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"Was great"

"Everything was great! No complaints other than you are always booked. We love your hotel!"

"The best thing for me about the Palmer House Hotel is its location just steps from the Red Line El Monroe station and only a block from the Blue Line Monroe station that goes to O'Hare Airport. It is one block from a large, convenient Target, a spectacular Macy's in the old Marshall Fields building and a block from the Art Institute Museum and another block to Milleneum Park (with the "bean" sculpture). Great theaters, restaurants and sites right out the door, and a Starbucks and easy menu order/pickup store with all kinds of quick pickup options all located just steps out of the elevator. This is a convenient, lovely, interesting hotel that is my first choice when staying in the "loop" in downtown Chicago. You don't really have to even leave the hotel to have an interesting array of things to see (the ceiling in the main dining/lobby area is stunning. And, the spa is great."

"Really nice staff and good places around the hotel!"

"Room was clean and hotel had a cute lobby. However, room phone did not work, there were no extra blankets or cups in the room and the TV was glitchy."

"This hotel wasn’t terrible but wasn’t great. We only stay at Hilton Gardens and have always had great experiences but this one was different. The bed we had, not only was it practically on the floor, the box spring was also broken and had us slanting in towards the middle. In the bathroom, there was many different things that were broken. To top things off when waiting for the elevator, we encountered cockroaches. One big plus is the location. Being right next to the red line makes it super easy to get anywhere we wanted."

"Decent hotel, but definitely outdated and overpriced for the service/amenities that you receive. "

"Excellent location and price!"

"If you want a hotel that smells like a petting zoo during a heatwave this is your spot. If this is the Royal Sonesta a regular Sonesta must be a car on the back half of a traveling circus. I did not know it was a pets allowed hotel. It smells like pets."