Chicago O’Hare Garden Hotel

The Chicago O’Hare Garden Hotel is now in demolition

I would rather stay overnight in my car in the Hooters parking lot next door than stay in this hotel again.
Here’s what happened: I got to my room, where the carpet was sopping wet (I’m hoping it was sopping wet because it was just shampooed, but I’m not sure.) I put my bags down anyway because I had a function to go to and I didn’t have time to argue. When I came back the carpet was still wet and no other room to move me to. On top of this there was no water in the pool or hot tub, the Internet was only strong enough to work in the lobby and apparently my air conditioner was on the fritz.
I ended up just leaving and going to the Holiday Inn across the interstate on Cumberland and getting a room there.
Please PLEASE avoid this hotel.

This place is exactly what I expected for paying 39.99 a night. From empty pool full of garbage, broken air conditioner, overflowing toilet, shower with little to no water pressure, shower changes from boiling to ice cube.
I look forward to staying again next time I’m in Chicago. The crew that hangs outside did a great job pointing towards the nearest White Castle and kindly offered us a wide variety of drugs for sale. Who says people from Chicago are rude?

Was looking for a cheap place to stay near the Allstate Arena, total was around $ 50 for a night for a King bed room. I’ve stayed in a lot of hotels for around the same price, but this one really reflects the cheap price. Here’s why:
–Hallways and common areas are really in need of maintenance and basic care
–Mold on the ceiling above the shower
–Shower fluctuated between cold and scalding and the water pressure was pathetic
–Mattress was extremely uncomfortable and had a distinct dent in the middle that we both rolled into over the night.
–Breakfast was described as coffee and donuts, the coffee was terrible and the donuts were actually a platter of ho-ho’s.
–One of our lamps in the room didn’t even work, room also needed more lights.
–Wi-​fi was available, but only in the lobby.

Less than $ 95 for 2 nights. yup, it’s pretty bad. I liked the ironing board sans iron– tight! Note: Macs diner across street rules!

I was only looking for a cheap place to stay. That’s what I got. I did not see any bugs. The place smelled clean and I constantly saw cleaning people. Staff were very friendly. The carpet has bleach spots on places and that gives off a bad first impression but after my first night I didn’t notice them as much.

1. Molds in the bathroom (UNSANITARY.probably the reason why my respiratory system is currently screwed, and my lymph nodes are inflamed)
2. No clock in room
3. Broken lamps
4. Smelly/​unkempt halls
5. Broken toilet seat cover
6. Broken phone
7. Cloggy tub
8. Ice machine doesn’t work on 2^nd floor
9. Minimal outlets/​outlets that don’t work
10. Broken door
11. Wi-​Fi only works in the lobby
12. It took almost 30 mins to check, 15 mins from waiting, and about 10 mins to actually check in
13. Questionable/​odd tin man who is one of the cleaners…
I guess the moral of the story is you get what you pay for. I wouldn’t recommend staying here unless you ABSOLUTELY have too and have no other choices. There are NUMEROUS surrounding hotels, so I would
book early and check those other hotels out first.

I would not stay at this hotel again. I can’t believe that this place is still actually considered a hotel.
The décor of the place is very similar to the decorations at the tower of terror at California Adventure in Disneyland. Only it looked more rugged.
Random bleach stains on the carpet.
The place was cheap but not worth the price.
There was no water in the pool. The website does not even mention anything about the closing of the café that is supposedly on the site. All the amenities were older than old.
The bed was more than uncomfortable. It was actually dipping in the middle. Pillows weren’t fluffy.
There is wifi only in the lobby. There are no places within the hotel to print boarding passes.
On the upside, though, maid services were very thorough in keeping the hallways and the rooms clean. Fromt desk personnel were nice, too. And it was only minutes away from the airport.

You get what you pay for. Cheap price and cheap hotel. The building is falling into disrepair but the staff is nice and the beds comfortable.

«Hotel,» no. This is a «Motel.» Actually, more like a roach motel. I’m surprised the deaprtment of health hasn’t condemned it.

Run. away. quickly. Seriously this place is gross. and weird.

Oh this place is fucking bullshit! Check out their website then imagine the opposite… everything is stained old dirty falling apart, the cable barely works, no fridge in the room, and «breakfast» is coffee and donuts, i’m not a cop goddammit, at least throw me some toast. Rude staff (although I prolly wouldn’t be nice if I worked in that shithole either). I have been to about 35 countries and 40+ states, NEVER NEVER NEVER anything this bad or misleading, not even the 29.99 roadside places in the middle of Kansas… oh and this morning there’s not even any donuts OMFG OMFG

Events that have transpired since:
— Was hit on and invited into the room of a robot impersonator (while in costume) who made up a basketball contract story. He lives there, the door on the second floor with finger swipes in silver paint.
— Have found the wireless extremely impossible to access, only way to attempt it is late at night when said «tin man» is up and around which I am forced to awkwardly encounter.
–Watched a drunk guy break a lamppost in the parking lot.
–Have an old TV now that gets a grainy 3 channels.
–Screamed from burning water in irregular shower pressure.
–Seen an offering of diet coke made to plastic shrubbery.
–Found out «Bistro 90» (named after the interstate) is closed.
–Etc. Whatever that may entail.
It’s a combination of entertaining, frustrating and disturbing.

The lobby is a bit scary, but the rooms are normal enough…
Stayed here one night on the way to chicago and saved about 75% and I don’t regret it one bit.
The fitness room is hilarious. It has a few cardio machines from the 80’s and it appears that someone stole the tv

STAY AWAY!!! Rudest staff ever!

I am sitting here with sweat dripping off me onto my glasses blurring my view of the screen in the sweltering lobby of the un-​air-​conditioned Chicago O’Hare Garden Hotel, perhaps the worst hotel I’ve ever been to and I used to stay at some GHETT-​O places during high school for spring break in Panama City Beach, FL in the «redneck riviera»
Back to the matter at hand. The walls in the halls are all scratched up and dirty, half the light sconces are broken and the carpets are dirty and beat up.
Not an impressive property, but it sure is cheap. I was also welcome to some big splotchy stains on my sheets, a toilet paper holder that was barely hanging on for life, and all but one of the lamps weren’t even plugged in so I had to plug everything in.
Well, I guess this place will make me appreciate every other place I stay at that much more :)

This place has a total racket going for students taking their medical licensing exams in Chicago. They are even listed on the test site website. Well for 80 bucks a night, I could’ve bought two rooms at a motel, and I would’ve got a better shower. It started with a very strange shuttle ride. Even though there were at least 2 vans in the lot with official logos, the van that came to get me had a makeshift sign that said «Garden Inn» instead of «Garden Hotel». I had my suspicions when I walked down the hallways with green and gold peeling wallpaper. The water pressure was terrible and every 2 minutes it would get really hot and scald me. When someone in another room turned on their shower, it squealed at a horrible frequency in my room. There is a reasonably priced restaurant, but the food is subpar. I tried it twice. The first time I had pasta carbonara with a sauce so runny it should’ve been called soup. I tried again, this time with a salad so drenched in vinaigrette that I couldn’t eat more than a few bites… so I filled up on bread, and it least it was yummy! There is no place like home.