Lowest price over the last 30 days: US$ 250.00
Guests per room:
1 Adult
0 Children
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Exclusive for Tablet Plus members, every stay at XV Beacon automatically includes the following select privileges and/or amenities:
- Complimentary upgrade upon check-in, based on availability
- Complimentary continental breakfast for two
- Complimentary gym access for two for the length of your stay
- Complimentary Parking
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Boston needs to grow young, in the same way many of us need to grow up. Somber, red bricked, brown stoned, the keystone of New England dignity — it's almost as though the Puritans are still in residence. Enter XV Beacon (pronounced Fifteen Beacon, for those who forgot their Roman numerals), the new sign of the youthful (and moneyed) times. In the heart of the blue-blooded Beacon Hill neighborhood, XV Beacon is a forward-thinking hotel—and the first major “boutique” hotel in Boston—for those entrepreneurs to whom fashion, cutting edge design and technology are actual concerns.
There's a fax and three telephones in every room, and 24-hour room service for refugees from faraway time zones. In your bathroom, there's every sort of beauty product imaginable: not the Chanel creams that you would imagine in the dressing tables of Boston grand dames, but cheerfully luxe, animal friendly products for both sexes — buckwheat eye pillows, peppermint foot lotion, vegetable oil soaps, and even an aromatherapy jet lag package. But XV Beacon, despite its hipness, remains a Boston hotel. Call it snobbish New England with a twist. The restaurant, appropriately nameded The Federalist, serves up clam bakes and beef Wellington alongside its sauteed abalone. Its wine cellar of over thirty-one thousand bottles would please any old school palate. And the sixty dignified and private rooms give the hotel a feeling of a rather elite club. The building—original Beaux Arts, all cast iron and limestone—fits effortlessly into the la-di-dah old fashioned architecture of the neighborhood.
But nothing says Boston Modern more than the décor. Throughout is the coffee palette of old New England — silver, mocha, tan, cream. The original cast iron elevator takes you to your floor. The bedrooms are gentlemanly, outfitted in dark wood and velvet bedspreads, with four-poster canopy beds and fireplaces, adding a homely touch but fully functional (and welcome) when it's snowing. Nonetheless, it's not your mother's hotel (she'll be having tea across the street at the Four Seasons). The fireplaces are floating stainless steel, and the candlesticks on your coffee table are two feet tall.
While marble busts are usually forbidding, at the Beacon they are oversized and jammed into the most unusual spots, lending a playful touch. The same goes for the broken columns scattered about on the floor at The Federalist. XV Beacon is no hyper-modern industrial design fantasy. Rather its style is reminiscent of turn of the century surrealism, using familiar objects in an offbeat manner that's more René Magritte than Karim Rashid. Boston isn't ready for Barbarella sofas, nor should it ever be, as its old-fashioned Yankee aesthetic is integral to its charm. You don't love Boston for its edge, you love it for its history, and in some small part, you love it for its stodginess. Despite its stylishness, at this hotel, you'll still feel very much part of this bean town.
XV Beacon
15 Beacon Street
Boston, MA, USA
60 Rooms
Style: Cutting-Edge
Atmosphere: Quiet
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Reviews
There are 8 review(s) for actual stays at XV Beacon. View all 8 reviews.
About the reviews on TabletHotels.
Highly recommended
Stayed March 2009
Overall rating: Excellent
I Liked
Loved the style how rooms are designed -- from furniture to color schemes. Comfortable bed, nice fireplace -- very pleasant for a stay in the room.I Disliked
Not much but service at Moo restaurant was a bit slow in the morning.173 user(s) found this review helpful
Perfect
Stayed February 2009
Overall rating: Excellent
I Liked
Decor Chic Ambience Ultimate boutique luxuryI Disliked
nothing283 user(s) found this review helpful
Fabulous hotel with superb service!
Stayed January 2009
Overall rating: Excellent
I Liked
Everything! Staff, hotel accommodations, restaurants, amenities! Top class all the way! The attentive staff was the icing on this glorious cake! They were professional, friendly, informative and just all around nice people! I can not wait to go back!I Disliked
Nothing.342 user(s) found this review helpful
An Enchanting Weekend in Boston
Stayed September 2008
Overall rating: Excellent
I Liked
The staff, the room, the location (as central as it gets). Did I mention the staff? I called ahead and asked them to book a table for two in a hip/ romantic restaurant. They did, and had the hotel car whisk us there for free and pick us up in the pouring rain after dinner. Loved the whole experience.I Disliked
The lobby was being renovated when we were there, but that's not really a "dislike," just a fact.779 user(s) found this review helpful
XVcellent
Stayed February 2008
I Liked
The concierge and rest of the hotel staff were highly personable and attentive. Great restaurant suggestions. Use of the hotel car was a bonus. The fireplace in the room was romantic. We loved it.I Disliked
Nothing2262 user(s) found this review helpful
Amenities
- Complimentary guest access to the fitness room
- Rollaway Beds
- Two-line speakerphones
- "Aromapharmacy" Travel Candles
- 2 line cordless speaker phones
- 24 Hour Gym
- 24 Hr Room Service
- 24-hour concierge
- 24-hour security
- 400 Thread Count Cotton Sheets
- Adjoining rooms
- Air conditioning
- Alarm clock
- Americans with Disabilities ACT ADA Compliant
- Audio Visual Equipment
- Babysitting
- Bar
- Bathrobe
- Bathtubs in select rooms
- Boardroom
- Business Center
- CD player
- Cable TV
- Car service
- City View
- Complimentary Copies of the New York Times Available
- Complimentary High Speed Internet Access in All Rooms
- Complimentary New York Times or Newspaper of Choice Delivered Daily
- Complimentary newspaper
- Computer rental
- Conference facility
- Copy Service
- Cordless 2-Line Speaker Phones
- Courier Service
- DVD Player, DVD Library
- DVD Players Available Upon Request
- DVD Rental
- Dataport
- Desk w/lamp
- Dining Room
- Door Man
- Extensive CD and Video Library
- FAX
- Fire Place
- Flat-screen TVs
- Florist
- Grab Bars in Bathrooms
- Gym
- Hairdryer
- Handicap Facilities
- Handicap facilities
- Honor Bar
- In Room Movies
- Individual Climate Control in all Rooms
- Internet
- Ironing Service
- Kids friendly
- King Bed
- Large-Screen TVs and VCRs
- Laundry/dry cleaning available
- Maid Service
- Minibar
- Modem Jack
- Non-smoking rooms
- Overnight Hand-Polished Shoeshine
- Parlor
- Pay Per View Movies
- Pet friendly
- Phone with speaker
- Phones w/voicemail, speaker
- Professional Audiovisual Equipment Upon Request
- Queen Bed in All Rooms
- Radio
- Restaurant
- Room service
- Safe
- Shower
- Small pets allowed
- Smoking rooms
- Sofa Bed
- Spa
- Suite
- TV
- Telephone
- Three Telephones Per Room
- Toiletries
- Trouser Press
- Twice Daily Maid Service
- Two Line Telephones
- Umbrella
- VIP Floor
- Valet parking
- Voicemail
- Windows that open
