Chicago's Best Bathrooms?

No matter where we are, a pleasant and/or stylish bathroom can make or break an experience. Bars, especially, are known for having either the trashiest/most graffiti-laden bathrooms or the most quirky/colorful/designed ones. In 2008, Metromix picked their top 4 restaurant/bar bathrooms in the city. We're wondering if you think they deserve to stay on top or if other favorites have you reminding friends to "check out the bathroom!". The four from '08 are:

Cobra Lounge: Pink ladies' loo at the otherwise rough-around-the-edges Cobra Lounge.

The Drake Hotel: Includes full bathroom amenities in each stall and a very long, luxe community vanity area

Rodan: See a distorted image of yourself in the bathroom mirror (an LCD screen replaces a mirror, as you are caught on camera and displayed back at yourself).

Tru: Cascading water falls from sink into a trough below

Watch the Metromix feature on You Tube here.

Top photo via The Drake Hotel.

Comments (5)

that's right about the cobra lounge -- i was pleasantly surprised by how nice, spacious, and designed the bathroom there is. the rest of the bar though is just totally weird and seems like it's having an identity crisis.

posted by kitkatkasha on March 6th 2009 at 11:48am
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Clearly, this feature pays attention only to ladies' rooms. The men's room at the Drake (at least the one nearest to the ballroom) is an awful 70s throwback. I thought I was in a bad diner rather than the otherwise graceful Drake.

posted by cdavis1976 on March 6th 2009 at 12:42pm
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I'm really surprised Cozy Noodles wasn't in the Top 4!

posted by londonverve on March 6th 2009 at 3:19pm
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I've been to the Women's Bathroom at The Drake. It's okay. I would've expected something more exciting than a sink and wall decor in each stall to get it on a top-4 list.

posted by happiness on March 6th 2009 at 5:30pm
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Simone's bar in pilsen is totally awesome design, and the bathroom is pretty too

posted by shaunarama on March 6th 2009 at 5:59pm
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