Super comfortable room, they thought of every little touch. There was a bag of popcorn and a bowl in the microwave, plenty of multi-purpose dishes in the cupboards, great soaps/shampoo, free current magazines, and a great bed and pillows. Usually only the higher-end places have pillow menus, but we didn't even use this service because the ones they provided were so plush. The place is very new (about 1 year old, in March 2010) and extremely clean. They have a great little convenience store where we got juice and snacks.

When I arrived at the Candlewood Suites, I had no idea what I was in for. When I got to our room, I was shocked beyond belief; the room was clean, and it had things in it that I had never experienced before. Namely, cooktop, kitchen cabinets, dishwasher, full size frig, sink, flat screen TV, table that could be used to eat a meal on, or take care of business papers, and the beds were queen sized. I was so happy to stay there, and I will stay there again whenever I'm visiting Chicago.

This hotel provides everything that you would expect from an extended day place. It is also fairly new so everything works as it should and is quite clean. What I did not like about it are just 2 design issues: The bed is almost flush with the wall on one side (I believe a person commented on this already). This made it very difficult to get out of the bed from that side. Obviously, if you are alone this will not be a problem. Also the adjustable height desk chair was too low for the desk, which made me sit either low or lower to work on my laptop. Quite a bit annoying and uncomfortable. Somewhat surprising too that they did not serve breakfast although there was free coffee in the room.

We had reserved a non=smoking room, but got a smoking room. The bed was within 6 inches of the HVAC and continually blew on us. We ended up sleeping 3 in the other bed to avoid the blowing. the room appliances did not working. Lastly, the parking lot was closed for 2 days for paving, which required us to parking in a muddy adjoining lot. Nothing like tromping through the pooring rain and mud with luggage in hand.

Hotel staff didn't seem to be concerned.