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Boka

“4.7 across 2.1k Google reviews; named by Michelin Guide and World's 50 Best.”

★ Michelin
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Boka

american · modern-european · Chicago

★ MichelinJBF · Outstanding Chef '25World's 50 BestTIME OUT #25

4.7 across 2.1k Google reviews; named by Michelin Guide and World's 50 Best.

Harry HungryHarry's headline verdict, 0–100. How good the place actually is, once the loud reviews and the timid critics have cancelled each other out.
Worth ItWorth-It Score, 0–100. Whether the bill is fair for what lands on the table. High means good value; low means you're paying for the postcode.
Verdict: Occasion Worthy
$$$$ · ClosedToday · 17:00 — 22:00G4.7T4.5Y4.3MS
Score breakdown

Sources used

Google4.7 ★2.1k reviews
Yelp4.3 ★1.9k reviews
Tripadvisor4.5 ★740 reviews

Signal confidence

95%Strong · 3 sources

The star

Harry's own 2 H Stars. Scored 93, clearing the 2★ bar (score ≥ 93).

Held since 17 August 2026.

Is Boka worth it?

Occasion Worthy. Harry scores Boka 93/100 for quality and 77/100 on the Worth It scale for Chicago. No paid placements, no affiliate links — just the arithmetic.

Boka's paperwork is stacked: a Michelin star, a JBF semifinalist nod, a 50 Best Discovery mention, and a Time Out top-25 slot in the same year. That's an unusual amount of institutional agreement, and the review volume backs it up rather than exposing a gap — 2,141 Google reviews at 4.7 and nearly 2,000 Yelp reviews at 4.3 is a real crowd, not a handful of critics padding a score. Ranking #25 of over 10,000 Chicago restaurants on Tripadvisor, with 740 reviews at 4.5, says this isn't a quiet critics' darling — it's a $$$$ room that both the industry and a large volume of diners actually rate highly.

TripAdvisor: #25 of 10,143 locally

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