The Eliot Hotel

The Eliot Hotel is in a well appointed position in Back Bay located on Commonwealth Avenue. Although this was our first visit to Boston, we couldn't have chosen a better location for our initial 3 days of sightseeing in the city. If you like to explore places on foot (as we do), it's in a great position to stroll though the central garden on the avenue towards the public parks and city centre. If you prefer to ride the subway instead, then the station is just around the corner and gets you into the city in a couple of stops. We had a lovely suite on the 7th floor and was extremely well appointed with all the usual extras and luxuries you'd expect of a hotel of this standard. The hotel staff were brilliant and couldn't do enough to ensure our stay was as memorable as possible. A special mention to Tarek for providing excellent local knowledge in assisting our navigation out of Boston towards our next stop at Salem.

I can't comment on the standard of food in the restaurant, as we only had continental breakfast included. On that note, the breakfast was really nice, especially the muffins, but we would have preferred a credit to spend against the menu, as a lot of the items on the al a carte were the same price as the continental. We were expecting a full buffet style breakfast when we arrived, but as happened with other booking.com reservations lately, the description of what's actually included is somewhat misrepresented!