🦞 Best Seafood in San Francisco
20 seafood spots in San Francisco, scored and ranked for 2026.
🍽️ Open Interactive GuideTop 10 Seafood Spots
1
Angler
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
2
Swan Oyster Depot
An 18-seat counter on Polk Street since 1912 — James Beard America's Classics Award winner that hasn't changed its formula in over a century. No website, no reservations, cash only, line forms at 7:45...
94
3
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 waiters, dark wood, pr...
91
4
Bar Maritime
Bar Maritime is a seafood-focused bar on Stockton Street near Union Square, built around oysters and a raw-bar program. The kitchen leans on seasonal produce and comfort-leaning seafood plates alongsi...
90
5
Sotto Mare
North Beach seafood hideaway with the self-anointed 'Best Damn Crab Cioppino in the World' as its menu thesis. Tiny tin-ceiling room, no reservations, hour-long waits in season for the cioppino, fritt...
89
6
Waterbar
A glass-walled pavilion on the Embarcadero with a Bay Bridge view that rivals any in the city. Raw bar, dry-aged fish, and a happy hour that draws the after-work FiDi crowd for dollar oysters. Sister ...
88
7
Hog Island Oyster Co.
The Tomales Bay oyster farm's San Francisco home in the historic Ferry Building, with floor-to-ceiling windows over the bay and Bay Bridge. A raw bar of impeccably fresh Sweetwater, Peale Passage, and...
88
8
Thanh Long
SF's first Vietnamese restaurant — open since 1971 and still family-run in the Outer Sunset more than fifty years later. This is where AN's Famous Garlic Noodles and the Garlic Roasted Dungeness Crab ...
88
9
Dolores Waterfall
Dolores Waterfall opened in the Mission in summer 2021, converting what had been a takeout-only counter on Potrero Avenue into a full-service ceviche restaurant. The dining room is done up with ocean-...
88
10
Anchor Oyster Bar
A Castro institution since 1977, operated by Roseann Grimm for its entire lifespan. Fresh raw oysters, Dungeness crab, and housemade cioppino at a simple counter — no website, no reservations, no pret...
87
All 20 Seafood Spots in San Francisco
Hook Fish Co.
86
PPQ Dungeness Island
84
Hayes Street Grill
84
Leo's Oyster Bar
84
Mission Rock Resort
82
Woodhouse Fish Co.
82
ATwater Tavern
82
Skates on the Bay
80
The Ramp
80
Little Shucker
78
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