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:

Newberry Library
The Newberry Library is a bibliophile's dream. Established in 1887 at the bequest of the Chicago merchant and financier Walter Loomis Newberry, the noncirculating research library today contains many rare books and manuscripts (such as Shakespeare's first folio and Jefferson's copy of The Federalist Papers), housed in a comely five-story granite building. The library is also a major destination for genealogists digging at their roots, with holdings that are open free to the public (over the age of 16 with a photo ID). The collections include more than 1.5 million volumes and 75,000 maps, many of which are displayed during an ongoing series of public exhibitions. For an overview, take a free 1-hour tour Thursday at 3pm or Saturday at 10:30am. The Newberry also sponsors a series of concerts (including those by its resident early-music ensemble, the Newberry Consort), lectures, and children's story hours throughout the year, and operates a fine bookstore. One popular annual event is the Bughouse Square debates. Held across the street in Washington Square Park, the debates re-create the fiery soapbox orations of the left-wing agitators in the 1930s and 1940s. Chicago's favorite son Studs Terkel, the Pulitzer Prize-winning oral historian, often emcees the hullabaloo. Allow a half-hour.

Oriental Institute Museum
Near the midpoint of the campus, a few blocks from Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, is the Oriental Institute, housing one of the world's major collections of Near Eastern art. Although most of the galleries have been renovated within the last few years, this is still a very traditional museum: lots of glass cases, very few interactive exhibits (in other words, there's not much to interest young children). It won't take you long to see the highlights here -- but a few impressive pieces make it worth a stop for history and art buffs.Your first stop should be the Egyptian Gallery, which showcases the finest objects among the 35,000 artifacts from the Nile Valley held by the museum. At the center stands a monumental 17-foot solid-quartzite statue of King Tutankhamen, the boy king who ruled Egypt from about 1335 to 1324 B.C. The largest Egyptian sculpture in the Western Hemisphere (tipping the scales at 6 tons), the Oriental Institute excavated it in 1930. The surrounding exhibits, which document the life and beliefs of Egyptians from 5000 B.C. to the 8th century A.D., have a wonderfully accessible approach that emphasizes themes, not chronology. Among them are: mummification (there are 14 mummies on display -- five people and nine animals, including hawks, an ibis, a shrew, and a baby crocodile), kingship, society, and writing (including a deed for the sale of a house, a copy of the Book of the Dead, and a schoolboy's homework).The Oriental Institute also houses important collections of artifacts from civilizations that once flourished in what are now Iran and Iraq. The highlight of the Mesopotamium Gallery is a massive, 16-foot-tall sculpture of a winged bull with a human head, which once stood in the palace of Assyrian king Sargon II. The gallery also contains some of the earliest man-made tools ever excavated, along with many other pieces that have become one-of-a-kind since the destruction and looting of the National Museum in Baghdad in 2003. The Persian Gallery displays approximately 1,000 objects dating from the Archaic Susiana Period (ca. 6800 B.C.) to the Islamic Period (ca. A.D. 1000). Other galleries are filled with artifacts from Sumer, ancient Palestine, Israel, Anatolia, and Nubia.The small but eclectic gift shop, called the Suq, stocks many one-of-a-kind items, including reproductions of pieces in the museum's collection. Allow 1 hour.

Fine Arts Building
A worthwhile brief stop for architecture and history buffs, this 1885 building was originally a showroom for Studebaker carriages. In 1917, it was converted into an arts center with offices, shops, two theaters, and studios for musicians, artists, and writers. Its upper stories sheltered a number of well-known publications (The Saturday Evening Post, Dial) and provided offices for such luminaries as Frank Lloyd Wright, sculptor Lorado Taft, and L. Frank Baum, author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Harriet Monroe published her magazine, Poetry, here and first introduced American readers to Carl Sandburg, T. S. Eliot, and Ezra Pound. Before the literary lions prowled its halls, the building also served for a short time as a rallying base for suffragettes. Located throughout the building are a number of interesting studios and musical-instrument shops. Take at least a quick walk through the marble-and-wood lobby, then take the vintage elevator to the top floor to see the spectacular murals. 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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