$$$ · Upscale
Elevated dining with polished kitchens, considered service, and rooms that feel considered. Right for a birthday, an impression, or when the meal itself is the plan.
Fast answers for diners comparing upscale restaurants in Chicago.
Trattoria RNB Private Dining & Events suits a night out when you want italian that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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Mon Ami Gabi has anchored Lincoln Park since 1998, tucked into the Belden Stratford — a former hotel on the National Register of Historic Places — and that pedigree shows in the wood-trimmed, softly lit dining room.
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Haidilao HotPot Chicago Inc suits a night out when you want hot pot that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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Community Tavern is a cocktail bar pick in Chicago when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
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Kai Zan operates on a premise that sounds simple until you watch it unfold: identical twin chefs Melvin and Carlo Vizconde — the Sushi Twins, as Chicago's dining scene has come to call them — run a room on West Chicago Avenue where omaka…
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Avec opened in the West Loop in 2003 and is, by most accounts, still the most consequential room that neighbourhood has produced.
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RL Restaurant is the kind of american room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
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Hogsalt's restaurants tend to traffic in a particular brand of theatre, and Ciccio Mio leans into it: vintage chandeliers, velvet drapery, antique mirrors throwing candlelight across a 51-seat room.
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Benihana - Chicago (John Hancock) suits a night out when you want japanese that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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Barrio suits a night out when you want mexican that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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Sunda New Asian - River North is the kind of sushi room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
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Shore Club Chicago suits a night out when you want lounge bar that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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Le Colonial Chicago is the kind of vietnamese room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
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Piccolo Sogno suits a night out when you want italian that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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Leña Brava suits a night out when you want wine bar that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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Jason Vincent's Giant sits in Lincoln Park — though its reputation consistently positions it alongside the more closely watched rooms on Chicago's dining map.
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Bistronomic suits a night out when you want wine bar that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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Obélix is the kind of french room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
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Moody Tongue occupies an unusual niche: the world's only Michelin-starred brewery, where the pairing question is answered not with wine or cocktails but with beer brewed on the premises.
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Gussie's Handmade Italian suits a night out when you want italian that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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Tavern On Rush is the kind of steakhouse room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
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Cabra is the kind of peruvian room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
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ROOP Chicago Innovative Indian Restaurant & Cocktail Bar is a indian pick in Chicago when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
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TAO Chicago suits a night out when you want asian that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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Mercat a la Planxa is a spanish pick in Chicago when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
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Top upscale restaurants in Chicago include Trattoria RNB Private Dining & Events, Mon Ami Gabi, Haidilao HotPot Chicago Inc. TastyPals curates these picks based on Google ratings, review volume, and editorial judgment.
Upscale restaurants in Chicago are priced at the "$$$" tier — Elevated dining with polished kitchens, considered service, and rooms that feel considered. Right for a birthday, an impression, or when the meal itself is the plan.
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