The Best Chinese Restaurant in San Francisco

77 Chinese Cuisine

Payment Options: Visa, MC Hours: Mon-Fri: 8am-6pm Sat: 10am-3pm Serves: Breakfast, Lunch Features: Delivery, Wheelchair Friendly, Accepts Credit Cards, Lunch Special, Take Out, &nb... more

Bow Hon Restaurant

Simple, straight-forward Chinese food, from Fried Rice to Mongolian Beef. Don't enter with any false illusions, this place is good for the most part, but nothing amazing. more

Serving San Francisco since 1980, Brandy Ho's restaurant is one of the most popular landmarks on the San Francisco dining scene. Acclaimed by numerous Bay Area food critics, it has also been hailed by publications around the world as a "must visit"... more

Chili House

One of the best chinese restaurants in San Francisco offering authentic Chinese Cuisine and Spicy Szechuan Specialties, as well as Mandarin Style Dim Sum. more

China Live

Restaurateurs George Chen and Cindy Wong-Chen are pleased to announce their newest concept, China Live San Francisco, a ~30,000-square-foot culinary and cultural destination in the heart of Chinatown. China Live is the city’s newest must-visit... more

Chinatown Restaurant

Chinatown Restaurant offers delicious dining, takeout and delivery to San Francisco. Chinatown Restaurant is a cornerstone in the San Francisco community and has been recognized for its outstanding Chinese cuisine, excellent service and friendly s... more

City View Restaurant

Great dim sum. Slightly pricey though. more

Dim Sum Bistro

Our Dim Sum restaurant is known for its modern interpretation of classic dishes and its insistence on only using high quality fresh ingredients. We offer homemade wontons, shrimp dumplings, and pork dumplings; made fresh every morning. more

Dragon Beaux

Dragon Beaux accommodates up to to 196 guests, offering a modern twist on the popular dim sum or hot pot from Koi Palace’s traditional menu with choices of premium Chinese tea for lunch. more

Dragon Well

While seeking to showcase cuisines from all around China, we prepare each dish with the freshest ingredients possible, and make all of our potstickers, mu shu pancakes and duck buns by hand. Regional wines and select teas have been thoughtfully chose... more

Dumpling Time

This modern eatery - where visitors can watch dumplings being made fresh right before their eyes -is casual, social and fun. The menu focuses on freshly-made dumplings in the Asian tradition. Think locally sourced ingredients, unique filling... more

Eden Silk Road - San Francisco

Eden Silk Road Cuisine always provides authentic Uyghur and Chinese halal food. The diversity of authentic Silk Road Cuisine has been contributed the myriad of local ethnic minorities such as Uyghur, Uzbek and Kazah. Chinese halal food appeared over... more

Eliza's

Chinese-California cuisine in a modern, comfortable atmosphere: Matisse prints on the walls, colorful lighting fixtures, tropical plants. The setting creates an anticipation that is only augmented by good reviews and the happy faces of those already... more

Enjoy Vegetarian Restaurant

Enjoy Vegetarian Restaurant is the creation of a family owned and operated team. Our "vegetarian meets Chinese cuisine" restaurant has a diverse and flavorful menu that draws specific inspiration from our Buddhist roots. Our menu is based on high-qua... more

Eric's Restaurant

Eric's possibly has the best Chinese food in Noe Valley or the Mission. A subtle difference is the spiciness of the food. A lot of the dishes have hot peppers, so if that's a problem, let your server know before you order. The mango beef is a favorit... more

Far East Cafe

By far the fanciest Chinese restaurant we've ever seen, the Far East Cafe is deceptively inexpensive; although you'll dine in a mahogany-panelled room draped with red velvet curtains, you'll pay a pittance for some really yummy food. The dim sum is u... more

Harborview Restaurant & Bar

This 2019 Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand establishment overlooks a stunning view of the San Francisco Bay. Harborview Restaurant & Bar boasts a sophisticated dining experience of authentic Cantonese-Chinese cuisine. The extensive menu is dedicated to fr... more

Hong Kong Lounge

A Chinese, Dim Sum restaurant in the Outer Richmond. more

House of Nanking

Probably the best-known Chinese restaurant in the city. Serves up delicious, inexpensive meals to locals and travelers alike. Note: The restaurant is usually very crowded and the seating is cramped. more

Hunan Cafe 2

For Asian post-festival cravings, it doesn't get better than Hunan 2. Affordable and classic, it offers hot and sour soup, a variety of curries and steamy pot stickers, and while the dishes are quite basic, after a day of gigs and dancing, they might... more

Joe's Excellent Chinese Cuisine

Joe's is a cornerstone of the community and has been recognized for its outstanding Chinese cuisine, excellent service and friendly staff. more

Just Won Ton

Delicious, hand-made Won Tons are hard to come by and Just Won Ton is definitely worthy of your visit. These little ravioli-like creations are yummy! Won Tons are served in hot broth - they're cheap and good for you. more

Little Szechuan

We use only the freshest and natural ingredients to prepare every dish. Each dish is cooked in a healthy way to provide a nutritious meal. Much attention has been attached to create a cozy and inviting ambiance where you could enjoy a great me... more

MaMa Ji's

Mama Ji's serves home-style Sichuan Chinese food and delicious dim sum. No reservations. more

Mister Jiu's

Mister Jiu's opens with a five-course set-price menu, at $69 per person, whose dishes will be served family-style: Diners might begin with a lotus-root salad and a tureen of hot-and-sour fish soup with nasturtiums, followed by Shanghai rice cakes wit... more

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My Canh

Late-night options slim, we settled on the only place that came to mind: My Canh on Broadway a few doors up from Sam's. To be honest, we weren't expecting too much from the nondescript storefront that was virtually empty save a large table of Vietnam... more

New Sun Hong Kong Restaurant

Not amazing food or ambiance. Yet New Sun Hong Kong has tons of fans. Maybe it's because it's in the center of it all, on a corner of Broadway and Columbus. Maybe it's nostalgia of a fun night out in North Beach - open t... more

Northern Ducks

Hidden Gem. A sophisticated and Upscale Restaurant and Lounge inside the Historical Twitter building owned by JP Morgan and Shorenstein located in the heart of San Francisco. Chinese inspired restaurant made by our top ranked gold medalist chef strai... more

Old Shanghai

This is a great place for authentic Chinese cuisine. If you want to know why the Shanghai style of cooking is so popular, definintely check this place out. On the pricey side. more

Palette Tea House

Palette Tea House serves modern Cantonese cuisine. The dim sum, seafood and Pacific-inspired cocktails are all first rate, as well as its great location in Ghirardelli Square. more

R & G Lounge

R & G Lounge is mostly known as that "quirky" karaoke bar, but it's also one of the best Chinese restaurants in town. So not only do you get a good laugh, you get great food. The salt-and-pepper prawns or crab and the oysters in a clay pot are very g... more

Shanghai Dumpling

Shanghai Dumpling King is known for its modern interpretation of classic dishes and its insistence on only using high quality fresh ingredients. more

Spices

The gleaming neon that hit us from the storefront foreshadowed what we were in for inside: Chinese boy band music and Hello Kitty meets Spice Girls décor. The food was equally loud: crunchy beef tendon with an alarming numbing quality, surpris... more

Teo Restaurant and Bar

Tēo is derived from the origins of our cuisine, Teo Chew, also known as Chui Chow or Chaozhou. We are not only a restaurant & bar. We are the place where: * locals make new friends; * startups meet; * companies and organizaations h... more

Ton Kiang

Ton Kiang is unsurpassed - it's as simple as that. Whether you visit in the evening and order off the menu, or go during the breakfast or lunch hours for dim sum, you're going to sample the freshest, most delicious Hakka cuisine in San Francisco - at... more

Wonderland

At Wonderland, all of our food is made with fresh ingredients. Our famous pork pot stickers are handmade daily, never frozen. We care about healthy, fresh food. Our American-style, Chinese food offers non-MSG, vegetarian, and vegan options. more

Yank Sing - Financial District

Once the best dim sum joint in the city, Yank Sing has fallen off a tiny bit since its move from the Financial District. The food is still wonderful, but you'll pay dearly for it, with the bill topping $75 for a lunch for two. If you can afford to ea... more

Yank Sing - Rincon Center