ChinaTown Hotel SRO LTD

Basic Sleeping Quarters...

I would not recommend this hotel to the non-adventurous. The benefit of staying here is LOCATION LOCATION LOCATION. It is a block for the red line, which zips you to anywhere in the city, perfect for baseball fans. Parking is a bear and there are ZERO amenities, but everything worked at least. Oh, it is pretty cheap too! Good food in the neighborhood, obviously only if you like Chinese Quisine!

Great room for the money

Great location, safe neighborhood, friendly staff, clean room... what else more could you want if you're just looking for a place to crash?

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what you pay for...

very close to transit, great chinatown location - have stayed there one other time and went back, but it was somewhat disappointing. You get what you pay for.

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Not bad but not necessarily clean

My room clearly had not been cleaned when i first arrived. That kind of grossed me out at first. Also, the furniture and fixtures were in bad shape. The room was very small but I expected that and it didn't bother me much as I did not spend much time there. I guess it is a good place if you are on a budget but if you are into cleanliness you might want to spend some more money instead. The location is also very convenient to the transport system and the city center which I appreciated as that is where I spent my time in Chicago.

cheap hote, but don't expect too much

this hotel was reasonably cheap and convenient located close to the subway (red line), but i was not excited about the cleanliness and the neighborhood (lot's of police arresting someone when i returned to the hotel in the late evening)

great for the budget traveller

This was a good hotel for the price. My four day stay was around $400 including parking which was about half the price of the downtown hotels. Great location in charming Chinatown about a mile and a half from downtown. You don't need a car; the red line CTA station is a block from the hotel. Great authentic Chinese restaurants and shops in a totally safe area with lots of families walking around. The staff was friendly and helpful. The room was tiny but clean. The accomodations were spartan but you're not paying for luxury. My only problem was my cell phone signal was very weak. I had trouble using it from my room. My laptop worked fine with their wireless internet. Overall worth the money.

Perfect location

This hotel is really for the single traveler as the rooms are small and there are no elevators. However, overall the hotel is clean, has a comfortable double bed, your own bathroom and a microwave and refrigerator in their lunchroom to store and heat take home food. Front desk staff is o.k. depending on who you are dealing with. The best thing about this hotel is it's outstanding location, only 2 blocks from the CTA red line; 2 stops from Chicago's city center, one stop from Soldier Field and 1 stop from the Chicago White Sox's ball park.

Value for Money

I was pleasantly surprised with the facilities in this hotel. The Standard room I have booked for was ready before the 3pm check-in time. It was a compact room but as I only needed the room to get a good night's sleep, it didn't really matter at all. I was initially skeptical about the condition of the toilet but it turned out to be squeaky clean. You can get free coffee, hot and cold drinking water, the use of a microwave oven and internet access in the clean, brightly-lit 'kitchen'. Location wise-it's just less than 5 mins walk to the Cermak-Chinatown(Red Line) stop and from there it's a short ride to downtown Chicago. The ladies at the front desk were helpful in setting my orientations right and recommending places to see during my overnight stay in Chicago. I find Jenny friendly most probably because I was able to converse with her in Mandarin.

Excellent Room in Downtown Chicago

This hotel was an incredible deal! It was by far the cheapest hotel we could find IN Chicago. I absolutely loved this hotel because it gave us an opportunity to stay 1 minute from the El and navigate through the city. We parked the car within steps of the hotel (we got lucky in finding a free parking spot but there is an incredibly cheap and safe parking lot 1 block away) and walked all over the city. The hotel was cheap and perfectly located. In no way are these complaints but just an idea of what the hotel was like. Despite my love for the staff, location, and overall experience, this is definitely a no frills hotel. If you are looking for plush bedding, a spotless room, and amenities galore, skip over this hotel. This place is solely a nice, relatively clean room in the heart of Chinatown that is affordable and gives ppl who otherwise can't afford to stay IN the city, a place to rest and enjoy Chicago. Our room was tiny (which I didn't mind) and we had to rent 2 rooms for our group of 4 (we had been staying in 1 room every other location we had gone). Everything was clean enough. In no way did I feel that everything was perfectly sanitized and there was a SLIGHT mildewey feel to the place but I could easily overlook this minor details because the price and location were right. In no way was this a dirty hotel - it is very well maintained with incredibly friendly staff. I had no problem understanding the owners, they were nothing but helpful. I loved staying in Chinatown and getting to explore the surrounding markets. The neighborhood is incredibly safe, clean, and bursting with culture. We went out that night and stayed out until 3 in the morning and while they lock the door and you must ring the doorbell to get in, it wasn't a problem and somebody was at the front desk ready. This is a GREAT location - if I ever come to Chicago again I am absolutely staying here. This place is excellent!!!

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Good Hotel for Cheap

Great room for cheap. Served my Purpose which was only going to be at the hotel to sleep. The air conditioning worked great, the shower was hot and the beds were decent. It smelt a bit funny and the bathroom was small. But it was a nice hotel and great food surrounding and the Redline Subway was 2 blocks away which saved us a bunch of money.