Viceroy Chicago

Viceroy Chicago

Viceroy Chicago rises from a 120-year-old landmark building in the Gold Coast, its modernist glass tower wrapped in Art Deco detailing and gold-and-black interiors that read more mid-century glamour than typical downtown chain. Floor-to-ceiling windows frame the skyline from each of the 180 rooms and 18 suites, beds are dressed in Egyptian cotton and down, and bathrooms carry rainfall showerheads and designer toiletries. State Street is a few steps away, Michigan Avenue's Magnificent Mile is a 0.3-mile walk, and the John Hancock Center is nine minutes on foot, so the location favors guests who want to walk to shopping and museums rather than drive. The rooftop level holds a seasonal outdoor pool open May through October between 8am and 6pm, alongside a fitness center, while Somerset serves as the all-day restaurant and Pandan, eighteen floors up, pours cocktails with East Asian flavors and city views after dark. A 24-hour business center and event spaces make this workable for meetings, and pets are welcome with advance notice to the property. Families should know a cot runs $50 a night and children under 17 stay free sharing existing beds, breakfast is billed separately at $10 to $25 per person, and parking nearby runs $75 a day, so budget accordingly. This suits someone who wants a walkable, design-led base near the lake and doesn't mind paying for breakfast and parking rather than having them bundled in. What it has that few Gold Coast hotels can claim is that lineage, a 120-year-old landmark building wearing a modernist glass tower finished in 2017, Art Deco bones under contemporary glass. A 120-year-old landmark building carries a modernist glass tower on Chicago's Gold Coast, steps from Michigan Avenue and Lake Michigan. Rooms come with Egyptian cotton sheets and rainfall showers, and a seasonal rooftop pool runs May through October. Breakfast, parking, and extra beds are billed separately.