After reading the reviews I was expecting worse, however the hotel gave me what I paid. The only point is that the hotel is old, but the personnel and front desk were kind, shuttle service was on time. The breakfast was simple but clear and fresh and you can also order. Room was clean, there was some problem with the ceiling of the bathroom as said but it is not dripping and was not a problem as long as you dont stare at the ceiling. the minibar was full and the prices were affordable. I faced a problem with the heater of the room (it was noisy) and my room was changed when I called for help.
The hotel was in walking distance to the cumberland station of blue line and the downtown was in half an hour distance.
When compared to its price I was satisfied with my stay; my score is 3,5-4 / 5

I stayed there for 2 nites, they said that they had flooding on the ground floor and were not using those rooms until they we done and they are the smoking, after reading all the posts, i said oh no what have i done. I mostly stay at best westerns when i travel. i completly checked the room before i decided to stay. I have to say it was very clean, no the carpet in the room isn't new but was fine it wasn't worn through or anything like that. Yes they have an elevator and then some steps but no big deal, they brought them to our door all you have to do is ask.. I didn't see any mold. They said it used to be a howare johnsons and they are updating. They have a blow dryer, a coffee, 2 fridges, only thing cable goes at 12 forgot to ask about that. It's close to the airport, and yes you can hear some noise but it just sounded like the heater was on nothing intolerable. They will let you stay up to one hour after check out. For the price i was really suprised like i said i was so worried, we ate at the resturant nest door. it was fine. the shuttle was on time and i needed to go to the grocery store and it wasn't on the 1/2 hour and they took us anyway, we used the blue line and got off at the wrong stop and the picked us up. On our first time being in chicago. we didn't know if you get a day pass you can use it on the bus and the blue line, The only reason i wouldn't use the hotel again is i didn't realize it was so far from down town, cab was 32 dollars until we learned about the blue line it's cheap but kind of a long ride, then you get off at your stop and take the bus the to downtown just a few blocks. So we learned that next time to stay closer and buy the bus passes you can get a 24 hour or more time. Oh and we didn't get scalded in the shower. So again the only reason i wouldn't stay is because it was to far from downlown, As for the Airport it would be perfect. So all in all we had a nice stay

This is the worst experience we've ever experienced. The 1st night we stayed my husband realized there was mold all over the cieling and also the edges of the shower. While showering the water went from scolding hot to ice cold. I couldn't dry my hair cause the outlets wouldn't work properly. Then we asked to be moved to another room they did, but the problems remained and eventually got worse, the entrance light went out. There was still mold on the cieling but not as bad. The night before we checked out there was loud guest next door when I went to use the phone it didn't work. I had to use my cell phn, then I heard a mouse but didn't see it. While we were getting dressed the mouse had made it's way from the room next door into ours. My husband saw it while I was getting my 2 small children dressed!

I would never recommend this hotel. It is by far one of the lowest quality hotels I have ever stayed, even with the lower rate. One night at this hotel was one night too many.