Hudson comes to mind. We live in Sudbury. MetroWest is great, really not going to find bad schools anywhere in MA. If you don’t need to commute into Boston, towns along 495 should work for you

Fwiw, pricing isn’t linear. The more they go, the cheaper it is per hour. At our daycare in Sudbury, a toddler for 10 hours a day, 5 days per week is 594, 4 days 580, 3 days is 472, 2 days is 344.

Mandarin takes reservations about 1 month in advance. It helps if you have a room hooked, but not 100% needed. Email them like 2 months out, tell them what you want to book and tell them it’s for a special occasion.

I went there a lot in college (2005-2008). Went back a few weeks ago to meet some friends and was happy to find they were still on top of their game. The bartender (Rich, I think) hasn’t changed one bit either, it was like stepping back into the past!

Woodys on Hemenway, thank me later.