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The Whitehall Hotel - Hotel Reviews from across the web
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No title - expert review
An historic Gold Coast landmark, this venerable hotel is just off the Magnificent Mile and steps from Water Tower Place. Built in 1927 and extensively renovated since then, the independent Whitehall retains its stature as a small sanctuary with personal service and sedate, old-world charm. Rich oil ...
mobiltravelguide.howstuffworks.com
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Conveniently located at the city centre and managed by Signora Anna and Signor Giorgio ed Signor Orizio, the Hotel Fenicia offers a welcoming and friendly environment. The hotel has been recently completely renovated and offers budget accommodation at a very high standard. All the rooms have en-suit...
bootsnall.com
No title - expert review
Located in the heart of Chicago's Gold Coast, just minutes from restaurants, theatres, entertainment, shopping, and the business district, The Whitehall Hotel is the ideal Chicago destination for business and leisure travellers alike. Recently restored to its original splendour and named one of the ...
bootsnall.com
No title - expert review
The Whitehall Chicago Hotel has been fully restored to its original splendor. The hotel is a landmark with a sense of majesty and grandeur. According to Fortune Magazine, The Whitehall Hotel is one of the eight great small hotels of the U.S. It offers a wide range of conveniences like a fitness cent...
cityguide.com
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The size of American hotels can make the international traveller feel a little lost. For those seeking a more typically European experience, the quiet, dignified Whitehall is a good choice. It is in the heart of Chicago's shopping and dining district, near North Michigan Avenue. But the hustle and b...
economist.com
No title - expert review
Half a block from the Magnificent Mile's tony shops and restaurants, The Whitehall Hotel is home away from home for discriminating, mostly American, business and leisure travelers who crave the ambiance of a small, European hotel. Many are regulars who know the staffers by name and request the same ...
eluxury.com
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There's a woodland-lodge feel in this hotel's lobby, where oil paintings of hunting dogs and horses hang in gilt frames. The old-world-style rooms, many with four-poster beds, include modern luxuries such as Anichini bedding, marble bathrooms, and broadband. Fornetto Mei is a new Pan-Italian dining ...
fodors.com
No title - expert review
Staying here is like visiting a wealthy, sophisticated aunt's town house: elegant but understated, welcoming but not effusive. Before the Four Seasons and Ritz-Carlton entered the picture, the patrician Whitehall reigned as Chicago's most exclusive luxury hotel, with rock stars and Hollywood royalty...
frommers.com
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HotelYear Built 1928 Year Remodeled 2002 Additional Property Description The Whitehall Hotel is a Newly Refurbished European Style Luxury Boutique, Located in the Heart of the Gold Coast Just Off of North Michigan Avenue. A Vast Array of Personalized Services Are Offered in a Warm and Friendly Ambia...
gotrump.com
No title - expert review
The Whitehall Hotel is a newly refurbished European style luxury boutique, located in the heart of the Gold Coast just off of North Michigan Avenue. A vast array of personalized services are offered in a warm and friendly ambiance. Full concierge services, 24 hour room service, great dining, guest r...
mytravelguide.com
No title - expert review
The Whitehall Hotel Magnificent Mile Chicago Discou...
sidestep.com
What?? - user review
How can this place be put in the category of luxury hotels " I was treated poorly at the bar. Restaurant service is horrible. I wouldn't waste my money at a roo...
chicago.citysearch.com
Better for Mick? - user review
I cannot imagine why a man as wealthy as Mick Jagger would stay here. Perhaps staff was suffering from the Stones' visit (reputedly) earlier in the week, but I found hotel personnel to be bumbling and graceless. The room was okay. Two weeks later, I had the pleasure of staying at The Drake, which is...
chicago.citysearch.com
Worst hotel I have ever stayed in. - user review
I have stayed in a numerous hotels and this hotel was not a luxury hotel. I did not find anything great about my stay. The only thing good about the hotel is the location but the Drake by far is a much better hotel. The service was the worst I have ever had in all my traveling years and the staff wa...
chicago.citysearch.com
Added extras at no request - user review
My boyfriend and I visited Chicago in January 07 over his birthday weekend and stayed at the Whitehall Hotel. The value for the location and quality of the room was incredible! It was SUPER convenient to get to Michigan Ave, State St, etc. The closest train stop to get to the airport was also conven...
chicago.citysearch.com
Stay here - user review
Really nice location, right there on Mich Ave. You had to find good deals on the internet if you want to stay at this place so you dont overpay. The room was good. It was a good size and it was clean. We got a room with mich ave view so it was nice. We ordered room service and the food was good. The...
chicago.citysearch.com
Pampered - user review
Some of the best towels in any hotel. We loved the ammenities and the care.The staff is excellent and we...
chicago.citysearch.com
Old - user review
This place is very old and the rooms show signs of its age. The staff is very nice and location is great, but it can't make up ...
chicago.citysearch.com
great staff - user review
We felt welcomed and quickly got to know the bell staff that we got real friendly with. We enjoyed the service of them opening doors for us. We had a very nice time. The management offered to up our room on our next visit. Which was very nice. We just kept telling them all how nice and helpful they ...
chicago.citysearch.com
Great Place to Stay - user review
1/2 block from Michigan Avenue a pefect location. Very comfortable hotel with a very friendly and hel...
expedia.com
A bit of old Chicago - user review
An old classic hotel located in the center of everything between the miracle mile and Rush Street. Gre...
expedia.com
Kind service, good localization and a wonderful king bed. - user review
Besides the good service and traditional instalation, the hotel have a very good concierge service, that make our stay v...
expedia.com
European Style in Chicago - user review
Boutique hotel with modern amenities and great value. European style with small lobby and elevators. Nice bar, excellent restaurant, absolutely GREAT location only 1/2 block off Miracle Mile and walking distance to great restaurants. No conventions, no glitz, just good service, comfort and convenien...
expedia.com
Chicago’s Best Kept Secret - user review
Classic styling with a personal touch plus location, location, location...close to great shopping and dining est...
expedia.com
Great small hotel - user review
First room was unsatisfactory as it was filled with a fog of humidity. A bellman was met on my way down to the lobby. He immediately called and obtained another room. We were all settled comfortably in minutes without going to the lobby. Excellent repalcement room, services and valet were excellent....
expedia.com
Great hotel for great price! - user review
Great hotel in perfect location. Steps to Michigan Avenue. Old style decor, very charming. Help...
expedia.com
would come back again - user review
Hotel Review: pros: convenient location (check out great jazz bars just around the corner, and shops!), great price (compared to other downtown hotels, much cheaper), well equipped rooms, nice yet unobtrusive room service;) cons: a bit weird smell in the corridor on the 11th floor where I stayed (co...
expedia.com
Great boutique hotel with a fabulous location!!! - user review
I found the Whitehall after I was bumped by a major chain hotel. You can't beat the location (steps away from Michigan Avenue), and the staff is incredibly helpful and gracious. The rooms are a bit on the small side, but similar to rooms in European hotels. The only problems that I had with the room...
expedia.com
Mixed experience - user review
Overall we liked the hotel the room was very nice and clean and room amenities were very nice. The location is very nice, right by the center of downtown Chicago. The front desk service was not upto par though. When we checked in, the front desk clerk was very rude and condescending and took an extr...
expedia.com
Perfect location - user review
Perfect location. Very reasonable price. Very comfortabl...
expedia.com
Nice Little Place - user review
Rooms adequately appointed if a little small, staff incredibly responsive to our needs, great restaurant nextdoor providing quick & delicious room service fare. No pool or hot tub. Great location for walking the Magnificent Mile. Taxis readily available at all hou...
expedia.com
Extremely impressed but economy room had some flaws - user review
Stayed in an economy room. Price, location, service were all exceptional. Room was beautiful, but some flaws in minor aesthetic room details (bathroom counter was chipped a bit, walls had small cracks/imperfections). The room is right next to a janitor's closest, traffic outside of door is annoying ...
expedia.com
Oustanding service - user review
The service is as it has always been, outstanding. The hotel is in a perfect location and being smaller makes for a more intimate feel. The bed was extremely comfortable. I did find the hotel seemed a little worn . But that is my only compl...
expedia.com
The Whitehall is back! - user review
The Whitehall was once one of the best quaint, boutique, european style hotels in Chicago when I first started visiting the city on a regular basis in the mid 70's. In more recent years, The Whitehall had fallen off of its former quality standard. Our recent visit to The Whitehall tells us that the ...
expedia.com
Can’t Wait To Return To The WIndy City - user review
The Whitehall was superb. The accomodations were spacious and elegant. The staff was very courteous & friendly. Complimentary tea and coffee available daily. It is located within a stones throw of the Magnificent Mile. The only negative was that the exercise room was very small and only contained 3 ...
expedia.com
Great Hotel with an even better location! - user review
This hotel is great if your looking for a less expensive place to stay that has a great location. Hotel rooms we're on the small side, but we're very comfortable. Would for sure recommend to others. And we are looking forward to going back. Traveler's tip on dining.About 5 6 blocks down on Michigan ...
expedia.com
Small Rooms but ideally located - user review
This hotel is very nice, but the rooms are rather small. An ideal place to stay if you are not spending a lot of time in the room, but are shopping on Magnificent Mile or dining on Rush Street. Very accessible to all. Traveler's tip on shopping.Great if you have free time. Otherwise, stay closer to ...
expedia.com
will be back next year - user review
this hotel was so grand. it is the true meaning of classic elegance and the staff was superb!! Traveler's tip on shopping.the mall is ac...
expedia.com
Heat goes out on coldest night of year - user review
This is a beautiful old hotel with lots of charm. The heat went out in my room on a night when it was below zero degrees outside. The hotel did move me to another h...
expedia.com
loved it - user review
this is a fab hotel, staff are helpful. upgraded us to a wicked room. would love to ...
expedia.com
Great small hotel - user review
This is a lovely small hotel great staff comfortable room would always stay here when I return to ...
expedia.com
I love this hotel and try to stay here whenever I am in Chicago - user review
This is such a historic hotel and I love staying here. The service is great and I love the experience. Traveler's tip on local attractions.Very close Michigan Av...
expedia.com
Nice Hotel. - user review
We stayed at this hotel for a long weekend in March, the bed was extremely comfortable, the room was clean, hotel is in a great location. But this hotel clearly has plumbing problems, the first day in the room we had to call room service because the toilet was blocked, would not flush, it was an inc...
expedia.com
chicago’s best hotel - user review
would recommend highly. would go back to the same hotel, location...
expedia.com
No title - user review
Small, crowded Lobby....little or no place to sit and welcome guests; have to sit in bar. Old fashioned. Mid...
fodors.com
Location! Location! Location! - user review
That sums up the stay at the Whitehall. Although the rooms are nice and the staff friendly enough, there is nothing beckoning you to write home about. The location for prime sightseeing and shopping in Chicago is awesome however. You can find good deals on this hotel at expedia ($99/night) not over ...
fodors.com
Traveler Beware - user review
This is the place to stay if you're looking for a convenient downtown location and you don't mind staying up all night due to inferior air conditioning units. On a recent trip I was forced to ask for another room due to the noise the air conditioning unit was making. The replacement room wasn't much...
fodors.com
No title - user review
A very nice hotel with a great staff and comfortable rooms. But perhaps the best aspect was its location, just off the miracle mile and right next to the John Hancock Building. All the high end shopping you could want was just steps away. If you are looking for great restaurants, Rush Street is load...
mytravelguide.com
No title - user review
Breakfast and comp coffee need to start earlier, around 6:00 am, no...
mytravelguide.com
No title - user review
Comfortable, intimate, classy hotel a block off of Michigan a...
mytravelguide.com
No title - user review
Elegant charm in the heart of Chicago. Friendly and helpful ...
mytravelguide.com
No title - user review
Enjoyed our stay immensel...
mytravelguide.com
No title - user review
Excellent location, great boutique hotel with good service and excellent rooms, fluffy dow...
mytravelguide.com
No title - user review
Good boutique hotel located near very happening Chicago p...
mytravelguide.com
No title - user review
Hotel met my needs, I felt safe walking to it from meeting site, day or...
mytravelguide.com
No title - user review
Hotel with character and ambiance, but in need of some repair and updating. Location is excellent and staf...
mytravelguide.com
No title - user review
I asked for a non smoking room and was put into a room where someone had been smoking. I take 2 kinds of asthma medicine and did not appreciate this. I won'...
mytravelguide.com
No title - user review
I definitely recommend it. Price was just right. Only ate breakfast at the restaurant that's the ONLY thing I WOULDN'T recommend. It wa...
mytravelguide.com
No title - user review
I expected more based on the reputation, but found it tired and a little dep...
mytravelguide.com
No title - user review
I had read a recent negative review of The Whitehall, but decided to risk it, as the location was excellent. The entire staff was courteous and made our stay very positive. Our bed was a heavenly cloud of down and Italian sheeting. The bathroom was small, but the ...
mytravelguide.com
No title - user review
I would stay there if interested in going to Rush street and partying. I am an old city rat and took the L in from the airport. This hotel is not convenient to accommodate that inexpensive travel. It is a good 2 mile hike form the L station (subway actually in the loop) It was, however an interestin...
mytravelguide.com
No title - user review
I'd book this hotel again on my next trip. It's centrally located, quaint, and a fa...
mytravelguide.com
No title - user review
Location hard to beat. Convenience of the small lobby and short distances to and rapidity of elevators etc. ...
mytravelguide.com
No title - user review
My teenage son and I were quite impressed with the hotel, staffing, and convenience of this establishment. We intend to be rep...
mytravelguide.com
No title - user review
Rooms were very dated and small. The first room we were in smelled so much like smoke we had to be moved. While our second room was better, the same dated decor, scratched furniture, and very small space remained the same. The location was good however and the staff was very pleasant. The bathrooms ...
mytravelguide.com
No title - user review
The location was fantastic. The shower had great pressure. Nice thick large towels in bath. Makeup mirror and marble tops nice. Heavenly bed with wonderful pillows. No view from back of hotel and trash/deliver trucks was noisy early in morning. No wher...
mytravelguide.com
No title - user review
The rooms are finely appointed and functional with a feeling of solidity and history. A great getaway for a short romantic getaway or for the business traveler with a quirky conservative aesthetic and style. A wine bar and restaurant are readily accessible within the hotel, as well as a myriad of di...
mytravelguide.com
No title - user review
This hotel is fairly old and has a pretty friendly staff. The help seemed to be around 4 stars. The room on the other hand was so disappointing. I was expecting something nice but it was dark, unfinished, the TV was 20 years old with discoloration on the tube. Ice required a call to room service. I ...
mytravelguide.com
No title - user review
This is a great place to stay if you want to visit the magnificent mile area. Price/value was good. Only negatives I experienced were a small bathroom and the adjoining restaurant, while serving excellent food, had s...
mytravelguide.com
No title - user review
Very good quality and convenience. The room was clean and decorated ...
mytravelguide.com
No title - user review
We chose Whitehall for its convenient location to wedding events we were attending. It is a few steps from N. Michigan Ave and nearly opposite The Drake. Beautiful retail all around the area, taxis readily available. Reception excellent. We had no opportunity to make use of amenities, but they appea...
mytravelguide.com
No title - user review
We would definitely stay here again. The location was perfect for eating and shopping. Don't need a cab! The room was very nice except that they need to address the waterspout above the window and somehow get the heater to stop clanging whenever it turns on! Otherwise, the room was perfect. The bath...
mytravelguide.com
No title - user review
While the room was clean and very appealing to look at, there were no wash cloths in the bathroom, the tub did not drain, and I think there was a calcium build up in the sink as the water did not flow well. There were lots of noises (loud door slams and strange sounds outside of the room, I don't kn...
mytravelguide.com
AVOID! Please read - user review
You may be able to get this hotel at what looks like a relatively inexpensive price, but avoid it like the plague. Either stay at the Seneca for cheaper or the Burnham, which i...
travel.yahoo.com
Our Chicago headquarters - user review
Ideal location Outstanding service Excellent accomadations Reasonable pricing for the quality We have enjoyed every stay. Staff is helpful and gracious. Ambience of a smal...
travel.yahoo.com
Great Location BUT... - user review
The best things about this hotel were the location (close to everything!) and the comfortable bar. BUT the hotel itself ws simply not worth it. The lobby was dark and dirty...e...
travel.yahoo.com
Hot and smoky - user review
The lobby was a bit small and cramped. Wondered why so many guests were sitting about, and discovered later was because it took twenty minutes to recover the car from valet park...
travel.yahoo.com
Not Happy! - user review
The staff was not friendly or accomodating. The room was much smaller than expected. The hotel had nothing much to offer. The only good thing was the location, which is why I ...
travel.yahoo.com
Good experience overall - user review
I would totally recommend this place under one curcumstance: do not go to another web site and find a cheaper offer because you will get the cheap room. We found a quote for our r...
travel.yahoo.com
WE WILL GO BACK - user review
On the down side the hotel is older and shows some wear. The upside it has the best and friendliest staff I have ever meet. The bed was nothing short of wonderful. The room had go...
travel.yahoo.com
Was very surprised - user review
Booked this hotel with a vacation package and was expecting to be disappointed after reading some reviews but was not disappointed. The key might be to request a renovatted room be...
travel.yahoo.com
Was expecting something a little nicer. - user review
First off the service was good the people were very friendly and helpful, a beautiful place, could use a little TLC though. When we arrived in the room we noticed the ceiling was f...
travel.yahoo.com
Lovin' it - user review
I've stayed at the hotel two times this summer. Once in a standard room and once in an executive room. Both times were comfortable and clean and the feather pillows are exquisite. ...
travel.yahoo.com
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