- McDonald's has a luxury Hyatt Lodge on its 75-acre campus in Oak Brook, Illinois.
- I stayed at the hotel for one night, and was surprised by the lovely — but not necessarily unique — experience.
- However, one thing made the hotel stand out: the endless, bizarre, McDonald's-themed artwork.
When I visited McDonald's headquarters earlier in March, I had one goal: stay at the infamous McDonald's hotel.
The fast-food headquarters are located on a 75-acre campus. And, on that campus is a Hyatt Lodge.
Thousands of McDonald's workers stay at the hotel every year while attending training at "Hamburger University," which is connected to the Hyatt by a bridge. And, while the hotel sold itself as "one of the best family resorts near Chicago," I suspected there may be more fast-food magic afoot.
So, I booked a night at the hotel. Here's what it is like to stay at perhaps the most fast-food-obsessed hotel in the world.
The hotel looks like a pretty standard old-school Hyatt from the outside.
A statue called "The Strongest Bond," celebrating the work of the charity Ronald McDonald House, stands outside the Hyatt.
Entering the hotel, it's easy to be lulled into the feeling that you aren't, in fact, on McDonald's campus.
It's a lovely location and has been the site of weddings and other retreats beyond McDonald's employee events.
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