Since a friend had recently paid $28 to park 5+ hours (having entered before 5pm) at the Garage at 100 Clarendon, I scratched my head for the name of that garage that another friend had parked at for a dinner we had enjoyed in the Copley area sometime this past year or so. I remembered that it was located on Dartmouth Street, directly across from, funny enough, another garage located on the same block as Douzo Modern Japanese Restaurant & Lounge. Thank you, Google Maps! You rock! The spot I was trying to remember was Dartmouth Street Garage at 126 Dartmouth Street, run by Laz Parking - http://boston.lazparking.com/?np_lot=126-dartmouth-street-garage The competition directly across the way was the 131 Dartmouth Street Garage at 131 Dartmouth Street, run by Pilgrim Parking - http://pilgrimparking.com/boston-parking-garages/dartmouth-street-garage.htm Enter after 5pm, and the rate is $8 at Dartmouth Street Garage, $9 at 131 Dartmouth - winner by a buck, Dartmouth Street Garage! Which makes it one of my garages of choice for the area when it comes down to dinner. ($10 for over an hour at 100 Clarendon) But for daytime parking 5+ hours, Dartmouth Street Garage hits $30 vs $28 at both 131 Dartmouth and 100 Clarendon, so I guess it really depends on your specific parking needs. read more

I've parked here for 6 months on a monthly commuter pass, and my car has been vandalized 3 times. They don't keep any cameras or anything that would help you figure out who it is, and they do nothing to help you. If you leave your car in the garage during times that aren't covered by your monthly parking pass, they will charge you. My monthly pass is $300, and a monthly 24/7 pass is $500. I asked if I left my car there in an amount exceeding the $200 difference between passes, would it default to the 24/7 price of $500. I was told yes. That's not what they do. They will charge you the $300 and all of the additional. On top of this, they will wait months to charge you, so you may get a bill of over $1000. They'll also yell at you when you are alarmed by the amount. They power wash the garage from time to time, and put a sign up a couple of days beforehand. If you don't happen to use your car between the sign being posted and them powerwashing, they spray filthy water all over your car. It looks like it's been smeared with human waste. The time this happened to me, I actually wondered whether someone had done #1 and #2 on it. Very bad experience, wouldn't recommend. read more

The good: A super convenient garage. Right in the heart of Back Bay and wicked easy to get to off the Pike. Exit towards Copley take a right and boom, you're there. The bad: Apparently there was either no special weekend/evening rate or we just got screwed as we were hit with a $30 parking fee leaving Clery's on Saturday night. Maybe we didn't read the signage close enough, but come on! All the garages are somewhat discounted at night, aren't they? Won't make that mistake again! read more

Yes it is just a garage, but it is a nice one. It is beautifully located with easy off and on to the Mass Pike, and right next to Copley Square. There don't seem to be any parking bargains in Boston, but at $35/day they are less than many of the other places in the area. It is clean and neat, and they always seem to have spaces. read more

Great staff and extremely helpful with any issues. Garage is very clean and always have available parking. Near Copley station and next door to the Back bay station which is very convenient. Never had an issue with safety or security and I have entered to pick up my car in late evening and wee hours in the morning. Great early bird and evening specials. read more

17 Minutes to get out of this garage. They have one teller for the morning rush. One. At least replace the teller with automation...I will take efficiency over the human touch in a parking situation any day of the week read more

The advantage to this garage is that it is easy on/easy off for the Mass Pike in Back Bay. For that reason it's always been one of our go-to garages. We recently had a bad experience trying to exit the garage, however. The attendant's machine would not read the garage ticket, and he appeared to be trying the same thing over and over again for several minutes despite my offering to pay cash and asking if he had a way to manually open the gate. After several more minutes and a growing line of cars behind me, he eventually asked me to pay with cash and then used a key to open the gate. They need a different system in this garage and/or better training of employees on how to problem solve. Also, this garage did not offer weekend rates -- it cost $34 for three hours on a Sunday afternoon. read more

This review is for 131 Dartmouth St. garage--Warning: I got a parking validation for 3 hours and ended up held over that time by 28 minutes. They charged me $34--full price, saying because I had gone over the validated hours amount, none of the validated hours now applied. When I politely stated this was unusual, and that other places just charged you the difference, the nice young guy in the booth said he couldn't change the rules and got his boss on the phone. The boss said it was corporate policy and he wouldn't change it--couldn't, wouldn't. I held firm a long time and I was unhappy but polite. Also, I felt alone and had no idea how far I'd parked from the elevators (first and only visit), when I realized I was alone with one male about 20 feet from me. My next move is telling the very nice people in the store in Copley Place, who had hired me for a few hours, that their validation was nipped back to worthless. I had such a nice day--until I left this garage stuck with this bill I had taken pains to avoid. There wasn't exactly any way to back down into the garage and get another validation. I felt had. Because I was. read more