We booked a double queen room which came with 2 beds, a desk and chair, a tv and a bathroom with shower. We got a room on the ground floor. The motel is divided into blocks which each have a main door with keycard entry and then card entry for your own room.
I have to be careful with this review, because I don't want to give the impression this is a terrible hotel - it's just very basic, with a few quirks.
The pros:
Very central location - you're right in central chicago, near to tube stops, places to eat and drink, you're about a half hour walk to most main visitor attractions
It's cheap - compared to a double room in other nearby hotels, this was around $50 cheaper per night
It's clean - not the most modern of rooms, but certainly kept to a good level of cleanliness
The cons:
The location - chicago is a noisy bustling city, which can mean that on the bottom floor of a small motel, in a downtown location, you feel a bit exposed
The room decor - very old fashioned and rather cheap giving it a run down feel
The overall finish of the hotel - yes, it's a basic cheap motel but, I do expect the key card you've given me to work (and not to mean I've got to go into the block next door, walk upstairs, along the balcony and down the stairs in my block to gain access to my room), I also expect the coffee machine and the tv in my room to work first time, and I don't expect the staff to be repainting the car park everyday.
There was wifi, but it was sketchy and there wasn't any laundry facilities.
As I say, overall, for the money it wasn't a terrible place to stay, and if you can put up with a few glitches then it's fine.
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