The most classically Boston luxury hotel — the 1927 original Ritz-Carlton building, reimagined in 2021 as The Newbury Boston, at the corner of Newbury Street and the Boston Public Garden, with Contessa (Major Food Group's rooftop Italian restaurant, the hardest reservation in Boston), fireplace suites, and the most storied hotel address in the city.
Why We Chose It
The Newbury Boston occupies the building that opened in 1927 as Boston's original Ritz-Carlton — the address that defined the city's standard for luxury hospitality for nearly a century, and that after passing through various identities (Taj Boston) emerged from a two-year renovation in 2021 as The Newbury Boston, with an aesthetic that honors the building's 1920s neoclassical bones while updating every surface to contemporary standard. The corner position at Newbury Street and the Boston Public Garden is the finest hotel address in the city — the Public Garden visible from south-facing rooms, the most celebrated shopping street in Boston starting immediately below the front door. Contessa, the rooftop Italian restaurant operated by New York's Major Food Group (whose portfolio includes Michelin-starred restaurants globally), has become the most talked-about table in Boston: spicy lobster capellini, clam pizza, Florentine steak for two, the full Manhattan luxury Italian playbook applied to a rooftop with Back Bay views. Fireplace suites provide the most romantic hotel rooms in the city.
What Stands Out
- The original 1927 Ritz-Carlton building: the most storied hotel address in Boston, renovated to contemporary standard in 2021
- Contessa rooftop restaurant (Major Food Group): hardest reservation in Boston, spicy lobster capellini, clam pizza, Back Bay views
- Corner of Newbury Street and the Public Garden: the finest hotel position in the city
- Fireplace suites: the most romantic hotel rooms available in Boston
- Forbes Four-Star and AAA Four-Diamond: the city's historic standard applied to a completely refreshed product