HI Chicago, The J.Ira & Nicki Harris Family Hostel

We stayed at their setup of 4 private rooms in the one space with shared kitchen and living room. Microwave, fridge and stove available but stove is not usable. No utensils or dishware available. Bed was comfortable enough. We prefer softer beds but it was somewhere in the middle with firmness. Air conditioner worked really well but we were freezing, so had to take out their extra winter blanket. Iron and ironing board available in our private room, which was nice. Even expensive luxury hotels don't provide that anymore. You can hear the train, but it wasn't that noisy in the room we were in. The noise disturbance was actually from other guests in the room. The other guests slammed their door super loud 5 or 6 times between 9pm to midnight as we were trying to sleep. The doors are designed to close slowly so as to not slam, so it seems like the loud door slams were done on purpose. Weirdos... Anyway, there were no bed bugs, no rats, no cockroaches like at other hotels in Chicago. So overall I would say it's okay for 1 or 2 nights.

Despite of we didnt find any one at the first check, we were glad to share our room with couples of bedbugs we discovered the second day between bedsheets and mattress after being bite all the night long. After they moved us to another room, I heard an employee telling that it wasn't the first room this week.