A solid four star stay. We were here for a month while my son had surgery at Boston Children’s. The location of this place is its greatest asset. It could not be better! Basically right on top of the red line, and the 47 bus across Mass Ave took us straight to Children’s Hospital. The unit is in the heart of Central Square and is in walking distance to grocery store, restaurants, pharmacies, Harvard Square…easy access to anything you could want during a stay in Boston/Cambridge.
The building itself is nice. Elevator access. Felt safe and secure. Fairly quiet other than some occasional noise from tenants upstairs.
The unit itself is in pretty good shape, but having stayed there for a month, there were small things that added up enough to deduct a star from my rating. As other reviewers have mentioned, the kitchen is not well stocked. No salt and pepper or any basics. No hand soap. Two drawers in the kitchen are wonky and would fall every time we tried to use them. No full set of measuring cups, can opener is rusted and hard to use, there are only four spoons (I found myself constantly washing spoons every day). There is nowhere to put your stuff in the bathroom other than the medicine cabinet. Same with the shower. You have to set everything on the floor.
The knob on one of the lamps in the front bedroom is still missing, rendering the lamp nonfunctional. It is impossible to sleep past sunrise in the back bedroom because the shades are so translucent. These sorts of things matter less for small stays, but for guests who are staying for longer than a week, fixing these little things would make a big difference.
Overall it was a good place for us to land during a very difficult time.