Chinese Restaurants San Francisco

Chinese Restaurants San Francisco are plentiful and delicious. Great Chinese food is a specialty of San Francisco. The city’s Chinatown neighborhood, one of the biggest Chinatowns in America, has long been considered a mecca for those who know their way around a fortune cookie. But great Chinese eats aren’t limited to Chinatown, the city’s colorful Mission District and cozy Noe Valley neighborhood also offer tantalizing takes on lo and chow mein. Below you’ll find all the information you need for getting to some of the City by the Bay’s best Chinese restaurants.

Creating a Chinese Favorite

217 Columbus Avenue, (415) 788-7527 Brandy Ho’s

Brandy Ho’s was one of the first Chinese restaurants to introduce Hunan cuisine to San Francisco. The enormous dining room provides ample seating, you’re almost guaranteed a table no matter what time of day you walk in.

925 Kearny Street, (415) 398-1626

San Francisco’s best-kept Chinese food secret is Chef Jia’s. Located right next door to the always-packed House of Nanking, Jia’s serves up Chinese food that is just as good, and maybe even better, than its immensely popular neighbors. There’s never a wait for a table, and the service is efficient and very friendly.

1500 Church Street, (415) 282-0919

Scrumptious Chinese food, served up fast but with lots of care in sleepy, low-key Noe Valley. The all-white dining room provides a calm and relaxing setting for lunch or dinner. This is one of those restaurants that most tourists don’t know about, but that locals love with a passion.

1007 Valencia Street, (415) 642-3470

This is not your mother’s Chinese food. Daring takes on Chinese favorites are the course of the day at this highly popular and critically acclaimed Mission District restaurant. Prices are a bit higher than your standard Chinese restaurant, and reservations are definitely recommended.

919 Kearny Street, (415) 421-1429

This is without a doubt one of the most popular Chinese restaurants San Francisco. It can take some time to get a table during evening hours, but be patient, because the food is well worth the wait. The portions are enormous (one entrée could easily feed two people) and delicious. Be warned: the wait staff can be a bit curt and blunt.

1416 Powell Street (415) 397-2290 Lichee Garden

This North Beach establishment has been dishing out Cantonese cuisine since 1980. The prices are affordable, and the restaurant has long been one of the notoriously picky San Francisco food critic Michael Bauer’s favorite spots for Dim Sum.

1031 Irving St. (between 11th & 12th Avenues) (415) 242-0828

This inner sunset neighborhood favorite always seems to be crowded; but, it is worth the long wait and the noisy dining room. The dry-fried chicken, noodles and pork dumplings are not to be missed. This is northern Chinese food at very reasonable prices.

655 Montgomery St. (between Clay & Washington Streets) (415) 397-4888 Tommy Toy's

This beautiful, elegant, quiet restaurant offers beautifully presented food with excellent service at fine dining prices. The menu includes a wide variety of gourmet Chinese dishes as well as some dishes not traditionally offered in a Chinese restaurant, but served with a Chinese flair.

5821 Geary Blvd. (between 22nd & 23rd Avenues) (415) 387-8273 Ton Kiang

Dim sum and seafood are the stars in this wonderful Chinese restaurant in the avenues. There are no carts - all the food items are ordered from the menu. The dining room is very noisy and seems to be always full. However, there always seems to be room for a few more!

49 Stevenson St. (between 1st & 2nd Streets) (415) 541-4949 Yank Sing

Yank Sing is excellent, but expensive, dim sum. The carts come frequently and the servers are very willing to "radio" for anything you want that is not included on their cart. The dining room is very quiet and certainly takes dim sum to a new, elegant level. Patio seating and take out is available.

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