I think this place is the best equipped in Chicago for a true hostel experience. Be prepared to interact with people here because there are many great, small, common spaces that will have you chatting with others. It's loaded with character and the vibe is right. There are colorful painted walls and murals that give the place a personal touch compared to corporate hostels with meaningless signage. Cold filtered water on tap is great, with complimentary tea and coffee. Large clean bathrooms throughout the hostel with showers. Towels are provided, and staff was excellent. Loved the common room and outdoor back patio. Met a lot of great people.

The hostel needed some maintenance here and there. Oddly there are 2 kitchens on each floor but signs request guests only use the one by the back patio. It was difficult to find outlets in the room that aren't worn out, and none are up by the top bunks- so I wasn't able to charge devices overnight. Complimentary breakfast is only on weekend mornings.

I love this hostel. The location - that’s Wrigley Field, right on the doorstep, and the rest of the area is similarly lovely. The staff were friendly and helpful and two of them led us wonderfully astray on a crawl of Wrigleyville’s bars. Transport connections to the city were very close and very easy. Do-Rite Donuts around the corner for breakfast. Literally a perfect pied a terre for experiencing Chicago

Not the hostel’s problem but I need to accept that I’m at an age where I need to ask for a bottom bunk.

Staff were really friendly and helpful - I asked whether I could buy shampoo/body wash and they handed me a basket of communal shower items that previous guests have left behind. I didn't have to wait too long for a morning shower either. Beds were comfy and sheets were clean! Location wasn't too bad (better than expected) because the Brown line runs directly from the hostel to downtown, and my local friend confirmed that the Brown line is safe to ride at nights.

I wish there were shampoo/body wash bottles in the restroom.

Great location, fun design and great atmosphere. People that were staying there were very nice. Plenty of community area to hang out with others.

Parking. Female personal told me I had to reserve parking 48 hours in advance. I had to pay $22 for overnight parking while in fact the hostel had few extra parking permits on that day. Female receptionist refused to give it to me but willingly gave it to a dufferent guest. The next day the other receptionist gave me the sticker with no problem. No questions asked. That situation makes me believe that the personal at the hostel gives parking permits as they please. They like you - you get free parking, if they don't like you add $20-60 on the top of your lodging (depends where you find an available spot). Quet hours from 11.30 pm are not so quite. The personal finishes its shift at 8 pm and nobody monitors how guests behave.

really clean and safe hostel near the baseball stadium. The staff is really friendly and willing to help where they can! Very good organisation with the personnel boxes in the kitchen! They have different lounges and common rooms and everyone finds a spot to hang around. Awesome hostel near the metro station. Recommendation: not to come with the own car, finding a parking spot could be challenging! If you have one, the hostel will give free 24h tickets for parking, but first you need to find one spot! Nevertheless, I can strongly recommend the hostel!

Booking.com could announce that there is a possibility for a late check in (code for the key will sent by the reception)! I hurried up and drove too fast to arrive within the reception service hours!

Particularly the bed, noisy, edge lacked support, felt as one would roll out if laying too close.. We were there to sleep only, and it felt like the room was over priced for a facility w/o bathroom in room.

The flexibility, the nuance, made you feel like you are back to your old place. The storage luggage helped alot

The bunk bed. Two things irked me. 1. If you are taller than 160 cm, don't expect to be able to sit straight up while on the bottom bunk. 2. Each time you move a little in your sleep or any movement at all, the bed gonna have a creaking sound. It's the materials. It doesn't mean that the structure is not sound. Btw, you can get complimentary earplug if the room too noisy

Staff were great and helpful, room was clean and comfortable, bathrooms and shower were clean and really nice weekend breakfast. Found easy parking on the street, (I drove in from Wisconsin) and staff provided me with a free parking sticker. The price was great, especially in downtown Chicago. Near everything you could need. Very lively part of town. As a solo female traveler I wouldn't recommend running around in the area after dark alone, gets a little boistrous with all the bars and clubs around but I would say that about most of Chicago anyway. Good security in the building though.

Full length mirror somewhere would have been nice. I was getting dressed up to go to a show and had some trouble with good mirror.

Genuinely nice hostel, good location! Staff was very good, earnest in their desire to accommodate. Kitchen was decent. The weekend staff personality cooked up an good breakfast. The outdoor terrace was an alright spot to sit in. The local neighborhood a nice location to live in for awhile. A relaxing atmosphere.

The only downside was a lack of bathrooms. One has to feel out the bathroom usage to use one if one is in an immediate need. While the bathrooms are spread out within the hostel there might be a delay in accessing an empty bathroom. I can see there could be a "wait period" between 9 and 10:30 am while people are washing before the 11 am check out time. There isn't a bona-fide computer area with plug outlets nor a comfortable seating area one could use with conveniently located electrical outlets. One has to make do with the existing setup.

Interaction with the staff and the traveler staying there everybody talks baseball cuz it's so close to Wrigley Field so that was really fun

The staff doesn't show up till 10:00 or after and I think if you're a traveler and you get an early flight it'd be nice if they'd let you in just so you can sit down in the kitchen or down in the basement relax to your room is ready but there's nobody there on site till after 10:00