We stayed at the Palmer House over the Labour Day long weekend for 4 nights in a standard room on the 16th floor. Overall, the stay was descent -- what we expected from an historic building and from reading previous reviews.
Pros:
- great staff, extremely helpful;
- very elegantly decorated lobby/main area;
- great location, we parked and walked everywhere...
...within 500m to Millennium Park;
...within 1km to Buckingham Fountain in one direction, and the Willis Tower in the other;
...within 2.5km to the north end of Michigan Ave (Magnificent Mile/John Hancock Center);
...within 3.0km to Soldier Field / Shedd Aquarium / Field Museum;
...close to the subway line/bus system;
- comfortable bed;
Cons:
- not all rooms are nicely renovated/new;
- room temperature was either really cold or humid, couldn't find a comfortable setting;
- bathroom exhaust fan was not functioning, but we were able to hear someone else's
conversations from it!;
- no free wifi included;
- small rooms;
We would probably stay here again with the condition that we get one of the renovated rooms with a king bed!
good luck!
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