On a budget, weigh it — 360 Chicago (Hancock) isn't cheap for what it is.
$30–36 adult (or buy a drink at the lounge)
The lake-and-shoreline view here is arguably better framed than Willis, and the 94th-floor CloudBar lets you nurse a cocktail right at the glass instead of filing through. The catch: the old Signature Lounge two floors up — long the free-view-for-a-drink hack — closed in 2023 and is being rebuilt into a multi-floor observation expansion (targeted ~2027), so that workaround is gone, and the deck itself is smaller and can feel cramped at sunset.