Sardine Vacation
This is not a 4 star hotel. The room(s) we had were slightly bigger than the Queen bed we slept in (space to the wall was 2 ft from the left and foot of the bed and 3ft on the right). What they called a closet was a 1.5' nook with a cheap curtain in front of it. The TV was mounted on the wall at the foot of the bed and with so little room between the foot of the bed and the wall (see above) you would have to veer to pass between the foot of the bed and the TV. BUT - that has some perils because the Bed frame is a wood structure that encases the boxspring and it sticks out about 4" from the matterss. The end result is that when you veer to avoid hitting the TV, you nail your shin on the bedframe and it really hurts. My wife and I still have bruises. I think they have made some attempts to cushion the blow with padding, but that is cheap and falling off. The bathroom's are fine except the sink is too shallow for a Sardine to swim in and it spalshes all over you. The general decor is rather drab and the dark brown carpet that is used both in the hallways and the rooms looks really bad. Staying with the Sardine theme, the hallways are also narrow. I don't have anything bad to say about the bathroom, but the again, there is nothing special about it either. We booked this through a solicitation from priceline about great negotiated deals on Chicago 4 star hotels. I am not sure how priceline could grade this as 4 start hotel, my wife says one of the things they base their rating on is if they have a robe. REALLY! A ROBE!!! How about square footage??? I have seen bigger one bed hospital rooms. They probably have some Larger rooms, but I don't think you will ever get one if you book thorugh Priceline's negotiated site. My suggestion is that if you want to use "priceline's name your price" in Chicag", stay out of the River North area because you will probably get the Hotel Felix. I assume that is the only way someone would pay for their cells and selling them to unssupecting people on priceline is part of their business model. I really feel I was taken for a ride by Priceline and the Hotel on this deal.