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The Alston
“4.4 across 291 Google reviews; praised by Travelers Choice (Tripadvisor Travelers Choice 2025).”
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The Alston
steak-house · french · Chicago
4.4 across 291 Google reviews; praised by Travelers Choice (Tripadvisor Travelers Choice 2025).
75/100Harry HungryScoreHarry's headline verdict, 0–100. How good the place actually is, once the loud reviews and the timid critics have cancelled each other out.
73/100Worth ItScoreWorth-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.
Smart Spend. Harry scores The Alston 75/100 for quality and 73/100 on the Worth It scale for Chicago. No paid placements, no affiliate links — just the arithmetic.
The Alston's numbers pull in three different directions: a solid 4.4 on Google across a real sample of 291, a noticeably cooler 3.9 from Yelp's 77 reviewers, and a near-perfect 4.9 from just 7 Tripadvisor write-ups — too thin to mean much on its own, Travelers Choice badge aside. The #15 of 10,143 ranking is eye-catching, but that list leans on volume and sentiment that don't fully square with Yelp's pickier crowd. Listed as $$ for a steakhouse-cocktail-fine-dining mix is worth a skeptical eyebrow too, since that price tier isn't even confirmed. Read it as a place that pleases more people than it dazzles.