Embassy Suites Hotel Chicago Downtown-La

Pros: Clean room, good location, great breakfast, courteous staff.
Cons: Pool was closed - would have been disaster had the kids been with me.

I've long been a fan of the Embassy Suites chain. The hotels are usually new, clean, modern, comfortable, and you gotta love that free breakfast that's really a breakfast. I've been wanting to stay at this particular hotel for the last couple of years, ...

Pros: customer service was amazing! full breakfast, cocktail hour, main floor pool
Cons: gift room was cramped, would prefer a room that gets a "10" in cleanliness

We opted for Chicago during Spring Break as opposed to somewhere warm and sunny - better to toughen up the kids while they're young. So we headed for Chicago mid-week, a mere three hours drive (okay, five if you count the bumper-to-bumper traffic). ...

Pros: Service, Location, Room size, Made-to-order Breakfast
Cons: Price, Pool, Parking fees

Due to a conference, I stayed at The Embassy Suites Chicago Lakefront Hotel for five nights and for the most part, it was a pleasant stay. As is usual with Embassy Suites, they lay out a fantastic breakfast which is included with the stay. It is hard to ...

Pros: great location, free hot made to order breakfast, nice views
Cons: none

We stayed twice (different months, one in the spring and another one was in the summer) in the Embassy Suites Chicago River East (the one on N. Columbus Drive). Both times was perfect. The rooms are large, with two television sets (one in the bedroom and...