The Restaurant at The Peninsula Chicago

""From the elegant lobby to the ultra-luxe guest rooms to the top-notch spa and restaurants, The Peninsula delivers an all around exceptional experience"

"The hotel takes up a full city block, and you could spend days sampling all of the offerings: tea service by day, a chocolate buffet Friday and Saturday night, three onsite restaurants, a large gym, an indoor pool, 30 different fitness classes, the spa, and, in the winter, a skating rink, which donates all proceeds to charity"

"So will the Peninsula's four restaurants, including the acclaimed Avenues (now helmed by chef Curtis Duffy) and the Chinese jewel-box Shanghai Terrace (dine alfresco in the summer)"

"On weekend nights the Peninsula's soaring lobby-level restaurant—aptly named the Lobby—becomes a sweet fantasia, centered on an overflowing chocolate buffet; guest rooms are pretty sweet, too, with plush pillow-top beds and bedside consoles that control both the TV and the "do-not-disturb" light"

"The surrounding neighborhood is full of upscale shops and restaurants, and the hotel’s within walking distance of some of the best sights in Chicago"

"After enjoying live jazz in the hotel lobby, guests may dine in any of the three house restaurants or begin an evening out with cocktails on the terrace"

"No detail is overlooked here, from fog-free TVs in the bathrooms to exquisite cuisine served at Avenues, the hotel's fine dining restaurant"

"Enjoy “Asian allure with Midwestern hospitality” at this “world-class” outpost of the Hong Kong chain, replete with “large”, “richly appointed” rooms (and bathrooms with marble fixtures and TVs at the foot of soaking tubs that some say “are worth the price alone”); though it's located “steps away” from the Magnificent Mile, there may be no need to leave this "magical" place thanks to an on-site spa, rooftop Olympic pool and terrace with “spectacular” views, and four “phenomenal” restaurants -- “if you can swing the price, you won't be disappointed"

"In its favor, its fine-dining restaurant boasts a Michelin star—the Four Seasons and Park Hyatt are equally blessed (Trump's 16 has 2 stars), and its guest rooms are the largest and most well-equipped of the three (the Trump, though, has the largest accommodations)"