Hotel BnB-2 - Chicago, Illinois

van F.

I booked the double room for one guest during my short stay in Chicago during St Patrick’s Day weekend. This place surprised me in a good way! I will preface that this place seems odd: 1) it seems like no one really works here? I never saw anyone at the front desk for like 3 days and I think the bathrooms are cleaned every couple of days so I saw a cleaned bathroom once but who knows if the Leprechauns did it? 2) there are a bunch of codes for the building (honestly made me feel safer that someone would have to know more than two electronic door codes to “get me” and 3) the rooms are just interesting? Overall, I would totally recommend this room if you don’t want to stay in a hostel but want a really cheap room to your self (with tv, queen sized bed, and interestingly large fridge). The location is also very convenient as it’s close to the brown line train and is in downtown Chicago (also in regard to location, it’s just removed enough from the judge and bustle that it’s not loud). But yeah, I was super nervous when I booked this (I did booking.com) because it seemed like this place didn’t exist (it shares an address with a few other places on google maps) and I was going to be by myself. But I would even do this again if I wanted a cheap non-hostel experience. I will say that the state of the bathroom definitely depends on who is staying there at the time you are because you share 2 bathrooms for one floors of like 15 rooms (was not a problem for me at the time) and some people are messier than others so it I could see that posing a problem for some but for me it wasn’t bad. Very worth the price!

Ankita C.

I had a great experience in this airbnb (you essentially get what you pay for!). The location is amazing and everything was also clean.

Gabriella M.

It was really not as bad as others say. I had no problems getting into my room, and It's very close to a convenience store. The only problem I had was that the bathroom was in the hall, which was kind of annoying. It's a very minimalistic room with a fridge and microwave. If you're looking for a good window view, this is not the place for you. It wasn't bad for the price. There was never anyone at the front desk, but I had no problems. The location is a bit weird because it is on top of, I think, a collision center, but really not that difficult to get to. Very close to Brown line.

Ken M.

This was one of the worst hostel stays I have ever had. My payment info was collected in a sketchy way (texted and called from several numbers asking for the card info, they had to write it down and try it later). When we got there the codes we were sent were wrong, called the owner and he was incredibly rude and refused that he sent the wrong numbers and told us we just didn’t know what we were doing, took about an hour to get into our room. He also charged us extra for changing the reservation over a month in advance, despite the policy saying we could change it with 2 day notice free of charge. Called us cheap for fighting for $50 dollars and to get out and try and find a place if I had an issue with it. Sent screenshots and he finally agreed to refund after two hours of back to back calls from him yelling at us several days later and still no refund.

Rooms were ok, shared bathrooms were pretty dirty, the guy living in the third floor was nice, area was ok but the hotel is not marked and has no elevators and steep stairs( all rooms on second floor).

I would advise you stay at another spot, stayed at several hostels and Get Away hostel and HI Chicago were both great and cheaper

Mats A.

The rooms are severely dated, and beds are not queensized as promoted by the hotel. There is a massive red fridge in my room, and you guessed it, it's empty. I highly recommend to everyone ready this, spend those extra few dollars! And get yourself a better hotel! It's by far the worst hotel I've been in.

It looks like a cheap motel that should have been listed for no more than 60 dollars.

Sam G.

Review for the location at 1316 S Michigan Ave||Chicago, IL 60605||||This is more akin to a youth hostel. Tiny rooms, barely bigger than the bed, unprofessional staff (they failed to find my reservation and then gave me a key to someone else’s room), and poor, poor, poor conditions. I was afraid to stay here. So much so, that I immediately booked a room at 3x the price nearby, just to avoid the anxiety of staying at this place. Unless you are an adventurous youth, okay with disgusting shared-bathrooms, avoid, avoid, avoid!

Joel G.

Very Nice neighborhood, very nice people, great manager and owner. Met them both. Vinnie and Ozzie thank you so much. Yes its just a bedroom with shared bathrooms. If you want luxury this isnt for you. I will be back though!

Tanjiro K.

Great stay! The management had great communication. Great convenience in the heart of downtown and very affordable. Definitely would stay here again.