Situated in the center of downtown Chicago and the Loop business district, the boutique Hotel Monaco Chicago offers more than 4,100 square feet of meeting space, making this small luxury hotel the ideal setting for your next event, be it for business or pleasure.

The Hotel Monaco provides three elegant meeting rooms that can seat up to 180 or hold 250 for a reception: the Paris Room, a 2700-square-foot rectangle with no pillars and a 900 square-foot pre-function area; the Athens Room, a 960 square-foot rectangular room with one full wall of windows; and the Tokyo Boardroom, which seats twelve around a rich mahogany table with plush leather chairs.

All of our private dining rooms offer private dining, featuring the outstanding cuisine of South Water Kitchen, the well-known restaurant located adjacent to our luxury hotel.

In keeping with the services and amenities expected of a luxury hotel located in downtown Chicago, the Hotel Monaco provides a full audio-visual department, including:

South Water Kitchen

South Water Kitchen remembers the time when the kitchen was the center of the home and the family meal was the most important time of the day. South Water Kitchen offers a connection to this American heritage. Restaurant designer Bob Puccini Design, Inc. recreates this memory at the 169 seat South Water Kitchen

MENU
Contemporary American Home Cooking

SERVICE
Breakfast: Monday through Friday, 7:00am to 11:00am
Saturday and Sunday, 7:00am to 11:00pm
Lunch: Monday through Friday, 11:30am to 2:30pm
Dinner: Daily 5:00pm to 9:00pm
Bar Menu: Monday through Sunday, starting at 2:30pm
Weekend Brunch: Saturday and Sunday, 7:00am - 2:30pm

SEATING
The main dining room seats 168 and the tavern seats 60. Private dining for up to 200 guests in the adjacent Hotel Monaco.

The French Deco-inspired design of the downtown Hotel Monaco Chicago yields a sensually rich d?cor, including beautiful guestrooms in warm pistachio greens and butter yellows with highly detailed furnishings. In keeping with the expectations of a small luxury hotel located in downtown Chicago, the Hotel Monaco's 192 deluxe guest rooms and suites surround guests in exceptional comfort.

Guestroom amenities of the downtown Hotel Monaco Chicago include:

Party Like A Rock Star Suite
Celebrating the rock 'n' roll lifestyle, this one-of-a-kind two-room suite draws in the fans, including such celebrity guests as James Taylor and Britney Spears. The sitting room features a regal red velvet couch, dramatic zebra-striped carpeting, a display of eight gold records by artists such as the Smashing Pumpkins and the Bare Naked Ladies, and a fully-loaded TouchTunes jukebox, the world's first digital jukebox that stores songs on a computer hard drive.

Just stumbling steps away is the bedroom, where you'll discover a Sony 52-disc CD player (and discs), a Danelectro electric guitar and amplifier for your very own jam session, 12 original Chicago concert photographs by noted photographer Paul Natkin, framed and autographed handwritten lyrics to John Lennon's songs Imagine and Day Tripper. The luxurious bathroom features a two-person sunken Jacuzzi tub.

Directions to our hotel in Chicago from the north

From the North/Northwest/O'Hare Airport:
Take I-90 (Kennedy Expressway) or I-94 (Eden's Expressway) southesast into the downtown Chicago area.
Exit at the Ohio East exit and travel east on Ohio to Michigan Avenue. At Michigan Avenue, turn right (south).
Go (5) five blocks, crossing the Chicago River Bridge, to Lake Street. At Lake Street, turn right (west).
Go one (1) block to Wabash Avenue. Turn right (north) onto Wabash and the Hotel Monaco is on the right.
Directions to our hotel in downtown Chicago from the south

From the South/Indiana/Michigan:
Take I-90/94 (Dan Ryan Expressway) northwest into the downtown Chicago area.
Exit at the Ohio Street East exit and travel east on Ohio Street to Michigan Avenue. At Michigan Avenue, turn right (south).
Go (5) five blocks, crossing the Chicago River Bridge, to Lake Street. At Lake Street, turn right (west).
Go one (1) block to Wabash Avenue. Turn right (north) onto Wabash and the Hotel Monaco is on the right.
Directions to our luxury Chicago hotel from the west

From the West/Western suburbs:
Take I-290 (Eisenhower Expressway) which will become Congress Parkway. Take Congress Parway to Wacker Drive.
Exit Upper Wacker Drive (be sure to exit UPPER Wacker Drive). Follow Upper Wacker Drive around to Lake Street.
At Lake Street turn right (east) for seven (7) blocks to Wabash Avenue. Turn left (north) on Wabash Avenue. Hotel Monaco is on the right.
Directions to our downtown Chicago hotel from the southwest

From Midway Airport/St. Louis:
Take I-55 North (Stevenson Expressway) to northbound Lake Shore Drive. Continue north on Lake Shore Drive to Monroe.
At Monroe turn left (west) to Michigan Avenue. At Michigan turn right (north) follow Michigan to Lake Street.
At Lake Street turn left (west), go one (1) block to Wabash.
At Wabash turn right (north) for half a block. Hotel Monaco is on the right.