LOVED the Peninsula. Excellent Location. Loved the bar downstairs. The rooms are large and have every amenity you can think of. I loved the bench outside the closet for throwing suitcases. My son loved the fact that he could watch cartoons while taking a bath. They even gave him a little Peninsula bear to take home dressed as a bell hop. Will return.

If you can afford to stay at the Pennisular in Chicago, please do you won't be disappointed.
Amer Express had a deal where you had a discounted room rate , free upgrade, free breakfast, one afternoon tea. I went with the Royal Tea which included champagne and caviar. We also had Sunday Bruch which was very nice. The Hotel is 5 star in everyway. The house keeping is "ghostly" where you don't see them but always see their handiwork. No carts in the hallway. The Spa was a pleasent experience where we had a couples massage. The service is so good by the time you hang up the phone for service someone is knocking at your door with your request. The rooms along with the view are wonderful however stay on upper floors due to the noise and cars on Michigan Ave.The service is so good while checking out our valet took our bags and even picked up a Chicago style pizza we had earlier ordered and met us at our car as we left for home dodging Oprah's 2009 season opening show on Michigan Ave.

We normally stay at another competitor in Chicago. There was an unusually good special so we decided to try the Peninsula. We had a 1 BD suite. Views in this hotel are not as good as the FS where we we usually stay but we did have a nice view of Water Tower, and a little bit of the lake. Main bathroom is a little small, suite had low ceilings and the TV was outdated. Our mini-bar was not refilled during our stay once....no diet sodas after the first day. The restaurants were empty or having special events during our stay, so even though we were offered a discount we could not use it and try them. Hotel was nice enough to credit toward the stay. Concierges were very good at getting basic info, though they push the restaurant of a former chef that we thought was a poor suggestion. The bar is old school but really smells of smoke even though it is non-smoking. The pool/ spa is nice. The location is central Michigan Ave near the major dept. stores. I would return only if I found a great deal again.

I stayed for four nights in an Executive Suite at The Peninsula while visiting friends from my college days. This was my second stay at The Peninsula and it won't be my last. In addition to the stunning service and facilities, I was able to get a very decent rate under one of their summer specials.

My room was extremely spacious (see photos)--separate living room, entrance hallway, connecting hallway, etc. One of my favorite things about the Peninsula is the amount of room devoted to dressing--plenty of closet space, drawers, and mirrors. The sound-proofing was superb--windows open you could hear sirens and all the other sounds of the city, but once they were closed there was no sound from outside.

One of the most attractive things about this room was the bathtub with a window overlooking Michigan Avenue--I took baths just to be able to look through the window!

The technology is, if anything, over the top--I counted six telephones or equivalents (like the voice-operated one in the bathtub) in the suite, two televisions, a stereo system, and the Peninsula-standard electronic control systems (see photo)--on one morning when I slept in light and housekeeping knocked on the door (a long way from the bedroom) I just had to roll over and hit the "Privacy" button on the phone--a light turned on outside the room and that was it.

No complaints at all about this trip, but I do have two suggestions, both from The Berkeley in London--

1) The deck chairs on the sun roof outside often appeared occupied even though no-one was there--it would be worthwhile to clean these more frequently or to put up a sign asking people to clear away their belongings when they were done so that more people could enjoy the sun deck.

2) Shoes left overnight for polishing should be returned with temporary shoe trees.