Chicago Athletic Association Hotel

Awesome Founders Room and great location!! Staff is friendly everywhere you go and the hotel has great history (Ask at front desk about speakeasy it used to run)

Excellent location on the Mile! Friendly and attentive staff providing solid service. Cindy's bar was great to see the sunset with a cocktail in hand. Highly recommend.

This is my favorite hotel in Chicago—and probably one of my favorite hotels anywhere. There really is nothing else quite like it. I had not stayed here in a couple years, and I was genuinely excited to come back. Unfortunately, there is now one major issue that really changes the experience: the lobby and common areas have become crowded with students from local colleges who are not hotel guests. They set up with laptops, books, backpacks, and chargers and use these beautiful spaces as essentially a study hall or remote-work area. I completely understand wanting the hotel to feel welcoming to the community, but there has to be a balance. These spaces are one of the main reasons guests choose this hotel. When paying hotel guests have to navigate around groups of non-guests occupying tables and seating areas for hours, the lobby loses much of the atmosphere that made this hotel so special in the first place. It now feels crowded, hectic, and more like a university library or coffee shop. This is significant enough that it will affect whether I stay here again. Before booking my next trip to Chicago, I will call the hotel and ask whether this is still the policy. If non-guests are still being allowed to use the lobby this way, unfortunately I will stay somewhere else. I say this reluctantly because I truly love this hotel. It remains one of the most unique and beautiful hotels I have ever stayed in. But management needs to recognize that paying guests has to come first.

The most overpriced hotel in Chicago. What an absolute joke. I paid over $800 for a tiny room that stared straight into another building. The marketing is deceitful--this was not a "city view" or a luxury room--nothing luxurious about it, including a mediocre bathroom. I thought I was splurging for our anniversary. The elevators to get up to the rooms is a disaster. Slow and crammed with people all day--sometimes forcing us to wait 10min or be packed shoulder to shoulder in a tiny elevator. We took the stairs to the 15th floor. If you're looking for a luxury experience, this is definitely not the hotel for you..

Great stay. Was upgraded as a Globalist. Breakfast was wonderful and very high end. I was concerned that the Drawing Room would be a poor substitute for the Cherry Circle Room but it was really nice and the food was great. Thanks for the pleasurable stay.