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Marriott Bonvoy hotels in Chicago, IL
Jun 15, 2007, 4:51 pm
#61
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Washington, DC
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I'll echo other comments. It's a nice hotel, but the elevators were always slow and full. Granted, we were there on a holiday weekend. It is in a fantastic location, and I'd surely stay again if I needed to be downtown.
Jun 15, 2007, 5:01 pm
#62
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Atlanta
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Jun 16, 2007, 6:18 pm
#63
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: SLC/HEL/Anywhere with a Beach
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the best in the system, at least in my experience.
Jun 16, 2007, 8:08 pm
#64
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: SAN
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I have stayed (past tense) here a lot. I agree the lounge is the best I've seen anywhere. The breakfast is the same regular non-special people pay $20 for. My major complaint is the heating/cooling in the rooms. They are on an antique steam system and you can't get on demand heat or A/C. Sometimes I freeze in the spring/summer or roast... I really don't like it during transition seasons.
They even have a sign in the room next to the controls saying to call the front desk if you need to control the temperature. Personally, I avoid the hotel and stay at the Renaissance on Wacker. It's also extremely busy and the lobby is always full of people. The Renaissance is much quieter.
They even have a sign in the room next to the controls saying to call the front desk if you need to control the temperature. Personally, I avoid the hotel and stay at the Renaissance on Wacker. It's also extremely busy and the lobby is always full of people. The Renaissance is much quieter.
Jun 18, 2007, 7:16 pm
#65
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 35
Just had a stay there last weekend. I agree with all the comments - air system is terrible. Place was very noisy - like an all-night party or something. I could hear sirens and honks from the street and it kept me awake for quite a while.
As a GE, I was able to get free breakfast via room service so that was nice.
As a GE, I was able to get free breakfast via room service so that was nice.
Jun 18, 2007, 8:49 pm
#66
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: ORD, MKE, MDW
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Good point.
If you request/get a lake view room, you'll be facing Michigan Avenue, and siren noise from the street will definitely be an issue. Even if you're on an upper floor.
On average, you'll hear them at least four or five times during the night.
If you request/get a lake view room, you'll be facing Michigan Avenue, and siren noise from the street will definitely be an issue. Even if you're on an upper floor.
On average, you'll hear them at least four or five times during the night.
Jun 19, 2007, 3:03 am
#67
Join Date: Nov 2004
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Now I am having such mixed feelings on this property but I check in tonight for two days and I will see...I am in Chicago every other week so if I am not a fan, I will return to the Hilton Suites in the future.
Jun 19, 2007, 10:15 am
#68
Join Date: Jan 2006
Programs: DL, UAL, USAir
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Make sure you check out the Weber Grill Restaurant right next to the hotel. My favorite place to eat in Chicago, which is saying something. I was there last night, and the burger I got was outstanding--perfectly cooked and extraordinarily flavorful.
Jun 19, 2007, 7:20 pm
#69
Join Date: Nov 2004
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Wish I had read about Weber before I went to PF Changs tonight but there is always tomorrow. I must say I am not crazy about this hotel. I am on the 32nd floor with a city view, took the warning about the lake view. The rooms are just average. And the lobby is like a train station. But lessons learned and Hilton Suites, here I come in two weeks. I do not consider the Renaisssance because I like being really north on Michigan near the Hancock.
Jun 19, 2007, 8:31 pm
#70
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I have often thought....with no basis to confirm it....that this hotel caters to conventioners and groups who basically are only in the hotel to sleep and don't notice that the rooms are "nondescript" and that the lobby indeed is a "train station". On top of that, the bill is usually on an expense account, so who cares about the high room rates.
The location, of course, is a positive....as, I suppose, is also the CL. I wouldn't know about the latter....its always closed when I'm there. Even if the hotel is oversold.
The location, of course, is a positive....as, I suppose, is also the CL. I wouldn't know about the latter....its always closed when I'm there. Even if the hotel is oversold.
Jun 20, 2007, 6:56 am
#71
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 35
Wish I had read about Weber before I went to PF Changs tonight but there is always tomorrow. I must say I am not crazy about this hotel. I am on the 32nd floor with a city view, took the warning about the lake view. The rooms are just average. And the lobby is like a train station. But lessons learned and Hilton Suites, here I come in two weeks. I do not consider the Renaisssance because I like being really north on Michigan near the Hancock.
Jul 25, 2007, 11:59 pm
#73
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Thousand Oaks, Ca., USA
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I'm stuck here in November at a convention, will be coming in the weekend before, total of 5 nights.
Any rooms that are worth specifically asking for?
Any rooms that are worth specifically asking for?
Jul 26, 2007, 10:25 am
#74
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Location: FLL
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It is a very nice hotel and in a great location. I don't think that you will be dissapointed. Great views and Plats are usually upgraded.
Jul 26, 2007, 1:35 pm
#75
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Renassiance on Wacker is great, and much quieter than Marriott which seems to always be crowded with convention attendees. Last trip the light bulb in my room's desk lamp was burned out, engineering arrived and found it busted and replaced it quickly. And gave me 5,000 Marriott points for my inconvenience. It's close to train station.