My family and I stayed at the Colonnade after winning a bid on PL. We paid $120 per night per room. Frankly, it was too much. Although it was really tough getting a hotel room for less in Back Bay and the hotel wasn't actually bad, we felt that we paid too much for the hotel considering that we also stayed at the Marriott Copley Sq. during the same trip for $10 more. The hotel hallways were dark and the rooms a bit worn despite the renovation we had heard about. There weren't enough electrical outlets if you needed to do some work on a laptop or recharge a cell phone. We had two rooms apart from each other and from each room we heard quite a bit of outside noise (water running through the pipes all night, the rattle of doors, and other hotel guests). The most annoying part was that the windows were poorly insulated so the street noise was quite loud. On the plus side, the fitness room was nice, the location was perfect, and the staff seemed quite friendly and helpful. The thick cotton robes and rubber duckie were a nice tough. It wasn't a bad hotel at all, but the Marriott was much nicer for only $10 more.
