Miru Chicago

Miru sits within The St Regis Hotel at 401 E Wacker Dr. It holds the number 17 ranking on La Liste, a distinction that sets it apart from the heavy-handed, tourist-heavy staples found closer to the lakefront.

While the dining room runs smart and elegant, the restaurant is a better choice for those who value precise, contemporary Japanese seafood over proximity to the local monuments. It is a fifteen-minute walk from Cloud Gate, but you come here to distance yourself from the crowds near Millennium Park. The space uses its modern architecture to provide a sense of scale that the older, basement-level dining rooms in the city cannot replicate. If you want a clear view of the river, the layout here delivers it with far more composure than the frantic, high-traffic venues to the south.