With an incredibly brief, one-night stop in Boston before continuing on our US winter weekend extravaganza, I booked us into the Hyatt Centric Faneuil Hall for several reasons.

Firstly, the price and location looked absolutely spot on, as close to the action as we could want to be, at a very reasonable rate – booked, in this case, directly through the Hyatt app. Admittedly, I wasn’t overwhelmed with joy at my previous Hyatt Centric stay in Chicago back in August, but I hoped things would be even better this time.

Located on a side street just to the left of the Old State House, we arrived in almost no time from the airport (by car, as we visited a friend who kindly picked us up directly from Logan International).

We were checked in very promptly and despite being about an hour early, there were no issues and we were allocated a room immediately.

The destination fee had also been prepaid as part of our rate, which was shown quite transparently in the Hyatt app at time of purchase, which is more than can be said for the less-transparent experience we had with our following property in New York.

The lobby as a whole was very spacious and welcoming, with plenty of seating areas and a nice, warm ‘fire’ lit in a column segregating the eatery area with the reception area.

Upstairs, and the corridors were similarly stylish, clean and the whole property was well kept. Cleaners were however constantly visible roving the corridors and cleaning neighbouring rooms throughout the stay, so this should be no surprise.

Our room was simply a high-floor King – no point splurging on something too exotic for such a short stay.

The room was clean, well thought-out and compact; more or less exactly as you’d expect for a city centre mid-range property. Certainly nothing that would scream at me to return again in the future, but nothing negative to say about it either.

Our view was almost perfectly in line with another building that seemed to be abandoned, although an office block to our right that left its lights on throughout the night meant that an eye mask, even with the curtains fully drawn (and double-checked several times), was a must. A little irritating, but at least the room was generally silent and didn’t experience much outdoor noise.

We also managed to have sufficient space to pack and unpack our cabin bag-sized suitcases without having to do that awkward ‘repack and close them when not in use’ thing so common of other city centre hotels.

The bathroom, similarly, was compact yet pleasant, and well-equipped. It took us a few moments to get to grips with how to work the shower but in no time we were nearly bruised from the incredibly high pressure available.

We decided to skip breakfast for this stay in order to go out with our friend and enjoy some more time together.

Overall, considering we were probably in the room for no more than 10 hours, this was a perfectly pleasant, convenient, and well-located city centre hotel at a good price that I wouldn’t think twice about booking again for a similar trip when I don’t plan to be in the room very much.