Top Picks: Best Boston Bathrooms

The CSM Building and Mary Baker Eddy Library has one of the fancier public toilets in the city. It comes complete with tile floors and art deco accents, and the clean and … plentiful mirrors are a girl's dream. [link]

We couldn't do a toilet guide without listing one of Boston's handful of pay toilets installed over the last six years. Though the toilets are known to have occasional … "issues," the location in North End tends to be clean, private, and well stocked. [link]

If you happen to be out in West Roxbury in need of a pee, no need to worry. The Roche Brothers Supermarket has great clean bathrooms right after you walk past all the … registers. They're open until 11 p.m. every day except Sunday, so you can even stop by for a relatively late visit. [link]

For a luxurious pee downtown, head to the Boston Harbor Hotel's restroom near their dining room. Instead of stalls, you get floor to ceiling rooms -- perfect if you need … some privacy or if you're going to be awhile. [link]

One would expect a giant food court and shopping area to have public restrooms exactly like the ones you'll find in the main building -- crowded, not so clean, and often … stinky. However, those in the know head to the North Building, where there's a clean and little known restroom that's small but never crowded. [link]

The Cambridgeside Galleria has surprisingly awful bathrooms. They are crowded, small, and not always clean. However, the Borders in the mall has their own immaculate and … spacious cans free and open for public use. [link]

If you're over shopping or drinking in Cambridge and need a pee break, try out the Charles Hotel, which has a great restroom up the stairs on the first floor. The hotel … has a restaurant and spa, so no one notices a passerby visiting for the purpose of personal relief. [link]

Even though hotel workers hardly suspect (or care) when you use the bathrooms, the Lenox's restrooms are even more accessible because they're used by customers at the … onsite Sam Adams pub. The adjacent pub also means you can use the loo late at night while bar hopping without raising an eyebrow [link]

Hotels are always a safe bet because they have to be clean, and the front desk people hardly ever know if you're a guest or not. The Copley Plaza is one of the best hotel … picks, as their bathrooms (located right of the front desk down the stairs) are immaculate. One Boston Online commenter even writes, "They are art in the form of public excretion." [link]