1,238 restaurants in Chicago that earn more on your cards

14 dining programs and card perks like Resy credits apply across Chicago. Pick your cards to see what each restaurant earns you.

1,238 restaurants

  • Mexican · $$ · Lincoln Park

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    Resy creditGlobal Dining Access by ResyinKind20%
  • American · $ · Lincoln Park

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    Resy creditGlobal Dining Access by ResyinKind20%
  • Pizza by Sal

    up to20%

    Italian & Pizza · $ · Wilmette

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    Resy creditGlobal Dining Access by ResyinKind20%
  • Pomeroy

    up to20%

    French · $$ · Winnetka

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    Resy creditGlobal Dining Access by ResyinKind20%
  • The Duck Inn

    up to20%

    American · $$$ · Bridgeport

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    Resy creditGlobal Dining Access by ResyinKind20%
  • Americano

    up to20%

    American · $ · Old Town Triangle

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    Resy creditinKind20%
  • ANATOLIA

    up to20%

    Modern Turkish · $$ · Lincoln Park

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    Resy creditinKind20%
  • Mediterranean · $ · Berwyn

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    Resy creditinKind20%Upside11%+12 more
  • Bar Goa

    up to20%

    Indian · $$ · River North

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    Resy creditinKind20%
  • Brindille

    up to20%

    French · $$$$ · River North

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    Resy creditinKind20%
  • Brûlée

    up to20%

    Southern · $ · South Loop

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    Resy creditinKind20%
  • Caribbean · $ · Far North

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    Resy creditinKind20%Hilton Honors Dining8x+12 more
  • Wine bar · $$ · West Loop

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    Resy creditinKind20%
  • Mexican · $$ · Central St

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    Resy creditinKind20%IHG Dine & Earn8x+6 more
  • Italian Steakhouse · $$$ · Wicker Park

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    Resy creditinKind20%
  • Italian & Pizza · $$ · Hinsdale

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    Resy creditinKind20%
  • Bar + Grill · $ · Evergreen Park

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    Resy creditinKind20%
  • American · $$ · Glenview

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    Resy creditinKind20%
  • Jilly's Cafe

    up to20%

    French · $ · Evanston

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    Resy creditinKind20%Hilton Honors Dining8x+12 more
  • Indian · $$ · West Loop

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    Resy creditinKind20%Hilton Honors Dining8x+12 more
Restaurants
1,238
Neighborhoods
216
Cuisines
165
Dining programs
14
With a card perk
264

The 3 best cards to bring to dinner in Chicago

Ranked by what each card earns across this city's restaurants at our point valuations, counting the dining program that pays most at each one. Card credits aren't counted. Bilt Dining (537 restaurants) and MileagePlus Dining (524) are the most widespread dining programs here, out of 1,238 restaurants. American Express Gold Card tops the list here on its own dining rate — ≈$6.00 on a $100 dinner before any program.

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14 dining programs that pay in Chicago

Dining programs pay on top of your card. Join one, link a card, and every meal at a participating restaurant earns twice.

165 cuisines in Chicago

216 neighborhoods in Chicago

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