Prices, required charges and booking rules for 20 Chicago fine dining restaurants, 19 of them with MICHELIN stars. Menus start at $115 a person at Galit. Two people at Alinea's Gallery pay $1,188 with the service charge, before tax and drinks. Each guide covers when tables open and what a cancellation costs. Entry numbers help you find a listing; they are not critic ratings.
Experimental cooking in front of an open kitchen. From November 5, 2026, Smyth serves one extended Chef's Menu, paid in full when you book.
Salon, Gallery or Kitchen Table? Compare the formats, published prices, time commitment and access before choosing.
Photo, April 2018. Menus change. Artisanal Food at Alinea by Steve Jurvetson, CC BY 2.0. Cropped, resized and converted to WebP.
Ever offers an 8 to 10 course tasting menu and publishes its service charge. See the budget for two, booking schedule and dietary limits.
Daytime counter service and a reservation-only dinner are separate experiences. See dinner prices, pairings and booking rules.
Oriole offers a dining room and kitchen table, with separate winter listings. Compare the menu costs, booking window and beverage options.
Photo, May 2018. Menus change. Golden Osetra Caviar, cured hamachi, dill and saffron by Lou Stejskal, CC BY 2.0. Cropped, resized and converted to WebP.
Separate vegetarian, pescatarian and meat tasting menus make Indienne a good fit for a table with mixed diets. Give 48 hours' notice for allergies.
Dining room, November 2022. Indienne Chicago by HosiyarSingh7357, CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped, resized and converted to WebP; this adaptation uses the same license.
Diners single out the juice pairing, and some prefer it to the wine. Patio seats depend on the weather.
Photo, March 2017. Historical room view. Main dining room at Elske by Lou Stejskal, CC BY 2.0. Cropped, resized and converted to WebP.
The current prepaid tasting is Hebru Brantley's Once and Future. Bar Esmé has a separate menu and accepts walk-ins.
An omakase counter where diners come for the fish and for watching the chefs work. Same-day bookings close at 2 p.m., and there are no walk-ins.
A four-course Middle Eastern menu with vegan, gluten-free and nut-free options in every course. The communal table takes walk-ins.
Each guest can order à la carte, and the kitchen can cook vegan. Diners keep recommending the duck.
Photo, July 2018. Menus change. Grilled Spanish Octopus, smoked hazelnut, morcilla, melon, cauliflower by Lou Stejskal, CC BY 2.0. Cropped, resized and converted to WebP.
Diners like choosing their own dishes in the four-course prix fixe, which takes two to two and a half hours. An eight-course tasting menu is also available.
Photo, June 2017. Historical room view. Dining room at Sepia by Lou Stejskal, CC BY 2.0. Cropped, resized and converted to WebP.
The tasting menu changes theme every six to eight weeks, so check the current one on OpenTable before prepaying. Diners remember the handmade tortillas and the mole.
Photo, May 2018. Menus change. Guajillo Chilaquiles, Bola Roja Cheese - Crispy tortillas, sauce of red guajillo chile & smoky moritas, crema infused with our aged Bola Roja goat cheese, local spinach, black beans by Lou Stejskal, CC BY 2.0. Cropped, resized and converted to WebP.
Each menu follows one theme, with the food, music and serving pieces changing together. The current theme, Fashion, runs through January 10, 2027.
Chicago's Dining Room serves a beer-focused tasting; the Bar has a separate à la carte menu. Use the current Chicago reservation link.
Otto Phan's sushi omakase costs $440 to $490 a person with service included. Tables open at midnight on the 1st of each month.
Three prepaid formats: dining-room tasting, chef's counter and late-night tacos. The taco menu includes alcohol and allows no dietary changes.
One daily tasting menu where a single ingredient may come back in several preparations. Feld can't cook vegan, gluten-free, lactose-free or egg-free.
Schwa serves a BYOB tasting menu that takes about two hours. Prepaid OpenTable offers list 2 to 8 guests; obtain dietary approval before reserving.
The chefs serve and explain the food themselves, and dinner is BYOB with no corkage fee. Bookings are requests that become final once you pay the invoice.
Choose a guide to help you book a table, set a budget or plan an evening.
Compare menus, charges, drink pairings, timing and booking commitments across all 20 restaurants.
Compare per-person menu prices with required charges, tip policies and dates.
MICHELIN announces the results on December 14, 2026. See which restaurants hold stars now, with costs for two.
Check reservation windows and cancellation terms before paying.
Calculate costs for two with drink prices, service charges and a budget worksheet.
Match the menu, setting and timing to a birthday, anniversary or first visit.
Compare dietary options, ingredient limits and notice periods across all 20 restaurants.
Compare one-guest bookings, counter seats, walk-ins and prices across all 20 restaurants.
Compare corkage fees, bottle limits and BYOB rules with drink pairing costs for two.
Compare all seven by stars, menu prices, dinner length, booking windows and address.
Entry numbers identify restaurants in the directory and aren't rankings.
Star labels refer to MICHELIN's 2025 Chicago selection. See the current starred directory for updates. Kyōten, entry 16, is the one restaurant without a star. It took the place of Atelier, which closed in May 2026.
Use the linked sources to confirm menus, prices, dietary needs and reservation terms for your date. Travel time depends on your starting point and traffic; use the map links to plan your route.
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