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Elske

“4.6 across 824 Google reviews; named by Michelin Guide and World's 50 Best.”

★ Michelin
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Elske

american · modern-european · Chicago

★ MichelinJBF · Semifinalist '25World's 50 Best

4.6 across 824 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: Paying for the Scene
$$$$ · ClosedToday · 17:30 — 21:00G4.6T4.3Y4.0MSOT4.7
Score breakdown

Sources used

Google4.6 ★824 reviews
Yelp4.0 ★331 reviews
Tripadvisor4.3 ★101 reviews

Signal confidence

88%Strong · 3 sources

WarningYou're getting an experience. Whether you needed it is up to you.

Is Elske worth it?

Paying for the Scene. Harry scores Elske 87/100 for quality and 75/100 on the Worth It scale for Chicago. One caveat: You're getting an experience. Whether you needed it is up to you.

A Michelin star, a 50 Best nod, and a James Beard semifinalist mention for the wine program is a serious stack of institutional validation for a $$$$ tasting-menu spot, and Google's 4.6 across 824 reviews backs it up. But Yelp sitting at 4.0 across 331 is a real gap worth noting — at this price point and with this level of critical endorsement, that's the kind of split that usually means the room, pacing, or value perception doesn't land for everyone the way the cooking does for critics.

One card, one verdict. Pulled from current data, not a stale snapshot. Want the methodology? How Harry scores.

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