HI Chicago Hostel
About this hostel
Located in Chicago, this lovely hostel for $99 per night is a fantastic option for your next break. Experience the excitement of Chicago from the centre of all the action at this beautiful historic hostel, offering comfortable and contemporary accommodation in the heart of the city centre.
Amenities
Air conditioner
Kitchen / Kitchenette
Internet / Wifi
Parking
Laundry
TV
Wheelchair accessible
Family friendly
Map of Chicago, IL
Reviews
4.1/5.0
Excellent(7,907 Reviews)
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10.0
The staff was amazing! She was so polite and patient with me (I’m not a native on English language). I felt safe in the property and there was locker in my room so I was able to leave my luggage safe (you need to bring your own padlock). The bed is a single one, not so comfortable but great for a hostel. They also provide towels and blankets. Love it!
6.0
Вежливый персонал, чистый номер, вкусный завтрак, чистый туалет и душ
В комнате было очень холодно, дополнительное одеяло не помогало
9.0
The bathroom was mostly clean and it was shared only between 4 rooms.
The beds were pretty comfortable, the location is great, the staff is friendly, the hostel hosts a lot of free activities which is absolutely awesome, the common area is also great and you can use it even after check-out if you've got a flight later in the day, the breakfast was pretty decent.
The first days, the common area in which our rooms was, was extremely hot, I have no idea why but it was fixed after we asked them to.
The ladder for the twin beds is extremely uncomfortable in my opinion 🙁
10.0
La limpieza, la ubicación y el desayuno fueron lo mejor.
Todo fue perfecto. Excelente relación calidad/precio
9.0
Espaces communs vastes et joliment décorés, il y a beaucoup d'activités proposées, super emplacement pour découvrir le centre ville, les bords du lac Michigan, les restos et Speakeasy, le café à côté de l'hostel propose également des sandwichs délicieux. Le petit déjeuner de l'hôtel est bon et copieux (mais ça dépend des jours et de la foule). Et j'ai adoré voir le métro aérien passer le long de la salle à manger ;)) quartier très secure également
C'est une très grande auberge et les espaces communs peuvent être bondés en cas d'affluence, les équipements tombent en panne facilement...
10.0
Localização excelente, café da manhã absolutamente espetacular, hostel muito amigável e agradável. O quarto coletivo era amplo e limpo.
Uma das recepcionistas era pouco amigável, mas o resto da equipe era fantástica. Poderia haver mais chuveiros disponíveis por banheiro.
7.0
El lugar donde estaba. El precio
Habitación fría. Sin calefacción o al menos eso parecía
La cocina del cuarto no funciona a propósito
9.0
es un mini departamento con cocina y baño privado muy bueno. el desayuno incluido excelente.!
poco decorado. un poco antiguo el mobiliario
10.0
The best hotel near the airport for a transfer stop- only 10 min away.
*transfer can be ordered,even for a a really late/earliest in the morning-really fast responses -they even called me on time to wake me up for the transfer,which was really nice of them
*met with a cup of coffee that was really thrived for after the long flight and a bit chilly weather
*the hotel staff helped me bring the suitcases to my floor (elevators are also working)
*new building hence fresh amenities, really cozy rooms and a very comfortable mattress
*complimentary coffee and tea; there’s a good selections of dishes that can be ordered
*though is it situated heart the airport, it wasn’t noisy at all
Everything was top-notch and I highly recommend it!
10.0
Es una excelente opción en el centro de Chicago, la ubicación no puede ser mejor, poseen un desayuno justo con lo necesario: jugo,café, cangrejos, bagel, quesos, mermeladas, cereal, avena, huevo duro, los cuartos siempre limpios, y la.segiridad con acceso con llave en cada puerta
Todo excelente
8.0
Perfect location, 15 mins bus or subway to major attractions
9.0
O cafe da manhã é muito bom, oferecem toalha, shampoo, condicionador e sabonete. A cozinha era boa também. Além disso, oferecem 2 travesseiros!
Houve uma pane com um colega de quarto que passaram a cama de uma letra, conforme constava no recibo impresso pelo hostel e quando ele saiu para comer, o hostel tinha estourado o cadeado dele e retirado todas as coisas dele do quarto, alegando que ele estava no quarto incorreto. Isso mostra o amadorismo, já que como te dão um recibo com o quarto que você deve estar e o sistema do hostel diz que você deveria estar em outro. Além disso, o hostel quis culpa-lo por um erro feito pelo próprio hostel. Fiquei refletindo se isso tivesse acontecido comigo! Então, lembrem de sempre guardar e tirar uma foto do recebido entregue pelo hostel.
Outro fato ruim, eh o horário do checkin, muito tarde (16:00).
10.0
The location is excellent to see the most interesting points in the city also the bus station of greyhound is near in case you need to travel to other city. The room meet all of our expectations big and comfortable. The kitchen plus is one of my biggest surprise you can cook or heat you owns meals. Nice place to stay a couple of days or a week
9.0
Spacious, welcoming, great breakfast and a delicious Cuban cafe in the same building. Feels like home no matter what country you are from.
10.0
Localização no centro de Chicago, próximo a comércios, com facilidade de locomoção a pé para as principais atrações e o charme da área do Loop.
Não lembro de nada que eu não tenha gostado. O hostel atendeu às minhas necessidades e superou minhas expectativas.
10.0
Todo
10.0
It was beautiful and so clean. It was extremely spacious and the bedrooms were great.
8.0
La ubicación es muy céntrica, el hostal es muy seguro gracias a su sistema de llaves, el desayuno incluido es básico pero cumple su propósito y la habitación de solo mujeres en la que me hospedé era muy cómoda y limpia.
Las personas de la recepción son muy indiferentes, sobretodo si no hablas inglés, lamentablemente en este lugar si no hablas inglés no vas a poder comunicarte bien con nadie del staff y les recomiendo no hacer uso de las maquinitas expendedoras de la zona de comida; si se llegan a atorar o no te entregan tu producto la recepción del hostal no va a hacer absolutamente nada.
8.0
Breakfast was good, not many options though
location
Beds are clean
wifi is good
checked in eelier than 4 pm (appreciated)
staff enter room anytime without even knocking the door. This made me very uncomfortable. Being men dose not mean that we do not have privacy!
Chairs in the 2nd floor were not comfortable
1.0
Nothing
Everything
8.0
Quick check-in. The front desk loaned me a fan as well since my room felt pretty warm.
It's very quiet, even in the common areas.
The location is great. Right next to the library, only about 20 mins walking from Union Station, 5-7 min. walk to the Art Institute and about 20-24 mins from the Field Museum.
If you want to take public transportation, there's the trains running next to the hostel and bus stops less than a block away as well.
It's a clean, no-frills kind of place.
I had a private double. In the room in addition to the bed, was a small wall desk and chair. In a small alcove, there were extra sheets, towels and an ironing board with iron. I liked the tall windows and extra tall ceiling I had. Lots of natural light.
The bed was firm but still a little soft. I had no trouble sleeping through the night.
I didn't take part in any of the group programs or tours offered or use the laundry room so I can't comment on those.
The breakfast is pretty basic. Bagels, croissants, bread, oatmeal and cereals for the most part. Nothing extravagant but good to get you going in the morning.
When I got there, one elevator was out of service and the button wouldn't stay lit when pressed so I thought the other elevator was down as well so I climbed the stairs to the 7th floor with my backpack on. I just needed to be patient. The other elevator was up and running by the next afternoon so the wait time drastically decreased.
Unlike my last visit, this time I had a room facing the train tracks next to the building (If my previous room was facing them, I've forgotten). If the windows could be a little thicker to block out the noise, it'd be great.I quickly got used to the noise though and didn't need to use earplugs at all.
9.0
Lugar limpio, muy buena ubicación, el desayuno muy bueno...
8.0
Pros: One of the awesome experiences I had ever with hostels. This hostel is really nice for location it located in Chicago downtown with access to the public transportations, grocery stores, restaurants and cafés. It came with 7 floors building with modern interior design, it's a small apartment with two bedrooms, dining table, kitchen, shower and toilet also there's many facilities such microwave, hair dryer, tissues and towels. Reception staff is friendly, helpful and professional once the rooms are ready they let you check in early even if in the morning. The breakfast is good for the quality also for free and there's open kitchen if you want to make your own meals. Beds are good and always clean. The security system for the building is very good, that's why it's safe. There's a laundry room and washing machines at the 7 floor. The cost of accommodation is very reasonable compared to others hostels in such area. There's a dig setting hall at the second floor for internment and chilling. Overall rating is 09/10.
Cons: The breakfast varieties is limited. Otherwise can't complain. All goes smoothly and nice.
10.0
Great clean room, friendly helpful staff, nice shared spaces, great breakfast.
One one small thing was not so great. Leaving our rental car on the busy street with blinkers on for loading and unloading. As far as I know the hostel can't change this.
10.0
전문 호스텔이라 건물이 다 호스텔이고 조식도 나름 먹을만하게 나오고 룸마다 화장실 샤워실 따로 있고 수건도 주고 위치도 완전 시내 중심지라 좋았습니다
시카고 가면 여기로 늘 예약할거 같아요
춥고 매트릭스가 너무 푹 꺼지는 형태라서 허리가 좀 아팠습니다
샤워기 물이 졸졸졸 나와서 그게 씻을때 진짜 불편했습니다
아! 엘레베이거 개느림... 그래서 계단으로 다녔어요....
8.0
朝食の種類が豊富で美味しい。
シャワーの個数が少ない。
7.0
위치가 좋은 편이라 주요 관광지 다니기 편리
다운타운에서 2인실로 묶기에 저렴한 가격
가성비는 좋는데 사실 2인실도 공용화장실을 써야하고 호스텔 특성상 불편한건 사실. 깨끗하긴 하나 오래되서 모든 시설이 낡음
방은 좀 추운편이라 담요한장으로 약간 추웟고(9월말기준) 수건은 리셉션에 말하면 주고 조식은 그냥 딱 그정도
그리고 밖에 cta 지상철이 24시간 지나다녀서 진짜 미치도록 시끄러워요 ㅋ 나중엔 적응되서 잘 들리지도 않았지만 첫날은 미치는줄…귀마개 소용없음
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8.0
Staff, rooms and facilities.
The rooms could have tables where you can sort your gear.
9.0
The amenities, it’s really comfortable, you have a lot of space and it’s clean, it has a really good location
Nothing, some stuff looks like it needs maintenance but anything to worry about
9.0
Breakfast ok decent no complaints. The room was cool. The people and location top notch.
I paid for separate bathroom on booking. They didn't offer it.
10.0
Ordenado y limpio
Lugar para comer en el 4 piso
7.0
The staff is nice and helpful. The location is great, you can reach some places just walking and you will find some stops of the Loop very close, and some useful shops around. The shared rooms are big, there is much space even for 10 people. The sound that comes from the Loop outside is not that bad as I was expecting. Beds with curtains are always a good point, specially in a shared room and the bed indeed was comfortable. Common spaces were nice and well-equipped, they can also be pretty noisy.
The hostel would be a great place, however the cleaning is a really low point, I found often the shared toilets dirty and they don't drain in a correct way. Also there are just two showers and two toilets for the whole floor, seems not enough to me. The rooms were too cold, you really need the blankets to sleep even being summer. They should definitely add some kind of a little shelf on the beds to leave some essential personal stuff there. The wifi on the rooms was working so so. Some homeless close to the hostel main entrance even though they don't bother. Overall the relation quality-price seemed to me not good.
10.0
Ubicación, trato del personal y limpieza
Ruidos debido a las sirenas, aire acondicionado por lo que hace frío, y bueno hay cosas algo deterioradas de muebles pero seguro que es debido al paso de gente que no respeta las cosas, pero al menos había mucha limpieza
10.0
Location. Price
Possibility of getting locked out of room if I forgot to bring key to bathroom
6.0
I made a few friends actually. I loved the tours but wish there were more (interesting ones). Not all of the tours were amazing. The downtown one was the best!
You could fill in water but only on the second floor. There should be more water stations (that work)!
Chicago itself made the experience way better. Felt in love with the city!!!
We didn‘t have water and couldn‘t flush the toilet for 1,5 days which was awful. I didn‘t get why the own bedroom didn‘t have at least a sink in the room. Had to run to the bathroom all the time just to wash my hands (maybe people there don‘t wash their hands idk). You can imagine what a mess it was, everyone still used the bathroom ofc.
OH BIG MINUS: every own bedroom has their shared living room, bathroom AND a kitchen BUT the kitchen is simply not facilitated, THE OVEN DOESN‘T WORK, you can‘t actually cook there so why do you provide it? I didn‘t get it. Plus we were supposed to have a laundry room at our floor BUT all of them were out of order. Wtf?!. Bathroom was never cleaned btw.
Also, in front of it there are homeless people all the time (one set up his tent there). I hated how hidden the hostel was too! Staff is super unfriendly, they all have the wrong job except for the ones at the Tour information.
They have so much space there and so much to improve on… if that would be my hostel. Omg, it would be paradise! THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A GYM SO EASILY. Then I‘d have given a better review too lol.
7.0
The location was good, close to train station and bus stops
The room we had was right next to the El train so it was super noisy constantly
FAQs
How much does this hostel cost compared to others in Chicago?
The average price for a rental in Chicago is $171 per night. This rental is $72 less expensive than the average.
Is parking included with this hostel?
Yes, parking is listed as an amenity at HI Chicago Hostel. For more information, we encourage you to contact the property about where to park.
Is there a pool at this hostel?
We didn’t find pool listed as an amenity for this hostel. It may be worth double checking if a pool is important for your stay.
Is HI Chicago Hostel pet friendly?
Unfortunately, this hostel is not pet-friendly. Try searching again and filter for "Pets Allowed"
What amenities are available at HI Chicago Hostel?
We found 8 amenities for this rental. This includes air conditioner, kitchen / kitchenette, internet / wifi, parking, and laundry.
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