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Chinese•San Francisco•$$$$
LetsSweet Kitchen
LetsSweet Kitchen is a chinese pick in San Francisco when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
hidden gemdate night
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9.8
Based on 136 reviews
Best Chinese Restaurants in San Francisco: 19 Picks for 2026
The best Chinese restaurants in San Francisco, sorted by rating and curated by TastyPals editors.
19 restaurantsAvg rating 8.7moderate – $$$$Updated July 2026
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Top Chinese picks in San Francisco
Fast answers for diners comparing chinese restaurants in San Francisco. These first picks are sorted from live restaurant data and editorial fit.
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Google
Chinese•Chinatown•moderate
spicy & cloud restaurant
Spicy & Cloud is doing something that most of San Francisco's Chinatown has quietly abandoned: cooking for people who actually want to feel the food.
dumplingsdinnerclassic
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9.4
Based on 221 reviews
3
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Chinese•San Francisco•$$
BIB GOURMAND
Dumpling Home
Dumpling Home sits on Gough Street in Hayes Valley, a walk-up counter operation with no particular interest in atmosphere.
chinesebib gourmanddate night
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9.2
Based on 1620 reviews
4
Google
Chinese•Chinatown•moderate
御食园 Z & Y Peking Duck
御食园 Z & Y Peking Duck is a chinese restaurant in Chinatown in San Francisco that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
dumplingsdinnerclassic
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9.2
Based on 1522 reviews
5
Chinese•San Francisco•$$
Sohunan of Henry's Hunan
Sohunan of Henry's Hunan is the kind of chinese room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
date night
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9.0
Based on 449 reviews
6
Google
Chinese•San Francisco•$$
San Tung
San Tung is a sensible chinese call in San Francisco when you want something that usually lands well.
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8.8
Based on 2587 reviews
7
Google
Chinese•Chinatown•moderate
Hong Kong Clay Pot Restaurant
Hong Kong Clay Pot Restaurant is a chinese restaurant in Chinatown in San Francisco that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
dumplingsdinnerclassic
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8.8
Based on 1757 reviews
8
Chinese•Chinatown•moderate
City View Restaurant
City View Restaurant is a sensible chinese call in Chinatown in San Francisco when you want something that usually lands well.
dumplingsdinnerclassic
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8.8
Based on 1379 reviews
9
Chinese•San Francisco•$$
Mama Ji's
Mama Ji's is an easy chinese option in San Francisco to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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8.8
Based on 944 reviews
10
Google
Chinese•Chinatown•moderate
R & G Lounge
R&G Lounge on Kearny Street operates on a kind of institutional confidence that only comes from decades of feeding Chinatown regulars, city-hall lunches, and out-of-towners who got a genuinely good tip.
dumplingsdinnerclassic
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8.6
Based on 3844 reviews
11
Google
Chinese•San Francisco•$$
Harborview Restaurant & Bar
Harborview Restaurant & Bar is a chinese restaurant in San Francisco that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
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8.6
Based on 1878 reviews
12
Google
Chinese•San Francisco•moderate
MICHELIN ★
Mister Jiu's
Mister Jiu's makes a specific argument that deserves to be taken seriously: that Chinese-American cooking is owed the same rigorous sourcing, technique investment, and architectural dining room that San Francisco has historically reserve…
dumplingsdinnerchinese
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8.6
Based on 1182 reviews
13
Google
Chinese•San Francisco•$$
China Live
China Live is a sensible chinese call in San Francisco when you want something that usually lands well.
cocktail
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8.4
Based on 2986 reviews
14
Google
Chinese•Chinatown•moderate
Sam Wo Restaurant
Sam Wo has been operating in San Francisco's Chinatown since 1907, which means it has outlasted earthquakes, the Depression, two world wars, and the particular cruelty of Bay Area real estate.
dumplingsdinnerclassic
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8.4
Based on 1372 reviews
15
Chinese•San Francisco•$$
Mission Chinese Food
Mission Chinese Food occupies a particular lane in the San Francisco dining landscape that very few restaurants manage to hold: genuinely cheap, genuinely serious, and genuinely strange in the best possible way.
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8.4
Based on 1255 reviews
16
Google
Chinese•Chinatown•moderate
House of Nanking
House of Nanking operates on its own terms, and that reputation has held for decades.
dumplingsdinnerclassic
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8.2
Based on 5224 reviews
17
Google
Chinese•San Francisco•moderate
BIB GOURMAND
Z & Y Restaurant
Z & Y occupies a stretch of Jackson Street where ambition is rarely the point — and that's precisely what makes it worth the visit.
dumplingsdinnerchinese
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8.2
Based on 3863 reviews
18
Google
Chinese•San Francisco•$$
Fang
Fang is a sensible chinese call in San Francisco when you want something that usually lands well.
cocktail
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8.2
Based on 1687 reviews
19
Google
Chinese•Chinatown•moderate
Chinatown Restaurant
San Francisco's Chinatown is the oldest Chinese enclave in the country and, as a result, one of the most thoroughly tourist-facing.
dumplingsdinnerclassic
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7.8
Based on 1663 reviews
Common questions about Chinese in San Francisco
What are the best Chinese restaurants in San Francisco?
The top Chinese restaurants in San Francisco include LetsSweet Kitchen, spicy & cloud restaurant, Dumpling Home. TastyPals curates these picks based on Google ratings, review volume, and editorial judgment.
What is the highest-rated Chinese restaurant in San Francisco?
LetsSweet Kitchen is among the highest-rated Chinese restaurants in San Francisco, with a 9.8 Google rating across 136 reviews.
How much does Chinese food cost in San Francisco?
Chinese restaurants in San Francisco range from moderate to $$$$. Most mid-range options fall in the moderate range.
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