The Barrington Hotel has a superb location. Although it's surrounded by a construction "war zone" currently, its elevators weren't working for stretches of our stay, the pool was a bit cloudy, and guests were struggling to print boarding passes at the lobby's business office for guests, the old Barrington has many compensatory attributes. We were able to walk to all the restaurants and pubs, the mall was very convenient next door, we use the stairs anyway so the elevator outage wasn't a big deal in a three-floor hotel, it's a 3-minute walk to the boardwalk, we had a very good breakfast, brunch, and a nightcap at the adjacent Tempo that featured excellent service and value, and the hotel desk staff showed good problem-solving to get our boarding passes printed. Definitely a 4 out of 5.