Great location
My wife and I went to the boston wine expo in january and agreed it woudld be best to stay in town. We stayed at the Renaissance on the waterfront. As usuall a great mariott experience. The rooms have recently been done over and are brigght and colorful. Our room overlooked the boston harbor and was a great view. The lobbey is pretty large and the hotel bar and lounge are right off the lobbey. There is valet parking.
There are also many new restaurants around the hotel as well as about a 20 minute walk to the Quincy Market and other waterfont attractions.