Amazing Staff

The Hotel Monaco in Chicago had the most amazing staff of any hotel I've stayed at in years.  As I mentioned when I wrote about checking in the front desk staff was incredibly nice and very helpful.

Every person on the staff smiled whenever I walked by and asked if there was anything they could do for me when appropriate.  A smile goes a long way.  After checking in and finishing work I never felt any sense of stress.  The comforting demeanor of everyone at the hotel helped.

Another act of kindness game from the staff came from housekeeping.  The house keeper noticed I had an orange gatorade in the trash and kindly bought me a new one and left it by my door one night.  What an amazing and thoughtful act.  It came in handy, as I had a bit much to drink that night.  Take a look at her note:

Hotel Monaco Lobby

The Hotel Monaco lobby was host to a lot of awesomeness.

• Every morning there was hot coffee service...
• The hot coffee was followed by iced coffee in the afternoon...
• which was followed by a nightly wine tasting at 6. 

All of these were nice little amenities.  The lobby had plenty of seating for these nice little social gatherings or if I just wanted a place outside of my room to chill and/or meet people.

Here are a few pictures.  First is looking up from one of the comfy chairs while I was sipping on some coffee.

Next up is a picture of one of the coffee tables and chairs across the room.  There was a couch to the right...

... and a chaise lounge and a couple of chairs and tables to the left.

Amazingly enough this only makes up about a third of the lobby.  There was free wifi and plenty of outlets for a laptop had I wanted to work here.  I would have spent a lot more time here if I didn't have a suite.

Hotel Monaco Suite Bathroom

Considering that there was a sofa bed in the living room it was interesting that the only way to access the bathroom was through the "master bedroom."

Is was also interesting that this suite had such a huge bedroom and such a tiny, but sweet, bathroom.  There was no room to really move as there was just enough clearance for the door to open and not hit the jacuzzi, sink or toilet.  Here's a look at the inch of clearance between the door and sink.

Stepping back you can see the sweet marble counter top, mirror and flooring.  It was tiny, but pretty. 

The bathroom had one superstar and it was the huge jacuzzi that I was afraid to get into, because I didn't think I'd get out.  It was about 3 feet deep with room for about 10 of your closest friends.

Here's a look at how deep this bad boy was.  I would have had to step up to get in.  No thanks.

Behind the door were the shower and toilet which, combined, took up less space than the jacuzzi.

I'm probably more into bathrooms than most.  I would rather have a foot less in the bedroom and a foot more in the bathroom just to breathe a little.  Size aside, the awesome cleaning staff always had the room cleaned with fresh towels.  My toiletries were always placed on a wash clothe.  Good service and nice little touches like this are what helped make my stay at the Hotel Monaco so great.