Fairmont Chicago

A feeling a refined romance pervades in these cushy digs: oversized bathroom, seperate dressing rooms, fluffy robes and a full-service spa. From standards to suites, all 687 rooms offer ample space and an organic, modern feel, but if you sign up for the Gold floor, you'll also gain access to a private lobby. At the end of the evening, settle down in the lobby’s wine, cocktail and small-plates lounge, “The Bar,” for a nightcap.

In February 2015, the Fairmont became one of three hotels, including the Hyatt Regency and the Doubletree North Shore, in the Chicagoland area to offer an on-site Kosher kitchen for events at the hotel. The kitchen, which remains locked unless a Rabbi is present to make sure everything is correctly prepared, offers a catering menu with dishes like tuna, avocado and watermelon ceviche, caramelized onion and potato puff knishes, carved to order slices of herb-crusted rack of lamb and more.