Here’s the thing - if you want to stay in Back Bay and you aren’t particular about the space, noise, or being able to park, this is a great location.
I wish there were more reviews and a bit more info in general about this space so we knew what we were getting into. I had high expectations of a sonder space and maybe I shouldn’t have. In general, it was fine but not worth the cost in my opinion.
Some specifics:
• It’s LOUD. It’s directly above the shake shake and you hear everything. Customer conversations, music until 11pm, clean up crew in the mornings at 5am, people in the elevator. It’s not street noise as much as you’re just immersed in the restaurant. There’s a sound machine but you still hear it all.
• Parking is impossible. I’d suggest only renting this space if you don’t have a car.
• The space isn’t that amazing. The bed is rock hard, there’s a kitchen but nothing other than a microwave to heat up / make food. The elevator didn’t really work and didn’t work in the last day at all. There’s a cheap rug under some chairs that flips up on the corners and we kept tripping on it. There’s only one bedside table and it’s off to the side so you just have a window ledge by the bed.
• If you do book this space, do it directly through sonder. We did it through Airbnb but they still have you go through all the steps on the sonder app. There’s two sets of communication and double the work to book.
• We did really like the location! We had never been to Boston before and Back Bay has everything. Such a great neighborhood to walk around and shop and eat.