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Hotel AKA Back Bay

4.5 star property

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Exterior
Outdoor dining
Exterior
Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, down duvets, pillow-top beds
Reception

Reviews

9.2 out of 10
Wonderful

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Housekeeping
  • Room service

Explore the area

Map
154 Berkeley Street, Boston, MA, 02116
  • Copley Square
    ‪6 min walk‬
  • Boston Common
    ‪11 min walk‬
  • Fenway Park
    ‪5 min drive‬
  • Boston, MA (BOS-Logan Intl.)
    ‪15 min drive‬

Room options

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Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, down duvets, pillow-top beds

Standard Room, 1 King Bed

  • 28 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, down duvets, pillow-top beds

Premium Double Room

  • 30 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds

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Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, down duvets, pillow-top beds

Premium Room, 1 King Bed

  • 33 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, down duvets, pillow-top beds

Standard Double Room

  • 28 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds

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Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, down duvets, pillow-top beds

Room, 1 Queen Bed (Platinum)

  • 33 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, down duvets, pillow-top beds

Room, 1 King Bed, Mobility Accessible (Platinum)

  • 33 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, down duvets, pillow-top beds

Penthouse (Suite)

  • 88 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Premium Room, 1 King Bed, Corner

Premium Room, 1 King Bed, Corner

  • 35 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, down duvets, pillow-top beds

Room, 1 King Bed (Platinum)

  • 33 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, down duvets, pillow-top beds

Premium Room, 1 King Bed, Mobility Accessible

  • 33 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

View all photos for Standard Room, 1 King Bed, Mobility Accessible

Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, down duvets, pillow-top beds

Standard Room, 1 King Bed, Mobility Accessible

  • 33 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, down duvets, pillow-top beds

Standard Room, 1 Queen Bed

  • 28 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Double Room (Platinum)

Double Room (Platinum)

  • 33 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds

View all photos for Premium Room, 1 Queen Bed

Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, down duvets, pillow-top beds

Premium Room, 1 Queen Bed

  • 28 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Signature Suite | Living area

Signature Suite

  • 62 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

View all photos for Premium Room, 1 King Bed

Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, down duvets, pillow-top beds

Premium Room, 1 King Bed

  • 33 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Reception

The Lenox Hotel Boston

  • Pet-friendly
  • Free WiFi
  • Restaurant
  • Air conditioning
4.8 out of 5, Exceptional, (1004)
The price is NZ$602
for 1 room
includes taxes & fees
17 Apr - 18 Apr
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About the area

Boston

With a stay at Hotel AKA Back Bay, you'll be centrally located in Boston, a 6-minute walk from Copley Square and 11 minutes by foot from Boston Common. .This luxury hotel is 1 mi (1.6 km) from Northeastern University and 1.7 mi (2.7 km) from New England Aquarium.

What's nearby

  • Copley Square - 6 min walk - 0.6 km
  • Boston Common - 11 min walk - 0.9 km
  • Northeastern University - 19 min walk - 1.6 km
  • Fenway Park - 5 min drive - 3.5 km
  • TD Garden - 5 min drive - 3.2 km

Getting around

  • Arlington Station - 5 min walk
  • Back Bay Station - 6 min walk
  • Boston, MA (BNH-Boston Harbor Seaplane Base) - 20 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Club Cafe - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪Fire & Ice - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪Grill 23 & Bar - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪Life Alive - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪Flour Bakery + Cafe - ‬3 min walk

About this property

Hotel AKA Back Bay

Beaux Arts hotel with a 24-hour fitness center and a 24-hour business center
Hotel AKA Back Bay offers 225 accommodations with iPod docking stations and laptop-compatible safes. Pillowtop beds feature Egyptian cotton sheets, down comforters, and premium bedding. Televisions come with premium satellite channels and pay movies. Bathrooms include showers, bathrobes, designer toiletries, and complimentary toiletries.

Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access (speed: 25+ Mbps). Business-friendly amenities include desks, desk chairs, and phones. Additionally, rooms include coffee/tea makers and hair dryers. Microwaves and hypo-allergenic bedding can be requested. Housekeeping is provided daily.

Recreational amenities at the hotel include a 24-hour fitness center.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Make yourself at home in one of the 225 guestrooms featuring iPod docking stations. Your pillowtop bed comes with down comforters and Egyptian cotton sheets. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and satellite programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with showers feature designer toiletries and hair dryers.
Take advantage of recreation opportunities such as a 24-hour fitness center, or other amenities including complimentary wireless internet access and concierge services. Additional amenities at this Beaux Arts hotel include wedding services, a fireplace in the lobby, and a ballroom.
Enjoy a meal at The Berkeley, or stay in and take advantage of the hotel's room service (during limited hours). Wrap up your day with a drink at the bar/lounge.
Featured amenities include a 24-hour business center, express check-out, and dry cleaning/laundry services. Planning an event in Boston? This hotel has 3197 square feet (297 square meters) of space consisting of a conference center and meeting rooms.
The Berkeley - Onsite bistro.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Languages

Chinese (Mandarin), English, German, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • In-room WiFi speed: 25+ Mbps
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • Height restrictions apply for on-site parking
  • Covered valet parking on site (USD 68 per day; includes in/out privileges)

Food and drink

  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant

Restaurants on site

  • The Berkeley

Things to do

  • 24-hour gym

Family friendly

  • Grocery/convenience store
  • Laundry facilities
  • Microwave on request
  • Mini-fridge

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • ATM
  • Grocery/convenience store
  • Guidebooks
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Concierge services
  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Multilingual staff
  • Tour and ticket assistance
  • Wedding services

Business services

  • 24-hour business centre
  • Conference centre (3,197 square foot of space)
  • Meeting rooms

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Assistive listening devices
  • Braille/raised signage
  • Lift
  • Thin carpet in room
  • Well-lit path to entrance
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible business centre
  • Wheelchair-accessible concierge desk
  • Wheelchair-accessible gym
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel
  • Wheelchair-accessible path to lift
  • Wheelchair-accessible public bathroom
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk
  • Wheelchair-accessible restaurant

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Blackout drapes
  • Down comforter
  • Egyptian cotton sheets
  • Hypo-allergenic bedding
  • Pillowtop mattress

Bathroom

  • Designer toiletries
  • Dressing gowns
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • 46-inch TV with premium cable/satellite channels
  • IPod dock
  • Pay films

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Limited room service
  • Microwave on request
  • Mini-fridge

More

  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Connecting rooms available
  • Desk
  • Desk chair
  • Laptop workspace
  • Laptop-compatible safe
  • Phone

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 4:00 PM; Check-in end time: anytime
Early check-in subject to availability
Early check-in is available for a fee
Minimum check-in age: 21

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM
Contactless check-out available
Late check-out subject to availability
A late check-out fee will be charged
Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets allowed for an extra charge of USD 65 per accommodation, per stay
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees
Up to 75 lbs per pet

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Children up to the age of 17 years can stay for free if using existing beds when occupying the parent or guardian's room
Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 50.0 per night
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Payment types

Important information

Fees

You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:

  • Resort fee: USD 40.75 per accommodation, per night
The resort fee includes:
  • Additional inclusions
  • Fitness center access
  • Phone calls

We have included all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

  • Covered valet parking fee: USD 68 per day (in/out privileges)
  • Pet fee: USD 65 per accommodation, per stay
  • Service animals are exempt from fees
  • Early check-in is available for a fee (subject to availability)
  • Late check-out is available for a fee (subject to availability)
  • Rollaway bed fee: USD 50.0 per night

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
Tax ID - C0014330351
This property accepts credit cards
Safety features at this property include a smoke detector and window guards

We should mention

The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation
Parking height restrictions apply

Property is also known as

Boston Loews
Boston Loews Hotel
Hotel Loews Boston
Loews Boston
Loews Boston Hotel
Loews Hotel Boston
Back Bay Hotel
Jurys Boston Hotel
Jurys Hotel Boston
Loews Boston Hotel
Hotel AKA Back Bay Hotel
Hotel AKA Back Bay Boston
Hotel AKA Back Bay Hotel Boston

Hotel AKA Back Bay Reviews

Reviews

9.2

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 743 out of 1019 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 164 out of 1019 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 72 out of 1019 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 25 out of 1019 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 15 out of 1019 reviews

9.4/10

Cleanliness

9.4/10

Staff & service

8.6/10

Amenities

9.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Connor

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Highly recommended
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2024

8/10 Good

Daniella

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
All the staff were extremely friendly.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Karen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
New Years Eve stay
Let me start off by saying the staff here are incredibly welcoming and friendly. The best part of our stay! This is our second visit at AKA Back Bay. This time around didn’t wow me as much. My husband loved the coffee bar in the lobby (part of why I rebooked). However, now there’s just renovating going on. Yes, coffee makers are in the room, but who makes room coffee? For a $40 “resort” charge what did we get? We were so thirsty after walking the city and just wanted some water. The room had Voss at $10 a bottle! We ended up walking to a CVS and got 4 drinks for the same amount. We’ve stayed in a lot of hotels and never mind a resort fee if there are little touches that warrant it. Nothing here though. It was a chilly night so I ran a nice bath. Then discovered hair on the tub which was not mine. Lastly, be ready to pay $68 for valet, not counting tip in and out. I know it’s Boston, but most hotels around here are much less. The room was so reasonable, except by the time we were done all the extras really added up. I am not a cheap person and understand the value of location and cleanliness. However, there are so many options in this city, I will be choosing a different one next time. Staff…you rock still…best ever!
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

GREG

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The customer service was outstanding, beautiful hotel and the staff is ready to tend to whatever happens and go above and beyond to make things right when they do. We will definitely come back to this hotel next time we’re in Boston… Thanks Ryan Stephan
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

David

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The valet parking fee was crazy, I parked in a lot nearby. The was a DESTINATION fee of $35.00 that I paid that didn’t make any sense.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Laura

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very cozy and clean hotel
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Sean, chicago

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Sarah

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great family weekend in Boston.
Very clean, comfortable, and simple which is all we wanted for a weekend trip to Boston with our 4 year old. Staff were great and helpful. Valet parking is $68 a night and charged to the room. Our car was safe. It’s near the Arlington T stop (less than 10 min walk). Our 4 year old had an accident while sleeping even though we used bed pads and the housekeeping staff were gracious about it and didn’t make a big deal about it. I think I was making a bigger deal about it because I felt so bad. Really great location to lots of great restaurants too. (Unfortunately I can’t post more photos as this website is telling me they are invalid or exceed size limit even though they meet the requirements.)
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Ernest

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location. Great value.
Room temperature was in the 50s when we got there. And there was no soap or sundries. They brought them up right away after we called. And the coffee machine wasn’t working.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Leslie

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kyle

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Consistently excellent!
Great team, awesome property, excellent stay!
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kyle

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I’ve been staying here for years and I never leave disappointed. The staff is incredibly kind, attentive and professional. The recent renovations are very nice and comfortable as well, my son is a fan of the fitness center and my daughter’s a fan of the easy location for shopping lol. Great property, great team and an all around great spot.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Colleen

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff was friendly and room was comfortable and modern! Would definitely stay again for the right price.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Nicholas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great stay.
I stayed in a platinum queen. Very much worth the upgrade. The room was clean, the bed was comfortable, and the bathroom was really lovely. You are in close walking distance to everything in Back Bay and the train station.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Audrey

Travelled with group
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The service was amazing and the hotel is beautiful rooms were just fantastic
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Michelle, Kennebunk

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Karen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
It was a very comfortable room and the service was great, however, the bathroom didn’t have its own heat and was a little cold. Also there was no hand soap in the bathroom.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jill, Massapequa

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Renovated hotel. Very good service and great location.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Ema

Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2024

6/10 Okay

Richard, Harwich Port

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Julie

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Melissa

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024