Best Korean Restaurants in San Francisco : 20 Picks for 2026

Olchi Korean Cuisine

Olchi Korean Cuisine is a sensible korean call in San Francisco when you want something that usually lands well.

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Joodooboo

Joodooboo sits at 4201 Market Street in North Oakland — yes, Oakland, not San Francisco proper, a geographic note that matters because the restaurant belongs to that neighborhood's particular rhythm of serious, quietly ambitious cooking…

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JJamPPong

JJamPPong is a korean pick in San Francisco when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.

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MICHELIN ★

SSAL

SSAL occupies a specific and underserved position in San Francisco's dining landscape: it is the city's most serious attempt at Korean fine dining built from the ground up by a chef-couple with deep classical training and a genuine cultu…

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YASIJANG

YASIJANG is the kind of korean room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.

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To The Moon

To The Moon is an easy korean option in San Francisco to suggest without needing a long explanation.

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MUGUNGHWA Korean Restaurant

MUGUNGHWA Korean Restaurant is a sensible korean call in San Francisco when you want something that usually lands well.

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Daeho Kalbijim & Beef Soup

Daeho Kalbijim & Beef Soup is the kind of korean room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.

date night

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9.2

Based on 1458 reviews

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Cocobang

Cocobang is a late-night Korean anchor on Taylor Street that has, since the early 2010s, built its reputation not on ceremony but on hours and honesty.

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SUNGHO

SUNGHO is a korean pick in San Francisco when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.

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HWA MI WON

HWA MI WON is a sensible korean call in San Francisco when you want something that usually lands well.

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Surisan

Surisan is a strong brunch move in San Francisco when you want the meal to feel worth leaving the house for.

brunch

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9.0

Based on 2149 reviews

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Manna

Manna is the kind of korean room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.

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Brothers Restaurant

Brothers Restaurant suits a night out when you want korean that feels grown-up without getting stiff.

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Han Il Kwan

Han Il Kwan is an easy korean option in San Francisco to suggest without needing a long explanation.

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8.8

Based on 1500 reviews

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707 Sutter

707 Sutter is a sensible korean call in San Francisco when you want something that usually lands well.

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Ollei

Ollei is an easy korean option in San Francisco to suggest without needing a long explanation.

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Sonamu Korean Restaurant

Sonamu Korean Restaurant is an easy korean option in San Francisco to suggest without needing a long explanation.

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BIB GOURMAND

BANSANG

Bansang occupies a Fillmore room that strains for posh — hanging rattan lamps, a gold chandelier, brown-on-brown tones borrowed from a Pantone catalogue — and the question, always, is whether the cooking earns the staging.

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