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The Verb Hotel, Boston

1271 Boylston St, Boston, MA 02215, USA (show on map)

Expert reviews

New York Times review:

“The Verb Hotel, next door to Fenway Park, has won a faithful following for its funky take on hospitality, with turntables in every room and a lending library of 1,700 records in the lobby. Breakfast (included) is way above average, with live music and fruit smoothies made to order; the former Howard Johnson’s even has a heated outdoor pool.”

Featured in New York Times’ 36 Hours in Boston.

Lonely Planet review:

“The Verb Hotel took a down-and-out HoJo property and turned it into Boston’s most radical, retro, rock-and-roll hotel. The style is mid-Century Modern; the theme is music.”

Guest rating

This an aggregated customer review rating of The Verb Hotel, Boston. We have taken customer review ratings from hotel booking sites, search engines, the official hotel website and other travel platforms. This is the average of all those ratings. We only list places that have a customer review rating of at least 4.0 out of 5.0

4.5 out of 5.0

Ranked 8th in Boston

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What guests liked

All you need to know

Just stepping into Boston’s, The Verb Hotel will make you want to tap your feet to a beat. Reimagined from the city’s rich musical history, the hotel is conveniently located footsteps away from the world-renowned stadium, Red Sox’s Fenway Park. Copley Square, the Museum of Fine Arts, Logan airport and Northeastern University are all only a few minutes away.

The decor and atmosphere draw influence from 1960s and 70s music. The uniquely retro hotel will take you on a trip to that musical era with Rock n’ Roll artifacts and collectibles in its music-inspired rooms.

The charming rooms all feature private bathrooms air conditioning and cable TV. There are views of Fenway Park, pool, sundeck and even of the vibrantly active surrounding neighborhood. Complementing the music-themed of each room, there are in-room record players and earplugs to accompany the great print posters on the walls.

Venturing from the rooms, guests will be delighted at the outdoor pool and treated to delicious meals such as Japanese cuisine available at one of the finest restaurants in Boston. This hotel is the ideal staying location for music lovers, sports fans, couples and even business travelers.

 

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Location

Recent guest reviews

5.0
Rae

29 December 2025

Great staycation!

It was a great staycation . It's a neat hotel filled with rock n roll authentic posters ,vinyl records & more. But the best part is the location I can see Fenway Park it's right out my window. The place is super cool and a great price.

5.0
Bostongal

27 December 2025

Great choice for a friendly and unique Boston stay.

I've stayed here a few times and it never fails to impress. The staff is attentive, available, helpful and welcoming. It makes a big difference to be greeted by someone who seems to actually care that you walked through the door. The rooms are spacious, well appointed and who doesn't love the audio turn tables. We always listen to one or two classic albums when we stay here. The breakfast is the best buffet hotel breakfast around. Lots of variety, high quality (for a hotel breakfast) and really friendly making omelettes, serving you, etc. 24-hour nitro brew coffee is a lovely bonus. Some of the best restaurants in the city (in my opinion) are located in the immediate vicinity. Including the in-house Hojoko with excellent sushi and some of the best cocktails around.

Parking is limited and pricey so leave your car at home--but it's that way all over the city. It's a short walk to Kenmore Square to catch trains but you are best off with Uber, etc.

4.5
Mitchell

27 December 2025

Would come back again

The concept is unique

Its nothing bad, just missing the bed room slippers had to walk around barefoot bc we didnt bring one so we had to wear our shoes/boots fpr breakfast

5.0
Diana

27 December 2025

Exceptional

The pool, the breakfast, the location and the staff is very nice

I would like to have a microwave in the room

4.0
Bianca

26 December 2025

Beautiful hotel in a great location, but the breakfast and Wi‑Fi could be better

The hotel is very beautiful, comfortable, and has an excellent location. The staff are very attentive and helpful, which makes the stay feel warm and welcoming.

Breakfast is simple and often quite crowded. The “grab and go” service format weakens the overall experience, making it feel more like a hostel than a hotel, especially considering the room rates. In addition, the Wi-Fi is unstable and often doesn’t work properly at night.

5.0
E

18 December 2025

Our stay was Fun and Fabulous👏👏

The Verb is at a great location. The Decor is FABULOUS. Staff were WONDERFUL. The rooms were GREAT. The water availability is genious along with the LP's👍 Such a unique establishment, was delightfully surprised ♥️

The adjoining restaurant fare was a tad disappointing however. We ordered the Burger thinking it was going to be something special and everything about it was inferior, very disappointing 😞 I felt the alcohol drinks were watered down also and pricey. I doubt I'd eat there again.

4.0
Lihi

13 December 2025

Great stay, good value for money

The location, the cool design and vibe and the friendly staff

4.5
Stuart

13 December 2025

Fabulous

Very friendly staff, great feel to the place and of course the music theme and records available made for a great experience.

Stayed for 5 nights and the breakfast options, whilst tasty, were somehat limited and repetitive.

5.0
Mary

11 December 2025

Excellent I recommend it!

It was fun. There was rock memorabilia all over. The bathroom was modern, and the whole room & bathroom were the cleanest I’ve seen!

Would have liked scrambled eggs for breakfast.

4.5
Sarah

11 December 2025

Fabulous

Check in and staff easy and friendly.

Water pressure in the shower was weak

5.0
Francisco

11 December 2025

Awsome

Everything

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5.0
Barbara

10 December 2025

Fun, friendly, well appointed hotel with rock ‘n roll theme. Many wonderful amenities, including outdoor heated pool.

Heated outdoor pool. A record player in every room with records of every genre to choose from —as many as you want. Comfortable beds. Nice toiletry products. Free nitro cold brew in lobby. Generous with water bottles. Umbrellas provided for rainy days. Great rock and roll decor and memorabilia. Friendly, helpful staff.

Location not optimal unless you want to be near Fenway Park.

4.0
Erica

7 December 2025

Loved the record players and LPs for the rooms. Loved the ambiance at breakfast. Very friendly staff

Breakfast was similar to a chain hotel but a bit better and definitely much friendlier and more pleasant. Lots of better coffee nearby

Room was way too hot during night and we could not adjust the thermostat- fortunately the window opened. The bar wouldn’t stay open for us for even one drink - we had just arrived right before closing after a long day. Fortunately there was a (wild) fun Korean night club bar next door!

5.0
Denice

5 December 2025

Chill vibes with great service!

The whole vibe was everything it promised. The breakfast was awesome, and the staff was friendly and helpful.

4.0
Andrew

3 December 2025

Unique and fun

The unique style and theme. The friendly and helpful staff. The record player in the room and the free LPs to choose from. The free coffee and water. Great shower and clever tap access hole in the shower screen.

If I was being picky it would be that it was a 10 minute walk to the nearest busy underground train station or 5 mins from an overground/occasional train station.

5.0
Irena

3 December 2025

Exceptional

Great atmosphere and musical vibes

N/A

5.0
Heidi

2 December 2025

Exceptional

It has a cool vibe and the pool was lovely!

4.5
Joanne&george

2 December 2025

Great stay but avoid parking if you can due to price.

Check-in, room, bath, breakfast and location were all great!

Parking was so expensive - seemed a little overboard given the price of the room...

5.0
Russ

27 November 2025

Exceptional

Best hotel breakfast I’ve had

4.5
Yulin

26 November 2025

Wonderful

So cozy vibe and really exciting style of rock n roll! I am a big fan of Glass Animals so I was sooooo surprised and glad when I entered the room with the vinyl record player and their record of Dreamland. The room is really clean and comfortable, with very beautiful view of the outdoor pool. I love the pastries at the breakfast, but it'll be better if there is also some bacon and sausages. The staffs are so nice and allow me to store my luggage at the hotel before check-in and after check-out. I am so satisfied so I will definitely choose the Verb again when I travel to Boston next time!

5.0
Mabel

26 November 2025

Amazing sleep, great breakfast, outstanding location

Good breakfast, nice pool and the rooms were comfortable. Amazing location

Nothing

5.0
Sandra

25 November 2025

Exceptional

The vibe and friendliness of the staff

Nothing

5.0
Mariel

25 November 2025

Unique experience in the heart of Boston 🫶

The vibe, the amazing staff, location, room everything

We loved everything

5.0
Aoife

24 November 2025

fab..

It was lovely. Breakfast was a bonus.. It was delicious... comfy bed. pool was fab in the morning and in the evening, especially when it was so cold outside the pool was super warm!

5.0
Amy

24 November 2025

great stay

record player in the room, breakfast, location, vibe

parking was very expensive

5.0
Wayne

24 November 2025

The memorabilia for the music is awesome as well as the hot coffee coming out of the tap 🤩

Great place stated the trailer is right behind. Runway called the backstage. Awesome time.

Nothing

5.0
Lita

23 November 2025

Quite Perfect - Thank You

We chose the Verb for the location to the MFA and Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Most there were younger, going to games at Fenway or a marriage ceremony. Even at 76yrs I enjoyed the "funky" fun atmosphere, younger crowd and good vibe and spirit - people in the heated pool, not what I expected and thoroughly enjoyed it. Staff are superb from the start. McKenzie's warm greeting, Ellie ALWAYS there with smile, support. Another gent with her when I checked out yesterday, name? Kevin? He recommended Pavement for a nice sandwich before my taxi p/u. Staff also generously accommodated my request for a 12:30 check out. Already miss some of them! Thank you Verb!

Nothing - bedroom and bath clean, great bath products as well. Thank you again!

5.0
Sylvia

21 November 2025

Everything was great!

Great location to my event which I’m attending. Love the complimentary water bottles in the lobby area.

There was no elevator and I had to carry my luggage up the stairs

5.0
Maria

19 November 2025

Excelente

Ubication, all in general

Nothing

5.0
Brittany

19 November 2025

Erykah Badu, Mamas Gun 2025!!!

The vibes, the staff, and the location! Everything about the Verb is incredible!!

The bed was a little uncomfortable but everything else was wonderful!

4.5
Stephanie

18 November 2025

Great location, comfortable beds, free breakfast

The location was perfect and the music theme was awesome

Valet parking was a bit expensive

4.0
Mandy

16 November 2025

This is a fun hotel that we would stay at again.

Location was excellent as we were visiting for parent's weekend at BU. My daughter's dorm was right down the street. Breakfast was good and we enjoyed choosing records from the library to take back to our room and use the turntable/record player to listen to them.

Everything was great. You could tell that the room and faculty was a little dated but that adds to the vintage charm

4.5
Omer

15 November 2025

Fabulous

The gramophones in the room. Very clean.

One of the staff did not try to help was very cool . Others were we nice and helpful.

5.0
Christopher

13 November 2025

What a wonderful experience we had in Boston, but the Verb added to it with their awesome hotel

Oh my God, my friend and I were shocked and surprised to find that the Verb is a musical themed hotel 🎉🎉complete with our choice of vinyls to play on the turntable that was in our room? How great was that? We were in town to see Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience at the House of Blues.

Everything met or exceeded our expectations. We can’t wait for our next adventure in Boston

4.5
David

11 November 2025

Enjoyed our stay, the staff was friendly, knowledgeable, and helpful-a rarity today.

A retro hotel with a rock-n-roll hall of fame feel. Great location surrounded by restaurants in easy walking distance.

Great staff providing helpful service.

5.0
Jesse

11 November 2025

I will be back. Thank you.

Loved the theme. Amenities were excellent. Room was clean and quite. Great location.

4.0
Andreas

9 November 2025

Great eclectic hotel!

Breakfast was good but no eggs and bacon (hard boiled eggs no substitute) and lines were long, and coffee mixing was not streamlined.

All good. Creative set-up, unfortunately was too busy to listen to superb records.

5.0
Nicki

6 November 2025

My first time in Boston and the Verb was the perfect place to stay! Can't wait to visit again

Location was PERFECT!

5.0
Raquel

6 November 2025

Exceptional

The music theme.

5.0
April

5 November 2025

Exceptional

Absolutely beautiful ! Stayed in a backstage trailer and it was the cutest thing. Had a concert at Fenway and it was right around the corner, exactly what I was looking for. Pictures don’t do this place justice, would definitely stay again !

5.0
Pastorius

5 November 2025

Our stay was perfect for the time we were there. Thank you all so much!

This hotel was absolutely perfect for us! We loved everything about it! Our room was the "Elton John" room. Every little detail was perfection and made us smile. The record player was used several times! The balcony was very nice too. We did stay for breakfast every day in the restaurant attached. It was convenient and just the right amount of choices for breakfast. The location was fun, right next to Fenway Park. We were able to walk to the subway station for some traveling and it worked out well. Lot's of adventures were had.

There really isn't much, it anything at all, we didn't like! Everything was excellent. The people that worked in the lobby were even very accommodating and helpful. We loved seeing a crew every morning cleaning the inside of the hotel to even the outside. Like I mentioned before, all the little details really make this place wonderful and fun. We will definantly come back and use this hotel again. I have even told all my clients about it!

5.0
Eleanor

5 November 2025

Exceptional

Great hotel. Fabulous staff all were friendly and helpful. Location was perfect for us.. swimming pool was a bonus. Lovely personal touch with a welcome for us on Hotel signage. My Granddaughter was thrilled to see her name on it. She loved the record player.

Nothing

5.0
Gouette

4 November 2025

This hotel is a gem of a find in Boston and I’d recommend it to anyone who wants something away of the normal chain hote

Was I. Town for a concert at the MGM Music Hall and this was the perfect location! Such a funky cool atmospheric gem of a hotel! If you are a fan of music to any degree this is a fun little place to stay. The decor inside the room and outside is a blast through the past in the best way. The room keys being like a VIP lanyard and a ticket with your room number on it was a nice touch. The staff were incredibly nice and the room was comfortable.

I did use the fan provided in the room as I was a little warm at night, and the back was very dusty, hadn’t been cleaned in a while, but it’s close to winter so I’m not surprised by there being a bit of dust on it as most people aren’t using fans in this weather. Nothing to make a fuss about for me personally I just dusted it off a bit and was good to go.

4.0
David

3 November 2025

Very good

It’s like you’re in a rock and roll museum.

5.0
Eileen

3 November 2025

Great vibe at the Verb.

Clean

The breakfast had very limited selection and not enough choices.

4.5
Brandon

2 November 2025

Would absolutely rock with this place again!

This place is dope. Love the overall rock and roll vibe. Everything was comfortable.

I had an issue controlling the room temperature, but probably user error

4.0
Jayne

30 October 2025

Location good, a good vibe, staff were very nice.

Location was good for visiting the universities. Record player in room. Was very clean.

The area where you have breakfast is not the cleanest, it really looks quite grubby. Food (breakfast and dinner) there was ok but not great.

5.0
Jillian

29 October 2025

Exceptional

Location is perfect - we went to a concert at MGM music hall and it was less than a 5 minute walk.

Parking is $73/night and there are no elevators.

4.0
Beth

28 October 2025

Cool, hip, convenient place to stay in Boston near Fenway and NU.

Conveniently located near Northeastern campus for our weekend visit. Good food selections at their breakfast that was included with stay. Drinks at the bar were delicious!

Bed was a little uncomfortable and we had a long walk to our room. No ramp or elevator to second floor where our room was. Difficult to carry bags and cooler up the stairs.

5.0
Jenn

24 October 2025

Great location next to Fenway with a fun theme and easy access to the rest of the city.

The ambience and decor were awesome. I loved the record players in each room- we listened to one everytime we came back to the hotel. Good breakfast selection in the morning and an amazing location, literally outside the gate of Fenway.

Hotel facilities

Food & Drink

  • - Restaurant
  • - Bar
  • - Wine/champagne (additional charge)

General

  • - Room service
  • - Non-smoking rooms
  • - Facilities for disabled guests
  • - Family rooms
  • - Safety deposit box
  • - Heating
  • - Allergy-free room
  • - Non-smoking throughout
  • - Air conditioning
  • - Designated smoking area

Reception services

  • - 24-hour front desk
  • - Express check-in/check-out
  • - Luggage storage
  • - Concierge service
  • - Invoice provided

Outdoors

  • - Garden
  • - Terrace
  • - Outdoor pool
  • - Sun terrace
  • - Outdoor pool (all year)
  • - Outdoor furniture

Cleaning services

  • - Laundry (additional charge)
  • - Dry cleaning (additional charge)
  • - Daily housekeeping

Business facilities

  • - Fax/photocopying

Entertainment and family services

  • - Board games/puzzles

Parking

  • - Accessible parking

Pool and wellness

  • - Heated pool
  • - Swimming pool
  • - Swimming pool

Activities

  • - Temporary art galleries
  • - Live music/performance

Miscellaneous

  • - Key access
  • - Key card access
  • - Security alarm
  • - Smoke alarms
  • - CCTV in common areas
  • - CCTV outside property
  • - Fire extinguishers
  • - Breakfast takeaway containers
  • - Delivered food is securely covered
  • - Face masks for guests available
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