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Four Seasons Hotel Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, United States · Four Seasons · Grand Luxury
Since March 10, 1989, Four Seasons Chicago has occupied floors 30 through 46 of 900 North Michigan on the Magnificent Mile, with Lake Michigan in the windows. Forbes has kept a Five-Star rating every year since 1996. The 30th-floor indoor pool doubled as New York for Macaulay Culkin's splash in Home Alone 2. Pierre-Yves Rochon shaped the original interiors; Adorn's 2023 Rottet Studios refresh added a live lounge residency.
- 345 rooms
- Opened 1989
- Neighborhood: The Loop
- Rooms from 375 sq ft (35 m²)
- Architect: Perkins & Will & Kohn Pedersen Fox
- Interiors: Pierre-Yves Rochon & Hirsch Bedner Associates & BraytonHughes Design Studios
About Four Seasons Hotel Chicago
- The hotel opened with 345 rooms inside the mixed-use tower's upper third overlooking the Gold Coast.
- AAA Five Diamond recognition dates to 1990, nearly matching the hotel’s unbroken Forbes streak.
- U.S. News & World Report ranked it fifth among U.S. hotels in 2019, up from twelfth the year before.
- Two hedgehogs appeared on the 1989 grand-opening guest list, a detail staff still retell today.
- The building's own multi-story atrium stacks Magnificent Mile flagships from Gucci to MaxMara below the lobby elevators.
History
Four Seasons Hotel Chicago opened on March 10, 1989, occupying floors 30 through 46 of the 66-story tower at 900 North Michigan Avenue on the Magnificent Mile — a building known simply as 900 North Michigan that opened the same year and immediately became one of the most prominent addresses on Chicago's premier shopping and hospitality corridor. The hotel entered the market with Forbes Five-Star and AAA Five Diamond designations that it has maintained for decades, establishing itself from its first season as the benchmark luxury address in a city that does not lack for serious competition in that category.
The building's elevation on floors 30 and above gives the hotel extraordinary views over Lake Michigan and the lakefront, while its position in the heart of the Magnificent Mile places guests within steps of the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art, Oak Street Beach, the Newberry Library, and the Gold Coast. Interior designer Pierre-Yves Rochon, whose portfolio includes some of the most celebrated luxury hotel renovations in Europe and the Americas, shaped the property's public spaces and guest rooms with an aesthetic that has been progressively refined through subsequent renovations. The 30th-floor indoor pool — with its generous proportions and views toward the lake — gained a measure of pop-culture immortality when a young Macaulay Culkin splashed in it during the filming of Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, a scene that prompted a generation of Chicago visitors to ask to see the pool.
The grand opening guest list for the hotel in 1989 famously included two hedgehogs, a detail that has become part of the hotel's internal lore. Adorn, the hotel's principal dining venue, introduced in a 2023 redesign by Rottet Studios, offers well-traveled new American cuisine alongside a 'Live in the Lounge' music residency that has given the restaurant an identity as a cultural venue as well as a dining destination. The hotel holds the AAA Four Diamond distinction and the Forbes Five-Star rating, received continuously since 1996.
The setting
Four Seasons Hotel Chicago occupies floors 30 through 46 of the 900 North Michigan skyscraper, entered from East Delaware Place at the upper end of the Magnificent Mile. The building's own six-story atrium houses flagship luxury boutiques from Gucci to MaxMara, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago is a seven-minute walk north. Atop one of the city's tallest mixed-use towers, the hotel commands sweeping views of Lake Michigan and the downtown skyline, positioning guests above a neighborhood whose Gilded Age mansion heritage has evolved into Chicago's most concentrated enclave of high-end retail, world-class dining, and cultural prestige.
Restaurants and bars
- Adorn — Restaurant · New American
- Allium — Restaurant
Experiences
- Four Seasons Signature Massage — Signature spa treatment offered in 55 or 80 minutes.
- Adorn Live in the Lounge — Residency of recognised musicians and DJs with local and international influences at the restaurant lounge.
- Skylight swim under the stars — Night swim under the skylight with a bottle of champagne and canapés.
- Martini Man guest room visits — Guest room visits from the Martini Man may be arranged.
- Ice Cream Man guest room visits — Guest room visits from the Ice Cream Man, who prepares sundaes.
- Pizza-making class — Pizza-making class for teens.
Amenities
- 44-foot indoor pool with waterfall edge; 21 × 6-foot rectangle whirlpool
- 2,300 sq ft fitness center overlooking Michigan Avenue, open 24/7
- Kids Club Room with video games, foosball, movie area, and arts & crafts
- 23,757 sq ft meeting and event space; Grand Ballroom (7,708 sq ft); 12 breakout rooms
- Martini Cart and Ice Cream Man in-room experiences
- Sauna
- Steam room
- Pet-friendly
Awards
- AAA Four Diamond (2026)
- Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star (2026)
- MICHELIN One Key (2026)
- Illinois's Leading Hotel Suite 2025 (World Travel Awards) (2025)
- AAA Five Diamond (1989)
- Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star (1989)
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