Not So Special
We stayed here for two nights after a New England cruise mostly because they had handicap a accessable bathroom for my friend in a wheel chair.. Two nights here on a Sunday and Monday cost us a tad over $650.00
The front desk personel as well as the doorman and bell hops were all super nice and very friendly. 
The rooms were small but that is what we expected for such an old hotel. The bed and bedding were fantastic.
You would thank that for $650 I could get free internet but that was not to be. They charged an extra $20 per day for that. Do not look for a free paper to be delivered to your room either.
We did have one meal in the dinning room and it was just OK. My steak was tough and the coffee was cold. Later that evening I inquired about the 6 of us coming in for coffee and their famous Boston Creme Pie. The receptionist looked at me like I had two heads and told me I needed to go to one of the bars for that. I informed her that one of our group was on a handicap scooter and it was not easy to manuver in tight places. She did not care. I looked in the restaurant and there were only two tables being used. They finally let us in when they found that their elevator to the bar would not work. They comped us the cake and coffee like that would make us feel better.
The hotel is in a wonderful part of town with the historical red line to the historic sites going by the hotel on two sides. Boston Commons is two blocks in one direction and Quincy Market is about three blocks in the other direction.