Ramada Inn Lake Shore - Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Located just 5 minutes from McCormick Place this hotel offers spectacular views of Lake Michigan and Chicago's skyline.

Also just 12 minutes from Navy Pier and Water Tower Place. They even offer a free downtown shuttle for there guests. The hotel is located in a great residential area of Hyde Park and the University of Chicago. With 184 guest rooms and suites this hotel offers the close excitement of downtown Chicago yet a great dollar value being in a quiet reserved part of town.

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4 out of 5

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Take menu with you. There are not many resturants in the area.

Staff was friendly from the moment I arrived. Just some people above were making to mush noise with their kids running around.

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4 out of 5

great view

shelia, Memphis, TN, 2007-02-10

The aquarium is just down the street. Its really neat but you should buy your tickets in advance to avoid the line.

The room was nice. the rooom had a nice desk. There was a free parking garage--A necessity for Chicago in the winter!!

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4 out of 5

Gr8 Breakfast Buffet but Pricey

Tamra, Louisville, KY, 2006-12-14

Soldier Field, Field Museum, the Miracle Mile of Michigan Avenue for high price shopping, other museums, and plentiful restraunts downtown.

Ramada Inn Lakeshore-Chicago was difficult to get to by map, but once found was fairly easy to get to and from our sites of interest. The hotel needs an update in it's carpeting in the halls and rooms. I did not want to walk barefooted. The bathroom was very clean. The mattresses need to be replaced as they were not very supportive to our backs...ugh in the morning! Closet and drawer space was sufficient. The room has a hidden refrigerator for soda and snacks that need to be cool. Overall, for the price, it fit our budget and we were happy to have a place not downtown and yet within easy drive distance to the museum and downtown shopping. If we go back to Chicago we will probably stay somewhere else, maybe a bit further from downtown...

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4 out of 5

good location

Anonymous, Milwaukee, WI, 2006-12-10

entrance to the xpressawy is north of the hotel

room was very clean. very close to the expressway for easy access.

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4 out of 5

good for everybody

Anonymous, 2006-11-08

The Ramada Inn was very comfortable, the room seemed much larger than most with enough space between the beds, the table, the furnitures and the chairs. I liked the fact that the bathroom was separate from the vanity area and there was a sink with a long counter and there was adequate space for hanging clothes. The location was neither close or far from downtown, but the hotel provides a free shuttle service to downtown three times each day, and the bus stop is really close (5 minutes walking).

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4 out of 5

Good Location

Anonymous, Orlando, FL, 2006-11-06

This hotel was five miles south of downtown Chicago,

It was exactly what I was looking for. Close to downtown Chicago, and close to the airport as I had an early flight the next morning.

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5 out of 5

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andres, 2006-11-02

I was participating in a exposition at Mc McCormick Place, and the hotel was in a really good location.

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5 out of 5

Convienience

Sarah, 2006-10-22

There is a really nice park across the street.

We stayed at the Ramada Inn for the Chicago Marathon. The hotel room was very clean and had just been remodeled. The hotel had two shuttle buses to take the athletes to the Marathon which was very convienient. The hotel staff was very nice and a pleasure to deal with. The hotel is a little out of town and can be a long cab ride. The restaurant was also nice. I was satisfied with the hotel and the service!!I would reccomend this hotel!!

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4 out of 5

Good hotel for price paid

Anonymous, 2006-10-18

I stayed here for 5 nights during a visit to chicago for a convention at Mccormick place. The best thing about this hotel is its location right off lake shore drive and the 5-10min drive to Mccormick place. Hotel room in the main building was much better than the one in the other separate builidng. Rooms were old but clean well mainatined. Overall not bad considering price and location to Mccormick place. Would not recommend for families or maybe even female travelers traveling alone because of the neighborhood. there is nothing in walking distance to hotel and the neighborhood did not look to safe.

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1 out of 5

high crime area, dirty, rude staff, not fit for a human

Anonymous, 2006-10-15

It was very dusty, the bed was dirty, the room smelled of smoke and feeces. It was in a high crime area, the staff recomended to stay inside unless i carried a gun. The refrigerator was broken. The elevator was questionable as to travel safe or not. The room was etreemly HOT. We requested to have the air on was told no that it was off for the year and to open the windows. That on the 4th floor we would probably be o.k. Requested a fan the staff rudely stated we do not provide fans. When asking for directions staff was helpful. I would not recomend this place to another soul, i am going to contact Ramada related to this.

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