Jurys Boston Hotel

350 Stuart Street; 617-266-7200; bostonhotels.jurysdoyle.com/jurys_boston is on the edge of the South End in a former Police Department headquarters.

A wall of trickling water makes the whole lobby smell of chlorine and feel like the Y.M.C.A., but Bostonians love the bar there. The rooms are lavish, with marble bathrooms and contemporary Irish art.

A single is $205.