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164 date night spots in San Francisco, scored and ranked for 2026.

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Top 10 Date Night Spots

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Quince
Italian Tasting Menu · Jackson Square · Michelin 3 Stars (2025)
Michael & Lindsay Tusk's Jackson Square flagship, widely considered one of America's finest tasting menus. A hushed, chandelier-lit dining room where every course is a small theater piece -- table...
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Atelier Crenn
Fine Dining · Cow Hollow · Michelin 3 Stars (2025) · North America's 50 Best Restaurants 2026 (#44)
Three Michelin stars. Chef Dominique Crenn — the first female chef in the US to earn two Michelin stars, then three — serves a poetic, pescatarian-forward tasting menu in San Francisco's most artistic...
98
3
Benu
Fine Dining · SoMa · Michelin 3 Stars (2025) · North America's 50 Best Restaurants 2026 (#33)
San Francisco's first three-Michelin-star restaurant. Chef Corey Lee's personal tasting menu opens with a thousand-year-old quail egg and builds through a deeply Korean-inflected lens: soup dumplings,...
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Lazy Bear
Modern American Tasting Menu · Mission · Michelin 2 Stars (2025)
David Barzelay's 'dinner party' restaurant -- communal tables of strangers, a welcome drink upstairs, then a multi-course American tasting menu served with a printed menu as takeaway. Started as an un...
96
5
Birdsong
New American Tasting Menu · SoMa
Chris Bleidorn's Pacific Northwest-inflected tasting menu inside a stripped-back SoMa room anchored by a smoldering hearth. Ingredients are foraged, pickled, smoked, and aged with obsessive patience -...
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6
Acquerello
Italian · Nob Hill
Two-Michelin-starred Italian fine dining since 1989 — San Francisco's oldest continuously Michelin-starred restaurant. Chef-owner Suzette Gresham's multi-course compositions honor Piemontese tradition...
95
7
Saison
Fine Dining · SoMa · Michelin 2 Stars (2025) · North America's 50 Best Restaurants 2026 (#22)
Two-Michelin-starred open wood-fire tasting menu in SoMa where Chef Richard Lee sends nearly every dish through live flame. Ember-grilled trout with crackling skin, sea urchin with charred sourdough a...
95
8
Mister Jiu's
Modern Chinese / Cantonese · Chinatown · Michelin 1 Star (2025)
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
9
Angler
Seafood Hearth · Embarcadero
Joshua Skenes' Embarcadero seafood shrine -- an open hearth, a wall of taxidermy, and a view of the Bay Bridge. Wood-fired everything: radicchio in beef fat, clams in butter, whole fish with bones tha...
94
10
Niku Steakhouse
Japanese Steakhouse · SoMa
A Division Street wagyu temple -- one of the first restaurants in America with a full A5 Japanese wagyu butcher on-site. Multi-course beef tasting menus anchored by rare cuts sourced directly from Jap...
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All 164 Date Night Spots in San Francisco

Swan Oyster Depot
Seafood · Polk Gulch
94
Sons & Daughters
Fine Dining · Mission
94
Noodle in a Haystack
Ramen · Inner Richmond
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
Zuni Café
American · Hayes Valley
93
Gary Danko
Fine Dining · Fisherman's Wharf
93
State Bird Provisions
American · Fillmore
93
Cotogna
Italian · Jackson Square
92
Rintaro
Japanese Izakaya · Mission
92
Nari
Thai · Japantown
92
Smuggler's Cove
Tiki Bar · Hayes Valley
92
Frances
California · Castro
92
Octavia
California · Pacific Heights
92
7 Adams
American · Fillmore
92
House of Prime Rib
Steakhouse / Prime Rib · Polk Gulch
92
Flour + Water
Italian Pasta · Mission
91
Che Fico
Cal-Italian · NoPa
91
Spruce
New American · Presidio Heights
91
Boulevard
New American · Embarcadero
91
La Mar Cebicheria
Peruvian · Embarcadero
91
Penny Roma
Regional Italian · Mission
91
Ungrafted
Wine Bar · Dogpatch
91
Rich Table
California · Hayes Valley
91
SPQR
Italian · Fillmore
91
Aziza
Moroccan · Inner Richmond
91
Tadich Grill
Seafood / California Classic · Financial District
91
Kin Khao
Thai · Tenderloin
91
Liholiho Yacht Club
Hawaiian-Asian Fusion · Nob Hill
91
The Morris
New American · Mission
90
Ernest
New American Live-Fire · Mission
90
Dalida
Mediterranean · Presidio
90
True Laurel
Cocktail Bar · Mission
90
Bourbon & Branch
Speakeasy · Tenderloin
90
Verjus
Wine Bar · Jackson Square
90
Yank Sing
Dim Sum · Embarcadero
90
Foreign Cinema
Cal-Mediterranean · Mission
89
Ama by Brad Kilgore
Italian-Japanese (Itameshi) · Jackson Square
89
Prospect
New American · Rincon Hill
89
Itria
Modern Italian · Mission
89
Comstock Saloon
Classic Cocktail Bar · Jackson Square
89
Bix
American · Jackson Square
89
Pabu Izakaya
Japanese · Financial District
89
Sotto Mare
Seafood / Italian · North Beach
89
Tosca Cafe
Italian · North Beach
89
Park Tavern
American · North Beach
88
Bar Sprezzatura
Italian Cocktail Bar · Financial District
88
Piccino
Cal-Italian · Dogpatch
88
Waterbar
Seafood · Embarcadero
88
The Alembic
Whiskey & Cocktail Bar · Haight-Ashbury
88
Cold Drinks Bar at China Live
Cocktail Bar · Chinatown
88
Last Rites
Tiki Bar · Castro
88
Bar Iris
Cocktail Bar · Russian Hill
88
Prubechu
Chamorro · Mission
88
A16
Italian · Marina
88
Delfina
Italian · Mission
88
Hog Island Oyster Co.
Seafood · Embarcadero
88
Harris' Restaurant
Steakhouse · Pacific Heights
88
Thanh Long
Vietnamese · Outer Sunset
88
Dragon Beaux
Chinese · Outer Richmond
88
Bourbon Steak
Steakhouse · Union Square
88
Hilda and Jesse
Contemporary American · North Beach
88
Wayfare Tavern
American Tavern · Financial District
87
Lolinda
Argentine Steakhouse · Mission
87
Camino Alto
New American · North Beach
87
Chotto Matte
Nikkei (Japanese-Peruvian) · Mid-Market
87
Tiya
Modern Indian · Marina
87
Harborview
Cantonese Dim Sum · Embarcadero
87
Fang
Modern Chinese · SoMa
87
Starlite
Cocktail Bar · Union Square
87
Anchor Oyster Bar
Seafood · Castro
87
Z & Y Restaurant
Sichuan · Chinatown
87
Marufuku Ramen
Ramen · Japantown
87
San Tung
Chinese · Inner Sunset
87
Mandalay
Burmese · Inner Richmond
86
Palmer's Tavern
American Tavern · Pacific Heights
86
Local Edition
Cocktail Bar · Mid-Market
86
The Devil's Acre
Cocktail Bar · North Beach
86
Long Weekend
Cocktail Bar · North Beach
86
Causwells
American · Marina
86
Pizzetta 211
Pizza · Inner Richmond
86
Chapeau!
French · Inner Richmond
86
Trestle
California · Jackson Square
86
Pearl 6101
Mediterranean · Outer Richmond
86
Izzy's Steakhouse
Steakhouse · Marina
85
Via Aurelia
Italian · Mission Bay
85
Tonga Room & Hurricane Bar
Tiki Bar · Nob Hill
85
Radhaus
German · Fort Mason
85
Firefly
American · Noe Valley
85
The Interval at Long Now
Cocktails · Fort Mason
85
Frascati
Italian · Russian Hill
85
Perbacco
Italian · Financial District
85
Saru Sushi Bar
Sushi · Noe Valley
85
Wildseed
Plant-Based · Cow Hollow
85
The Vault Steakhouse
Steakhouse · Financial District
85
La Connessa
Italian · Potrero Hill
85
Greens Restaurant
Vegetarian · Fort Mason
85
Bar Bibi
Wine Bar · Nob Hill
85
Black Cat
Jazz Club / Supper Club · Tenderloin
85
Cavaña
Latin American · Mission Bay
84
Novela
Cocktail Bar · SoMa
84
Absinthe Brasserie & Bar
French · Hayes Valley
84
PPQ Dungeness Island
Vietnamese · Outer Richmond
84
Morella
Argentine · Cow Hollow
84
The Pawn Shop
Spanish · SoMa
84
The Village Pub
Contemporary American · Woodside
84
Key Klub
Wine Bar · Nob Hill
84
Buddy
Cocktail + Wine Bar · Mission
84
Kissakeko
Listening Bar / Sake · Nob Hill
84
Side A
Listening Bar / Bistro · Mission
84
Sociale
Italian · Presidio Heights
83
Sorella
Italian · Polk Gulch
83
Marlowe
American · SoMa
83
Villon Bar
California · Mid-Market
83
Ebisu
Japanese · Inner Sunset
83
Fool's Errand
Wine Bar · NoPa
83
Kitava
Modern American (Gluten-Free) · Mission
83
Palm City
Sandwiches · Outer Sunset
83
Union Larder
Wine Bar · Russian Hill
83
Celeste
Greek Wine Bar · Cow Hollow
83
Bar Darling
Cocktail Bar · Marina
83
Horsefeather
Cocktail Bar + New American · NoPa
83
Motoring Coffee
Cafe · Cow Hollow
83
Keys Jazz Bistro
Jazz Club · North Beach
83
Blackbird Bar
Cocktails · Castro
82
Fiorella
Italian · Inner Richmond
82
Flour + Water Pizzeria
Italian · North Beach
82
International Smoke
American · SoMa
82
Super Mensch
Deli · Marina
82
Bar Jambroni
Wine Bar · Haight-Ashbury
82
Geelou
Jazz Cocktail Bar · Marina
82
Anina
Cocktail Bar · Hayes Valley
82
Waystone
Wine Bar · North Beach
82
Mosto
Mezcalería · Mission
82
Bar Part Time
Listening Bar / Wine Bar · Mission
82
Amelie
French Wine Bar · Polk Gulch
81
The Beehive
Cocktail Bar · Mission
81
Bar Orso
Speakeasy · SoMa
81
Pho Huynh Sang
Vietnamese · Inner Richmond
80
Bosco
Italian · SoMa
80
Left Door
Cocktails · Cow Hollow
80
The Social Study
Cafe + Wine Bar · Western Addition
79
Punch Line Comedy Club
Comedy Club · Financial District
79
The Vault Garden
American · Financial District
78
Flour + Water Pasta Shop
Italian · Mission
78
Rise Over Run
New American · Tenderloin
78
Oasis
Nightclub · SoMa
78
Cobb's Comedy Club
Comedy Club · North Beach
78
High Treason
Wine Bar · Inner Richmond
76
Cantina Los Mayas
Mezcaleria · Outer Richmond
76
The Function
Comedy Club · Mid-Market
76
Halcyon
Nightclub · SoMa
74
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