We stayed at the Amalfi twice during the month of December. Once before Christmas and once after. Greg, doorman, is super friendly. We really enjoy the hotel not only because it's always clean, but also the location is great for shopping in the River North area. Also there are just dozens of restaurant choices within walking distance.

Only negative comment was the fact that we were locked out of our room 11:55am on one of our visits, on our check out day. Check out is noon and they wouldn't extend it by one hour (on a Monday morning). We went to breakfast and got back to our room to grab our bags at 11:55am and found they had already deactivated our room key.

The Amalfi is just a five minute walk away from the Blue Line, and centrally located in Downtown Chicago, which makes using the public transit a cinch. If the weather's nice enough, it's also easy to walk almost anywhere to find entertainment, food, or museums that are very close by.

The hotel itself is nice; adequately large rooms, comfortable beds and I was surprised to find we had a mini fridge (which is always a perk). The reception desk was friendly and helpful, and overall we had no problems staying. The front door was also well-attended. One note: we did get a room that others have complained "looks out on a brick wall" which is really the side of another building. So no, our view wasn't ideal, but who honestly looks at the view for more than five minutes of their stay, anyway? It really didn't detract much from the room's coziness.

The continental breakfast isn't lavish, but it definitely helped cut out having to find breakfast each morning! Lots of cereal, bagels, donuts and pastries, fruit, yogurt ect. We didn't go up to the fifth floor for cocktails since we were usually out when they were serving them, so I can't comment on that. But the experience overall was great!

Staff was very friendly, nice room, excellent continental breakfast (on each floor so late comers like us still had a nice selection). We had some problems with the Wi-if connection but would definitely stay here again. The location was fabulous!

We came to explore the city and stumbled upon the amalfi. Lucky us! Once inside the eclectic surroundings were not only inviting but extremely clean. The staff was amazing. Our best experience was our very last night when the door man overheard me upset over the fact that I thought then pizza by the slice place around the corner was closed. He told us to stand by after he vale parked our car and ran off to see if the place was open. Thank you Raji.!! Because of service like his we will be back for our next visit.