Lotus Place Bed and Breakfast

I love staying here! I always try to book a room here when I visit Boston. It has a great location, and is walking distance from the T. Super convenient, and there is plenty of parking available in the back. Prices are very reasonable, especially for the area.
Checking in is fast and easy, and the owner is the sweetest — she’s always accommodating to when I need to check in/​out.
Simple breakfast is available for serving yourself (bagels, toast, yogurt…)
Rooms are very clean and comfortable, I’ve never had any complaints. They provide clean towels, as well as soap/​shampoo.

I liked everything about Lotus Place: efficient (even though it’s not on-​line) but friendly reservation process, attractive and modern interior, and great location. It’s walking distance from the T/​buses and plenty of restaurants including those on Massachusetts Ave. To address other comments: it’s not cheap, but no lodging in Cambridge is. The breakfast (croissant, yogurt, banana or apple, OJ, coffee) was perfect for me. I didn’t feel weird about anything, but I also didn’t see anyone else during my stay.

They have a balcony attached to several rooms, a huge common area to make your own food and relax, comfortable beds, and a well stocked fridge. THEY HAVE PARKING. Real parking, right in Cambridge. You can’t rent a parking spot for less than this place charges for a room per night.
If they had online booking, I’d have given it a 5 but it was tough to have to call to make the reservation, call when we got to Boston, call when we got to the place… clearly written from the perspective of a Millennial.
It’s in a great part of Cambridge, the owner is incredibly friendly and accommodating. I’ll absolutely be back and probably never stay anywhere else in Cambridge again.
All of that being said, if this were my parents writing a review, it would be a 3. This is really much more appropriate for people who are familiar with non-​traditional hotels/B&Bs. There’s no «front desk» but you do get the impression that the owner is available at all hours.
We really enjoyed our stay.

Wonderful place! I stay there every time I visit Boston. Friendly, clean, very reasonable price. HIghly recommended!

We were going to Boston spontaneously and didn’t have much luck finding a place to stay according to our standards (which is a private double bed room with a private bath, usually in a hostel). Lotus Place was one of a few options we had left, and since it was by far the least expensive, we booked it. Still, it is probably the most expensive room we have ever stayed at.
The room (Lotus Room) was excellent and very luxurious for our standards. It had a big bathroom, a TV, a little desk, closets, and a private entrance over the deck. Breakfast is also provided however, in a very do-​it-​yourself manner. Everything is in the fridge in the common room and you are asked to help yourself. I found this weird, since I never knew what I was allowed to take and what not.
Which brings me to downside of this place: the hosts. I never met the actual hosts or owners of this place, since they never bothered to show up during our stay. We were checked in by the housekeeper, an older Chinese lady who spoke virtually no English. It seemed to me like she an her husband (?) lived there as well, and the common room and kitchen for the guests were sort of their living room. In the evening they were there to cook dinner and in the morning they were there eating breakfast.
I should mention that the walls of the house seemed to be made out of paper and were not soundproof at all, so occasionally they were quite noisy in the kitchen. It’s a little bit annoying when you’re in your room wanting to relax but the TV in the next room is on the highest volume with classical Chinese music concerts.
What weirded me out most was the lack of politeness whenever they were in the kitchen and I was going to get something from the fridge. I’m well aware that those are just cultural differences and lack of language skills, however in a guest house, I just expect not having to feel awkward and unwelcome whenever moving around the house. It’s allover been a very, very weird experience. Though the room is good and you basically get a bed and a breakfast, I would expect much, much more for something (according to my usual standards) so ridiculously overpriced.
If you’re a fluent speaker of a Chinese language, you might enjoy your stay more than I did.