Chicago
A 2018 newbie, the Wheelhouse features 21 rooms in a restored greystone building not far from Wrigley Field. The smallish rooms have an earthy, urban loft…
Chicago
A 2018 newbie, the Wheelhouse features 21 rooms in a restored greystone building not far from Wrigley Field. The smallish rooms have an earthy, urban loft…
Chicago
Hyde Park got its first boutique hotel in 2018, and it's a design winner. The 98 rooms have an artsy-hip look that feels truly fresh. Each is a good size,…
Chicago
This hip hotel occupies a vintage, redbrick dairy warehouse. It's great value for the Gold Coast, drawing a wide range of travelers – global backpackers,…
Chicago
Nestled into a row of residential housing, the Majestic is walking distance to Wrigley Field and Boystown and mere steps from the lakefront. From the…
Chicago
Urban bohemians love the Acme for its indie-cool style at (usually) affordable rates. The 130 rooms mix industrial fixtures with retro lamps, mid-century…
Publishing House Bed & Breakfast
Chicago
The building was indeed a publishing house more than a century ago, and it’s now transformed so it looks like the stylish home of your coolest city friend…
Chicago
Chicago’s branch of the super-hip Ace chain rises up across the street from Google’s shiny office. Hints of Frank Lloyd Wright, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe…
Chicago
Breezy Found Hotel joins the elevated hostel/casual-hotel brigade. The 60 rooms come in several configurations, including four-bed dorms with sturdy (and…
Chicago
The Waldorf routinely tops the list for Chicago’s best uber-luxury hotel. It models itself on 1920s Parisian glamour and, we have to admit, it delivers it…
Illinois
Convicts and town drunks were locked away here until 1977, but this former jail has been lavishly converted into one of the country's best B&Bs and now…
Chicago
The Gold Coast's newest luxury hotel, the Viceroy has 198 rooms and suites with art deco–inspired design elements with warm woods, gold accents and luxe…
Hampton Inn Chicago Downtown/N Loop
Chicago
This unique property with a central location makes you feel like a road-tripper of yore. Set in the 1928 art deco Chicago Motor Club Building, the lobby…
Chicago
Billionaire Richard Branson transformed the 27-story, art deco Dearborn Bank Building into the first outpost of his cheeky new hotel chain. The airy,…
Chicago
Twelve stories in a 1912 office building now comprise one of the Loop's newest mod-luxe hotels. Large rooms are elegantly decorated with a slightly…
Chicago
Check in at the tavern downstairs and then head to your wood-floored, vintage-stylish accommodations on the floor above. The six rooms aren't particularly…
Illinois
This historic arts-and-crafts-style luxury apartment building from 1908 offers 11 rooms of the four-poster bed, claw-foot bathtub variety (along with two…
Chicago
Gleaming Hotel Zachary – named after Zachary Taylor Davis, the architect of Wrigley Field – opened in 2018 right across the street from the celebrated…
Wicker Park, Bucktown & Ukrainian Village
An international crowd fills the gender-segregated dorms (with four to eight beds) and private rooms of these converted loft condos; some rooms have…
Wicker Park, Bucktown & Ukrainian Village
Holiday Jones has an irreverent personality, with old steamer trunks turned stereo speakers comprising the front desk and cartoony posters lining the…
Chicago
The boutique Lincoln is all about kitschy fun, as the lobby's 'wall of bad art' and front desk patched together from flea-market dresser drawers attest…
Chicago
Chicago's most stalwart hostel is immaculate, conveniently placed in the Loop, and offers bonuses such as a staffed information desk, free volunteer-led…
Chicago
At this super-hip hostel-hotel hybrid, travelers split evenly between the four-person, bunk-bed dorms and private rooms. All feature warm woods, bright…
Chicago
Housed in the landmark 1890s Reliance Building, a prototype for the modern skyscraper, this hotel's slick, historic design woos architecture buffs. Deco…
Chicago
Queen Elizabeth, Princess Di, the Reagans, the Bushes, the Clintons, the late, great Aretha Franklin… Who hasn’t stayed at the Drake since its 1920…
Chicago
When a hotel's front desk doubles as a bar, you know you're in for a good time. So it goes at Moxy, where the lobby is a communal area with a 24-hour taco…
Chicago
Radisson Blu's sleek rooms occupy floors one to 18 of the rippling, 82-story Aqua Tower, designed by local starchitect Jeanne Gang. Standard rooms are…
Chicago
The Guesthouse is comprised of 25 elegant, condo-style suites, each with a full kitchen, washer-dryer and private balcony with BBQ grill. Choose from…
Chicago
This is another excellent property in the Kimpton chain, joining the Monaco and Allegro in the Loop. Note of distinction: the 17-story, 261-room Palomar…
Chicago
Designed by renowned architect Daniel Burnham's firm as a place for jewelers and silversmiths to ply their trade, this 1897 building's gem-inspired theme…
Chicago
The Monaco's rooms are large, with bold-red window curtains, geometric carpeting and curlicued dark-wood headboards; window nooks let you sit and watch…
Chicago
Early starchitect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe originally designed the 52-story, black-box building. His grandson remade the lower floors into the Langham in…
Buckingham Athletic Club Hotel
Chicago
On the 40th floor of the Chicago Stock Exchange building, this 21-room hotel isn't easy to find. The benefit if you do? It's quiet (on weekends and…
Sofitel Chicago Magnificent Mile
Chicago
The outside of the Sofitel looks like some state-of-the-art computing device, with a triangular glass tower leaning gracefully out into space. Inside,…
Chicago
This 1910 beaux-arts landmark is known as the ‘hotel of presidents’ (a dozen have slumbered here). The 23-story beauty now caters to an upmarket business…
Chicago
The Peninsula is among Chicago's top addresses. Rich white-leather and ebony-wood furnishings dominate the large rooms. Marble bathrooms feature a soaking…
Wicker Park, Bucktown & Ukrainian Village
This classic brick row house is steps away from great restaurants and nightlife. The sunny rooms aren’t huge, but all have hardwood floors, small desk…
Chicago
The 63-room Ivy parcels out its chambers so that there are just five per floor, making it feel exceptionally intimate. The sleek and chic rooms are…
Chicago
Chicago's outpost of the members-only club for creative types opens its hotel to the masses. There are only 40 rooms in the century-old, former factory in…
Chicago
Palmer House has been around since 1875 and the lobby still has an awe-inspiring opulence – Tiffany chandeliers, marble pillars, ceiling frescoes – that…
Chicago
The InterContinental is split in two. The Executive Tower's 315 rooms are its historic core. The spacious chambers are bright and clean lined, done up in…