📍 Financial District, San Francisco
17 restaurants · 2026
🍽️ 17 Restaurants
After-work Californian and Italian spots cluster around Montgomery Street, where old-school taverns and izakayas share the same blocks
Top 10 in Financial District
1
Tadich Grill
California's oldest continuously operating restaurant — opened 1849 as the Cold Day Restaurant during the Gold Rush, now in its third Financial District location. White-jacketed wa...
91
2
Pabu Izakaya
A contemporary izakaya from Chefs Michael Mina and the late Ken Tominaga, featuring jet-fresh seafood from Tokyo's Toyosu Market alongside robata-grilled meats and sashimi. The tsu...
89
3
Bar Sprezzatura
Italian-inspired cocktail bar from TableOne Hospitality with locations in SF and Manhattan. Carlo Splendorini's drinks program leans into amari, negronis, and martinis that feel ri...
88
4
Wayfare Tavern
Tyler Florence's four-story Financial District chophouse -- dark wood, green leather, and an enormous chandelier you can spot from the street. The fried chicken is a cult favorite,...
87
5
Prelude
Modern Southern cooking on the ground floor of The Jay on Battery Street, from executive chef Celtin Hendrickson-Jones — Alabama childhood recipes rebuilt with Bay Area produce and...
86
6
Perbacco
Northern Italian restaurant in the Financial District bringing authentic Piemontese and Ligurian flavors — agnolotti dal plin with roasted meats, pappardelle with short rib ragù, h...
85
7
The Vault Steakhouse
A steakhouse built inside the former Bank of America vault at 555 California — dramatic underground room, live piano every night, and a steak program that runs from filet to A5 rib...
85
8
Leo's Oyster Bar
A Financial District seafood room from the Big Night group, done up in a tropical banana-leaf print that has launched a thousand photos. The raw bar anchors the menu — oysters, a l...
84
9
The House of Shields
The House of Shields has occupied 39 New Montgomery Street across from the Palace Hotel since 1908, when boxing promoter Eddie Shields opened it as a men's club — women weren't all...
84
10
The Occidental Cigar Club
Owner-operated indoor cigar club — one of the only places in San Francisco where you can legally smoke indoors. Over 150 premium spirits, craft beers, and local wines alongside cig...
80
All 17 Restaurants in Financial District
Lunette
80
Punch Line Comedy Club
79
The Vault Garden
78
Terrene
78
Turtle Tower
76
Barbarossa Lounge
74
Harrington's Bar & Grill
71
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