Great Location, Great Staff
We recently stayed at the Mile North (previously the Affinia) for 2 nights while in Chicago. The location on Superior is excellent if you want to be central to everything along Michigan Ave. We spent 1 day south of the hotel seeing the Art Institute, Millennium Park and shopping along the Mag Mile back towards the hotel. The second day we were east and north of the hotel at Navy Pier, the Hancock Tower, and the Water Tower Plaza area. Everything is walkable from the Mile North, and the free shuttle to Navy Pier is only a few blocks away on Grand if you dont want to walk to the Pier. The hotel staff was very friendly and the door man/bell hops are very helpful and funny. The room was exactly as advertised and I requested a high floor with a view 1 week in advance and was given that--a great view down Saint Clair St at night from the 28th floor. The roof top patio/lounge is very nice, although it was too hot for us to sit outside, but we did have a drink in the lounge. We only had breakfast at the C-House restaurant, but the pastries/muffins were very fresh and warm, and the fruit was nice too. They happily stored our bags until 7pm on our last day until we were ready to head to the airport. My only complaint would be the occasional siren from the hospitals that are close by, but that's not the hotel's fault, and it wasnt really a problem. Overall we had an excellent stay at the Mile North, and would definitely stay again because of the great location to attractions, good food (Gino's East is next door and the Elephant and Castle pub is just down Saint Clair about a block) , and it's proximity to everything else.