26.08.21Trip Type: Leisure / Sightseeing
Room Type: Standard Guest Room
Review Details
If you are traveling to Chicago and want a clean, comfortable, and highly convenient stay without paying ***/night downtown, the Carlton Inn Midway is an absolute hidden gem. At under ***night, it offers unmatched value in the city.
Exceptional Hospitality & Local Knowledge
The entire staff goes above and beyond to make your stay memorable. Special thanks to *** and their wonderful team member from Hyderabad, India! Beyond being extremely warm and welcoming, *** gave us fantastic local sightseeing advice. They candidly warned us that one attraction we were planning to visit was boring—we had already booked non-refundable tickets so we went anyway, and they were 100% right! The alternative places they suggested turned out to be the highlights of our trip. Listen to their recommendations!
Location & Free Unlimited Shuttle
The hotel is in a very safe neighborhood with everything you need within a 1- to 2-minute walk, including a Dollar Tree, Subway, and Chase Bank. Downtown Chicago (Millennium Park / The Loop) is an easy 25–30 minute ride on the CTA Orange Line. While the metro is a short walk away, you rarely need to walk it—their free on-demand shuttle runs unlimited trips throughout your stay between the hotel, Midway Airport, and the nearest metro station. Just call them, and they pick you up or drop you off in under 3 minutes.
Complimentary Breakfast Spread
The free breakfast goes far beyond a typical cold continental setup:
Fresh Items & Pastries: 3 varieties of fresh fruit, fruit yogurt, croissants, sweet breads, plain breads, bagels, and 3 types of muffins.
Hot Options: Scrambled eggs, cereals with milk, and multiple non-veg breakfast meats (beef, pork, chicken).
Self-Serve Tortilla Bar: Fully customizable with tortillas, cheese, lettuce, onions, lemon, and different sauces.
Beverages: Juices, tea, and various coffee choices.
Rooms & Comfort
Rooms are clean, practical, and well-maintained with cold AC, great water pressure, fresh daily towels, comfortable beds, and cable TV. Having an in-room mini-fridge and microwave is extremely convenient for storing light meals and drinks.
Would I recommend this hotel? Absolutely 100%. The combination of warm hospitality, safety, free transit shuttles, and exceptional value makes this a top choice for Chicago.
26.07.19The male front desk employees really need a quick course in hospitality they were rude arrogant and we're making fun of other hotel guests on the property the rooms need to be further inspected when being marked as clean and the breakfast needs to be attended more frequently than what it is because it made us sick on the last day
26.07.15We stayed in this hotel for 5 days and 4 nights. I booked this because i thought, its cheap and good service but i’m wrong.
First night. The first room that we had has full of flies inside the room.
The washroom sink is clogged and the shower door handle is broken so i ask if we could transfer to another room, they agreed. They moved us to 2nd floor and the bath tub is clogged again. The water comes down very slow. Then i asked them for housekeeping, because they told me its by request, they never came. Garbages all over. The breakfast area smells like a washroom.
Carpet is so dark that it looks like very dirty. The wifi is down. It was a very terrible stay. Hope they improve in the future.