🥟 Best Chinese & Dim Sum in San Francisco
34 chinese & dim sum spots in San Francisco, scored and ranked for 2026.
🍽️ Open Interactive GuideTop 10 Chinese & Dim Sum Spots
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Mister Jiu's
Brandon Jew's modern Chinese tasting room above a 1880s Chinatown banquet hall on Waverly Place. Michelin 1-star and James Beard Best Chef: California (2024 winner). The roasted whole duck, salt &...
95
2
Yank Sing
Third-generation family-owned dim sum (founded 1958) — a James Beard America's Classics Award winner and Michelin Bib Gourmand. Over 100 rotating dishes arrive from traditional pushcarts in a contempo...
90
3
Dragon Beaux
The Koi Palace owners' upscale dim sum room on Geary, where the classics get a modernist remix. By day it's rainbow soup dumplings with five colored skins, sea bass dumplings and baked BBQ pork puff p...
88
4
Easterly
A Chinese restaurant on Shattuck Avenue in Downtown Berkeley. A neighborhood spot in the heart of the city's downtown dining district.
88
5
Pàng
Pàng sits on a quiet stretch of 9th Avenue in the Inner Sunset, where the kitchen reworks Chinese standards into shareable, bar-style plates. The menu turns mapo tofu into a dip served with fried lotu...
88
6
Harborview
Cantonese institution at Embarcadero Center, specializing in dim sum cart service and live seafood tanks. The classic business-lunch spot for FiDi with bay views through floor-to-ceiling windows. The ...
87
7
Fang
SoMa destination on Howard Street offering modern twists on Chinese staples -- Peking duck, XO lobster, Shanghai-style dumplings in a sleek lounge-y dining room. A longtime favorite for business dinne...
87
8
Z & Y Restaurant
Chef Lijun Han's award-winning Sichuan restaurant in Chinatown — Michelin Bib Gourmand since 2012. Chef Han previously served as Executive Chef at the Chinese Consulate-General and cooked for two Chin...
87
9
San Tung
Est. 1986, this Inner Sunset staple is renowned citywide for its cult-favorite dry fried chicken wings and handmade Northern Chinese dumplings — rated Top 21 Best Wings in America, drawing weekend wai...
87
10
Yuanbao Jiaozi
A Chinese dumpling house on Irving Street in the Sunset, named for the yuanbao (gold-ingot) shape of its jiaozi. The kitchen runs a value-focused menu with pickup and delivery ordering online, open da...
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All 34 Chinese & Dim Sum Spots in San Francisco
The Happy Crane
85
HK Lounge Bistro
85
Mama Ji's
85
Great China
84
East Ocean Seafood Restaurant
84
Lung Fung
84
Dumpling Union
84
Dumpling Home
83
Shan Dong
82
Dumpling Story Valencia
82
Old Mandarin Islamic Restaurant
82
Mini Potstickers
82
Good Luck Dim Sum
82
Mission Chinese
81
Chong Qing Noodles House
81
Papa Noodle
81
House of Pancakes
80
Red A Dim Sum
80
Osmanthus Dim Sum Lounge
80
Quack House
80
Blue Whale Restaurant & Lounge
80
Hong Kong Lounge
78
Four Kings
78
Koi Palace
76
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