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Hotel Blake vs Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel, Chicago
Hotel Blake Chicago and Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel are both highly recommended by those who travel for a living. On balance, Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel is the choice of most writers compared to Hotel Blake Chicago. Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel is ranked #23 in Chicago with praise from 10 reviews like Frommer's, Concierge and The Telegraph.
Hotel Blake
Michelin Guide
Travel + Leisure
Time Out
Star Service
Zagat
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500 S Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL 60605
From $119 /night
- Pet Friendly
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
Michelin Guide
"Spacious rooms, reasonable rates, and a top-notch restaurant."
Travel + Leisure
"Fusing boutique-hotel modern with the historic architecture of the Printers Row neighborhood, the Blake’s 19th-century Morton Salt building façade leads to an of-the-moment lobby."
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Time Out
"Located in the heart of Printers Row, the hotel's historic exterior belies the chic, contemporary digs that lie within its walls."
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Star Service
"In historic Printer's Row in the Morton Salt building, over the last few years this moderately priced boutique-hotel has taken on the silhouette of a youngster in a bounce house."
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The best rooms face the street from floors five and up; request a Superior room with bay window facing the front of the hotel.
Zagat
4.2
"This “beautiful” Wyndham in a historic South Loop building, decorated with dark woods and red accents throughout, is “good overall for the price” and offers perks such as free property-wide WiFi."
Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel, Chicago
Concierge
Fodor's
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Gayot
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221 N. Columbus Drive, Chicago, IL 60601
From $188 /night
- Pet Friendly
- Bar/Lounge
- Hot Tub
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
Concierge
"Blu is well placed in the city, within easy striking distance of both Millennium Park and North Michigan Avenue."
Fodor's
"With design savvy inside as well as out, this gem has generously sized rooms and so many amenities and so much outdoor space that it feels like an upscale resort in the heart of downtown."
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Star Service
"This state-of-the-art hotel—the first Radisson Blu to open in North America—occupies the lower 18 floors of the Aqua Tower in Chicago's Loop, just north of Millennium Park.
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Gayot
"This iconic tower in downtown Chicago houses 334 stylish rooms, including fifteen king suites, two Lakeshore suites and the Aqua two-bedroom Presidential Suite."
Condé Nast Traveler
"Set inside an undulating, 82-story skyscraper designed by architect Jeanne Gang, this hotel takes Scandinavian design to rather sleek heights, even if it only occupies the first 18 floors."
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