A recent $18 million renovation has breathed new life into this 143-room hotel.

CENTRAL & CONVENIENT

Whether your in town visiting Boston University, shopping the Back Bay, or if you’re just exploring for a few days, it would be hard to find a more central and convenient spot.

STAY IN PREMIERE KING & AVOID BOUTIQUE QUEENS

Be sure not to stay in the hotel’s “boutique queen” rooms, which are New York-size (205 square feet), with just a thin perimeter for movement around the bed.

PERFECTLY COMFORTABLE BATHROOM

The wallpaper featured unusual reading material: the poem “Paul Revere’s Ride,” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, in cursive. Otherwise, the bathroom was a nonevent, though perfectly comfortable. As usual, the nicer the hotel, the tinier the trash receptacle; the little bins were no match for our junk.

AMENITIES

The Copley Square is a small hotel with smallish amenities; don’t stay here if you need a gym the size of a health club or other services.

ROOM SERVICE

Super-speedy, but very bland and unremarkable.

BOTTOM LINE

Avoid the roomettes and make plans to eat out. An enviable location, the experience is lackluster.

Copley Square Hotel, 47 Huntington Avenue, Boston; (617) 536-9000; www.copleysquarehotel.com. Rates currently start at around $230.