Applefan

Does anyone have any opinions on the McCormick Place Hyatt in Chicago? I have booked a weekend stay there for the end of the month. What should I expect?

trd

It is a pretty generic Hyatt. It is pleasant but nothing great. It is in the middle of "nowhere" if you are not attending a meeting at McCormick Place. When it opened two years ago I was VERY disappointed to check in and find that this new hotel did not have a Regency Club.

ROADRUNNER

Isn't that the former McCormick Place Hotel? I can't recommend it based on isolated location. It would be better to be in the Loop area. I bet the rates are lower the anything else nearby.

Applefan

Trd and Roadrunner,
Thanks for the comments. When I booked this hotel a few months ago it was indeed the cheapest of the 3 in the downtown area. Last night when I checked again the Printers Row location had been reduced to the same price as McCormick Place. This morning when I was going to change over to the Printers Row the price there fell $30 so I'm very happy about that. $119 for a Chicago hotel in August sounds great.

trd

to roadrunner -- it is a brand new hotel about one block west of old McCormick Place Hotel -- that was torn down for expansion of McCormick Place itself.

ROADRUNNER

trd, thanks for the clarification on the old McCormick place. Sort of glad to see it go.

alexlin8

Could anyone tell me of their experience at this hotel? I'm about to sink 8 nights into them but was not too pleased with their response to room upgrades for a Diamond member ("Since you booked eight nights, you will not be upgraded because we only upgrade for four nights and we don't want to trouble you with moving rooms") As a result I am seriously considering booking just 4 nights there (as I really would like a suite for business purposes) and shuffle off to some other hotel for the remainder. Any advice on upgrades, service, and room conditions would greatly be apppreciated - I did do a prior search and came up with no threads. Thanks in advance!!

trd

it's decent, but no better than that hotel. NO RC! It's only good if you are at a convention at McCormick Place -- otherwise it is a couple of miles from anywhere.

back-to-CLE

The rooms are nice, especially if you get a high floor. Make sure you request a room with a downtown view, or else you risk overlooking miles and miles of Chicago's south side. And yes, it is MILES from anywhere other than McCormick Place. Tough access off of the freeway, and more than a couple minute cab ride to anywhere worth being in the city.

If your budget will allow, go for their new property at the Water Tower. I'm guessing it'll be their benchmark for years to come. (At least until San Diego finishes their expansion.)

Other Chicago suggestions: Portillo's for an authentic Chicago dog; Giordano's for the BEST deep dish pizza; and Vivere at Italian Village for a wonderful dinner amid startlingly hip decor.

smilee

I booked in at the Hyatt McCormick Chicago, and from searching these threads, people feel

Pros ^
Is up to the Hyatt standards, clean rooms good service

Cons ^_
Too far from downtown
No regency club

I was thinking about taking the subway to the hotel and getting off the Orange line at Chinatown/Cermac and walking the 7 blocks to the hotel. Is the neighbourhood safe enough at 11:00 PM to do this?

Since they do not have a regency club, do they offer evening and breakfast coupons for diamonds? Is the ammenity typical?

MIABarry

This location works if you are attending some meeting at McCormick Place and will be spending most of your time there. McCormick Place and the Hotel are separated from the rest of downtown Chicago by a park, expressways, rail lines and greenways. If you want to be in Chicago, this is NOT the place. You're on your own at night.

smilee

Can you not walk from the Hotel to the Orange subway Chinatown/Cermac station?

Threy

Stayed there 6 weeks ago and was upgraded to a nice suite overlooking everything you have to see in Chicago.The neighorhood is the massive Convention Center area to the south and older storehouses areas to the north, which seem to be in the middle of a major overhaul into apartment complexes etc.
Really don`t know, if I would walk to the property so late, but I can only judge from one short stay there...

Parking is nasty, it was more than $ 25

Hotel was deserted, so I was one of two guests at breakfast, Diamond Coupon was for the cont. breakfast ( not on the menu, but the waiter will bring you fruit, tea/coffee and some bakery items ) or $ 6 off the menu, had a mexican dish, which was great.

My rate was around $ 90 for a weekday ( hyatt.com rate ), which I consider pretty good for a weekday in Chicago.

Don`t know, if the Regency Club at the Regency DT is now open again, but I was upgraded to a suite at both properties and while the Regency is certainly more central, the McCormick Regency is newer and more private, if you can say that for a 800 room property...

oblix8

I wouldn't advise walking around there. Your best bet would be to take a cab.

jasfin

Their is no way I'd take that walk. They've done a lot to upgrade that area but a walk from that L to the hotel would not be one I'd make at 11pm. A cab should be a reasonable fare. The bus also stops almost in front of the hotel and that would be fine--at that hour it doesn't run as often as earlier in the day though
Good Luck