This was more like a 3.5 star, but I think it was also fair to round it up because it was a…read morepleasant overnight stay. I would make it easy by breaking down my rating into a few categories.
1) hotel location
This is located in Warrenville, close to Naperville, but definitely far from the Chicago city downtown (approximately 40 min drive). Most guests were traveling by car. Hence, parking space was ample to accommodate customers staying at both Hyatt Place/Hyatt House. The hotel didn't offer airport shuttle, stated in their website site. Shuttle bus service to nearby places, with 5 miles I believe, was available upon request.
2) check-in
The receptionist told us that the room wasn't ready when we came in around 3:15pm, so we were told to wait at least for 20 minutes or would be offered a different type of room (basically the same setup, except there was no separate bedroom). The wait wasn't awful, yet I was expecting the room would be ready when the check-in hour began. The receptionist was beyond courteous and friendly and let us have the beverages and snacks in their market place fridge while we waited. Fortunately, the kids weren't acting up and quietly played their newly-bought toys.
3) the room
I booked the one-bedroom, with a separate living room, kitchen, and dining area. The room appeared clean at the first glance. However, there were details missed on the carpet, underneath the dining table booth, and the cover on top of the convertible sofa bed, for a good number of hair strings, stains, and dust were found. Speaking of the sofa bed, it wasn't that comfortable due to the quality of mattress attached to it. If you are one of the individuals who care about the sleep quality or are staying for a longer duration, spending an additional $100 to upgrade to a two-bedroom might be necessary. In our case, we were doing alright since the sofa bed was in a much lower platform than the regular king bed. With that said, our petite 2-year old was able to climb to the sofe bed without assistance.
4) surrounding noise
I'm guilty to say that we were probably the noise-makers, if any hotel patron heard us. We were parents with 2 young children and they were definitely playful and throwing tantrums from time-to-time. Otherwise, being bothered by noises shouldn't a concern at all while staying here.
5) amenities and free hot breakfast
The hotel basics, such as a gym, an indoor pool, a small bar in the dining area were available but we didn't use it. Nevertheless, we took advantage of the breakfast and that was great and our kids enjoyed the offerings as well. The only very, very slight disappointment was that there was no made-to-order omelet station like what I experienced in some other Hyatt hotel chains in the past, and that was totally an-OK.
6) so why 3.5 stars?
The room keys were deactivated early after myself and my partner finished the breakfast with each of our children downstairs. My key was deactivated mysteriously after I took our younger one for a walk in the morning. Luckily, my partner and our older one were in the room at that tine so there was no problem. Likewise, the similar scenario happened to my partner/older son, so we avoided having to ask the front desk for help yet that was strange. Ultimately, the rating was downgraded due to the overall cleaniness of the room. It absolutely could use more attention or it might be time to change out the in-room carpet.
I booked the room with my company leisure travel discount and the price was reasonable in my opinion. It was our first time taking kids for an overnight suburb stay and it went well. I would still recommend Hyatt House Chicago/Naperville/Warrenville for traveling as a family or a group.