Really reasonable downtown hotel
Saturday, December 06, 2008
This hotel is nice and clean and reasonably priced (for a downtown hotel). The staff are really pleasant--they are always helpful with maps, suggestions for local events and restaurants, and especially important (to me, anyway) shopping assistance! The hotel is only about a block and a half from the Northbridge Mall (awesome), and within three or four blocks of restaurants like Bucca di Beppo, Fogo de Chao, a good PF Changs, Rock Bottom Grill, etc. It's also a block and a half from Michigan Avenue and right next to a Red Line El stop, which means that Chinatown is just a hop, skip, and jump away. The hotel restaurant is the Weber Grill, which is a pretty fun place at night (lots of people, great cosmopolitans, and games on the televisions) and has a yummy chop salad. It seems like all of Chicago downtown is within walking distance when you stay at this hotel. This is our "go to" hotel when visiting Chicago--my husband and I have stayed here about 20 times now and we've never had a bad experience.
Pros: Close to Michigan Ave, great service