Smyth
american · Chicago
4.6 across 1.4k Google reviews; named by Michelin Guide and World's 50 Best.
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The star
Harry's own 1 H Star. Scored 88, clearing the 1★ bar (score ≥ 88).
Held since 10 July 2026.
“4.6 across 1.4k Google reviews; named by Michelin Guide and World's 50 Best.”
Smyth
american · Chicago
4.6 across 1.4k Google reviews; named by Michelin Guide and World's 50 Best.
Sources used
Signal confidence
The star
Harry's own 1 H Star. Scored 88, clearing the 1★ bar (score ≥ 88).
Held since 10 July 2026.
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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