The Peninsula delivers what the other Magnificent Mile hotels promise. The rooftop bar is the best in the city at any price.
The Peninsula Chicago opened in 2001 at the corner of Michigan Avenue and Superior Street, and the hotel's 19-story contemporary building was the first new luxury hotel on the Magnificent Mile in more than a decade. The Peninsula's design — by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill — is generous in proportion, with a lobby that rises three stories and a design programme focused on natural light and lake views from the upper floors.
The 339 rooms begin at 390 square feet and are fitted with the Peninsula's signature technology integration — beside-table controls for every room function, a bedside dial that signals 'do not disturb' to the corridor panel, and a bathtub that fills to your preset temperature from a panel in the bedroom. The Shanghai Suite, on the 22nd floor, is the most complete executive hospitality suite in Chicago: four bedrooms, a full kitchen, and a living room that seats 24.
The rooftop bar and pool terrace is the Peninsula's most democratic contribution to Chicago — the bar is open to guests and non-guests alike, and the view from the 22nd floor across Michigan Avenue, the lake, and the city grid is the best freely accessible view in the city. The Avenues restaurant has held a Michelin star across several chef tenures. The spa programme is the most technically sophisticated on the Magnificent Mile.
The Peninsula's Junior Suite configuration — with a separate sitting room and dining table for four — makes it the best in-hotel meeting space in Chicago at the suite level. The Avenues restaurant's private dining room handles corporate entertainment for groups of up to 30. The hotel's technology infrastructure is genuinely current, not aspirationally described. See all business hotels →
The rooftop bar at sunset, dinner at Avenues, and the Peninsula's room technology — which lets you curate the room's temperature, lighting, and entertainment without leaving bed — make it the most technically accomplished anniversary hotel on the Magnificent Mile. The spa's couples suite includes a private whirlpool and a four-hand massage treatment. See all anniversary hotels →
From $500/night. Check availability.
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