Excellent location for CTA, restaurants, shopping...
We stayed here 6/21/12 and being first time travelers to Chicago and utilizing transit systems, we couldn't have been happier. It's very accessible to the Red line, blue line, and brown lines. There is a bus stop right outside the entrance on the corner of Lake Street that will take you to the Museum of Science and Industry as well. Walgreens is right across the street for any travel essentials you may have forgotten. Inside the pedway there is a Wow Bao quick serve asian food outlet, Protein Bar which has a lot of healthy, vegan friendly foods and juices, Chase Bank, and a Starbucks. Hotel room was clean, very spacious, but the bed was a little solid. We have a very soft memory foam, pillowtop that we're used to so we were disappointed in the bed, but this is just personal preference and with the amount of walking and sightseeing we did, we were too tired to really care. Wifi is available for around $15 a day, there is a really nice bar in the lobby, and every staff member we encountered was friendly and helpful. The river is right across the street on the main entrance and Millenium Park is maybe 3-4 blocks up the street. Great hotel experience! Will highly recommend to my clients that travel to Chicago for business, as well as my family that will be traveling for a wedding next year.