The world-famous Walnut Room at Macy's in Chicago's Loop will open the highly competitive reservations for its 118th holiday season this week.

Walnut Room is the first and longest-running restaurant to open in a department store, featuring Circassian wood paneling and Austrian chandeliers in a 17,000 square foot dining room.

The restaurant's reservations for the 2025 holiday season open Thursday, Sept. 25 at 9 a.m. and are available here .

Located in the Macy's at 111 North State Street in Chicago's theater district; the Walnut Room has been a staple holiday tradition for Chicagoans since opening in 1907.

The Great Tree will be lit from Nov. 1 through Jan. 11

A full holiday menu will be posted on Thursday when reservations open, however, the Walnut Room has announced it will include

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