this hotel is located in the loop of chicago. it's very close to almost all the attractions downtown chicago has to offer, 15 min. walk to navy pier, 2 min. to millennium park, 5 min. to magnificent mile, etc. the lobby is beautiful and historic with the elegance of the turn of the century and buzzing with activity. parking is expensive, we opted to park at the millennium park garage 2 mins. away which saved $60 over 3 days. rooms were clean but the bathroom small. we got this place for $70/night on priceline and loved it.

The Palmer House always causes me to breathe deeply upon entering the fantastic lobby. The Palmer House has excellent lobby life going on, full of people sitting, talking, rubbing elbows, socializing and refreshing themselves with drinks and food. I feel this aspect sets Palmer House apart from many hotels that seem nothing more than a line of peoplewith little incentive or space to linger, meet and talk to fellow travellers. This historic hotel is packed with art, impossibly lavish ball rooms and enough winding hall ways packed with pictures to qualify as a museam of Chicago itself. I took the executive level upgrade and liked that the room was larger and had two bathrooms, gorgeous decor but the executive level lounge was in my opinion rather depressing offering over priced beer and rather dull and limited snack and breakfast selections. Besides, who would want to linger in the executive lounge when you could linger in the lobby with it's newly and gorgeous renovation of the bar and restaurant. I've been to the Palmer House many times in 40 years and am delighted to see it more exciting than it has been in awhile. On this visit to Chicago I stayed at three hotels, including the Palmer House, the Hotel InterContinental and the Trump Tower. I liked them in the order I listed and found the Trump Tower disappointing and the Palmer House really stands out as a fine hotel, worth the expense; and I stay in hotels many, many times per year.

Palmer House is an elegant hotel with a long history; the lobby area is spectacular.
One the great things about the hotel is the location as it is in the Loop, and close to the
Museums, parks, lakeside attractions. The only issue is the size of the bathroom--very
small. The room, while on the small side, was very comfortable.
Highly recommend this hotel.

Convenient to the museum, symphony and restaurants. Great Russian nearby. Street level is ugly with the elevated train nearby. The lobby is grand. Stayed in a historic looking room with 2 bathrooms. Crowded executive lounge.