Hotel is about 40 miles northwest of downtown Chicago and is located just a few miles from West Dundee and Elgin.
Positives: full-size refrigerator, 4-burner stove, dishwasher, dishes, silverware and cooking utinsels in room, desk, free connected internet, free wifi on first two floors (doesn't reach up to the third floor, comfortable bed and 4 pillows in each room, average size closet, couch, coffee table, and cushioned chair, and ac worked good, good pool, free gas grill and tables to use outside. This hotel sits just behind the Marriott Courtyard. See if you can use their facilities, since both are owned by Marriott. The Courtyard has an indoor pool, larger exercise area, and for $ 10.95 you can eat a full buffet breakfast. Maxwells is a great restaurant to get Hot Dogs, Burgers, Chicken, Gyros. Within a few miles is a Jewel-Osco grocery store, Bennigans, Red Lobster, Chili's, McDonalds
Negatives: Not really any big negatives. They do offer a very small continental breakfast with juice, coffee, milk, bagels, muffins, cereal, etc... Small exercise room with a couple of pieces of equipment.

Spent 3 evenings here this week. Rate of $89 was not bad. The PACE bus stops just on the side...short walk over grass, a little longer if you go around to the street.

The hotel has 3 buildings, an outdoor pool, seasonal BBQ facilities (usually open around Memorial Day) and laundry facitilites. High speed, wired internet in rooms (free) or Wireless in lobby.

The rooms are all suites....studios and 2 bedrooms. I was upgraded to a 2 BR since that was all that was available when I checked in. Great! But, I really didn't need all the room.

The suites all feature little full kitchens: stove, fridge, oven, micro, coffeemaker, toaster, pots, plates, etc. There is a Jewel about a 2 mile drive away, as are a Target and a mall.

A fre grab-n-go breakfast is offered which consists of Sara Lee muffins, whole fruit, granola bars, juices and coffee. You can go next door to the Courtyard and get a full, hot breakfast (ala carte or buffet---about $7-10 dollars depending on what you order) that can be room-charged.

The 2 BRs have 1 bathroom and 2 TVs. One room as a double bed and the other has a Queen. There's a table wth chairs that can also function as a desk, a couch (sofabed) and an arm chair.

Great selection of TV channels. The bathroom is divided into 2 little spaces, the sink, and the tub.toilet. Both have their own doors so 1 person can shower while the other uses the sink area...and both doors can be closed!

The main problems are noise from above, below and adjacent rooms, and lousy ventilation. If people around you are cooking stinky foods, as happened every day while I was there, your room will stink! Also, the AC works, but it is very noisy!

My neighbor's phone conversations were so loud that I could hear them over both the TV and the AC! Lousy construction!

TownePlaces permit pets as well, for an additional fee. So, you may hear barking and meowing critters. Not really a problem, just FYI.

The staff was rather nice. The room was clean. Beds are standard comfy Marriott new bedding....not the marshmallow-like beds in full service hotels, but very comfy!

Several restaurants in the area deliver and there are plenty of them in surrounding towns. I simply went to the Jewel and bought some stuff to cook, but, there is a place called Dominicks pizzeria that also has some very reasonably priced foods, including daily specials such as pasta ranging fron $5-7 dollars, and fish and lasagna specials from $7-8 dollars.

All in all, this was a better than average stay. If you need to be in this area of West Dundee/Elgin to be near the Sears Centre or Grand Victoria casino, this could be a very good choice!

I booked a two-bedroom suite, and I was very pleased with the accomodations: well-appointed, nice-sized (very clean) bedrooms that did NOT have paper-thin walls.

Living room area had a large table (with the broadband internet wired connection module) with 3 chairs, an easy chair and a sofa. TVs are located in the one (larger) bedroom and the living room. Numerous windows (no closed-in feeling). Full kitchen with a decent amount of utentils and cookware.

Management was very friendly. Parking lot was well illuminated and safe. Two very convenient mini-store/gas stations are within easy walking distance (1 to 2 blocks).

Continental fast-break breakfast (as in all Townplace suites' I've encountered) consisted of large packaged muffins, fruit, orange/apple juice and breakfast bars.

Great value for the money.

I did extensive research on line to try to find a nice place to stay outside of Chicago. The price was what eventually got us to reserve a suite (two bedrooms) 104.00 a night with a couch that also pulled out as a bed. I was a little cautious and worried because the price was so "right". There were 6 of us 4 adults and two children. We took my parents with us who are picky, picky and my mom and dad were thrilled. They have redone the insides of the rooms and the pictures on line to not do it justice. The cleaning staff did an excellent job, and thrilled my daughters who are 7 and 4 by putting their dolls on the couch with blankets! The ground were nicely kept and the staff was very helpful! When asking about a place to eat we were told alexanders right next to the hotel was a good place...IT WAS EXCELLENT! Next time we go to chicago we will be staying here!