The best way to book Four Seasons Hotel Chicago is through a Four Seasons Preferred Partner travel advisor.
A Preferred Partner booking adds daily breakfast for two, a $100 hotel credit ($200 in suites), a room upgrade when available and VIP recognition.
Preferred Partner rates equal the official direct booking rate on the Four Seasons website. We don't charge any booking fees, so you get the benefits for free.
By a Travel Agent with LuxRally, a Forbes-endorsed agency and official Four Seasons Preferred Partner. Facts last verified .
The program benefits are the same at every hotel. What changes is what they are worth. This is how each one works at this property.
Full breakfast for two per bedroom at Adorn, where guests rate the buffet highly, or through in-room dining. A single bowl of hot cereal costs $20 à la carte, which gives a sense of what the benefit saves a family.
One credit per stay, for dining or the spa. Use it towards dinner at Adorn or a treatment. It will cover one person at the 46th-floor cocktail club, not two.
A one-category upgrade when available at check-in. From a city-view room that usually means a lake view, and from a lake-view room it can mean an Executive Suite.
Priority for both. Helpful around early flights into O'Hare and evening departures.
A welcome amenity and a VIP note on the reservation. We ask for the lake side and a high floor, and tell the hotel about any children travelling.
Preferred Partner benefits apply on top of the hotel's own promotions. We check what is available for your dates when we quote.
The hotel is high in the tower, so every room has a real view, with a window seat to enjoy it from. Half the building faces Lake Michigan and half the city. Standard rooms are compact for the brand, at around 365 to 390 sq ft, which is why suites are the better value here and make up more than half the hotel.
A king room of about 380 sq ft facing Lake Michigan. The view over the water and Lake Shore Drive is what guests remember, and it is worth the step up from the city side.
The entry category, at about 365 sq ft, with a skyline view that is especially good at night. The category from which an upgrade is most rewarding.
About 575 sq ft with a sitting area, on the upper floors. Forbes recommends suites for any stay over three nights, and this is the most popular. Lake-view Executive Suites have had a separate soaking tub and shower where many rooms have a combined one.
The Executive Suite also comes with two double beds and a sofa bed. The standard layout divides the bedroom with frosted glass, which lets light through, so ask us for the version with French doors if children will sleep in the living room.
From about 725 to 950 sq ft, redesigned in 2019, with a separate living room. The Deluxe lake-view version sits near the top of the hotel.
2,700 sq ft on the 46th floor. Two- and three-bedroom suites are also available for larger families.
Connecting rooms are available, and there are only 18 rooms with two double beds, so families should book early. We request a high floor on the lake side with every booking.
Standard rooms are on the small side and suites are plentiful, so the price gap is often narrower than at other hotels. For three nights or more, or with children, a suite is the better buy.
Both views are good, but the lake is the one you cannot get at most Chicago hotels. Sunrise over the water from a window seat is worth the difference.
This is one of the best city hotels in the country for families. Children get a toy chest at check-in, a free clubroom open until 9 pm, and a visit from the Ice Cream Man with a cart of sundaes. There is a Martini Man for the adults.
The Mile High Cocktail Club is a small speakeasy on the 46th floor, with visiting bartenders from well-known bars. It seats only 30 to 40, so ask us to book it.
Valet parking is about $74 a night plus tax. The Red Line is a seven-minute walk, the shops are downstairs, and Michigan Avenue, the beach and the museums are on foot.
Chicago hotel tax is among the highest in the country, at about 17.5 percent and rising to 19 percent for larger downtown hotels from 2026. We include it in your quote.
December and February are the cheapest months, and the hotel suits winter: an indoor pool, a spa, and shopping without going outside. Summer weekends, Lollapalooza and the Marathon in October are the most expensive.
The concierge team has a strong reputation for securing hard-to-get restaurant tables. Send us your wish list before you travel.
Dining is on the seventh floor with the lobby, and was refreshed in autumn 2026 with a new menu and a new coffee bar.
The main restaurant and bar, with a raw bar, prime steaks, Dover sole and a tableside martini cart. Breakfast is served here, and there is live music in the lounge from Thursday to Sunday.
An intimate cocktail bar at the top of the hotel, hosting residencies from leading bars. Priced per guest and by reservation.
A coffee and pastry outlet opened in autumn 2026, with gelato and a weekend breakfast deep-dish.
Available around the clock. Preferred Partner guests can take their daily breakfast this way.
The hotel has enough to fill a cold or wet day without leaving the building.
A heated indoor pool with a long whirlpool, steam rooms and saunas. It is the pool Macaulay Culkin swam in for Home Alone 2.
8,000 sq ft, renovated in 2023, with four treatment rooms. Small for the size of the hotel, so book ahead.
Redesigned in 2025, open 24 hours, overlooking Michigan Avenue. In-room fitness equipment is available on request.
A free playroom open from 9 am to 9 pm, with parents present. There are also pizza-making classes and a spa menu for teenagers.
The 900 North Michigan Shops are reached by lift from the hotel, with more than 70 stores and restaurants.
Small pets are welcome for a fee per stay. Tell us about your pet when you enquire.
Chicago is a city of extremes. Summer is glorious and expensive, winter is cold and a bargain.
The hotel entrance is on East Delaware Place, just off North Michigan Avenue at the north end of the Magnificent Mile.
The Gold Coast and the Magnificent Mile are among the most walkable parts of the city.
A short walk north. A city beach on Lake Michigan, with the Lakefront Trail for running and cycling.
The observation deck at the top of the former John Hancock Center, next door.
A short walk east, with changing exhibitions and a sculpture garden.
The Magnificent Mile runs south from the hotel to the river, with Water Tower Place moments away.
A free zoo in a lakefront park to the north. An easy outing with children.
The best way to book Four Seasons Hotel Chicago is through a Four Seasons Preferred Partner travel advisor. The advisor books the official Four Seasons rate, with no booking fees, and the reservation adds daily breakfast for two, a $100 hotel credit and upgrade priority.
Daily breakfast for two per bedroom at Adorn or through in-room dining, a $100 hotel credit per stay ($200 in suites), a one-category upgrade when available at check-in, priority for early check-in and late checkout, and a welcome amenity with VIP recognition. From a city-view room, the upgrade usually means a lake view.
Yes. Four Seasons Preferred Partner is Four Seasons' own program for invited travel advisors. The benefits are confirmed by the resort on the reservation, not added by a third party, and the rate is the official rate Four Seasons publishes.
A Four Seasons Preferred Partner advisor and Amex Fine Hotels + Resorts (FHR) both add breakfast for two, a $100 credit and upgrade priority at Four Seasons Chicago. FHR also guarantees 4:00 pm checkout, but needs an Amex Platinum or Centurion card and a booking through Amex Travel. Preferred Partner needs no card, doubles the credit to $200 in suites and adds VIP recognition. Booking direct at fourseasons.com costs the same and adds none of these, because Four Seasons has no points programme. One booking can carry only one of the two benefit packages.
Yes. Both views are good, but the Lake Michigan view is the one most Chicago hotels cannot offer. Half the building faces the lake and half the city, and every room has a window seat.
A suite, for three nights or more or with children. Standard rooms are compact for the brand, at around 365 to 390 sq ft, and 185 of the hotel's 345 rooms are suites, so the price gap is often narrower than at other hotels. The Lake-View Executive Suite, at about 575 sq ft, is the most popular.
Yes. The heated indoor pool at Four Seasons Hotel Chicago is the pool Macaulay Culkin swam in for Home Alone 2. It has a long whirlpool, steam rooms and saunas.
Yes. Children get a toy chest at check-in, a free Kids Clubroom open from 9 am to 9 pm, and a visit from the Ice Cream Man with a cart of sundaes. There are only 18 rooms with two double beds, so families should book early.
O'Hare (ORD) is 17 miles away, 25 to 40 minutes by car. Midway (MDW) is 12 miles away, 20 to 40 minutes by car. Valet parking is about $74 a night plus tax, and the Red Line is a seven-minute walk.
Winter. January to March has the lowest rates of the year. Summer weekends, Lollapalooza at the start of August and the Chicago Marathon in October are the most expensive.
No. The Four Seasons Preferred Partner rate matches the rate the hotel publishes itself, and we charge no booking fees. The benefits are added at no extra cost.
Usually, yes, if you booked directly with the hotel. Send us your confirmation and the benefits can be added with the dates, rate, room type and cancellation policy unchanged. Bookings made through an online travel agency cannot be moved.
Send us your confirmation. A reservation booked directly with the hotel can usually have the benefits added, with the dates, rate, room type and cancellation policy unchanged. Bookings made through an online travel agency cannot be moved.
No fees. Same rate as direct. Rates within 24 hours.