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34 chinese & dim sum spots in San Francisco, scored and ranked for 2026.

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Top 10 Chinese & Dim Sum Spots

1
Mister Jiu's
Modern Chinese / Cantonese · Chinatown · Michelin 1 Star (2025); James Beard Best Chefs in America (Brandon Jew) 2022 (winner)
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
Dim Sum · Embarcadero · Michelin Bib Gourmand · James Beard America's Classics (2009)
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
Chinese · Outer Richmond · James Beard Outstanding Restaurateur (Willy Ng) 2022 (semifinalist)
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
Chinese · Downtown Berkeley
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
Modern Chinese · Inner Sunset
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 Dim Sum · Embarcadero
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
Modern Chinese · SoMa
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
Sichuan · Chinatown · Michelin Bib Gourmand
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
Chinese · Inner Sunset
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
Chinese (dumplings) · Outer Sunset
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...
86

All 34 Chinese & Dim Sum Spots in San Francisco

The Happy Crane
Chinese · Hayes Valley
85
HK Lounge Bistro
Dim Sum · SoMa
85
Mama Ji's
Sichuan / Dim Sum · Castro
85
Great China
Chinese · Berkeley
84
East Ocean Seafood Restaurant
Cantonese · Alameda
84
Lung Fung
Chinese · Richmond District
84
Dumpling Union
Dim Sum · Union Street
84
Dumpling Home
Chinese · Hayes Valley
83
Shan Dong
Chinese · Oakland
82
Dumpling Story Valencia
Chinese · Mission
82
Old Mandarin Islamic Restaurant
Chinese · Sunset
82
Mini Potstickers
Chinese · Sunset
82
Good Luck Dim Sum
Dim Sum · Richmond District
82
Mission Chinese
Chinese · Mission
81
Chong Qing Noodles House
Chinese · Alameda
81
Papa Noodle
Chinese · SoMa
81
House of Pancakes
Chinese · Sunset
80
Red A Dim Sum
Chinese / Dim Sum · Richmond District
80
Osmanthus Dim Sum Lounge
Dim Sum · North Beach
80
Quack House
Cantonese · Lower Nob Hill
80
Blue Whale Restaurant & Lounge
Modern Chinese · Cow Hollow
80
Hong Kong Lounge
Dim Sum · Richmond District
78
Four Kings
Cantonese restaurant · Chinatown
78
Koi Palace
Chinese restaurant · Serramonte
76
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