Thompson Chicago, by Hyatt
Hotel · Gold Coast ·
Modern luxury hotel with sleek rooms, lake views, and posh dining
Modern luxury hotel with sleek rooms, lake views, and posh dining
"A Gold Coast hotel that blends old-school sexy with midcentury-modern sensibilities: dark, moody public spaces and a swanky lobby bar set the tone, while the rebooted Tavern on Rush operates across multiple dining and private-room formats. Midcentury-inspired guest rooms with hardwood floors offer a minimalist, stylish base for shopping excursions on Michigan Avenue, and unique meeting rooms named after the Chicago Seven add a playful, countercultural touch for digital nomads and groups." - Heidi Mitchell
"A planned takeover of the hotel’s dining space was announced by a prominent local restaurateur, who intends to open a new concept in the spring; construction is slated to begin in November, which drives the current restaurant’s mid-October closure timeline. The move revives a neighborhood rivalry: the incoming operator is closely associated with the corner of Bellevue and Rush after running a nearby long-standing steak-and-seafood venue for decades, and his family group — which runs multiple restaurants across the city — says it is keeping options open, including possibly reviving past branding." - Ashok Selvam
"The Gold Coast location is quintessential urban Chicago, and makes for the best possible introduction to the city. The best rooms look out over Lake Michigan, but the city view’s far from shabby, and all are framed by the Thompson’s typically sharp interior design." - The MICHELIN Guide
"Thompson Chicago , housed in a contemporary high-rise in the heart of the Gold Coast luxury dining and shopping scene, was overhauled in 2013 by British designer Tara Bernerd. It offers a winning combination of modern-retro style, a home-away-from-home ambience, attentive service, and value for money. (The building previously was home to the Sutton Place Hotel.) With Thompson Hotels’ arrival, the lobby, dominated by a huge shelved library cube filled with books, curios, and retro bull's-eye mirrors, now strikingly harmonizes industrial exposed brick and dark-wood beams with elements paying homage to Chicago architect Frank Lloyd Wright (think geometric tiles and a cantilevered staircase).Most guestrooms have astounding city and Lake Michigan views, and all are snazzily furnished with asymmetrical velvet sofas, enormous showers, and framed contemporary art by the likes of Wes Lang. It's a style that impresses without being intimidating."
"This boutique hotel feels at once like an urban loft and a cozy cabin, combining rich colors and exposed brick with stellar views of Lake Michigan and the Chicago skyline. Its Gold Coast location means it's just a walk away from shopping and dining on the Magnificent Mile (and legendary pizza from Lou Malnati's), though the admired Osteria Nico downstairs means you don't even have to leave the hotel for Italian with a view. Just as enticing are the modern rooms themselves, featuring velvet seating and Brooklyn-made D.S. & Durga toiletries. If you do decide to change out of the insanely comfortable robes and venture outdoors, though, take advantage of the hotel's complimentary offsite car service."
