36 Japanese restaurants in Chicago that earn more on your cards
Chicago has 36 Japanese restaurants in our listings: 25 take a dining program and 13 have a card perk. Most common price: $$$ (expensive). Top neighborhoods: West Loop (9), West Town (3), and Evanston (2).
36 restaurants
Sushi X
up to20%Japanese · $$$ · River West
American Express Gold Card + inKind
inKind20%Upside11%Hilton Honors Dining8x+11 moreTsukiji Sushi Sake Bar
up to20%Japanese · $$$$ · West Loop
American Express Gold Card + inKind
inKind20%Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8x+10 moreRudy's Ramen
up to16%Japanese · $ · Noble Square
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Resy creditUpside10%Hilton Honors Dining8x+11 moreGaijin
up to15%Japanese · $$$$ · West Loop
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Upside9%Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8x+10 moreSushi Pink
up to15%Japanese · $$$$ · West Loop
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Upside9%Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8x+9 moreSushi DOKKU
up to13%Sushi · $$ · West Loop
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Hilton Honors Dining8xUpside7%AAdvantage Dining5x+7 moreYokocho
up to13%Japanese · $$ · West Loop
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xUpside7%+8 moreAJI
up to12%Japanese · $$$$ · Lake View
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 moreNomonomo Sushi
up to12%Japanese · $$$ · Logan Square
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 moreSayuri Sushi Bar
up to12%Japanese · $$ · Far North
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 moreFriends Ramen
up to12%Japanese · $$$ · Rush & Division
American Express Gold Card + Rakuten Dining
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+9 moreFriends Sushi on Rush
up to12%Japanese · $$$ · Rush & Division
American Express Gold Card + Rakuten Dining
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+9 moreLittle Wok - Evanston
up to12%Chinese · $$ · Evanston
American Express Gold Card + Rakuten Dining
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+9 moreLittle Wok - Lakeview
up to12%Chinese · $$ · Lake View East
American Express Gold Card + Rakuten Dining
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+9 moreLittle Wok - Wicker Park
up to12%Chinese · $$ · Wicker Park
American Express Gold Card + Rakuten Dining
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+9 moreTanoshii
up to12%Japanese · $$$$ · Fulton Market
American Express Gold Card + Rakuten Dining
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+9 moreUni Uni Boba - Uptown
up to12%Asian · $$ · Uptown
American Express Gold Card + Rakuten Dining
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+8 moreMomotaro
up to8%Japanese · West Loop
American Express Gold Card + Bilt Dining
Sapphire Reserve Exclusive Tables creditBilt Dining1xItoko
up to8%Japanese · $$$$ · Southport Corridor
American Express Gold Card + Bilt Dining
Bilt Dining1x
- Restaurants
- 36
- Neighborhoods
- 22
- Cuisines
- 7
- Dining programs
- 14
- With a card perk
- 13
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 (20 restaurants) and AAdvantage Dining (18) are the most widespread dining programs here, out of 36 restaurants. American Express Gold Card tops the list here on its own dining rate — ≈$6.00 on a $100 dinner before any program.
American Express Gold Card
$325 annual fee
≈$6.00 on a $100 dinner
Perks at 11 restaurants hereCard details
Chase Sapphire Reserve
$795 annual fee
≈$5.40 on a $100 dinner
Perks at 2 restaurants hereCard details
Chase Sapphire Preferred Card
$95 annual fee
≈$5.40 on a $100 dinner
Card details
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.
- Bilt Dining20 restaurants1 point per $1
- AAdvantage Dining18 restaurants1–5 miles per $1
- SkyMiles Dining18 restaurants0.5–5 miles per $1
- MileagePlus Dining18 restaurants0.5–5 miles per $1
- Hilton Honors Dining18 restaurants2–8 points per $1
- Dine Out with Wyndham18 restaurants1–5 points per $1
- TrueBlue Dining17 restaurants1–3 points per $1
- Eat Around Town17 restaurants4–6 points per $1
- Rapid Rewards Dining17 restaurants0.5–3 points per $1
- Atmos Rewards Dining17 restaurants0.5–5 points per $1
- IHG Dine & Earn17 restaurants1–8 points per $1
- Rakuten Dining16 restaurants5% back
- Upside10 restaurantsUp to 12% back
- inKind4 restaurants20% back
6 cuisines in Chicago
Japanese in 22 Chicago neighborhoods
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