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The SPARROW

2.0 star property

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Relax in a spacious room with a large bed, flat-screen TV, and comfortable desk area.

Reviews

9.4 out of 10
Exceptional

Popular amenities

  • 24/7 front desk
  • Housekeeping
  • Parking available
  • Air conditioning

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1070 W Grove St, Boise, ID, 83702
  • Boise Centre
    ‪5 min walk‬
  • Boise State University
    ‪11 min walk‬
  • Albertsons Stadium
    ‪4 min drive‬
  • Boise, ID (BOI)
    ‪7 min drive‬

Room options

View all photos for Suite (The Willow)

Relax in comfort with a neatly made bed, flat-screen TV, and convenient workspace.

Suite (The Willow)

  • 48 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Double Sofa Bed

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Relax in this cozy space with a comfortable bed and a sofa, featuring a wall-mounted air conditioner for a comfortable stay.

Studio, 1 King Bed with Sofa bed

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(1 review)
  • 33 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Double Sofa Bed

View all photos for Double Room, 2 Queen Beds (Courtyard)

Relax in a stylish room with two single beds, a desk, and a large window offering a city view.

Double Room, 2 Queen Beds (Courtyard)

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(1 review)
  • 25 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

View all photos for Room, 1 King Bed (Courtyard)

Relax in a spacious room with a large bed, flat-screen TV, and city view.

Room, 1 King Bed (Courtyard)

8.0 out of 10
Very good
(1 review)
  • 26 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

View all photos for Double Room, 2 Queen Beds

Two single beds with white linens and a throw blanket, a flat-screen TV, and a wooden desk with a chair.

Double Room, 2 Queen Beds

9.2 out of 10
Wonderful
(14 reviews)
  • 25 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

View all photos for Standard Room, 1 King Bed

Relax in this inviting room with a comfortable bed, sofa, and carpeted floor.

Standard Room, 1 King Bed

9.6 out of 10
Exceptional
(39 reviews)
  • 25 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

View all photos for Room, 1 King Bed, Mobility Accessible (Courtyard)

Relax in a spacious room with a large bed, television, and comfortable seating area.

Room, 1 King Bed, Mobility Accessible (Courtyard)

  • 26 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

View all photos for Suite, Corner (Cottonwood)

Relax in a spacious room with a large bed, flat-screen TV, and comfortable desk area.

Suite, Corner (Cottonwood)

  • 35 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Double Sofa Bed

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Relax in a spacious room with a large bed, flat-screen TV, and comfortable seating area.

Room, Multiple Beds (SPARROW King)

9.4 out of 10
Exceptional
(14 reviews)
  • 25 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Double Sofa Bed and 1 King Bed

View all photos for Suite (Sycamore)

Relax in a cozy space with a neatly made bed, flat-screen TV, and informative plant posters.

Suite (Sycamore)

  • 33 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Double Sofa Bed

View all photos for Room (Queen with Bunk Bed)

Cozy retreat with a bunk bed setup and single bed, featuring a wall-mounted bicycle illustration and reading lamps.

Room (Queen with Bunk Bed)

8.0 out of 10
Very good
(1 review)
  • 25 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds and 1 Queen Bed

View all photos for Room, 1 Queen Bed

Experience the serenity of a minimalist retreat with a comfortable bed, a unique wall-mounted artwork, and a simple layout.

Room, 1 Queen Bed

9.2 out of 10
Wonderful
(12 reviews)
  • 19 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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About this property

The SPARROW

Hotel with a restaurant, near Boise State University
This smoke-free hotel features a restaurant, a coffee shop/cafe and self parking. Other amenities include concierge services, a 24-hour front desk and a picnic area. Change of towels is available on request
The SPARROW offers 67 air-conditioned accommodations with a safe and complimentary bathrobes. Each accommodation is individually furnished and decorated. Pillowtop beds feature premium bedding. 50-inch Smart televisions come with digital channels. Bathrooms include a shower with a rainfall showerhead, and hairdryers.

Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access (speed: 25+ Mbps). Business-friendly amenities include desks and desk chairs. Change of towels and change of bedsheets can be requested. Housekeeping is provided on a daily basis.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on-site or nearby; fees may apply.
During your stay at The SPARROW, you're just a quick walk from Boise Art Glass. You'll find features such as a restaurant, a coffee shop/cafe and concierge services. This property offers pet-friendly amenities, such as food and water bowls.
  • Free Wi-Fi (speed: 25+ Mbps)
  • Options for a bite to eat include a coffee shop and a restaurant
  • Self-parking available for a fee
  • Amenities include a gift shop, a car charging station and a communal living room
  • Steps from Boise Art Glass and 4 minutes on foot from Jack's Urban Meeting Place
  • Dogs welcome for a fee
  • Pet-friendly amenities are available, including food and water bowls
Along with a restaurant, there's a coffee shop/cafe on site. The SPARROW also features gift shops/newsstands, a picnic area, and concierge services. Limited parking is available for a fee and is offered on a first-come, first-served basis. A complete renovation of The SPARROW was completed in February 2024.

This Boise hotel is smoke free.

Form and Function – This coffee shop serves breakfast, brunch, lunch and light fare.
Crisp – This restaurant specialises in Fusion cuisine. Open selected days.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • In-room WiFi speed: 25+ Mbps

Parking and transport

  • Electric car charging station on site
  • Offsite parking available (USD 15 per night)
  • Street parking available
  • Secured, covered parking on site (USD 15 per night)
  • Limited on-site parking (max 1 space per unit)
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking and van parking available

Food and drink

  • A coffee shop/cafe
  • A restaurant

Restaurants on site

  • Crisp
  • Form and Function

Things to do

  • Bicycle repair station
  • Bicycle tours

Family friendly

  • Mini-fridge

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Gift shop/newsstand
  • Luggage storage
  • Water dispenser

Guest services

  • Change of bedsheets (on request)
  • Change of towels on request
  • Concierge services
  • Housekeeping (daily)

Business services

  • Coworking space

Outdoors

  • Firepit
  • Outdoor entertainment area
  • Outdoor furniture
  • Picnic area

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • 2 accessible parking spaces
  • Braille/raised signage
  • High-pile carpet in room
  • No lift
  • Smooth flooring in public areas
  • Stair-free path to entrance
  • Thin carpet in public areas
  • Visual alarms in hallways
  • Well-lit path to entrance
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel
  • Wheelchair-accessible public bathroom
  • Wheelchair-accessible restaurant
  • Wheelchair-accessible van parking

More

  • 2 buildings
  • 3 floors
  • At least 80% lighting from LEDs
  • Biodegradable coffee stirrers available
  • Biodegradable drinking straws available
  • Built in 2024
  • Communal living room
  • Eco-friendly cleaning products used
  • Local artist showcase
  • Local culture and ecosystem education
  • Locally-owned and organised tours and activities
  • No plastic coffee stirrers
  • No plastic drinking straws
  • No plastic soft drink bottles
  • No plastic water bottles
  • Renovated entire property - February 2024
  • Smoke-free property
  • Water dispenser usage encouraged

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Pillowtop mattress
  • Premium bedding

Bathroom

  • Dressing gowns
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Rainfall showerhead
  • Shampoo
  • Shower
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Toothbrush and toothpaste (on request)
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • 50-inch smart TV with digital channels

Food and drink

  • Electric kettle
  • Mini-fridge
  • Tea bags/instant coffee

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Bulk dispensers for toiletries
  • Desk
  • Desk chair
  • Eco-friendly toiletries
  • Energy-saving switches in guestrooms
  • Heating
  • Individual decor
  • Individual furnishings
  • Laptop workspace
  • LED lighting
  • Recycling
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; check-in end time: 3:00 AM
Minimum check-in age - 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

  • Pets: USD 35 per accommodation, per day (maximum USD 70 per stay)
  • Only dogs are allowed
  • Food and water bowls are available
    • Service animals are exempt from fees.

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Kids stay free! Children stay free when using existing bedding.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
  • Cots (infant beds) are not available.

Payment types at the property

Important information

Optional extras

The fees and deposits listed below will be charged at the time of service, check-in, or check-out.

  • Covered self-parking fee: USD 15 per night (in/out privileges)
  • Nearby parking fee: USD 15 per night (500 ft away)
  • Pet fee: USD 35 per accommodation, per day (maximum USD70 per stay)
  • Service animals are exempt from fees

This may not be a comprehensive list. Fees and deposits are subject to change and might not include tax.

You need to know

This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business or profession.
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards and debit cards; cash is not accepted
This property uses eco-friendly cleaning products
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property.

We should mention

  • Children stay free in the same room as the parent or guardian when using existing bedding.

The SPARROW Reviews

Reviews

9.4

Exceptional

Rating 10 - Excellent. 600 out of 757 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 105 out of 757 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 27 out of 757 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 14 out of 757 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 11 out of 757 reviews

9.8/10

Cleanliness

9.8/10

Staff & service

9.2/10

Amenities

9.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Jennifer

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Diane

Liked: Cleanliness
Great place
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Geoff

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Diane

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very clean. The rooms are cozy-worked for me as solo traveler but with spouse it would have been too small. The staff were very friendly and helpful. I will stay here again on next trip 😊
Stayed 3 nights in May 2025

6/10 Okay

kearstin

Travelled with family
Liked: Property conditions & facilities

Great location, comfortable, new, nothing remarkab

The space is fine. Everything is new and clean, not sure who the aesthetics would appeal best too!? A bit cheesy for my taste. The rooms had most everything I needed, but no views or meaningful sunlight. I slept well.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

6/10 Okay

Susan

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
The parking was terrible. If you got your car in the spot, you couldn’t get out of your car. Two days someone was in our supposed spot, which was ok because we couldn’t get into it anyway and had to park elsewhere.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Tom

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

kevin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Danielle

Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Alex

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

8/10 Good

Kris, Ketchum

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The rooms are a little small and no closet. The ice machine worked 1 of 4 days. Decent place for the price.
Stayed 4 nights in May 2025

6/10 Okay

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities

Thank you it the best But not horrible

The rooms are small and very much like a dorm room. The couch is super uncomfortable and the furniture is wobbly and feels like it’s gonna fall apart. The windows hardly open so you can’t get any fresh air in the room.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Marc

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

8/10 Good

Glenn

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Our stay was great except for the construction noise across tge street and the ice machine not working. The hotel is clean and in a nice area. Everything was in walking distance and we felt safe even at 2am. The room was very nice and the bed was very comfortable. Friendly staff
Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

8/10 Good

Janet

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jennifer

Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jeff

Travelled with family and small children
Great people and access to all in downtown Boise Idaho
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Osvaldo

Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Brandon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great location for downtown Boise. Staff was exceptional!
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

ralph vaughn Hendrix

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in May 2025

8/10 Good

Samantha

Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Gabi

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Aubrian

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very nice hotel. Simple and clean. Had everything we needed and close to everything.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Allyson

Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Benjamin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Fun place

Really great place with nice people. Tight parking options. Room was quiet even with construction across the street. Fun decor. Nice coffee shop attached.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025