📍 Hayes Valley, San Francisco
38 restaurants · 2026
🍽️ 38 Restaurants
The blocks framing Patricia's Green deliver a tiki rum palace, a long-running California wood-fired room, and French brasserie classics
Top 10 in Hayes Valley
1
Kiln
Chef John Wesley opened Kiln in 2023 in a converted Hayes Valley garage with exposed concrete and a high ceiling. The kitchen sends out a single nightly tasting menu of roughly 18 ...
95
2
Zuni Café
San Francisco's most-argued-about restaurant, and arguably the answer: full stop since 1979. Zuni's brick-oven roasted chicken with bread salad — dry-brined for days, carved tables...
93
3
Smuggler's Cove
Martin Cate's three-story rum temple has been the world's most influential tiki bar since 2009 — a candlelit pirate ship where 80+ exotic cocktails span three centuries of rum hist...
92
4
Rich Table
Chefs Evan and Sarah Rich built their Michelin-starred Hayes Valley restaurant on the premise that food should be surprising but never alienating. The sardine chips with horseradis...
91
5
Fig & Thistle Apothecary
Fig & Thistle Apothecary is a cannabis dispensary at 429 Gough Street in Hayes Valley, open daily from 10am to 10pm after a full remodel of the space. The interior aims for a g...
90
6
Sforno Pizzeria Napoletana
A small Neapolitan pizzeria in Hayes Valley on Octavia Street, turning out wood-fired pies in the proper Naples style. It's an evening operation built for takeout and pickup as muc...
86
7
The Gambit
A dinner-and-drinks spot tucked on Hayes Street in Hayes Valley, keeping evening-only hours and a late kitchen on weekends. The name and the lounge framing point to a cocktail-forw...
86
8
Ebb & Flow
Ebb & Flow is a laid-back wine bar and shop tucked onto a quiet stretch of Ivy Street in Hayes Valley, between Gough and Franklin, built around family-owned vineyards and small...
86
9
Robin
An omakase sushi restaurant in Hayes Valley where there is no set menu; servers ask how much you'd like to spend, with prices running roughly $109 to $219 per person. The room is l...
85
10
The Happy Crane
A modern Chinese restaurant in the former Monsieur Benjamin space in Hayes Valley, with a warm, minimalist dining room. Dishes include crab rice rolls with roe, crisp-skinned quail...
85
All 38 Restaurants in Hayes Valley
Absinthe Brasserie & Bar
84
Souvla
84
Hayes Street Grill
84
Suppenküche
84
Rad Radish
84
Birba
83
Doppio Zero
83
Nojo Ramen Tavern
83
Dumpling Home
83
Loquat
83
Anina
82
Domo
82
Mercury Cafe
82
RT Rotisserie
82
Buoy Bar
82
Lers Ros Thai
82
Papito Hayes
82
Il Borgo
82
Bosque
82
Biergarten
82
Sugar Lounge
82
Urban Ritual
82
Gioia Pizzeria
81
Hayz Dog
80
a Mano
80
Afterwork Bar
80
La Boulangerie
78
Arbor
77
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