This is an affordable spot for Cambridge, with pluses and minuese. The Alewife T is a 15 minute walk away, so if you are staying in Cambridge when the weather is nice, you have decent access to public transportation. The 74/78 bus has a stop nearby as well. It is not in the most walkable part of Cambridge. We had issues each of the two nights we stayed there with excessive noise. The walls/ceilings are far from sound-proof, and on the first night, we were just above the lobby, and it did not get quiet until 3 am. Until that point we heard banging and noisy doors for hours past when we wanted to go to sleep. We moved to the 3rd floor on the second night, but we were in a room near the traffic circle, and we got a lot of street noise (5 am delivery truck noises). We also had a very noisy upstairs neighbor. The breakfast was expensive and not very good, but being attached to a Starbucks was an advantage. Parking was very convenient and affordable ($25 a night), so it was nice to have easy access to your car.