We live in the Chicago Suburbs and we were invited to a wedding at the Hotel Allegro, so to avoid a 45 minute ride home after drinking at the reception we decide to stay the night. Initially, my wife was in the area and stopped in to see if rooms were still available. She was told that they did still have rooms and was quoted the "Wedding Rate" of $255 plus tax, which in Chicago would have put us about $300. We went home and tried Hotwire and received a rate for the same night at $135 tax included. So much for the group discount. Parking was also $44 a night, but is available at the public garages downtown a little cheaper.
Check in was easy and no problem and they did have our room ready at about 2:00pm when we arrived. The Allegro is nicely done, with a very hipster slant to the decor.
Our room (1910) was nice, clean and well appointed but very small. I'm not sure that it was even a queen size bed. Only two pillows and none anywhere else in the room. The bathroom was clean, but very small. They had a big (maybe 37") plasma TV in the room.
As part of the wedding the parents of the bride had the "Star Dust Suite" which was on our floor and was huge. It was big enough to have a bar and pool table and reception area that we had about 40 people in comfortably.
The ballroom and the wedding reception were well done by the Allegro staff.
I really would have rated it a 3.5 star hotel, but that isn't an option on TripAdvisor. It has a good theater district location and is a good place to stay, but not the best value for the money, especially without booking it on Hotwire.
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