Fairmont Chicago Millennium Park

Every now and then a four-star earns its place on a shortlist by simply doing the basics very well, Fairmont Chicago Millennium Park, in Chicago Loop, is one of those. Geographically speaking it's barely a stroll from the centre of Chicago, and the strong location rating in guest reviews backs that up. Inside, the…

Every now and then a four-star earns its place on a shortlist by simply doing the basics very well, Fairmont Chicago Millennium Park, in Chicago Loop, is one of those. Geographically speaking it's barely a stroll from the centre of Chicago, and the strong location rating in guest reviews backs that up. Inside, the rooms are well-appointed, and guests pick out reliable wi-fi and an in-house restaurant as the small things that add up over a stay. Front-of-house has been attentive without being overbearing, the kind of detail that doesn't show up in the photographs but ends up on the review pages. Pull the review pages apart and you find around 300 reviews, with a solid consensus that's hard to engineer. Reputation has held up across enough stays to mean something. Recent rates have been hovering around €307 a night, which lands as a middle-of-the-road option for the city. The honest read on Fairmont Chicago Millennium Park is that it deserves a side-by-side look against the bigger Chicago names rather than a headline of its own.