For family vacation, it's perfect for walking everywhere to be on river, because you have art institute, millennium Park, nederlander theater, etc. on one side, and miracle mile, bluebottle, arcade, AMC, escape rooms, best restaurants etc on the other. Even younger children can walk 3 blocks to reach everything. Hotel itself is definitely not luxury. Dated decor beyond lobby. Lukewarm (at best) shower. Hoyts had terrible coffee and closed an hour early (turning us away) the one time we tried to go for after dinner dessert. We heard everything in the room next door through the connecting door (including a happy dog). There are a lot of great options nearby (Loew's, Swissotel, and more) so we won't be staying here next time.