Enjoyable stay - busy hotel
We spent the Easter long weekend in Chicago and stayed at the Hyatt Regency. The location was very convenient. Close to Magnificent Mile, within walking distance of Navy Pier, only a few blocks from the subways and close to the 146 bus to Museum campus. The coffee shop in the lobby is open 24 hours which made it very convenient for the really early risers or getting a late night snack. The Bar above the lobby level was also a great location to enjoy a drink after a busy day of sightseeing or shopping. The hotel is very large and very busy so you do need to be acceptable to a large convention hotel environment. We had a room at the end of the hall and although it was far from the elevator, we didn't have any issues with noise that others have commented on. The negative part was that there doesn't seem to be enough elevators for the size of the hotel when the hotel is full. Therefore at times when the convention that was inhouse was in motion, a couple of times we waited up to 10 minutes to get onto an elevator to go to the lobby. Also, although there are minibars in the room, the hotel visibly discourages (almost threatens) guests to not put any of your own items in there so if you have medication to store, it might be worth mentioning it at checkin. Oveall, the staff at the hotel were friendly and helpful. Our group was able to take advantage of great packages that included parking or breakfast which added good value to the room rate.