Home2 Suites by Hilton Chicago McCormick Place

Immediately upon arrival the staff was great at the front desk. They were warm and welcoming, just what we needed after a day of travel. The hotel stay was short for us but I can say that we didn’t have any complaints outside of the fact that our room was extremely toasty. Although the weather in Chicago was a bit chillier (40s/rainy) it seemed like the room temperature never really got cooler which led to a night of toss and turns because we were uncomfortable. Overall nice stay, just wish it wasn’t so hot in the room making it somewhat of an unbearable night making me want to expedite my stay. Pretty convenient location for travel by Lyft/uber not really within walking distance to much else outside of a few restaurants nearby. They do have a rooftop restaurant bar, super cool and a few bars nearby but nothing a quick Lyft from the hotel can’t change. Hotel parking is quite expensive but cheaper than surrounding. You might be better off not renting if you don’t need to get around. However, if you are planning to travel around like us then I would recommend parking in the lot next to the hotel, (you do not get in and out access) and walk/commute other places.

When we arrived on Friday night, the room smelled like dirty feet. There was a curly black hair on the nightstand. On Saturday afternoon, we got a text asking us how everything was, and I let them know. When we got back to the room, it smelled the same. However, on Sunday afternoon, we returned to the room to find a gift bag with a bottle of water, a piece of canday and a sweet roll, saying "Sorry we missed a spot!" So, by the third day of our visit, they acknowledged the issue and it smelled like maybe they sprayed some Lysol, but it still did not smell great. Besides that, the fridge did not work properly. As others have mentioned, the doors are loud and there was loud noise on Cernak street until very late. The parking was expensive -- $47/night if you park yourself, $57/night for valet, and we did not feel safe walking from the parking lot late at night. There is a nice view from the rooftop, and we ate breakfast there a couple of days, but when we tried to go up on the roof on Sunday night (to look at the lights and unwind on our last night in Chicago), the elevator wouldn't go to that floor. We asked the desk and they said we could walk to the lobby next door and access the roof. We walked over and there were people smoking pot on the sidewalk out front, and inside the lobby there was some kind of checkpoint where it looked like they were going through people's backpacks, so we chickened out, went back to our loud, smelly, dirty room and called it a night.