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Smyth

“4.6 across 1.4k Google reviews; named by Michelin Guide and World's 50 Best.”

★★★ Michelin
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Smyth

american · Chicago

★★★ MichelinWorld's 50 BestEater 38TIME OUT #24

4.6 across 1.4k 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
$$$$ · ClosedClosed todayG4.6T4.3Y4.0MS
Score breakdown

Sources used

Google4.6 ★1.4k reviews
Yelp4.0 ★336 reviews
Tripadvisor4.3 ★192 reviews

Signal confidence

90%Strong · 3 sources

The star

Harry's own 1 H Star. Scored 88, clearing the 1★ bar (score ≥ 88).

Held since 10 July 2026.

Is Smyth worth it?

Occasion Worthy. Harry scores Smyth 88/100 for quality and 75/100 on the Worth It scale for Chicago. No paid placements, no affiliate links — just the arithmetic.

Three Michelin stars is about as high as a rating gets in this industry, and Smyth backs it up with placements on the 50 Best Discovery list, the Eater 38, and Time Out's Chicago rankings — critics are aligned here. The crowd numbers tell a slightly different story: Google sits at 4.6 across a big base, but Yelp drops to 4.0 on 336 reviews, the usual gap between people who booked a three-star tasting menu expecting a transcendent night and got merely a very good one. At $$$$, that gap is the real cost of entry — you're paying critic-validated prices for what a chunk of diners rate as excellent, not extraordinary.

TripAdvisor: #319 of 10,143 locally

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