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Everywhere we track in Chicago — restaurants ranked by the ones where we've seen the Amex Resy credit badge ourselves, then Michelin standing, then how people rate them.

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8 hotel and rooftop bars

Soho House Chicago

4.6 out of 5(1,758 reviews)Association / Organization

Cosmopolitan hotel featuring a rooftop restaurant & pool, as well as an artsy lounge, a spa & a bar.

Visit site ↗113-125 N Green St

Cindy's Rooftop

4.4 out of 5(5,766 reviews)Restaurant · $$

Hip, stylish rooftop bar/eatery at the Chicago Athletic Association Hotel with choice seasonal fare.

Visit site ↗12 S Michigan Ave

The Up Room

4.6 out of 5(564 reviews)Bar · $$

Intimate 13th-floor lounge atop the art deco Robey hotel with chic cocktails & sweeping views.

Visit site ↗2018 W North Ave

LH Rooftop

4.2 out of 5(3,839 reviews)Restaurant · $$

Three chic levels of hotel rooftop drinking & dining with indoor/outdoor seats & sweeping views.

Visit site ↗85 E Wacker Dr 22nd Floor

The J. Parker

4.2 out of 5(1,878 reviews)Lounge bar · $$

Handcrafted cocktails, a light New American menu & city views on the Hotel Lincoln's swanky rooftop.

Reserve ↗1816 N Clark St

RAISED | An Urban Rooftop Bar

4.2 out of 5(1,612 reviews)Bar · $$

Hip indoor/outdoor hotel lounge featuring craft cocktails, small plates & a deck with skyline views.

Visit site ↗1 W Wacker Dr

The Riu Rooftop Chicago

4.5 out of 5(410 reviews)Bar · $$
Reserve ↗Riu Plaza Chicago

Panchos Rooftop Cantina

4.1 out of 5(2,147 reviews)Mexican Restaurant · $$

Three-level venue with year-round rooftop, offering a massive menu of diner favorites.

Visit site ↗327 S Plymouth Ct

Getting there on points

Published award prices from Chicago, from our own pricing run.

Flights

CUNBusiness · American AAdvantage
30,000 mi
SJDBusiness · American AAdvantage
30,000 mi
KEFBusiness · Alaska Atmos Rewards
45,000 mi
JTRBusiness · Miles & More
55,000 mi

Hotels

Hyatt Regency Kyoto
15,000/night
Hyatt Regency Paris Étoile
15,000/night
Park Hyatt Dubai
20,000/night

How this list is built. Restaurants and bars come from Google Places for Chicago, refreshed Oct 14, and are split between the two tabs by the venue type Google reports. Booking platform is detected from each restaurant's own website. Michelin and Sapphire Reserve marks are matched by name and place. Where Google has no description we say what we hold about the venue instead.

What the marks mean. Since August 1 a restaurant only triggers the Amex Resy credit if its Resy page shows the “Qualifies for Resy Credit” badge — we open those pages and look, last on Sep 15, and a blank badge means we haven't checked yet, not that the credit fails. A sighting inside thirty days reads “Resy credit”; an older one carries the date we saw it, because what we can honestly say is what we saw and when. A Sapphire Reserve table is on Chase's Exclusive Tables list, where the $150 half-yearly dining credit applies — enrol the card at OpenTable first · list Sep 9. Michelin means starred, Bib Gourmand or Selected in the 2026 US guide, collected Sep 9. James Beard and the bar lists are the current year's awards, with a win shown differently from a nomination.

Card credits change without notice. Confirm on Resy or with your issuer before you count on one.