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Everywhere we track in Chicago — restaurants ranked by the ones where we've seen the Amex Resy credit badge ourselves, then Michelin standing, then how people rate them.

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12 places to go

The Escape Game Chicago

5.0 out of 5(15,706 reviews)Amusement Center

Entertainment spot featuring 5 themed escape rooms with 60-minute challenges, hosting large groups.

Visit site ↗42 E Ontario St

Medieval Torture Museum

4.9 out of 5(7,844 reviews)Museum
Visit site ↗177 N State St

Millennium Park

4.8 out of 5(94,571 reviews)Park

24.5-acre green space with a video display, the reflective "Bean" sculpture & an outdoor theater.

Chicago Riverwalk

4.8 out of 5(23,800 reviews)Tourist Attraction

Riverside pedestrian path featuring city views & dining, plus bridges, fishing piers & boat docks.

Garfield Park Conservatory

4.8 out of 5(10,720 reviews)Botanical Garden

184-acre park with a swimming pool, fishing lagoon, athletic fields & tennis courts.

Visit site ↗Garfield Park

The Art Institute of Chicago

4.8 out of 5(38,832 reviews)Museum

Renowned art museum holding nearly 300,000 works from all over the world, spanning many centuries.

Visit site ↗111 S Michigan Ave

875 North Michigan Avenue

4.7 out of 5(20,409 reviews)Tourist Attraction

Skyscraper observation deck offering panoramic city views from 1,000 feet up, plus food & drink.

Visit site ↗John Hancock Center

Cloud Gate

4.7 out of 5(42,334 reviews)Sculpture

Huge outdoor sculpture shaped like a bean & allowing for views from its many mirrored sides.

Visit site ↗201 E Randolph St

Griffin Museum of Science and Industry

4.7 out of 5(36,301 reviews)Museum

Sprawling, hands-on museum full of informative, child-friendly scientific & industrial exhibits.

Visit site ↗5700 S DuSable Lake Shore Dr

The Chicago Theatre

4.7 out of 5(10,982 reviews)Concert Hall

French Baroque-style 3,600-seat auditorium showcasing national musical & comedy acts since 1921.

Visit site ↗175 N State St

Field Museum

4.7 out of 5(32,381 reviews)Museum

State-of-the-art museum of science & invention, with the world's largest Tyrannosaurus Rex.

Visit site ↗1400 S Lake Shore Dr

Skydeck Chicago

4.6 out of 5(38,076 reviews)Observation Deck

103rd floor of the Willis Tower with clear observation boxes & views extending to four states.

Visit site ↗Willis Tower

Getting there on points

Published award prices from Chicago, from our own pricing run.

Flights

CUNBusiness · American AAdvantage
30,000 mi
SJDBusiness · American AAdvantage
30,000 mi
KEFBusiness · Alaska Atmos Rewards
45,000 mi
JTRBusiness · Miles & More
55,000 mi

Hotels

Hyatt Regency Kyoto
15,000/night
Hyatt Regency Paris Étoile
15,000/night
Park Hyatt Dubai
20,000/night

How this list is built. Restaurants and bars come from Google Places for Chicago, refreshed Oct 14, and are split between the two tabs by the venue type Google reports. Booking platform is detected from each restaurant's own website. Michelin and Sapphire Reserve marks are matched by name and place. Where Google has no description we say what we hold about the venue instead.

What the marks mean. Since August 1 a restaurant only triggers the Amex Resy credit if its Resy page shows the “Qualifies for Resy Credit” badge — we open those pages and look, last on Sep 15, and a blank badge means we haven't checked yet, not that the credit fails. A sighting inside thirty days reads “Resy credit”; an older one carries the date we saw it, because what we can honestly say is what we saw and when. A Sapphire Reserve table is on Chase's Exclusive Tables list, where the $150 half-yearly dining credit applies — enrol the card at OpenTable first · list Sep 9. Michelin means starred, Bib Gourmand or Selected in the 2026 US guide, collected Sep 9. James Beard and the bar lists are the current year's awards, with a win shown differently from a nomination.

Card credits change without notice. Confirm on Resy or with your issuer before you count on one.

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