Just got back from a long weekend staying at the Hotel Burnham. I was a particpant in the Chicago Marathon. Got a great rate on this hotel on Priceline (due to the weekend I did book about 8 months in advance). The staff was wonderful to my family and myself the entire weekend including providing my son with some free drinks while my family was standing out front of the hotel watching the marathon (the course goes right past at about mile 1.5). The hotel also provided all runners with a free breakfast the morning of the race and all of the staff came out to congratulate me upon my return to the hotel. The room was wonderful and the view to the north seeing the Chicago Theatre right up the street and the Chicago skyline was great. The buidling itself is beatiful as noted in previous post and the hotel does a great job of keeping the buidling updated but also appearing close to the original condition and providing a history of one of Chicago's landmark buildings.

On our first trip to Chicago my wife and I took Amtrak from Portland, Or. That was an adventure in its self. I did a lot of research on line about where to stay and decided on the Burnham because of various recommendations NOT from previous travelers but from other sources. My wife has MS and cannot walk long distances (a few blocks before being pooped out) so I wanted some place close to the attractions we wanted to see. The hotel location was perfect. The hotel got us a wheelchair, at no cost to us, and we went all over the loop area. We only used the restaurant once (for breakfast) because of the many places to eat just around the corners from the hotel.

The hotel is located centrally and it was easy to get to my client. The staff was generally knowledgeable about the area and gave good restaurant recommendations.

We checked in early with little expectations but were greated with huge smiles and accommodated immeditaley. The staff at the door and the desk could not have been nicer. The room although small was perfect and given it is an historic building -understood. Loved the Atwood cafe - wish more hotels had cool places like this to eat-
Will definatley go again.