Highly rated hotels in Lincoln Park, Chicago by guest score, sustainability, and character

Stay in Lincoln Park and you can walk to the Lincoln Park Zoo, DePaul University, and the restaurants on Clark Street and Armitage Avenue. Hotels here run from small guesthouses to polished boutique stays.

This list ranks the top 5 by guest review score, star rating, and verified sustainability credentials, using the criteria below. Two are inside Lincoln Park: Villa D' Citta and Hotel Lincoln. The Willows, Hotel Versey and City Suites are north of Diversey Parkway in Lake View, because Lincoln Park itself has few hotels we can book.

How we ranked these hotels

Hotels with verified sustainability certifications or published eco programs rank above those without. Within the same sustainability tier, higher star ratings come first. Where star ratings match, higher average guest review scores break the tie.

We excluded hostels, unrated private rooms, and properties that could not be confirmed as operating under their listed name. We started from the hotels we can book, sorted by distance from Lincoln Park Zoo at 2001 North Clark Street.

Hotel Lincoln is inside the Lincoln Park community area, in the corner the city's neighborhood map calls Old Town. We left out the Old Town hotels south of North Avenue.

Lincoln Park hotels at a glance

Hotels in Lincoln Park, Chicago: what the neighborhood offers

Lincoln Park runs from North Avenue at the south to Diversey Parkway at the north, with Lake Michigan forming the eastern edge and the Chicago River's North Branch to the west. Clark Street is the main commercial spine, lined with restaurants, bars, and independent shops from Armitage Avenue up through Belmont.

Halsted Street runs parallel one block west and carries a dense stretch of dining options popular with DePaul students and neighborhood residents.

The free Lincoln Park Zoo is on Cannon Drive inside Lincoln Park proper, drawing families throughout the year. The lakefront trail connects directly to the zoo's east side, so from any hotel here you can run or bike the lakefront, or head to North Avenue Beach, roughly 1.5 miles south of Diversey Parkway.

The hotels on this list are a 1- to 12-minute walk from an L station: Fullerton, Belmont, Diversey or Sedgwick. The Red, Brown and Purple lines all connect to the Loop in under 20 minutes.

The hotels

Villa D' Citta 2230 North Halsted Street, Chicago 9.6108 reviews 7 min walk to Fullerton (Red/Brown/Purple)At 9.6 out of 10, Villa D' Citta has the highest guest rating on this list. It is one of two 4-star hotels here. View hotel → The Willows Hotel 555 West Surf, Chicago 9.0959 reviews 11 min walk to Diversey (Brown/Purple)A 3-star hotel on Surf Street in Lake View with a 9.0 guest rating, a 25-minute walk from Lincoln Park Zoo. View hotel → City Suites Hotel 933 West Belmont Avenue, Chicago 8.6978 reviews 1 min walk to Belmont (Red/Brown/Purple)A 3-star hotel on Belmont Avenue with an 8.6 guest rating, in Lake View, north of Lincoln Park. View hotel → Hotel Versey Chicago Lincoln Park 644 West Diversey Parkway, Corner Diversey/Clark/Broadway, Chicago, Illinois, 60614, Chicago 8.4210 reviews 8 min walk to Diversey (Brown/Purple)An 8.4 guest rating, just north of Lincoln Park in Lake View, a 23-minute walk from Lincoln Park Zoo. View hotel → Hotel Lincoln 1816 North Clark Street, Chicago 8.01,063 reviews 12 min walk to Sedgwick (Brown/Purple)A 4-star hotel on Clark Street with an 8.0 guest rating, a 6-minute walk from Lincoln Park Zoo. View hotel →