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HI Chicago Hostel

1.5 star property

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Reviews

8.8 out of 10
Excellent

Popular amenities

  • 24/7 front desk
  • Laundry
  • Air conditioning
  • Free WiFi
  • Restaurant

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24 E Ida B Wells Drive, Chicago, IL, 60605
  • Art Institute of Chicago
    ‪8 min walk‬
  • Millennium Park
    ‪9 min walk‬
  • Grant Park
    ‪19 min walk‬
  • Chicago, IL (ORD-O'Hare Intl.)
    ‪36 min drive‬

Room options

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1 bedroom, free WiFi, bed sheets

Bed in Men's 10-Bed Dorm

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Single Bed

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1 bedroom, free WiFi, bed sheets

Bed in Women's 8-Bed Dorm Ensuite

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Single Bed

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1 bedroom, free WiFi, bed sheets

Bed in All-Gender 4-Bed Dorm

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Single Bed

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1 bedroom, free WiFi, bed sheets

Full Size Bed

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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1 bedroom, free WiFi, bed sheets

Bed in Women's 10-Bed Dorm

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Single Bed

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1 bedroom, free WiFi, bed sheets

Bed In Men's 6-Bed Dorm Ensuite

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Single Bed

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1 bedroom, free WiFi, bed sheets

Bed in Women's 4-Bed Dorm

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Single Bed

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1 bedroom, free WiFi, bed sheets

Twin Over Full Bunk Bedroom

  • 20 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Single Bed

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1 bedroom, free WiFi, bed sheets

Bed in Men's 4-Bed Dorm

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Single Bed

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1 bedroom, free WiFi, bed sheets

King Size Bed

  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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1 bedroom, free WiFi, bed sheets

Bed in Men's 8-Bed Dorm Ensuite

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Single Bed

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1 bedroom, free WiFi, bed sheets

Private One-Bedroom Suite Ensuite

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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1 bedroom, free WiFi, bed sheets

Bed In Women's 6-Bed Dorm Ensuite

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Single Bed

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About this property

HI Chicago Hostel

Hostel with free breakfast, steps from State Street
A restaurant, a coffee shop/cafe and coffee/tea in a common area are available at this smoke-free hostel. Free continental breakfast and free WiFi in public areas are also provided. Additionally, laundry facilities, a 24-hour front desk and a library are on-site.
HI Chicago Hostel offers 68 air-conditioned accommodations with a hairdryer and free toiletries. Guests can surf the web using complimentary wireless Internet access. Bathrooms include a shower.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on-site or nearby; fees may apply.
The free breakfast at HI Chicago Hostel gets high marks from our customers. During your stay, you're just a quick walk from Art Institute of Chicago. Enjoy features like free WiFi in public areas, plus a restaurant and a coffee shop/cafe.
  • Free continental breakfast served daily
  • Free WiFi
  • Dining options include a coffee shop and a restaurant
  • Amenities include a front desk safe, locker space and 2 meeting rooms
  • Guests have great things to say about the helpful staff and the clean guestrooms
  • Steps from State Street and 8 minutes on foot from Art Institute of Chicago
There's a restaurant on site, as well as a coffee shop/cafe. Free breakfast is served daily. WiFi is free in public spaces. There are 2 meeting rooms available. A library, a vending machine, and multilingual staff are also featured at HI Chicago Hostel.

This Chicago hostel is smoke free.

Guests are served a free continental breakfast daily from 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM.
Cafecito – This café serves breakfast, brunch, lunch and dinner.

Languages

Arabic, Chinese (Cantonese), Chinese (Mandarin), English, French, Italian, Japanese, Spanish

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • No on-site parking available

Food and drink

  • Free continental breakfast available daily 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM
  • A coffee shop/cafe
  • A restaurant
  • Coffee and tea in common areas

Restaurants on site

  • Cafecito

Things to do

  • Billiards/pool table
  • Library
  • Table tennis
  • TV in common areas

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • ATM
  • Laundry facilities
  • Lockers
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk
  • Vending machine

Guest services

  • Multilingual staff
  • Tour and ticket assistance

Business services

  • 2 meeting rooms

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Assistive listening devices
  • Braille/raised signage
  • Lift
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Shampoo
  • Shower
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels provided

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Connecting rooms available
  • Heating
  • LED lighting
  • Recycling

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 4:00 PM; check-in end time: 3:00 AM
Contactless check-in and check-out are available
Minimum check-in age - 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM
Contactless check-out
Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
It is the property’s policy that children under 18 years of age cannot be accommodated at the property without an accompanying parent or legal guardian.

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

  • No pets allowed, but service animals are welcome

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
  • Cots (infant beds) are not available.

Payment types at the property

Important information

You need to know

This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business or profession.
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation
Special cancellation policies or charges may apply for group reservations (more than 8 rooms for the same property/stay dates)
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards, mobile payments and cash
Cashless transactions are available
Only bookings from non-local guests are accepted; guests whose residence is within 45 mi (72 km) of the property will not be allowed to check in
Noise-free guestrooms cannot be guaranteed
Safety features at this property include a carbon monoxide detector, a fire extinguisher, a smoke detector, a security system, a first aid kit and window guards
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property.

We should mention

  • Registered guests are the only ones allowed to be in guestrooms.
  • Connecting/adjoining rooms are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property at the number on your booking confirmation.
  • Alcohol isn't allowed at HI Chicago Hostel.
  • This property welcomes guests of all sexual orientations and gender identities (LGBTQ+ friendly).

Property is also known as

Hostelling International Chicago Chicago Hostel
Hostelling International Chicago Summer Hotel Chicago
Hostelling International Chicago Hostel
Hostelling International Chicago
Hostel HI Chicago
HI Chicago
HI Chicago Hostel Chicago
HI Chicago Hostel Hostel/Backpacker accommodation
HI Chicago Hostel Hostel/Backpacker accommodation Chicago

HI Chicago Hostel Reviews

Reviews

8.8

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 624 out of 1006 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 235 out of 1006 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 67 out of 1006 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 35 out of 1006 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 45 out of 1006 reviews

8.8/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

8.6/10

Amenities

8.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Kevin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Overall, good experience check out the free tours
In my total stay, I did most of their tours that was offered. I missed the Friday night party but did make it for the Monday night trivia and came in third place. Of course there was only like five people at that one :-) The handicap accessible 4 bedroom I liked a lot better than the mixed gender 4bedroom. definitely recommend getting to breakfast as early as possible because the protein for the breakfast was rather inconsistent on the quantity. So depending on the day, it may be in short supply. But it was a free breakfast. Nothing is required so I definitely did appreciate it. Either way there will be toast and muffins and cereal and milk and stuff.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Overall, good place but do not trust Food security
This particular night staying out of my trip I did not appreciate at all. But I have stayed there multiple nights and the rest of them were fine. There was just an incident that occurred that I warned them about and then after the fact, I mentioned to them and they were completely and utterly indifferent about the issue So I do recommend people stay there because I did like the property, but you still need to be warned. They didn’t have availability in the room that I was looking for for the whole week so I had bounced between 2 room types a couple times and in the smaller rooms you have a communal area with a living room that goes off to the bathroom and then on the other side, a kitchenette Which includes a refrigerator. And then you can access your bedroom. So I had some food that was in the fridge as well as a mobility scooter that needed to be plugged in because some genius unplugged it overnight. So because they had to move me to a different room since they didn’t have availability I told them I needed to get into the common area of the new room to plug in the scooter and put my food in the fridge. They refused to let me do it they made me put my food in the downstairs communal fridge for everybody to access. I told them I did not want to do that because I’ve had experience before with people stealing. They themselves labeled it. I warned them. I did not like this situation and then my food get stolen. I reported it and they couldn’t care less. Kept claiming policy
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kevin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Overall, good experience free breakfast tho limite
Other than an incident that Occurred a couple days prior in which the management was completely indifferent and stood on the principles of policy considering it was their fault. Other than that incident, I had a great time. Out of the four hostel options. I definitely recommend this one. They do offer a free breakfast which I did appreciate but the quality varied considerably. It is a free breakfast so you get what you pay for it and I did appreciate at least something. But the first couple days was definitely better breakfast. The first couple days they had a large bowl of boiled eggs along with their toast and yogurt and cereal and milk and juice. Nothing terribly fancy but still appreciated. However, the rest of the days and I’m pretty sure the days of this portion of my stay There was like two dozen boiled eggs and it was like gladiatorial battle to get any of them as opposed to like I said a few days earlier there was a big bowl of them so it was rather inconsistent. But again it’s a free breakfast. Nothing is required so I did appreciate What we did get.
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Karen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Was really good. If you think about price/quality, very good
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Disliked: Room comfort
Great for solo travelers!
Good location despite the price, cleaner than I expected. I checked my luggage in until departure. It was $4. There was no mention of this on the website. I would like to have more chairs in the 10-person room. If there is no table or chair to pack your belongings, it will be difficult for the person in the top bunk to pack up.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

HAZUKI

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Sedinam

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I enjoyed my stay at this hostel for the price. The staff were very helpful. My roommates, whom I only met for the first time at the hostel were friendly too.
Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Zeynep

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

Chris

Stayed 5 nights in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Travis

Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2024

2/10 Terrible

Nieshia

Disliked: Amenities
Nothing
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Daniel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

PENGYU

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very convenient location, 5 minute walk from art institute of chicago. Great facility
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Anthony

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very Nice
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Laurie, Redondo Beach

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The room was clean and neat. Showers great. I liked breakfast too!
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Marty

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Fun place to stay
Great hostel in downtown Chicago. Close to the lake, museums and park. Walkable with easy public transportation. Stayed in the 8 ladies room. The room roomy with 4 bunkbeds, lockers (lock not provided), shower, toilet and dual sink all separated. Could use a deep clean. Kitchen available for cooking with plenty of room for refrigeration. Good hot basic breakfast every morning. Coffee and tea wasn't always available. Occasional group dinner provided with social activities. Walking tours with local volunteers was very informative. Many international visitors.
Stayed 5 nights in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Why Getaway when you can go International
Great as always! Why go to Chicago Getaway when the service here is excellent and the facilities are excellent.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

6/10 Okay

Carlos

Travelled with group
Sirve para dormir; sin embargo, los alrededores no se sienten seguros ni limpios.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kherlen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

2/10 Terrible

stephanie

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
i didn't stay there - they said i didn't have a reservation and said i cancelled it - even though i showed them my reservation confirmation on phone - and i could NOT get a hold of anyone at hotels.com - so i lost my money and had to stay somewhere else
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Ferdinand

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stay at HI Hostel in Chicago
Comfortable stay, plenty of bathrooms and shower room to use when common is not available. I like free breakfast on the second floor.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2024

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
No hot water for early morning shower on one of my four night stay. No grace period for check out (if you don’t check out by 11 AM then you have to pay one extra day’s rent; did not allow check out at 12 noon). Only one working elevator that is too slow.
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2024

8/10 Good

Elizabeth

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Trans inclusionary. The room was clean. Lockers are provided but byo lock. I was in a room with 8 beds, 4 of which were filled. Roommates were courteous. Unhoused encampment next to the hostel.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Di, Saginaw

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024