Beity
up to20%Middle Eastern · $$$$ · West Loop
American Express Gold Card + inKind
inKind20%Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8x+9 more
19 Middle Eastern restaurants in Chicago that earn more on your cards
Chicago has 19 Middle Eastern restaurants in our listings: 16 take a dining program and 4 have a card perk. Most common price: $$ (moderate). Top neighborhoods: Lincoln Park (2), Sheffield & DePaul (2), and Andersonville (1).
19 restaurants
MEDI Kitchen + Cocktails
up to20%Mediterranean · $$ · Sheffield Neighbors
American Express Gold Card + inKind
inKind20%Suda's
up to16%Middle Eastern · $$$ · Lincoln Park
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Upside10%Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8x+10 moreAl Bawadi
up to12%Middle Eastern · $$ · Niles
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 moreAlyemen alsaeed
up to12%Middle Eastern · $$$ · North Park
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 moreHalal Guys
up to12%Middle Eastern · $$ · Skokie
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+8 moreMEDI
up to12%Mediterranean · $$$ · Sheffield & DePaul
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 moreQueen Yemeni Coffee
up to12%Coffee/Tea · $$ · Truman Square
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 moreThe Halal Guys
up to12%Middle Eastern · $$ · Gold Coast
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+8 moreAl Bawadi Grill
up to12%Mediterranean · $$ · Bridgeview
American Express Gold Card + Rakuten Dining
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+9 moreFirefly Burger - Lincoln Park
up to12%American · $$$ · Sheffield & DePaul
American Express Gold Card + Rakuten Dining
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+9 moreKhatoon Cuisine
up to12%Middle Eastern · $$$$ · Douglas
American Express Gold Card + Rakuten Dining
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+9 moreThe Halal Guys
up to12%Middle Eastern · $$ · The Loop
American Express Gold Card + Rakuten Dining
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+7 moreSifr
up to8%Middle Eastern · $$ · River North
American Express Gold Card + Bilt Dining
Resy creditBilt Dining1xGalit
up to6%Middle Eastern · $$ · Lincoln Park
American Express Gold Card
Resy creditGlobal Dining Access by ResyThe Gundis Kurdish Kitchen
up to6%Middle Eastern · $$$ · Lakeview East
American Express Gold Card
Resy credit
- Restaurants
- 19
- Neighborhoods
- 17
- Cuisines
- 11
- Dining programs
- 14
- With a card perk
- 4
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. AAdvantage Dining (12 restaurants) and TrueBlue Dining (12) are the most widespread dining programs here, out of 19 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 4 restaurants hereCard details
Chase Sapphire Reserve
$795 annual fee
≈$5.40 on a $100 dinner
Card 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.
- AAdvantage Dining12 restaurants1–5 miles per $1
- TrueBlue Dining12 restaurants1–3 points per $1
- Eat Around Town12 restaurants4–6 points per $1
- SkyMiles Dining12 restaurants0.5–5 miles per $1
- MileagePlus Dining12 restaurants0.5–5 miles per $1
- Hilton Honors Dining12 restaurants2–8 points per $1
- IHG Dine & Earn12 restaurants1–8 points per $1
- Rakuten Dining12 restaurants5% back
- Rapid Rewards Dining11 restaurants0.5–3 points per $1
- Atmos Rewards Dining11 restaurants0.5–5 points per $1
- Bilt Dining10 restaurants1 point per $1
- Dine Out with Wyndham9 restaurants1–5 points per $1
- Upside9 restaurantsUp to 10% back
- inKind4 restaurants20% back
10 cuisines in Chicago
Middle Eastern in 17 Chicago neighborhoods
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