http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-25T11:20:28Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/24/102048/59 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/30451/Woodward_menu.jpg" class="top"><p> <p>When we <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/23/95313/552/hotels/Inside_The_Ames_Hotel_in_Boston">checked into</a> the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Ames+Hotel/local/1568"><b>Ames Hotel</b></a> last week, one of the things we were most looking forward to was the food. The lobster sandwich we ordered from the room service menu (almost identical to the menu in the restaurant) was generous and tasty, served with thin, salty fries, just the way we like them. (Although, as we mentioned yesterday, our beer arrived 20 minutes after the food.) </p> <p><b>Breakfast</b><br> Woodward was fairly quiet at 9 a.m. on Saturday, so we snagged a prime spot in one of the chesterfield booths along the front window. Aside from the booths, there was a mix of small tables with white Windsor chairs, and bar-height tables with stools. MsRebecca 2009-11-24T10:41:23-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/23/95313/552 <![CDATA[<embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/1321361467" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashVars="videoId=51904052001&playerId=1321361467&viewerSecureGatewayURL=https://console.brightcove.com/services/amfgateway&servicesURL=http://services.brightcove.com/services&cdnURL=http://admin.brightcove.com&domain=embed&autoStart=false&" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="486" height="412" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" swLiveConnect="true" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed> <p>When we think of Boston hotels, we tend to think of stately properties like the Taj and the Fairmont Copley Plaza&#151;places befitting the city&#146;s preppy-Yankee vibe. But with the Morgans Hotel Group now in town, that image is getting a shake up. The new <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Ames+Hotel/local/1568"><b>Ames Hotel</b></a> brings some serious sexiness to Boston&#146;s financial district, and you know what? We kinda like it.</p> <p><b>Location</b><br> The Ames is just around the corner from Faneuil Hall, amid banks and legal firms in the financial district. And since this is Boston, where blocks are small, it&#146;s also a short walk to Boston Common. The New England Center for Homeless Veterans is MsRebecca 2009-11-23T11:22:04-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/23/103744/91 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/17697/copley_square_hotel.jpg" class="top"></p> <p>After some incredulity over how many Boston hotels have Copley in their names, the New York Times this weekend reviewed the revamped, historic <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Copley+Square+Hotel/ian/114172"><strong>Copley Square Hotel</strong></a>. &#147;Until this year, C-Square was a historic but faded enterprise: not the kind of place to earn cool points with your teenager on a college visiting tour,&#148; the Times writes.</p> <p>But after $18 million in renovations, the hotel is once again ready for prime time &#151; just as, ahem, some of us have been <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/4/15/101820/716/hotels/Copley_Square_Hotel_Gets_Joan_Rivers_Style_Revamp">telling you</a> all year.</p> <p><strong>Highlights:</strong> The bathroom&#146;s wall featured &#147;unusual reading material: the poem &#145;Paul Revere&#146;s Ride,&#146; by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, in cursive.&#148; &#147;Super-speedy&#148; room service that arrived in less than 10 minutes (though unfortunately, KatieK 2009-11-23T11:07:21-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/20/3711/1205 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/amesbostonroom.jpg" class="top"><p><b>UPDATE:</b><i><a href="http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/articles/2009/11/19/ames_hotel_presents_a_contrast_of_old_and_new/">Boston.com</a> has some new interior pics of The Ames Hotel.</i><p> What a long way in such a short time <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Ames+Hotel/local/1568"><b>The Ames Hotel</b></a> in Boston has come. When we checked in on the hotel at the beginning of October, we were quite skeptical based on the construction work we saw going on. <p>But lo and behold, The Ames has gone ahead and opened itself up. <a href="http://www.boston.com/ae/celebrity/articles/2009/11/20/enjoying_their_stay_at_the_ames/">Boston.com</a> has the scoop on the hotel execs that made it out last night to the hotel's opening party: <blockquote><p>The opening party for the Ames drew a long list of VIP guests including the project&#146;s celebrated architect and designer David Rockwell, hotel partner Seth Greenberg, former &#147;Top Chef&#146;&#146; contestant Sam Talbot, juliana 2009-11-20T08:29:30-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/18/9442/5910 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Fireplace_at_Taj_Boston.jpg" class="top"></p> <p>The Martha Stewarts in our readership might find it sacrilege to think of eating out on Thanksgiving. But for the 98 percent of the rest of you (ourselves included), it can be quite tempting to hear about Turkey Day festivities at hotels (no slaving over the oven all day, no manic cleaning session minutes before guests arrive).</p> <p>Last week we <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/12/9504/3133/hotels/Hotels_Want_To_Spend_Thanksgiving_Dinner_with_You">rounded up</a> a few Thanksgiving dinners at major hotels around the country, but, of course, there are additions to make. Like the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Taj+Boston/ian/114120"><strong>Taj Boston</strong></a>, which is offering a $75 three-course prix fixe chef&#146;s menu at The Café. Bonus: The hotel is thanking its guests for their holiday patronage with a $75 per person guestroom rate KatieK 2009-11-19T15:41:31-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/