Inn of Chicago Best Western, Chicago, Illinois

The Inn of Chicago Best Western is a newly renovated, full service hotel located just one-half block east of North Michigan Avenue, Chicago's "Magnificent Mile". We are steps from Navy Pier and conveniently located to business and financial centers, nightlife, fine dining, art museums and unsurpassed world-class shopping. All of our guest rooms include coffee makers, hairdryers, iron and ironing boards and Internet access. The hotel features a spectacular 22nd floor Skyline Terrace, fitness center, gift shop and 357 guest rooms and suites. Full service meeting and catering facilities are available for groups up to 150 people in one of 4 meeting rooms. Thus, making the Inn of Chicago the BEST VALUE in downtown Chicago. The Inn of Chicago is a non-smoking hotel.

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During your Chicago vacation, don't miss these great establishments and attractions:

Lincoln Park Conservatory
Just beyond the zoo's northeast border is a lovely botanical garden housed in a soaring glass-domed structure. Inside are four great halls filled with thousands of plants. If you're visiting Chicago in the wintertime, I can't think of a better prescription for mood elevation than the conservatory's lush haven of greenery. The Palm House features giant palms and rubber trees (including a 50-ft. fiddle-leaf rubber tree dating from 1891), the Fernery nurtures plants that grow close to the forest floor, and the Tropical House is a shiny symphony of flowering trees, vines, and bamboo. The fourth environment is the Show House, where seasonal flower shows are held.Even better than the plants inside, however, might be what lies outside the front doors. The expansive lawn with its French garden and lovely fountain on the conservatory's south side is one of the best places in town for an informal picnic (especially nice if you're visiting the zoo and want to avoid the congestion at its food concession venues).The Lincoln Park Conservatory has a sister facility on the city's West Side, in Garfield Park, that is much more remarkable. In fact, the 2-acre Garfield Park Conservatory, 300 N. Central Park Ave. (tel. 312/746-5100), designed by the great landscape architect Jens Jensen in 1907, is one of the largest gardens under glass in the world. It's open 365 days a year from 9am to 5pm. Unfortunately, a rather blighted neighborhood with a high crime rate surrounds the conservatory. If you want to see it, I recommend driving rather than public transportation.Allow a half-hour for the Lincoln Park Conservatory.

Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio
For the first 20 years of Wright's career, this remarkable complex served first and foremost as the sanctuary from which Wright was to design and execute more than 130 of an extraordinary output of 430 completed buildings. The home began as a simple shingled cottage that Wright built for his bride in 1889 at the age of 22, but it became a work in progress, as Wright remodeled it constantly until 1911 (he left there in 1909). During this highly fertile period, the house was Wright's showcase and laboratory, but it also embraces many idiosyncratic features molded to his own needs rather than those of a client. With many add-ons -- including a barrel-vaulted children's playroom and a studio with an octagonal balcony suspended by chains -- the place has a certain whimsy that others might have found less livable. This, however, was not an architect's masterpiece, but the master's home, and every room in it can be savored for the view it reflects of the workings of a remarkable mind. The Home and Studio Foundation has restored the residence and studio to its 1909 vintage. Allow 1 hour for the tour, more time if you want to browse in the bookshop.

Chicago Fed Visitors Center
It's not worth a special trip (unless you're a huge Alan Greenspan fan), but the Visitors Center at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago is worth a quick stop if you're wandering around the Loop. More than just the standard history-of-banking displays, the center has kid-friendly features such as a giant cube that holds a million dollars, and an exhibit that lets you try detecting counterfeit bills. And yes, there's even a section where visitors can pretend to be Alan Greenspan for a moment, showing how changes in interest rates affect the economy. Free guided tours are offered weekdays at 1pm. Allow a half-hour.

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5 out of 5

Location location location

Jamie, 2007-03-14

EVERYTHING is in 2 -5 block walking distance. Shopping, restaurants, and movie theaters, and all the downtown attractions, Navy pier Sear tower, etc.

Whenever visiting Chicago I always stay at the Inn of Chicago. It's 1/2 block off the magnificent mile on the corner of Guess and Gap, and 2 blocks away from the red line train. There is a White Hen Pantry across the street for all your needs your forget at home and the St. Clair street parking garage (across the street) offers discount fares when you get your ticket validated at the hotel. Easy exit off the free way, Ohio street exit, and getting back on is a cinch, even during rush hour. Water tower and Sears tower is only 4-5 blocks away as well. Dunkin donuts across the street and tons of restaurants.

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1 out of 5

complete disarray

cherryl, Columbus, OH, 2007-03-11

I am completely serious when I say the hotel was a disaster. There was no lobby, no restuarant, no coffee shop, no bell captain, no room service. It was construction everywhere. One of the three elevators was unreachable because there was no floor laid in fron t of it. The button to summon the elevator was out of reach because of the cord stretched to keep you from walking where there was no floor.....so you stood and waited for an elevator to come to the lobby. Construction was concealed by a thin white curtain while work was going on. The walls were white plaster board, with some scraps and marks. My room was barely satisfactory...the coffee maker did not work, one day I was not given washcloths after cleaning personnel had been there, the room obviously had not been remodeled since my first stay at the hotel many years ago.

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4 out of 5

Currently Under Renovation

Anonymous, Seattle, WA, 2007-03-07

If you're planning on shopping on the Magnificent Mile, you can't beat the location of this hotel -- one blaock off Michigan Avenue.

The Inn of Chicago Best Western is currently being renovated. As a consequence there is construction activity; large areas of the hotel (including the lobby) are blocked offf; and, there are no amenities, such as a restaurant or bar. On those floors where renovations have been completed, the rooms are small but compfortable. The bathrooms are also pretty small. Now for the good news. As a result of the on-going renovations, rates are unbeleivably low for a hotel that has one of the best locations for anyone wanting to stay in the Near Noerthside.

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4 out of 5

Good Value

Anthony, Kahului, HI, 2007-03-07

Great restaurant above Ann Taylor's a block away

This hotel is under renovation (March 2007)in the front lobby but the friendliness of staff and the good conditions of the room made it a very relaxing place to stay with good value

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5 out of 5

Great Location

Eric, 2007-03-07

The Inn of Chicago Best Western was a great selection. The service was great. The best part about the hotel was the location. The Inn was located half a block from the Magnificent Mile. It was also close to great night life. I would strongly recommend this hotel and would stay there again in a hearbeat.

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2 out of 5

good value while they are remodeling

Anonymous, Los Angeles, CA, 2007-03-06

The Hotel is located in the midst of great tourist attractions, restaurants and shopping.

The room was spaceous and the beds comfortable. a bit cold and difficult to warm. Overall I was satisfied. The only problem was that when we arrived late and tired at the hotel and wanted a shower the bottles of shampoos, conditioners and soaps were not replaced (for several days) after we had used them the first day we arrived. Also there were no stepping out of the shower towels (rug.) The towels are very thin.

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2 out of 5

Great location, but...

Anonymous, 2007-03-04

Michigan Ave is one block away.

The accommodations were very small. The hotel was also undergoing renovation while we were there . The room was also not very clean. I found that the linens were stained (or possibly dirty from the previous user). I requested that they be changed while we were out to dinner. When we returned the linens were not changed but a maid had merely left some new linens on the chair. I was a bit discouraged but this and also the interactions I had with personnel at the front desk. I felt that the staff should have been more accommodating and polite with patrons, especially considering the state of the hotel at the time. On a more positive note, the inn was wonderfully located close to many excellent restaurants and shopping.

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2 out of 5

Watch out for the dust

Anonymous, 2007-03-03

Try Weber Grill's breakfast buffet. Very Delicious

The Inn of Chicago Best Western will be a great place when the rennovations are complete. I was somewhat surprised when what was Rennovations that were newly finished, turned out to be in the process. The lobby was under construction. The room was newly rennovated and comfortable. The bathroom's are clean but very tiny, reminding me of a bathroom on a cruise ship. I'm glad I'm not a bigger person. I realize the price was fantastic when taking into account the proximity to all the great restaurants, shops and Michigan Avenue. The bed was extremely comfortable and I had a great night's sleep except for hearing come commotion just outside.

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2 out of 5

Small rooms, terrible service

Anonymous, Washington, DC, 2007-02-25

The Best Western Inn of Chicago was under renovation when I arrived, and the lobby looked terrible. The staff were not terribly friendly, and the room was tiny -- two double beds barely fit, and the bathroom was the size of a small closet. The fitness center was similarly disappointing, containing only one stairmaster, one treadmill, and one stationary bike, with no weights or weight machines. I would not recommend this hotel to anyone.

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