Pendry Chicago

Character and identity

Pendry Chicago occupies the 1929 Carbide & Carbon Building, an art deco landmark on Michigan Avenue shaped like a champagne bottle, complete with a 24-karat gold leaf cap, black granite façade and green and gold terra cotta with bronze trim. Inside the 364-room property, gilded elevators and black-and-white floors set a polished, design-forward tone that bridges jazz-age bones with contemporary comforts. Venteux, the Parisian-leaning restaurant, anchors the food programme; Bar Pendry handles moody, leather-clad evenings with scotch and a Sunday Boozy Tea; and seasonal rooftop Château Carbide channels the Riviera from the 24th floor. Service register is confident and sophisticated, in the Montage family idiom.

Who's it for

Bottom line

What you're really paying for is the building itself: an art deco landmark turned into a polished, design-driven city hotel with serious food and drink. Book a Specialty Suite on the upper floors for the marble bath and skyline views, or stretch to a Pendry Suite at around 1,000 square feet. Time a stay for warmer months to catch Château Carbide.