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River Hotel

4 star hotel
Kids stay free
8.6/10 Excellent
(3549 verified Hotels.com guest reviews)
See verified family reviews (24)

generated by AI based on family reviews

Overview

The River Hotel receives positive feedback for its friendly and helpful staff, who go above and beyond to ensure a pleasant stay. Many guests appreciate the modern and updated rooms, and some have mentioned beautiful city and river views. While some guests had negative experiences, many praise the hotel's overall service and would recommend it to family and friends.

Guest highlights

The amazing, helpful, friendly and kind staff.
Modern and updated rooms
Beautiful city and river views

About the hotel

A restaurant, a fitness center, and valet parking are available at this smoke-free hotel. WiFi in public areas is free. Additionally, a business center, conference space, and concierge services are onsite. Housekeeping is available on request.

Nearby attractions

River Hotel is located in Downtown Chicago, a neighborhood in Chicago, and is in the entertainment district and near the beach. Michigan Avenue and Navy Pier are worth checking out if shopping is on the agenda, while those wishing to experience the area's natural beauty can explore Chicago Riverwalk and Grant Park. Looking to enjoy an event or a game? See what's going on at Soldier Field or United Center. Guests love the hotel's central and quiet location. It's also convenient to public transportation: Clark-Lake Station is 7 minutes by foot and State Station is 8 minutes.

Popular amenities

Family friendly

Laundry facilities

Wifi

Available in all rooms: free wifi
Available in some public areas: free wifi

Food and drink

1 restaurant
Room service available

Guest services

24-hour front desk
Concierge services
Dry cleaning service
Housekeeping (on request)
Laundry facilities
Luggage storage

Accessibility

Accessible bathroom (select rooms)
Assistive listening devices available
Braille signage
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
In-room accessibility (select rooms)
Roll-in shower (select rooms)
Wheelchair-accessible path of travel

Things to do

Fitness center

Conveniences

Elevator
Front-desk safe

More

Smoke-free property

Nearest Airports

Airplane
Chicago Midway International Airport
15 km from this hotel
Chicago O'Hare International Airport
25 km from this hotel
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Family Reviews

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4 out of 5 stars

24 reviews

Review data

5 star reviews

54%

4 star reviews

17%

3 star reviews

4%

2 star reviews

8%

1 star reviews

17%

We have selected a sample of reviews which reflect what families have said about River Hotel

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Latest reviews (24)

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SUSANA

26 Jul 2024 - 28 Jul 2024
reviewed on hcom

5 out of 5 stars

Tony and everyone my ny family trip amazing. Thank you for having a smile being super Friendly and Kind. Very imformative and in General went beyond my expectations. THANKS
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Dedra

4 Jul 2024 - 6 Jul 2024
reviewed on hcom

3 out of 5 stars

I prepaid for parking. Totally unaware that the self parking garage was down the street around the corner. So EVERY TIME I needed my car I had to take the ticket down to the service desk and then walk to my car. Doing that with kids and luggage was HORRIBLE.
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Sheila

24 May 2024 - 25 May 2024
reviewed on hcom

5 out of 5 stars

The front desk staff was amazing, helpful, professional and very kind. I would recommend this hotel to family and friends
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Brook

26 Apr 2024 - 28 Apr 2024
reviewed on hcom

1 out of 5 stars

I actually wasn't able to stay. We had a family emergency come up and because I prepaid they just said sorry and offered no refund or even allow me to switch the room to another weekend when I was going to be in town despite having rooms available. I'll never book with them again
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Jose

26 Feb 2024 - 28 Feb 2024
reviewed on orbitz

5 out of 5 stars

River hotel was a perfect stay, room are up to date, beautiful views if the city had the River, Hotel staff very professional. Will recommend to my friends and family.
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Arlyn

2 Mar 2024 - 3 Mar 2024
reviewed on orbitz

1 out of 5 stars

I never leave any review but this time I am obliged to leave one. I live in Indiana and I was traveling to Chicago with my 2 dogs...before booking the hotel I made sure it was PET Friendly but unfortunately it wasn't. Book 2 rooms, we arrived at 5pm, check-in and when we went up we found one of the rooms dirty. We went to the lobby and informed the staff that one of the rooms was dirty and they told us that the room would be clean in 30 minutes and it was a lie we had to wait 1 hour and 30 minutes.. the neighbors in that room were making a lot of noise like fighting and the dogs felt very uncomfortable because of it, despite that we never complained. In the evening we went to dinner and I received a text from the hotel saying that my dogs were barking that I had to return to the hotel, I replied that thank you for informing me immediately we will return. 15 minutes later they sent me a message again with the same thing. I replied that we were very far away and that we would be at the hotel in 19 minutes. I even called them and explained the situation. When we arrived at the hotel they told us that we had to leave the hotel. My family and I feel very bad about that horrible experience. We had never experienced something like this in our lives. Please if you have pets and plan to stay at that hotel please don't or think better.
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Hector

16 Feb 2024 - 18 Feb 2024
reviewed on expedia

5 out of 5 stars

I recommend it 100 percent, to come as a couple or as a family.
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Emily

15 Feb 2024 - 17 Feb 2024
reviewed on hcom

4 out of 5 stars

Checked in and the associate said he got us an upgrade with a bigger bed (actually two twins put together). Room was clean and sufficient for a stay in Chicago for the weekend. The only thing we didn't enjoy was the screaming children next door waking me up, but that's not the fault of the hotel.
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Nicholas

13 Oct 2023 - 15 Oct 2023
reviewed on travelocity

1 out of 5 stars

Room temperature was 78degrees-81degrees our first night, front desk said they’ll bring a fan and apologized for the inconvenience. Hours go by temperature still uncomfortably hot for sleeping and still no fan. I call again no answer. Call again and get to leave a message on a managers phone no response back still. Tv stopped working Engineering came and fixed it, 5 minutes later the screen went black, then it started working again then no sound. Day of check out we got a letter under the door mentioning an elevator is broken and if the wait is too long we can walk down the steps to the 10th floor and catch the other elevator mind you there are 35 floors in this building. To go down steps with a suitcase, and an infant? No thanks. Would highly recommend you do not book here the staff will constantly feed you lies related to issues so pacify you.
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Sarah

30 Sept 2023 - 2 Oct 2023
reviewed on hcom

2 out of 5 stars

Booked for 2 queens or full mattresses. What we got were two of the smallest mattresses I have ever seen - like a toddler bed. Also no vent fan in the bathroom. The room was SO small, like they took all their regular rooms and split in two for more revenue. Or maybe it’s just so old that that was common back in the day.
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