Overall I didnt think this location was as great as people are saying it is. Since I was there for a trade show the rooms were way over priced and I didn't think they were worth it.

Checkin
No problem. I did notice one night they had a long line since there were only 2 people checking guest in for their stay.

Room
I lucked out with a top floor room that had a great view. It was a big king room that was nicely decorated and nothing was old an worn.

Bed
The bed wasn't bad to sleep on.

AC
The AC was good in that it didn't keep going on an off all night. I hate when I'm in hotels and the AC or heat keeps truing off and on or is really loud.

TV
Nice flat panel TV with a good picture. It had a handful of channels to watch.

Bathroom
No problems here. I had hot water right away and the best thing was the shower head was high on the wall so I didnt have to bend over to wash my hair.

Elevators
I liked the fact that for such a big hotel the elevators never took that long. They were very quick for the many floors.

Internet
The internet cost 14.95 a day. I did not use it.

Parking
Parking is $48 a night.

Bar
They had a really cool bar down in the lobby. As you can guess it was expensive but very cool.

Overall I don't think this is up to Marriott standards. I did stop at the front desk late one night when my key stopped working and I wasn't very happy with the attitude of the front desk clerk. Very short and surly.
There are so many hotels in the area so I would suggest looking elsewhere. I didnt have any major problems but I thought it was WAY overpriced for such and average stay.

This hotel is right on Magnificent Mile . You step out of your hotel room and you are there on Mag Mile. Kenneth Cole is right next to your door. The staff was overly accomadating to us. We requested an early check in and we got it, having arrived on a Megabus at 5 in the morning. We requested a refridgerator for the room and received that at no extra charge. The room was clean and smelled good as did the hallways. It has a 24 hr gift shop, Starbucks on site and a bar with I think over twenty taps. It has a pool and a fitness room. It has a restaurant there and we did not eat there.

The breakfast buffet was too costly for me but the food was amazing , they use natural ingrediants and they do have a big selection of food even blueberry and chocolate chip pancakes. We could walk to every store from Magnificent MIle to State Avenue with his hotel and Millenium Park. The service was outstanding, workers friendly and we loved it.

No horror stories here. Although "official" check-in is 4 PM, they had my room ready at 11 AM on a busy Friday. The single-king room was small but not claustrophobic and certainly comfortable. There's an exercise room (open 24/7) and a small pool on the 10th floor. There's also a small Kinko's/FedEx on the 2nd, but they charge $.50/min. to use their computers.

The North Michigan Ave. location, of course, is hard to beat. (Note: the actual main entrance is on the other side, on Rush St. The Michigan Ave. entrance can actually be hard to find!)

Two glitches: my room (No. 1031) was next to the air unit for the hallway, which could be heard in the room. And the ice machine on my floor didn't work and hadn't been fixed when I left two days later, so ice had to be obtained from the bar in the lobby.

I should mention that I got a really big discount for this stay. I can recommend this hotel if you can manage a similar discount.

This is a conference hotel - plain and simple.

As a Silver status Marriott traveler, I was unimpressed with the room that was given to me. I'm not sure it could have been any smaller. When I asked if there was a larger room, I was told that "they're all the same." I don't buy that answer.

The bathroom was so small that the curved shower curtain rod actually made the tub smaller as it had to be positioned in a way that the door could open.

The fitness center had plenty of machines and weights (separate rooms separated by the pool - and while they were in good shape, it's apparent that they've been purchased at different times.

Overall, this is a cookie-cutter hotel (with a good lobby bar) that I would never consider outside of having a conference there.