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Best Restaurants in San Francisco

73 restaurants · 31 neighborhoods · 2026

🍽️ 73 Restaurants 📍 31 Neighborhoods ⭐ Avg Score 89
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Top Rated

Quince
Italian Tasting Menu · Jackson Square
98
Lazy Bear
Modern American Tasting Menu · Mission
96
Birdsong
New American Tasting Menu · SoMa
96
Angler
Seafood Hearth · Embarcadero
94
Niku Steakhouse
Japanese Steakhouse · SoMa
94
Kokkari Estiatorio
Greek · Jackson Square
93
Bar Crenn
French Wine Bar · Pacific Heights
93
Sorrel
Italian · Laurel Heights
93
The Progress
New American Tasting Menu · Western Addition
93
Cotogna
Italian · Jackson Square
92

Fine Dining

Quince
Italian Tasting Menu · Jackson Square
98
Lazy Bear
Modern American Tasting Menu · Mission
96
Birdsong
New American Tasting Menu · SoMa
96
Angler
Seafood Hearth · Embarcadero
94
Niku Steakhouse
Japanese Steakhouse · SoMa
94
Bar Crenn
French Wine Bar · Pacific Heights
93
Sorrel
Italian · Laurel Heights
93
The Progress
New American Tasting Menu · Western Addition
93

Date Night

Quince
Italian Tasting Menu · Jackson Square
98
Lazy Bear
Modern American Tasting Menu · Mission
96
Birdsong
New American Tasting Menu · SoMa
96
Angler
Seafood Hearth · Embarcadero
94
Kokkari Estiatorio
Greek · Jackson Square
93
Bar Crenn
French Wine Bar · Pacific Heights
93
Sorrel
Italian · Laurel Heights
93
The Progress
New American Tasting Menu · Western Addition
93

Brunch

Tartine Manufactory
Bakery · Mission
91
Foreign Cinema
Cal-Mediterranean · Mission
89
Park Tavern
American · North Beach
88
Wayfare Tavern
American Tavern · Financial District
87
Palmer's Tavern
American Tavern · Pacific Heights
86
Causwells
American · Marina
86
The Buena Vista Cafe
American · Fisherman's Wharf
84

Bars & Cocktails

Trick Dog
Cocktail Bar · Mission
92
Smuggler's Cove
Tiki Bar · Hayes Valley
92
Ungrafted
Wine Bar · Dogpatch
91
ABV
Cocktail Bar · Mission
91
True Laurel
Cocktail Bar · Mission
90
Pacific Cocktail Haven
Cocktail Bar · Union Square
90
Bourbon & Branch
Speakeasy · Tenderloin
90
Comstock Saloon
Classic Cocktail Bar · Jackson Square
89

All 73 Restaurants by Neighborhood

Every restaurant in San Francisco, organized by neighborhood. Click to expand.

Mission 16 spots
Lazy Bear
Modern American Tasting Menu
96
Rintaro
Japanese Izakaya
92
Trick Dog
Cocktail Bar
92
Flour + Water
Italian Pasta
91
Penny Roma
Regional Italian
91
ABV
Cocktail Bar
91
Tartine Manufactory
Bakery
91
The Morris
New American
90
Ernest
New American Live-Fire
90
True Laurel
Cocktail Bar
90
Foreign Cinema
Cal-Mediterranean
89
Itria
Modern Italian
89
Lolinda
Argentine Steakhouse
87
Arcana
Natural Wine Bar
85
Lost Resort
Tiki Bar
84
Elixir Saloon
Bar
82
Jackson Square 6 spots
Quince
Italian Tasting Menu
98
Kokkari Estiatorio
Greek
93
Cotogna
Italian
92
Verjus
Wine Bar
90
Ama by Brad Kilgore
Italian-Japanese (Itameshi)
89
Comstock Saloon
Classic Cocktail Bar
89
North Beach 6 spots
Park Tavern
American
88
Camino Alto
New American
87
The Devil's Acre
Cocktail Bar
86
Long Weekend
Cocktail Bar
86
Vesuvio Cafe
Bar
83
Specs' Twelve Adler Museum Cafe
Bar
82
Embarcadero 5 spots
Angler
Seafood Hearth
94
Boulevard
New American
91
La Mar Cebicheria
Peruvian
91
Waterbar
Seafood
88
Harborview
Cantonese Dim Sum
87
SoMa 4 spots
Birdsong
New American Tasting Menu
96
Niku Steakhouse
Japanese Steakhouse
94
Fang
Modern Chinese
87
Novela
Cocktail Bar
84
Dogpatch 3 spots
Ungrafted
Wine Bar
91
Piccino
Cal-Italian
88
Sohn
Korean Café
84
Marina 3 spots
Tiya
Modern Indian
87
Causwells
American
86
Izzy's Steakhouse
Steakhouse
85
Pacific Heights 2 spots
Bar Crenn
French Wine Bar
93
Palmer's Tavern
American Tavern
86
Financial District 2 spots
Bar Sprezzatura
Italian Cocktail Bar
88
Wayfare Tavern
American Tavern
87
Mid-Market 2 spots
Chotto Matte
Nikkei (Japanese-Peruvian)
87
Local Edition
Cocktail Bar
86
Union Square 2 spots
Pacific Cocktail Haven
Cocktail Bar
90
Starlite
Cocktail Bar
87
Mission Bay 2 spots
Via Aurelia
Italian
85
Cavaña
Latin American
84
Chinatown 2 spots
Cold Drinks Bar at China Live
Cocktail Bar
88
Li Po Cocktail Lounge
Bar
83
NoPa 1 spots
Che Fico
Cal-Italian
91
Presidio Heights 1 spots
Spruce
New American
91
Presidio 1 spots
Dalida
Mediterranean
90
Japantown 1 spots
Nari
Thai
92
Rincon Hill 1 spots
Prospect
New American
89
Inner Richmond 1 spots
Mandalay
Burmese
86
Laurel Heights 1 spots
Sorrel
Italian
93
Haight-Ashbury 1 spots
The Alembic
Whiskey & Cocktail Bar
88
Western Addition 1 spots
The Progress
New American Tasting Menu
93
Hayes Valley 1 spots
Smuggler's Cove
Tiki Bar
92
Tenderloin 1 spots
Bourbon & Branch
Speakeasy
90
FiDi 1 spots
Pagan Idol
Tiki Bar
87
Nob Hill 1 spots
Tonga Room & Hurricane Bar
Tiki Bar
85
Fisherman's Wharf 1 spots
The Buena Vista Cafe
American
84
Castro 1 spots
Last Rites
Tiki Bar
88
Upper Haight 1 spots
Zam Zam
Bar
84
Russian Hill 1 spots
Bar Iris
Cocktail Bar
88
Fort Mason 1 spots
Radhaus
German
85
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