Too small for two
The location of this hotel is terrific. Access to the hotel via public transport was easy via the CTA orange train line, and then a bus or a walk for half a mile. We had a contemporary room with a queen bed and I'd recommend this room for a single traveller only. The bathroom is a tiny box, I could touch opposing walls at the simultaneously. There is no exhaust fan in the bathroom, and the 2 tiny glass shelves were already full. You cannot have the bathroom door open and then open the main door, they block each other. The arconditioner, whilst doing a very reasonable job at keeping the heat level down, is old and wall mounted underneath the window blowing air straight up meaning you can't close the blockout blinds because then the cold air blows up behind the curtains! The bed was comfortable, but the sheets felt like they were almost plastic or been starched to death and are strangely noisy when you move around. As for the in room wireless, I tried connecting 4 times and kept being told that my billing address didn't match AVS records, so I was unable to connect via wifi, and the 3G coverage for my iPad 2 on AT&T was thin. The lobby in the hotel is very modern and has 30 minute sessions of free wifi for free for guests. The elevators are fairly slow and I found myself taking the fire stairs once. The furnishings, location and price all amount to a good offering in theory, but I find the size of the room and space let's it down dismally. Perhaps we'll stay here again but in a larger room.