Congress Hotel Chicago, Chicago, Mistake

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Congress Hotel Chicago	Average Price: $173 Check Rates

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520 South Michigan Avenue

Chicago, 60605 View map

2-Star Hotel Rank: 13 of 49
Average review rating: 2.59

OpinionWell Value Index: 5

Traveler reviews analyzed: BedBugRegistry (3) , Expedia (72) , MyTravelGuide (87) , Travelocity (42) , TripAdvisor (595) , YahooTravel (98)

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Construction:	There are recent comments about Construction, Remodeling, Renovation.
Noise:	Recent comments complained about noise.
Room Smell:	Recent comments complained about room smell.
Parking Fees:	No recent comments about parking fees were found.
Bed Bugs:	No recent comments about bed bugs were found.

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Mistake

Appears in 19 comments.

The following words were used in comments with Mistake:
big (3) conference (2) credit (2) desk (5) hotel (4) informative (2) room (8)

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1. Big mistake.

"Faded Grandeur " Read full review on TripAdvisor 5/9/2012 Vote

2. They charged one of our rooms twice and we have left a number of messages to rectify the mistake, but it seems there's no will on behalf of the hotel to give us back our money.

"Avoid at all cost " Read full review on TripAdvisor 6/21/2011 Vote

3. (my mistake.

"Wow.. what a dump " Read full review on TripAdvisor 2/21/2011 Vote

4. Got overcharged for the room, but caught the mistake and had a credit put back on my card.

"Keep Looking " Read full review on Travelocity 10/1/2008 Vote

5. I didn`t listen to the reviews before I booked, and I won`t make that mistake again.

"Ewwwww! Do yourself a favor and sleep in the street " Read full review on TripAdvisor 9/22/2008 Vote

6. After this happened a couple of times, I took the stopper out and tried cleaningout the drain to help it, what a mistake, it looked some of that stuff had been in there since the 20`s.

"Lovely Hotel in Lobby, But Rooms A Dump " Read full review on TripAdvisor 10/22/2007 Vote

7. --no mistakes.

"Good value " Read full review on TripAdvisor 10/21/2007 Vote

8. I just got (7/07) back from a conference and stayed in this hotel and what a big mistake.

"STAY AWAY!!! " Read full review on YahooTravel 7/12/2007 Vote

9. I just got back (7/12/07) from a conference and stayed in this hotel and what a big mistake.

"Stay Away!!! Really 1/2 Star! " Read full review on TripAdvisor 7/12/2007 Vote

10. When I called the desk and asked if the room was a mistake and could we be moved to a better room I was informed they were all in the same condition?I informed the desk that I was coming down to check-out and there was no way i was paying for this room.

"THIS PLACE IS A JOKE " Read full review on YahooTravel 2/19/2007 Vote