Chicago Hotels

Advantages: fanatstic lake side views, spacious rooms,very luxurious
Disadvantages: needs a little updating

On arrival at this amazing hotel I was taken back by the luxury of it all...It is an all glass triangular hotel wedged between the merger of the Chicago river and Lake Michigan on E.Wacker Drive and has fantastic views of Navy Pier and Grant Park....Hotel is close to all the major chicago attractions including Navy pier and the Shedd Aquiarium and the Magnificent Mile.......It is within easy reach of the C.T.A( Chicago Transport Agency) We made our ...
...our stop was only 10 minutes walking from the station to the hotel...........On arriving we passed through a large oversized revolving door leading into an impressive lobby... Check in was very smooth and we were offered an upgrade to a lake side view room...Staff were very helpful and polite and went out of their way to help....On entering the room - I was very pleasantly surprised - the view was amazing looking out over Lake Michigan and we watched ... Read review

Advantages: Contemporary styling, spacious, concierge knowledge, good value offers
Disadvantages: High number of rooms, Incremental service costs

...night. Upon entering the W Lakeshore in Chicago, I was a little confused, but not for long. Reception was just past the shimmering lift area and check-in was swift. In the background was the bar area, already heavily populated during a late Friday afternoon, and looking as though it was going to get more rather than less crowded. I suppose it's a teeny bit formulaic that the backing track to the scene was very much in the Supperclub music vein, ...
...paranoia, I would probably put W Hotels at the top of my choice list of chains because it most suits my own tastes in modern decor and approach to design. Even though I encountered children in the hotel, the overall feel wasn't that of a family-focused environment. When I recently headed to New York on business, W Hotels were the f