The Talbott Hotel

Old building rooms are really small. Walls are thin can hear every other guest and construction starts at 6am surrounding. Valet is $65 a day even though the hotel valet leaves at 10:30pm so must wait to valet late and takes minimum 20 minutes to get your car. Elevators are slow and service will use elevator even when guests waiting for elevator.

Helpful staff. Nice place. Great barman. Lovely food

The Talbott Hotel was delightful. I would have liked ice available on the floor or some floor. Why put an ice bucket in the room if you have to go to room service for ice delivery? Hotels.com said the room had an in room coffee service which was not true and something I missed. I know someone has to get the rooms with NO View, (looked right into the neighboring room) couldn't let in any light, but I wonder is it booking on Hotels.com that gets those rooms, which by the way didn't get a rate any better than if I'd walked in off the street,

I do weekend trips to Chicago probably 4 times a year and while I have some favorite hotels (Sofitel and Westin Mich Ave are often my go-to’s) I do enjoy checking out others...especially those that are more boutique-y. We were greeted by a gentleman as we were getting out of our Lyft and he took our bags into reception. There’s a lively and lovely outdoor patio that was very busy with big doors that opened into some indoor seating and the bar area. There’s also a little seating area which you walk by to get to the small reception area. I requested two queen beds and was told the only room that was available was on the 2nd floor. Because we had dinner plans, we just wanted to check in and get ready to head out for the night, so I said that was fine. The room was quite large with the normal furnishings - big dresser, table and chair, two queens and a table between. The beds were comfortable with nice (and clean) crisp white duvets and nice sheets. The bath size was fine - while it had two sinks, it was still easier for one of us to get ready in the hall so we weren’t jammed in the bath. The view....there was none....it overlooked the roof and mechanicals so we left the curtains closed. Makes sense that she asked if we were okay with the 2nd floor. We were there for 2 nights and the room was to sleep and get ready, so it wasn’t a huge deal. Only glitch was that our room keys never worked. Ever. Throughout our stay, which was annoying. But I’d stay again

Staff friendly and helpful (concierge). Excellent location for walking places and surrounded by good restaurants. The only challenge I had was the alarm clock! , including breakfast at the hotel.