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86 Mexican restaurants in Chicago that earn more on your cards

Chicago has 86 Mexican restaurants in our listings: 74 take a dining program and 16 have a card perk. Most common price: $$ (moderate). Top neighborhoods: West Loop (8), Logan Square (6), and Franklin Park (3).

86 restaurants

  • Holy Peño

    up to12%

    Mexican · $$ · Bridgeview

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+9 more

  • Indgo MRKTO

    up to12%

    Indian · $$ · Lower West Side

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 more

  • Jaimito's Burritos

    up to12%

    Mexican · $$ · Lincoln Park

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 more

  • Lalo's Mexican Restaurant

    up to12%

    Mexican · $$$ · Glenview

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 more

  • Mexcal

    up to12%

    Mexican · $$$ · Melrose Park

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 more

  • New David's Mexican Grill

    up to12%

    Mexican · $$$ · Franklin Park

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 more

  • Super Tacos Morelos

    up to12%

    Mexican · $$ · Melrose Park

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 more

  • TACO PROS

    up to12%

    Mexican · $$ · Franklin Park

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 more

  • Tacosteno Seafood

    up to12%

    Latin · Franklin Park

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+9 more

  • Taqueria Chingon

    up to12%

    Mexican · $$$ · West Loop

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 more

  • Uncle John's

    up to12%

    Mexican · $$ · Countryside

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 more

  • Bocaditos Mexican Cuisine

    up to12%

    Mexican · $$$ · Fulton Market

    American Express Gold Card + Rakuten Dining

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+9 more

  • Monarca Mexican Grill

    up to12%

    Mexican · $$ · Glenview

    American Express Gold Card + Rakuten Dining

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+9 more

  • Riviera Grill

    up to12%

    Mexican · $$$$ · Garfield Ridge

    American Express Gold Card + Rakuten Dining

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+9 more

  • Su Casa Mexican Restaurant

    up to12%

    Mexican · $$ · River North

    American Express Gold Card + Rakuten Dining

    Rakuten Dining5%Bilt Dining1x

  • Taco Works

    up to12%

    Mexican · $$ · Chicago

    American Express Gold Card + Rakuten Dining

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+9 more

  • Las Delicias

    up to8.8%

    Latin · $$$ · Mayfair

    American Express Gold Card + Eat Around Town

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+7 more

  • Taquitos Chicago

    up to8.8%

    Mexican · $$ · Ashburn

    American Express Gold Card + Eat Around Town

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+7 more

  • Don Bucio's Taqueria

    up to8%

    Mexican · $$ · Logan Square

    American Express Gold Card + Bilt Dining

    Bilt Dining1x

  • Holy Peno

    up to8%

    Mexican · $$ · Bridgeview

    American Express Gold Card + Bilt Dining

    Bilt Dining1x

  • Mexican Radio

    up to8%

    Mexican · $$$ · Loop

    American Express Gold Card + Bilt Dining

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+9 more

  • Mole Village Restaurant

    up to8%

    Mexican · $$$ · West Loop

    American Express Gold Card + Bilt Dining

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+9 more

  • Quesadilla Pilsen

    up to8%

    Mexican · $$ · Lower West Side

    American Express Gold Card + Bilt Dining

    Bilt Dining1x
Restaurants
86
Neighborhoods
56
Cuisines
23
Dining programs
14
With a card perk
16

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. MileagePlus Dining (39 restaurants) and AAdvantage Dining (38) are the most widespread dining programs here, out of 86 restaurants. American Express Gold Card tops the list here on its own dining rate — ≈$6.00 on a $100 dinner before any program.

All the best cards for dining

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.

22 cuisines in Chicago

Mexican in 56 Chicago neighborhoods

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Some restaurant addresses, phone numbers, websites and cuisines come from Overture Maps Foundation open data (Meta and Microsoft, CDLA Permissive 2.0; Foursquare, Apache 2.0; AllThePlaces, CC0 1.0). Overture attribution Some neighbourhoods come from Who's On First boundaries (CC-BY 4.0). Who's On First licenses Some opening hours, phone numbers, websites and cuisines are © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0). OpenStreetMap copyright

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