a completed cruise plus extra days. Wendy so so helpful. Cheers.

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Location

Exceptionally central near Boston Common, theaters, and T stations, making most attractions walkable. Several guests reported late-night street or club noise on lower or street-facing sides.

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Mariya

Jul 13, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Great location!

10

Jason

Jul 23, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

very walkable, right in the theater district and just a block from Boston Common

8

Jennifer

Sep 5, 2025

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Stayed 5 nights

The location was perfect! Almost everything tourist attraction wise was within walking distance. Only had to take a train 2 spectate time to travel to Fenway Park and the Sam Adam’s Brewery. The ony downside to the location was that trash pick up happens almost every weekday at 5am and will wake you up.

8

Donald

May 16, 2025

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Stayed 6 nights

The Godfrey Hotel has an excellent location in downtown Boston, close to Boston Commons, the subway and historic landmarks. The staff are friendly and helpful. Breakfast is not provided but there is a good coffee shop with an entrance to the hotel’s lobby as well as nearby restaurants. The rooms are clean, modern and roomy. Three elevators result in minimal wait times. We both really liked the Godfrey Hotel but there was one noticeable issue. We were on the third floor facing Temple Place. There are two bars down the street that are open until 2 AM Friday and Saturday. The street noise was significant late at night on these two days. I don’t know whether these were isolated incidents but we overheard other guests complaining one morning as well. To be fair when we complained to the staff they were very sympathetic and offered to move us to a different room. I’m sure it’s frustrating to the hotel staff when the problem is out of their control. The Godfrey Hotel is a lovely hotel with an excellent location for exploring Boston but if we were staying there again I would request a room as far away as possible from Temple Pl. and on a higher floor as well.

10

Sherri

Jul 15, 2025

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Stayed 4 nights

It was very convenient to the majority of the history in Boston. Within walking distance to many restaurants and shopping. Staff were all very friendly and helpful.

10

Simon

Nov 30, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Great location and spotless room.

10

PHILIP

Nov 27, 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

Great location close to Boston Common and the marina.

10

Julie

Sep 20, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Great Hotel and best location, two blocks from thr Common, and a short walk to everything downtown.

10

Zain

Sep 2, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Great staff, central location so can get a little loud outside on the weekends, but rooms and accommodations were top notch.

10

Caitlin

Aug 17, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Attentive staff, right in the heart of Boston! Walkable to many of Boston's main attractions and right next to public transportation!

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Dining

On-site options earn positive feedback: the lobby bar, RUKA restaurant, and the attached coffee shop (though some find it pricey); drink vouchers are a nice touch. There is no traditional included breakfast, but many dining choices are nearby.

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Kristen

May 18, 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

Great location. Loved the hotel bar. Staff was awesome.

10

Mallory

Nov 10, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Lovely hotel with friendly service. The breakfast cafe was tasty but prices were typical for Boston, a bit expensive.

10

Jayson

Jul 25, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Just a few quick train rides from the airport, this property is conveniently located near the theater district and numerous restaurants, including the Ruka Restobar in the hotel itself. The rooms were clean and the beds were comfortable. With numerous amenities, including a free drink, wine tasting and a candy cart on different days of the week, they make you feel welcome and give your more value for your money. They also went above & beyond when I notified them we were celebrating my daughter's 40th birthday by sending up a complimentary bottle of champagne to our room.

10

Angela

Jul 30, 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

Lively hotel, great staff. Nice coffee shop in the lobby.

10

Daniel

Aug 3, 2025

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Stayed 4 nights

The attached cafe wasnt the best. Better options elsewhere, although many customers and was busy often. The hotel was great and we'd stay there again.

10

Paul

Apr 6, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Loved this hotel. Close to theaters.We had a fabulous meal at the sushi restaurant next door. The hotel aven has a candy bar set up in the afternoon! Great coffee shop in the hotel!

10

Melissa

Nov 21, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Beautiful hotel and in a great location. Would 10/10 recommend it. Oh and we ate in their restaurant and it was delicious.

10

Rhonda

Oct 2, 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

Rooms were very nice. Comfy bed. Great shower. Bartender was super nice. Great coffee in the coffee shop. Good bars nearby.

10

Pam

Aug 19, 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

Liked the drink tickets, comfortable bed, nice rain shower head.

10

Brent

Jul 15, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Wonderful stay. Great hospitality! Everyone was great. Doors were always opened when arriving and leaving. Restaurant Raku was unbelievable. Also great hospitality and really great flavors and lastly Wonderful atmosphere and decorations.

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Month	Average price
January	$124
February	$127
March	$197
April	$304
May	$364
June	$409
July	$353
August	$285
September	$376
October	$402
November	$221
December	$147

Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa
		1	2	3	4	5
6	7	8	9	10	11	12
13	14 $524	15	16	17 $710	18 $411	19 $503
20 $328	21 $463	22 $842	23 $575	24 $632	25 $610	26
27 $490	28 $823	29 $756	30 $530

Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa
				1 $455	2 $394	3 $665
4 $465	5 $611	6 $611	7 $741	8 $634	9 $608	10 $779
11 $431	12 $486	13 $562	14 $550	15 $589	16 $591	17 $617
18 $500	19 $482	20 $556	21 $476	22 $564	23 $453	24 $515
25 $412	26 $500	27 $476	28 $448	29 $353	30 $341	31 $430

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Standard Room, 1 King Bed, Accessible

Executive Corner Room, 1 King Bed

Standard Room

Studio

Standard Room, 2 Queen Beds, Accessible

Double Room

the Corner King Loft

Executive Room, 1 King Bed

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Superb

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