The Dean Hotel

It’s a cute boutique hotel in prime downtown Providence. The rooms are small but well equipped with amenities (dryer, steam iron). They don’t have a refrigerator in rooms though. There’s a speakeasy inside the hotel and another bar called Boombox in there. They also have a tiny coffee shop with treats for you to stop on your way out. My favorite part of my stay was the staff. James was super helpful in giving me advice for the city/parking. He even kindly brought up my food all the way to my room after delivery. Highly recommend if you want to be in downtown and don’t have a large family.

Overall a disappointing stay. The staff were nice, but the building is definitely vintage. The elevator "lift" is a bit small and the gates are janky. If you are claustrophobic, I wouldn't recommend. It's was about a 3'x4' box. The size issue extends to the bathroom shower... Only a 2.5'x2.5' area with about a 20" entrance. Glad I'm a "small" person. Someone on the larger side wouldn't fit. The "area" rug over the hardwood floors was thread-bare, and the walls, being vintage, allowed a lot of sound through. I guess I shouldn't have stayed on Cinco-de-Mayo... An adjactent restaurant had their outdoor sound system set up, and partied loudly well into the night (being reverberated throughout this vintage building...). And finally, make sure to bring extra $$ for parking, as there are only paid lots and structures in the area, with many structures not allowing overnight parking. So overall, I was quite disappointed. What I had hoped would be a nice visit to Providence to see my family, turned out to be an exhausting stay at a somewhat noisy and "compact" hotel...

Very chic and chill place and location was prime. Not really kid friendly tho and the mattress was too soft and gave me the sorest back I've had in years. The staff were excellent.