Everything about the Prentiss Inn met or exceeded our expectations. We felt like we were guests in a lovely home. We arrived around 9pm to find a table in the parlor arrayed with an assortment of teas and gourmet cookies, and friendly staff who welcomed us and helped with luggage. Our rooms were cozy and beautiful, beds very comfortable. Breakfast was New England hearty delicious, everything fresh and hot. First day they served spinach/cheese omelets, second day French toast and sausage. Both days, fresh fruit, orange juice, and coffee. Dining room extends out onto a four season glass porch, surrounded by a garden piled high with snow. We had quiet rooms on the top floor -- lovely linens, quilts, thick towels, quality toiletries. Located easy walk to Porter Square for the red line, or same at Harvard Square. Cut across Radcliffe Commons for a direct short-cut to a theater, or to Legal Seafood. Boca Grande is at the west end of Prentiss on Mass Ave.

This was our second stay; we got room 3 on the ground floor this time, which saved some huffing and puffing up the stairs. Both times, we have had great attention from the staff, wonderful breakfasts, clean rooms with good water pressure (sometimes a problem in old buildings, but not this one). The location is perfect for us because family lives a block away, but it's also great for restaurants, museums, history, and finding gifts.

Upon check-in I was offered some freshly baked cookies and tea while the young woman checked to make sure my room was ready. She then checked me and and explained their policies and showed me to my very spacious and lovely room located on the second floor in the back. It was equiped with a small fridge and wet bar sink, a large closet, private bath that was decorated so lovely, a sitting area with table and two chairs, a desk and a bed with a comfortable bench at the end which was great in the morning when putting on my shoes.

The mini-suite was $189 which included a delicious full breakfast each morning, tea and cookies in the afternoon, parking (that I didn't need), and free wi-fi which many other places usually charge for, A great price considering I called around to other local hotels which were more in the low to high $200's not including breakfast, parking and wi-fi.

The "T" was a very short 7 minute walk to Porter Sq - and a nice walk past unique shops and eateries. I would stay here again in a heartbeat! I really enjoyed my stay.

We stayed for 4 nights in room 4 (suite in the back on the first floor). The inn has 20 rooms is 2 attached homes. The furnishings are attractive and comfortable, not over the top, and not the freshest. This room was exceptionally quiet, we heard no noice from the room above, and only shared one small wall with #3. You sign up for a breakfast time the night before, and eat in the bfst room or the adjacent solarium. The breakfast rooms are not big enough for all the guests to eat at the same time, hence the sign up. There is not a living room to hang out in, but you can sit in the breakfast room at other times. There is afternoon tea and cookies. The staff was friendly, and appeared to be on site between 7 ish AM and 10 pm. I don't know what you would do if you needed help outside these hours. My biggest complaint is the parking. There are spaces for 10 (in a 20 room inn!), and they pack in 5 or 6 more in the underground garage, which block the parked cars. It can take a half hour to get the cars rearranged to get out in the AM. There is free parking on Mass Ave 50 feet away between 6pm and 8 AM. A five minute walk to Porter Square T.