This hotel is about perfect in my eyes. It exceeds expectations given the 3.5 star rating, the quality being in the things that matter to people who travel. Very friendly and accommodation staff. GREAT bed, nice amenity's (the stuff that counts), but eco-friendly, so less needless waste. Free parking, a better-than-expected free breakfast, pretty much a full kitchen in each room for eating in. And very reasonable pricing. The only place I stay in Boston if given a choice.

This really became my home for 3 months.great rooms, excellent facilities like a gym, heated pool, reading area, good breakfast., evening snacks, laundry- has everything you need. Just missing a restaurant but one does not miss it so much. Good value for money...

I was very apprehensive after reading lots of bad reviews when I shifted to this hotel from Residence Inn 3 months back . My stay started with no expectations and in 3 months the experience went beyond expectations!!! I loved everything about this hotel. I love the spacious kitchens, the big windows with lots of lights, spacious closets, locker and above all the awesome heavenly bed. Can't say enough about the amazing beds here. I love to watch endless sky from the window on 4th floor!! Another amazing thing was that you can easily connect your laptop to TV and watch movies.They all contributed to making this room my home for months. The hotel has a nice big gym and indoor heated pool. Though pool was little small in size but it was nice and warm in winters. The hotel staff is very friendly especially the morning breakfast staff Arthur and Harry. They take extra efforts to make you comfortable.Everything looks fresh and good. The breakfast is good and the quality is better then those I have seen in other hotels. However, I can't say the same about evening staff. The lady serving drinks during cocktails hours is super rude!!! Anyways, the location of hotel is great. It has a huge park nearby, Lexington downtown just 2 miles away and also very close to Alewife subway station and Boston downtown. There is a MBTA Bus stop right outside the hotel and hotel also provides a shuttle service to mall on weekends. The hotel also keeps bicycles if you want to ride around though mine broke down when i went for cycling. I stayed in 2 rooms during my stay and found few problems but nothing big. So preferably you should take top floor as the floor board is terrible. The only problem on our 3rd level room was the noise from room above us. It was terrible and we complained almost about 50 times before we were shifted to 4th floor. I had no problems with walls though. The water sometimes leaks out when you are taking a shower. Other then that I enjoyed my stay here. Its a nice, modern and clean hotel.

We tried both element and aloft Lexington, and the two hotels are well-above our expectations. We will probably return to element as we travel with kids; the full kitchen is quite appealing. We were too relaxed in the hotel room and missed complimentary breakfast, which is served until 10AM. But the front office person packed muffins to go for us. Thank you!