Where is the Best Luxury Hotel in Chicago, Illinois?
My husband and I and two friends spent the weekend at Hotel Monaco. Our rooms were updated, clean and attractive. The hotel staff was outstanding–friendly and always willing to out of the way to find answers to questions or provide suggestions. Several additional features would encourage us to return besides the good location (close to the river and a block…
Simply, The James surpassed my expectations. Granted, when you stay in the heart of downtown Chicago (especially River North/Michigan Ave. areas) you pay a premium for location and the value then comes from what the facility offers and its service. The facility, staff, and service exceeded my fair but higher-than-normal expectations. I have absolutely no complaints regarding our stay on a very busy autumn college football weekend. Facility was very contemporary (for an older building), the staff always helpful and polite, and the service was everything one could reasonably expect. Due to our schedule, we did not sample the street-level restaurant (Primehouse), but appeared busy both evenings of our stay. We did have a drink in the street-level lounge located just off the lobby, and the staff there was also very congenial and accommodating . It will be very hard to consider any other hotel when looking in downtown Chicago.
I stayed at the Palmer house for a few days for a conference at the hotel. Pros: Stunning, historic public spaces. Prompt service (bag check, front desk, luggage check, concierge, etc.). Don’t be put off by what may appear like a daunting line-up: This is an enormous hotel, but they seem to have lots of very professional staff to cope…
Entering the Four Seasons’ Lobby and taking the elevator up to the check in floor I was enamored and ready for something very special.The look was an opulent, old school marble with modern floral arrangements. Our check in was smooth as we were greeted with refreshments consisting of strawberry lemonade and Earl Grey cookies (later I discovered that theses weren’t…
