Embassy Suites Chicago-Downtown

Although this hotel does a healthy convention business, its vaguely Floridian ambience -- with a gushing waterfall and palm-lined ponds at the bottom of a huge central atrium -- makes the place very family-friendly (there's plenty of room for the kids to run around). The guest rooms (all suites) have a generic chain-hotel feel but are spacious enough for both parents and kids, with two rooms, consisting of a living room with a sleeper sofa, a round table, and four chairs; and a bedroom with either a king-size bed or two double beds; there are also a minifridge and microwave. At one end of the atrium, the hotel serves a complimentary cooked-to-order breakfast in the morning and, in the other end, supplies complimentary cocktails and snacks in the evening. Off the lobby is an excellent restaurant, Osteria Via Stato, and next door is a Starbucks outlet with outdoor seating.

Facilities:
Restaurant (Italian); coffee bar; indoor pool; exercise room w/whirlpool; concierge; business center; limited room service; babysitting; laundry machines; dry cleaning

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