Howard Johnson Downtown

Nasty Hotel

This hotel was very stinky and the walls are paper thin.

Exceptional Price

The room (C 2 ) left much to be desired. The toilet was on top of the newly installed, over sized cabinet/wash basin arraignment. You could NOT sit on the toilet without touching the side of the cabinet/basin. The cabinet MUST be smaller. Someone did not measure the bathroom. This pre-made cabinet/stand for the basin is a definite re-do...I don't care if it s new!!! This set up is very,very awkward. The electric plugs ALL need replacing, because they are worn out. Nothing stays plugged in, including one of the room lamps. I guess is this other lamp is for show. It would work if the plug would stay in the socket. The room entry door sticks and had to be bumped to open.....but I considered that a excellent alarm system in the event of a would be intruder. I am serious !! I was good with that !!! The wake up alarm/clock radio did not work.That did not matter, because I left a wake-up call request with the front desk. The call was right on time....thanks. Now for what worked. I took the train in from O'Hare and exited on Superior Stree Stop. Great...short walk. I took the "Shuttle" back to O'Hare for the early morning departure. The diner staff were great, and the menu, adequate, the price reasonable. The hotel staff were very, very helpful and friendly as well as very eager to please. The price was affordable. The area provided eateries of all ethnic based foods. The walk to the river was very short. Great Value....butt fix the commode siituation. Thanks

avoid this place

smelly room. floor in shower buckled. very unclean. we moved to another room for the second night and it was tolerable. had we not pre-paid the second night we would have left after the first, we won't return.

Needs a Lot of Help

I had never stayed at a HOJO's before and am not sure I will again if this is any indication of what I can expect. I don't mind staying in hotels with limited amenities or even a place where the fixtures are older. What I do mind is a room that is filthy and a bed that was unbelievably lumpy and hard. The grout in the bathroom was filled with dirt, the wallpaper and paint was peeling and the sink was cracked everywhere. The staff at the desk was helpful but couldn't accomodate a simple request to change from traveling clothes to wedding clothes in "any" room and sent us to a lounge restroom with ho air in the middle of the summer. We were suprised at the condition of this hotel in downtown Chicago

This HoJo's in a time warp!

Needs improvement. This HoJo is definitely in a time warp--took us back to the 1980's!

Great Location, but very run down.

Room was not cleaned very well. We found hair on the side table and the shower curtain was not clean. BUT, location was relatively close to Chicago Downtown/Mag Mile area and parking was free.

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Dirty and Rundown, Close to Downtown Chicago

Dirty and Rundown, Close to Downtown Chicago

Needs improvement!

The first room we were checked into had a water leak so the bed was wet. We were moved into another room which was fine, although it only had one chair at the table. Access to Wi-Fi was only in the lobby. The lobby was rather small with only one table. There were 40 parking lots for 70 rooms and it was first come, first serve. I have to say that the lot didn't completely fill up so it wasn't a problem for us, but I could see a potential problem. We had reserved and pre-paid for three nights. When we checked out after one night, due to the condition of the hotel, since we had pre-paid, they were not going to refund the two nights. We did call and they refunded them as a "one time courtesy". Although the staff was friendly and helpful, I would not reccomend this hotel.

Awful Hotel

The room smelled like urine. A/C didn't work properly. Would never stay again. Very very disappointed.

Yucky bathroom

The toilet was only about 2 inches from the sink cabinet, which meant that when I sat on it, my body touched the sink cabinet. I found this to be disgusting. I am not larger than the average American. I also noticed mold on the air conditioning unit and in the bathroom. The location was reasonably convienient to all of the things that we wanted to do.

HJ - Chicago Downtown

This is a reasonable hotel for the cost. It is cheap and was reasonable. It could be cleaner, though the staff was nice. There is limited parking (actually not enough) and you have to remove your car by checkout time. There is free wireless internet, but only in the lobby. This is not the HJ of years past, but an example of where the chain has gone the past few years. If you are tight on funds, it is a reasonable choice. However, gear your expectations accordingly.

needs improvement

I would not recommend...the floor in our room was slanted...the resteraunt closed at check in time...we could feel the box springs..hallway floors were filthy...it is in a great location but just needs to be worked on alot!!!!!!!!

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