Homewood Suites has got it all: great location for restaurants, shopping and attractions,comfortable suites,free breakfasts and internet,friendly staff,etc. A super place to stay in Chicago.

This is one of my favorite downtown Chicago hotels in its price range (~ $200/night on the weekend).

PROS:
* The rooms really are suites (with a door you can close to separate the bedroom from the living area).
* The living area has an HDTV, with hookups for laptops if you're hosting a small business meeting in your room.
* There's a nice kitchenette complete with stove, fridge & sink (great if traveling with kids)
* The free breakfast buffet was excellent.
* All of the staff members we encountered were very friendly and helpful.

CONS:
* The only negative thing I can say isn't really even a big deal at all, but I'll note it anyway... even though the room comes with an HDTV, there's no HDTV content. For example, instead of ESPN HD, you get standard-def ESPN stretched to fit the bigger screen.

We stayed for 4 nights Tuesday through Friday and we loved absolutely everything about our time here. The hotel is in a superb location, less than a minutes walk to the subway and only a few minutes walk to the magnificent mile. The hotel offers free breakfast everyday and free dinner Monday through Thursday. The hotel staff is very friendly and polite and its nice to see a place where everyone is willing to help out. They had a security guard deliver extra towels to our room. The fact that security is willing to help out guests really says alot about this place. Overall I highly recommend this hotel to all who are traveling to Chicago. You wont be disappointed with your stay.

The location of this hotel was excellent as it is just beside the subway and the bus stop for the free trolley bus to Navy Pier is just beside the hotel.

The room was very spacious. Kind of too big for a solo traveler. The view from the room was excellent and it was a great view to sleep at night. The bathroom was spacious too and the room has a big wardrobe.

The kitchen has microwave oven and cooking utensils. Some of the cooking utensils were a bit dirty, probably because they had not been used for sometime. However, the microwave oven was very useful as I can heat up food to eat at night.

You can easily walk to the magnificent mile by cutting across the shopping mall across the road. Do check out Pizzeria Uno which is near the hotel that serves the delicious deep dish pizza. For cheaper food, do check out the foodcourt at the shopping mall.

The hotel also serves breakfast and dinner from Mon to Thur. I did not find the food that fantastic but it was pretty decent.

I will strongly recommend this hotel to everyone going to Chicago.