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It's $42 a Night to Pahk Your Cah at The Ames Yahd

Where: 1 Court Street [map], Boston, MA, United States, 02108

Outrageous hotel fees make our blood boil, and if WiFi is the king of offenders, hotel parking is a close second. And you know what really grinds our gears? The way hotels try to hide this info from you by not posting it on their websites, or by posting a note in fine print fit for a mouse that says “additional fees apply.”

This is the problem HotelChatter reader renaudl had recently, when looking for info on where to park for a stay this week at the Ames Hotel in Boston.

The Ames has directions to the hotel on its website but nothing about parking. No one answered renaudl’s email inquiry so we called the hotel this morning to find out that it offers valet parking for $42 a night.

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What We Ate at Woodward in the Ames Hotel

Where: 1 Court Street [map], Boston, MA, United States, 02108

When we checked into the Ames Hotel 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.)

Breakfast
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. The dark colors of the bar and booths was offset by the brightly lit curio-cabinets that wrap around the staircase up to the restaurant’s second level. (Upstairs there’s more tables, another bar, a fireplace and a private dining room.)

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