The Bar/Lounge at Fairmont Copley Plaza, Boston

"The Fairmont Gold club level features a private lounge, and seven culturally themed suites celebrate Boston history with specially designed artwork"

"The tiny fitness center was replaced by a rooftop facility that spans 3,000 square feet; the new restaurant/bar OAK Long Bar + Kitchen is hipper and sleeker than the old Oak Room, and all guest rooms received updates"

"The bar is richly panelled, dimly lit and filled with deep leather seats; it evokes the feel of an exclusive private club"

"Dating back to 1912, the grand, iconic 383-room Fairmont Copley Plaza has the most opulent lobby in the city, the sophisticated OAK Long Bar & Kitchen restaurant, and a central location on Copley Square in the heart of Boston’s Back Bay"

"Even if you don’t stay here, be sure to have a martini in the fabulous Oak Bar, with its high-coffered ceilings and mahogany chairs"

""Old-world elegance" characterizes this "charming" and "stately" circa-1912 grande dame with an "ideal" location in historic Back Bay, a "classic" ambiance that makes guests feel "transported to an earlier time", and "top-notch" service; recent renovations added a spacious rooftop fitness club and turned its Oak Bar + Kitchen into a popular "destination in its own right", and though rooms can be "small" they are "beautifully appointed", with 46-inch flat-screens, luxe linens and ergonomic desk chairs"

"On the fourth floor, the discreet Fairmont Gold hotel-within-a-hotel has its own dedicated check-in and concierge, business center and lounge"

"The friendly black Lab likes to lounge at the base of an ornate antique French barometer (similar ones are in the Louvre); guests missing their own pets can take Catie for a walk or a jog around the city"

"Oak Long Bar & Kitchen features shared plates, flatbreads, charcuterie boards, grass-fed burgers and a "bone-out" ribeye"

"Like its sibling at Battery Wharf, here the Fairmont Gold section performs as a hotel-within-a-hotel and features an ornate lounge that feels like an elaborate Back Bay apartment, with lovely views and several food and beverage presentations each day"