The Bistro - Des Plaines

Good food and service. Prices were a little high for breakfast $30 for 2 people

Small little charming restaurant with great food, fair pricing and generous portions. The owner Vicki has a second location north I believe in Round Lake. That location is a bit larger in size, but everything else is exactly the same. Open from 7am to 3pm daily, go give it a try!

We booked a park and fly in advance. Checkin staff very friendly and informative about shuttle service. We enjoyed this first floor room. Location of hotel close to restaurants. Shuttle service in the morning was prompt.

I echo some of the less than stellar reviews. My experiences with the Courtyard line of hotels by Marriott has been steady disappointment as far back as I can remember. I remembered the Courtyard to be a nice Marriott property, but now it 's just so antiquated and dated. Marriott has done very little, or nothing at all, to bring their Courtyard properties out from the older, and extremely dated, late 80 's and early 90 's decor. The walls are plastered with non-matching and oddly accenting wallpaper, the drapes an off-putting off-white, no USB hook-ups anywhere, and tacky patterned carpet. This property exudes a, they left me behind feeling of unwanted nostalgia. I 'm not a fan. Now, a super tip is that one side of this hotel faces the freeway and walking into the room, it feels like the windows are open when they 're actually closed. That 's how loud the room gets. So you MUST ask for a room on the opposite side of the freeway. My wife and I were both extremely exhausted from endless delays and flying, which resulted in us missing our connection, that we passed out and the noise didn 't bother us. But when you 're not exhausted beyond consciousness, the noise from the freeway (even with the window closed) will be noticeable to even the most oblivious and deep sleepers. The front staff was just okay, not much to say. But the front guy we had that checked us in was not helpful in answering any of our questions. Felt like he was just trying to hurry us in to get to the next guest. I 'm not a fan and I would avoid. There are so many other options at this price point, even other Marriott properties. Actually, I think I will avoid Courtyard in general from Marriott 's portfolio of property.

I chose this hotel because I am a Marriott Elite member and this hotel is in close proximity to O'Hare airport. I arrived close to midnight and there were no check-in spaces available so I had to walk quite a distance to check-in. When I arrived inside there were no people waiting in line to check in. I checked in and had to walk quite a distance to get to my room. I arrived to my room to see a typical Courtyard set-up but missing the sweet couch that I usually see. I was very surprised when I walked in the room to hear how loud the outside noise was from the freeway next to the hotel. I have never stayed anywhere so loud. The bed was comfortable enough. An iHome would have been nice but I ending playing music over my new iPad with good enough speakers to try to drown out the freeway noise. I received my invoice under the door in the morning and they didn't add the parking fee even though I told them at check-in that I had a car in their lot. The guy at the front desk hooked me up and gave me free parking. I ate breakfast at The Bistro which serves OK food. The service was good but the freeway noise will keep me away from here in the future. Two stars!