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Restaurant•San Francisco•$$$$
The Golden Yak
The Golden Yak is the kind of restaurant room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
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Best Date Night Restaurants in San Francisco: 277 Picks for 2026
San Francisco restaurants that feel composed, intimate, and quietly occasion-worthy.
277 restaurantsAvg rating 9.1Updated July 2026
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Top picks for date night in San Francisco
Fast answers for diners searching for date night restaurants in San Francisco. These first picks make the occasion easier to compare.
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Mediterranean•San Francisco•$
North Beach Gyros
On Columbus Avenue, where North Beach pretends every storefront is a destination, this casual little Mediterranean room makes a quieter case.
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9.8
Based on 4775 reviews
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Ramen•San Francisco•$$$$
MENSHO
Mensho arrived in San Francisco's Lower Nob Hill as the city's first serious dispatch from a Tokyo ramen operation, and the queue that forms outside the small storefront well before opening time suggests the neighborhood recognized what…
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9.8
Based on 2802 reviews
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Greek•Marina•moderate
Milos Meze
Chef Ali Yaldiz built his reputation at Tuba Restaurant, where he earned a Michelin star, and his follow-up on Steiner Street reads like a deliberate pivot — not toward refinement, but toward something warmer and more personal.
dinnerdate night
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9.8
Based on 400 reviews
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Greek•San Francisco•$$$$
Lavanta Mezze Bar & Restaurant
There's a location clarification worth making upfront: Lavanta Mezze Bar & Restaurant sits in San Leandro, not San Francisco proper — a distinction that matters if you're planning your evening around a neighborhood crawl, but one that sh…
hidden gemdate night
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9.8
Based on 242 reviews
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Japanese•San Francisco•moderate
KEN
Chef Ken Ngai's omakase counter on Divisadero is, by any measure, one of the most singular dining rooms in San Francisco — and the word "room" is almost generous for a space that seats six or seven people behind an unmarked door in the L…
sushidinnerdate night
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9.8
Based on 156 reviews
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Wine Bar•San Francisco•moderate
Golden Sardine
Golden Sardine opens with a name borrowed from Bob Kaufman's poetry collection, and the bartender probably knows who Kaufman is — that alone tells you something about the room.
winedinnerdate night
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9.8
Based on 156 reviews
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Chinese•San Francisco•$$$$
LetsSweet Kitchen
LetsSweet Kitchen is a chinese pick in San Francisco when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
hidden gemdate night
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9.8
Based on 136 reviews
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Japanese•San Francisco•$
Akari Japanese Bistro
Akari Japanese Bistro is a japanese pick in San Francisco when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
hidden gemdate night
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9.8
Based on 112 reviews
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Asian•San Francisco•$$
Mashita Galbi Jjim
Mashita Galbi Jjim suits a night out when you want asian that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
hidden gemdate night
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9.8
Based on 109 reviews
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Contemporary•Dogpatch•moderate
Together Wine Lounge Dogpatch
Together Wine Lounge Dogpatch suits a night out in Dogpatch when you want contemporary that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
cooldinnerdate night
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9.8
Based on 104 reviews
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Wine Bar•San Francisco•moderate
Frenchie Wine Bar
Frenchie Wine Bar suits a night out when you want wine bar that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
winedinnerdate night
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9.8
Based on 71 reviews
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Wine Bar•San Francisco•moderate
Eco Terreno Urban Tasting Room
Eco Terreno Urban Tasting Room is the kind of wine bar room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
winedinnerdate night
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9.8
Based on 53 reviews
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Indian•San Francisco•$$
Himalayan Cuisine SF
Himalayan Cuisine SF earns its keep on Polk Street with the kind of momos that make you reconsider every dumpling you've eaten in the Bay — hand-pleated, steamed tight, and served with a house tomato chutney that does real work.
date night
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9.6
Based on 2228 reviews
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Mediterranean•San Francisco•$$
Mazra
Mazra is the kind of mediterranean room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
date night
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9.6
Based on 1976 reviews
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Steakhouse•San Francisco•$$$$
Show de Carnes Brazilian Steakhouse
Show de Carnes Brazilian Steakhouse is the kind of steakhouse room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
date night
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9.6
Based on 1366 reviews
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Indian•San Francisco•$$
Nepa Indian Cuisine
Nepa Indian Cuisine is the kind of indian room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
date night
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9.6
Based on 1242 reviews
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Indian•San Francisco•$$
Sunset Indian Cuisine
On Irving Street in the Inner Sunset, Sunset Indian Cuisine occupies a distinctive lane in the neighborhood's competitive dining corridor: it draws from both Indian and Himalayan-Nepali culinary traditions, a dual focus that separates it…
date night
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9.6
Based on 662 reviews
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Indian•San Francisco•$$
Noe Indian Cuisine
Noe Indian Cuisine sits on 24th Street in Noe Valley, and the backstory behind the kitchen is what gives this place its actual identity: three Nepali chefs — Krishna, Lekhanath, and Ram — spent years training in New Delhi before landing…
date night
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9.6
Based on 531 reviews
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French•San Francisco•$$
Le Parc Bistrobar
Le Parc Bistrobar is the rare hotel restaurant that earns its room — partly because the Galleria Park Hotel in Union Square gives it a genuinely pretty one, all tufted banquettes and chandelier light, and partly because the kitchen has a…
cocktaillate nightdate night
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9.6
Based on 518 reviews
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Brazilian•San Francisco•$$$$
Sabor Gaúcho Prime Brazilian Steakhouse
Sabor Gaúcho Prime arrived in Russian Hill with a clear declaration of intent: it took over the old Rouge space at Broadway and Polk, gut-renovated it into something polished and theatrical, and installed a rodízio format anchored by co-…
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9.6
Based on 441 reviews
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Indian•San Francisco•$$$$
Diwali Indian Cuisine
At 1499 Valencia Street, Diwali Indian Cuisine occupies an interesting position in San Francisco's South Indian dining landscape — not the scene-y spot people photograph for Instagram, but the kind of place that draws regulars who care m…
date night
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9.6
Based on 428 reviews
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Mediterranean•San Francisco•$$$$
Zitouna
Zitouna is Tunisian-leaning Mediterranean in a way that most of SF's pan-Mediterranean spots don't even attempt.
hidden gemdate night
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9.6
Based on 307 reviews
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Mexican•San Francisco•$$$$
Buena Vida Cantina on Belden
Buena Vida Cantina on Belden is the Financial District's answer to a question the neighborhood has needed answered for a while: where do you actually drink mezcal and eat tacos in an alley that doesn't feel like a tourist trap or a rushe…
cocktailhidden gemdate night
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9.6
Based on 263 reviews
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Indian•San Francisco•$$
Taj Indian Cuisine
Taj Indian Cuisine arrived on Geary Boulevard in 2024, planting itself in the Richmond District — a neighborhood that takes its South Asian food seriously — and making a clear case that the outer avenues still have room for a well-execut…
hidden gemdate night
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9.6
Based on 246 reviews
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Japanese•San Francisco•moderate
Zentarou Sushi and Sake Bar
Zentarou Sushi and Sake Bar is not angling for the flashiest address on the San Francisco dining map, and that restraint appears to be the whole point.
sushidinnerdate night
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9.6
Based on 242 reviews
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Korean•San Francisco•$$
Joodooboo
Joodooboo sits at 4201 Market Street in North Oakland — yes, Oakland, not San Francisco proper, a geographic note that matters because the restaurant belongs to that neighborhood's particular rhythm of serious, quietly ambitious cooking…
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9.6
Based on 242 reviews
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Indian•San Francisco•$$$$
Taste of India – Authentic Indian Restaurant [San Francisco]
West Portal isn't the neighborhood most people associate with ambitious Indian cooking — it's a quiet, residential stretch more known for its Muni stop than its spice route — which makes Taste of India's presence on W Portal Ave all the…
hidden gemdate night
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9.6
Based on 195 reviews
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Japanese•San Francisco•$$$
An | Japanese Restaurant
An [庵] — the name itself is the thesis.
hidden gemdate night
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9.6
Based on 175 reviews
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Fine Dining•San Francisco•$$$$
MICHELIN ★
Kiln
Kiln arrives with a decade's worth of intentionality behind it.
fine diningmichelin stardate night
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9.6
Based on 155 reviews
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Mediterranean•San Francisco•$$$$
SF Grill
SF Grill suits a night out when you want mediterranean that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
hidden gemdate night
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9.6
Based on 137 reviews
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Wine Bar•San Francisco•moderate
Millay Sake + Wine Bar
Millay Sake + Wine Bar is a wine bar pick in San Francisco when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
winedinnerdate night
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9.6
Based on 82 reviews
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Greek•San Francisco•$$$$
Kokkari Estiatorio
Kokkari Estiatorio has held its position as San Francisco's most serious Greek restaurant for long enough that the reputation no longer requires defending — it simply requires a reservation.
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9.4
Based on 3503 reviews
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Asian•San Francisco•$$$
Liholiho Yacht Club
Liholiho Yacht Club is Ravi Kapur's long-running love letter to his Hawaiian upbringing, translated through the kind of California-meets-Pacific-Rim sensibility that San Francisco does better than almost anywhere.
cocktaildate night
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9.4
Based on 1951 reviews
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California•Hayes Valley•moderate
Rich Table
Evan and Sarah Rich have run their Hayes Valley restaurant since the early 2010s, and the reputation it carries is the kind that builds slowly and resists easy summary.
date nightdinnerstylish
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9.4
Based on 1572 reviews
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Burgers•San Francisco•$$
Mo's Grill
Mo's Grill is a burgers pick in San Francisco when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
cocktaildate night
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9.4
Based on 1367 reviews
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Seafood•San Francisco•moderate
BIB GOURMAND
Anchor Oyster Bar
Anchor Oyster Bar has been operating in the Castro since the 1970s, which by San Francisco standards makes it practically a civic institution.
dinnercocktailbib gourmand
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9.4
Based on 1282 reviews
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American•San Francisco•value
MICHELIN ★★
Lazy Bear
David Barzelay's Lazy Bear operates on a premise that remains genuinely unusual in San Francisco fine dining: a ticketed, communal tasting menu served at long shared tables in the Mission District, structured less like a conventional res…
date nightdinnerfine dining
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9.4
Based on 1178 reviews
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Mexican•San Francisco•$$
La Oaxaqueña
La Oaxaqueña is a mexican pick in San Francisco when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
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9.4
Based on 1133 reviews
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Mediterranean•San Francisco•$$
The Bite
The Bite is a mediterranean pick in San Francisco when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
date night
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9.4
Based on 951 reviews
41
Sushi•San Francisco•$$
Kuma Sushi + Sake
Kuma Sushi + Sake is the kind of sushi room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
date night
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9.4
Based on 947 reviews
42
Japanese•San Francisco•moderate
KUSAKABE
When Mitsunori Kusakabe opened his Washington Street room in San Francisco's Financial District, he did something that sounds modest in retrospect but was genuinely unprecedented for the city at the time: he committed the entire operatio…
sushidinnerdate night
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9.4
Based on 780 reviews
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Indian•San Francisco•$$
Trisara
Trisara sits on Kearny Street in the Financial District — not the obvious address for one of the city's more earnest Indo-Nepalese kitchens, but the location makes a kind of sense.
date night
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9.4
Based on 726 reviews
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Mexican•Mission District•value
The Morris
Paul Einbund's The Morris has built a reputation in the Mission District that is, by most accounts, more coherent in its concept than the average wine-focused room manages to be.
date nightdinnermexican
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9.4
Based on 660 reviews
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Mediterranean•San Francisco•$$
Presidio Kebab Mediterranean Restaurant
Presidio Kebab sits on Sacramento Street in Pacific Heights — a neighborhood where the restaurants tend toward polished French bistro or contemporary California, which makes this Turkish-Mediterranean room genuinely singular.
date night
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9.4
Based on 644 reviews
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Mexican•San Francisco•moderate
MICHELIN ★★
Californios
Val Cantú's Californios sits in the Mission District and carries a reputation that's hard to argue with: two Michelin stars for an 18-course Mexican fine dining tasting menu that, by most serious accounts, approaches the cuisine on its o…
business dinnerdinnerfine dining
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9.4
Based on 553 reviews
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Lebanese•San Francisco•$$
Mezze and Mooore
Mezze and Mooore has made a particular case for itself in San Francisco's Lebanese landscape by planting roots east of Twin Peaks — the Irving Street location specifically serves a neighborhood that had almost nowhere to turn for this co…
date night
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9.4
Based on 541 reviews
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Breakfast•San Francisco•$$$$
el Mil Amores
El Mil Amores lands on 21st Street in the Mission with a Day-Glo pink door and a very specific thesis: that Mexico City breakfast culture — chilaquiles, slow-built salsas, concha-based sweets repurposed as savory anchors — deserves the s…
brunchdate night
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9.4
Based on 523 reviews
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French•San Francisco•$$
Côte Ouest Bistro
On Baker Street in the Marina, Côte Ouest Bistro occupies the bones of the old Baker Street Bistro — a lineage that matters, because co-owner Laurent Monchicourt spent decades working through serious French kitchens (Michael Mina, La Fol…
bistrobrunchcocktail
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9.4
Based on 512 reviews
50
Japanese•San Francisco•moderate
Ju-Ni
Ju-Ni has built a reputation as one of San Francisco's more focused omakase counters — not because it sells a room or a story, but because it commits entirely to the format.
sushidinnerdate night
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9.4
Based on 508 reviews
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Japanese•San Francisco•$$$$
Wako Japanese Restaurant
Wako is one of the Inner Richmond's clearest arguments that destination-level omakase doesn't require a downtown address or a months-long waitlist.
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9.4
Based on 500 reviews
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Spanish•San Francisco•$$$$
Destapas SF
Destapas SF is doing something specific on 24th Street: owners Luis Raga and Raul Aguilera built their Mission District spot around the Spanish bar model — the kind of place where you show up with friends, order a round of tapas, and let…
cocktaildate night
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9.4
Based on 463 reviews
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American•Potrero Hill•moderate
PoBoys Kitchen
PoBoys Kitchen is not trying to be a night out, and everything about it confirms that from the outside.
dinnerdate night
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9.4
Based on 454 reviews
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Indian•San Francisco•$$
COPPER CHIMNEY INDIAN RESTAURANT
COPPER CHIMNEY INDIAN RESTAURANT is the kind of indian room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
date night
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9.4
Based on 438 reviews
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Restaurant•San Francisco•$$$$
Marina Indian Cuisine
On Lombard Street in the Marina, this Indian-Nepalese kitchen opened under new ownership in late 2024, and its dual identity is the whole point.
date night
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9.4
Based on 428 reviews
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Pizza•Pacific Heights•splurge
Pinsa Rossa
Pacific Heights has always dressed for dinner without announcing it, and Pinsa Rossa lands in that register with apparent ease.
upscaledinnerdate night
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9.4
Based on 389 reviews
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Californian•San Francisco•splurge
MICHELIN ★★
Sons & Daughters
Sons & Daughters operates from a premise most fine dining rooms are too commercially anxious to commit to: absolute restraint in service of absolute intention.
special occasiondinnerfine dining
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9.4
Based on 383 reviews
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Italian•North Beach•moderate
Bocconcino
North Beach has always been two cities layered on top of each other — the tourist-facing version with its red-checkered tablecloths and the quieter one the locals actually inhabit.
classicdinnerdate night
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9.4
Based on 367 reviews
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Spanish•San Francisco•$$
El Lopo
El Lopo runs on a premise that sounds like a college thesis but somehow works in practice: what would California bar food look like if the Spanish never ceded Alta California — if sherry held the cultural weight that IPA does in this cit…
cocktailwine barhidden gem
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9.4
Based on 361 reviews
60
Korean•San Francisco•$$
JJamPPong
JJamPPong is a korean pick in San Francisco when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
hidden gemdate night
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9.4
Based on 301 reviews
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Korean•San Francisco•$$$$
MICHELIN ★
SSAL
SSAL occupies a specific and underserved position in San Francisco's dining landscape: it is the city's most serious attempt at Korean fine dining built from the ground up by a chef-couple with deep classical training and a genuine cultu…
fine diningkoreanmichelin star
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9.4
Based on 223 reviews
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Vietnamese•San Francisco•$
Mộng Thu Cafe
Mộng Thu Cafe has been doing one very specific thing — regional Vietnamese noodle soups, in a five-table room, for a neighborhood clientele, since 1993 — and the staying power alone should tell you something.
hidden gemdate night
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9.4
Based on 222 reviews
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Global•Potrero Hill•moderate
Waterfall cevicheria
Waterfall Cevicheria occupies a particular niche in San Francisco's eating landscape: a cevichería with a global framing, operating out of Potrero Hill at a price point that keeps the barrier low and the room busy.
dinnerdate night
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9.4
Based on 162 reviews
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Korean•San Francisco•$$$$
YASIJANG
YASIJANG is the kind of korean room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
hidden gemdate night
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9.4
Based on 122 reviews
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Japanese•San Francisco•$$$$
Ramen Kameko
Ramen Kameko suits a night out when you want japanese that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
hidden gemdate night
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9.4
Based on 111 reviews
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Wine Bar•San Francisco•moderate
Scarlet Fox
Scarlet Fox is a wine bar pick in San Francisco when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
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9.4
Based on 53 reviews
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American•San Francisco•$$
The Buena Vista
The Buena Vista is a american pick in San Francisco when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
cocktaildate night
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9.2
Based on 8108 reviews
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Italian•Marina•moderate
Scoma's Restaurant
Scoma's is not performing for the Marina zip code, and that restraint is the entire point.
dinnerdate night
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9.2
Based on 6955 reviews
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Italian•North Beach•moderate
Sotto Mare
Sotto Mare occupies a specific and well-defended place in North Beach's social geography — the kind of Italian seafood room that regulars treat as their own and visitors have to earn through a wait.
classicdinnerdate night
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9.2
Based on 5031 reviews
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Californian•Fillmore•moderate
Sweet Maple
Sweet Maple is a californian pick in Fillmore in San Francisco when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
dinnerdate night
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9.2
Based on 4523 reviews
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Oyster Bar•San Francisco•$$
Hog Island Oyster Co.
Hog Island Oyster Co.
cocktaildate night
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9.2
Based on 4002 reviews
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French•San Francisco•$$
Zazie
Zazie has been Cole Valley's anchor bistro since the 1990s, and its reputation — built on a flower-filled back patio and a brunch line that reportedly stretches down the block every weekend — is the kind that takes decades to earn and se…
date night
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9.2
Based on 3520 reviews
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Bar•San Francisco•$$
Smuggler's Cove
Three stories of dim lighting, vintage tiki artifacts, and the kind of nautical clutter that makes you feel like you've snuck into a pirate's storage unit.
cocktaillate nightdate night
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9.2
Based on 3270 reviews
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Greek•San Francisco•$$$
Evvia Estiatorio
Evvia Estiatorio is the kind of greek room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
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9.2
Based on 2328 reviews
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Seafood•San Francisco•$$
Swan Oyster Depot
Swan Oyster Depot has occupied the same marble counter on Polk Street since 1912, and by most accounts there is nothing else quite like it in San Francisco — possibly anywhere in the country.
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9.2
Based on 2212 reviews
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Mexican•San Francisco•$$
Loló
Loló is the kind of mexican room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
date night
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9.2
Based on 1902 reviews
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Mexican•Mission District•value
Lolinda
Lolinda has a point of view, and in the Mission District that counts for something.
date nightdinnermexican
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9.2
Based on 1781 reviews
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Ramen•San Francisco•$$
HINODEYA Ramen & Bar Downtown
HINODEYA Ramen & Bar Downtown is a ramen pick in San Francisco when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
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9.2
Based on 1777 reviews
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American•San Francisco•$$$
Spruce
Spruce is a american pick in San Francisco when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
cocktaildate night
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9.2
Based on 1749 reviews
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French•Potrero Hill•moderate
Chez Maman East
Chez Maman East is not trying to be the most ambitious restaurant in San Francisco, and everything about its reputation suggests that restraint is precisely the point.
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9.2
Based on 1730 reviews
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Seafood•Embarcadero•moderate
Boulevard
Boulevard suits a night out in Embarcadero when you want seafood that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
waterfrontdinnerdate night
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9.2
Based on 1696 reviews
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Chinese•San Francisco•$$
BIB GOURMAND
Dumpling Home
Dumpling Home sits on Gough Street in Hayes Valley, a walk-up counter operation with no particular interest in atmosphere.
chinesebib gourmanddate night
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9.2
Based on 1620 reviews
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Wedding Venue•San Francisco•$$
Mersea Restaurant, Bar and Venue
Mersea Restaurant, Bar and Venue is a wedding venue pick in San Francisco when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
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9.2
Based on 1580 reviews
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Mexican•San Francisco•$$
Taqueria Los Mayas
Taqueria Los Mayas is the kind of mexican room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
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9.2
Based on 1563 reviews
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Mexican•San Francisco•$
Tacos El Patron
This Mission District spot on S Van Ness earns its reputation on birria, and the quesabirria tacos are rightly called the shining stars: crispy tortilla envelopes packed with juicy beef and melted cheese, the kind of thing you order two…
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9.2
Based on 1493 reviews
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Korean•San Francisco•$$
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.
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9.2
Based on 1458 reviews
87
Japanese•San Francisco•moderate
Roka Akor - San Francisco
Roka Akor - San Francisco is the kind of japanese room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
sushidinnerdate night
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9.2
Based on 1409 reviews
88
Indian•San Francisco•$$
India Clay Oven
India Clay Oven suits a night out when you want indian that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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9.2
Based on 1392 reviews
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Italian•San Francisco•$$
BIB GOURMAND
Trestle Restaurant
At fifty-two dollars for four courses, Trestle makes an argument that most San Francisco restaurants at twice the price cannot convincingly counter.
italianbib gourmanddate night
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9.2
Based on 1326 reviews
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Californian•San Francisco•moderate
MICHELIN ★
The Progress
The Progress operates as the full-service sibling to State Bird Provisions a few doors down on Fillmore Street, and the two restaurants are best understood as a deliberately complementary pair rather than competitors.
dinnermichelin stardate night
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9.2
Based on 1305 reviews
91
Seafood•San Francisco•$$
Betty Lou's Seafood & Grill
Betty Lou's Seafood & Grill is the kind of seafood room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
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9.2
Based on 1240 reviews
92
Japanese•San Francisco•moderate
Ebisu Restaurant
Ebisu Restaurant suits a night out when you want japanese that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
sushidinnerdate night
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9.2
Based on 1211 reviews
93
Cocktail Bar•San Francisco•$$
Pacific Cocktail Haven
Pacific Cocktail Haven is the kind of cocktail bar room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
cocktaildate night
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9.2
Based on 1018 reviews
94
Greek•San Francisco•$$
Mykonos
Mykonos is a greek pick in San Francisco when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
cocktaildate night
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9.2
Based on 984 reviews
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Italian•San Francisco•$$
Trattoria Contadina
Trattoria Contadina suits a night out when you want italian that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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9.2
Based on 953 reviews
96
Mexican•Potrero Hill•moderate
Papito
Papito has occupied its corner of Potrero Hill since 2010, and the neighborhood's particular self-assurance seems to have seeped into the walls.
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9.2
Based on 858 reviews
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Italian•San Francisco•$$$$
MICHELIN ★★★GREEN STAR
Quince
Michael and Lindsay Tusk's three-Michelin-star restaurant in Jackson Square occupies a specific and seriously considered position in American fine dining — not as a showpiece of technique for its own sake, but as the long result of a par…
fine diningitalianmichelin star
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9.2
Based on 776 reviews
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French•San Francisco•$$$$
MICHELIN ★★★GREEN STAR
Atelier Crenn
Atelier Crenn is Dominique Crenn's most personal project — a Cow Hollow dining room where the menu is presented as a poem and each course is understood as one of its stanzas.
michelin stardate night
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9.2
Based on 764 reviews
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Fine Dining•San Francisco•splurge
MICHELIN ★★★
Benu
Corey Lee's SoMa tasting menu restaurant holds three Michelin stars, and by most accounts that recognition describes the floor rather than the ceiling of what benu attempts.
special occasiondinnerfine dining
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9.2
Based on 749 reviews
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Korean Barbecue•San Francisco•$$$$
MICHELIN ★
SAN HO WON
San Ho Won occupies a practically unmarked all-white building in the Mission, and that studied anonymity is part of the proposition: Corey Lee — the three-Michelin-star mind behind Benu — and chef Jeong-In Hwang built a Korean charcoal b…
koreanmichelin stardate night
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9.2
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American•San Francisco•$$$$
MICHELIN ★★
Saison
Saison is, at its core, a fire restaurant — and that distinction is not decorative.
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9.2
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Brunch•San Francisco•$$$$
MICHELIN ★★
Acquerello
Acquerello is, by any honest measure, the standard-bearer for classic Italian fine dining in San Francisco — a distinction it has held not by reinventing itself but by refusing to compromise the form.
brunchitalianmichelin star
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9.2
Based on 652 reviews
103
Korean•San Francisco•$$
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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9.2
Based on 620 reviews
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Mexican•San Francisco•$$
Asiento
Asiento has been holding down a corner of the Mission since 2010 with a simple, unfussy proposition: a neighborhood bar where groups can show up without minimums, fees, or attitude, and actually stay a while.
cocktaildate night
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9.2
Based on 540 reviews
105
Mexican•Mission District•value
Prubechu
Prubechu is doing something no other restaurant in San Francisco does: serving the cuisine of Guam.
date nightdinnermexican
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9.2
Based on 539 reviews
106
Greek•San Francisco•$$$$
The Parthenon
The Parthenon landed on Eater SF's radar as one of San Francisco's newer Greek arrivals, and it's staked out an interesting, slightly contradictory identity on Sutter Street in Union Square.
cocktailwine bardate night
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9.2
Based on 521 reviews
107
Korean Barbecue•San Francisco•$$
Muguboka Restaurant
Muguboka Restaurant suits a night out when you want korean barbecue that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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9.2
Based on 482 reviews
108
Indian•San Francisco•$$$$
Tiya
The Sarkar brothers — Sujan, whose Michelin-starred Chicago room Indienne earned a James Beard Award nomination, and Pujan — did not open Tiya to serve San Francisco a cautious interpretation of Indian food.
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9.2
Based on 471 reviews
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American•San Francisco•$$$$
MICHELIN ★★
Birdsong
At 1085 Mission Street, in a SoMa corridor that does not conventionally announce fine dining, Birdsong has spent seven-plus years building the case that California's most serious cooking can emerge from fire, wood, and a precise reverenc…
fine diningmichelin stardate night
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9.2
Based on 467 reviews
110
Asian•Dogpatch•moderate
Wooly Pig
Wooly Pig is not performing restaurant-ness in the way Dogpatch's shinier newcomers tend to.
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9.2
Based on 456 reviews
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Sushi•San Francisco•$$$$
Omakase
Omakase in San Francisco is doing something that requires genuine nerve: asking diners to surrender the menu entirely at a price level where the math on disappointment is unforgiving.
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9.2
Based on 455 reviews
112
Ramen•San Francisco•$$
Ushi Taro Ramen Sunset
Ushi Taro Ramen Sunset opened on 9th Avenue in 2018 with a deliberate provocation baked into its concept: in a city where tonkotsu and chicken paitan dominate the ramen conversation, the kitchen built its entire identity around beef bone…
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9.2
Based on 425 reviews
113
Vietnamese•San Francisco•$$
Tanglad
Castro Street has no shortage of quick bites, but Tanglad occupies a specific and defensible position: a family-run Vietnamese street food kitchen that takes the ingredient question seriously from the jump.
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9.2
Based on 389 reviews
114
Bar•San Francisco•$$
Lost Resort
Lost Resort is the kind of bar that has a thesis: it looks like a nautical dive your uncle found in 1974 and never told anyone about, but the kitchen is absolutely not playing around.
cocktailhidden gemdate night
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9.2
Based on 384 reviews
115
North Indian•San Francisco•$$$$
Apna Chulha
Apna Chulha is a north indian pick in San Francisco when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
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9.2
Based on 377 reviews
116
Wine Bar•San Francisco•moderate
Birba
Birba is what happens when someone returns from Florence with a particular feeling — not a recipe, not a concept deck, but a conviction about how an evening should unspool.
winedinnerdate night
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9.2
Based on 369 reviews
117
French•Potrero Hill•moderate
Parker Potrero
Parker Potrero has occupied the same corner of 18th Street since 2017, and in that time it has carved out something genuinely specific on Potrero Hill: a daytime room built around the conviction that comfort food and nutritional intentio…
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9.2
Based on 367 reviews
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Middle Eastern•San Francisco•$$
Freekeh
Palestinian food in San Francisco has a particular burden to carry — the temptation to soften edges, to meet a Mission Street crowd halfway and call it fusion.
hidden gemdate night
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9.2
Based on 356 reviews
119
Thai•San Francisco•$$
Khob Khun Thai cuisine & breakfast
Khob Khun sits on Geary Boulevard in the Inner Richmond, and its premise is specific enough to feel almost radical in a city where Thai restaurants tend to default to the dinner-and-cocktails playbook: this is a family-run kitchen that t…
brunchhidden gemdate night
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9.2
Based on 354 reviews
120
Vietnamese•San Francisco•$$
Bac Lieu Restaurant
Bac Lieu Restaurant suits a night out when you want vietnamese that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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9.2
Based on 343 reviews
121
American•Dogpatch•moderate
Ungrafted
Ungrafted takes its name seriously — this is a Dogpatch room that refuses to be trained along anyone else's trellis.
cooldinnerdate night
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9.2
Based on 322 reviews
122
French•Pacific Heights•splurge
Routier
Routier arrived in Pacific Heights in August 2020 — an unusually gutsy moment to open a bistro — and has quietly become one of the more persuasive arguments for French-Californian cooking in the city.
upscaledinnerdate night
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9.2
Based on 313 reviews
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Wine Bar•San Francisco•moderate
Arcana
Arcana is not trying to meet you halfway, and that restraint is precisely the point.
winedinnerdate night
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9.2
Based on 281 reviews
124
Restaurant•San Francisco•$$$$
Holbrook House
Holbrook House is a FiDi lunch destination built for people who still believe the midday meal should feel like an occasion.
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9.2
Based on 268 reviews
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Wine Bar•San Francisco•$$
Union Larder
Union Larder is the Barcelona wine bar fantasy that Jay Esopenko and Melissa Gugni actually went ahead and built on Hyde Street — and in a neighborhood as residential and foot-traffic-dependent as Russian Hill, that specificity of concep…
wine barcocktailhidden gem
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9.2
Based on 253 reviews
126
Cocktail Bar•San Francisco•$$$$
Bar Iris
Bar Iris is doing something that sounds like a pitch meeting concept but actually works in practice: it's a full cocktail bar on Polk Street in Russian Hill, backed by the kitchen of Nisei — Chef David Yoshimura's Michelin-starred Japane…
cocktailhidden gemdate night
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9.2
Based on 250 reviews
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Bar•San Francisco•$$$$
MICHELIN ★GREEN STAR
Bar Crenn
Bar Crenn occupies a specific and deliberate niche in San Francisco's fine dining ecosystem — it is simultaneously a drop-in cocktail bar and a Michelin-starred omakase counter, and the fact that both live within the same room without ei…
cocktailmichelin stardate night
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9.2
Based on 242 reviews
128
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Japanese•San Francisco•$$$$
MICHELIN ★
Nisei
Nisei is one of the most personally grounded restaurants to emerge from San Francisco's fine dining scene in recent years.
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9.2
Based on 231 reviews
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Japanese•San Francisco•moderate
Kuma on Valencia
Kuma on Valencia is the Mission District outpost of the Polk Street original, and the premise here is deceptively simple: a small, sushi-bar-forward room run by two lifelong friends, chefs Ryo and Cory, who build each day's menu around w…
sushidinnerdate night
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9.2
Based on 213 reviews
130
Italian•Hayes Valley•moderate
Sforno Pizzeria Napoletana
Sforno Pizzeria Napoletana is a italian pick in Hayes Valley in San Francisco when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
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9.2
Based on 204 reviews
131
French•San Francisco•$$
Galinette
Galinette is a french pick in San Francisco when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
hidden gemdate night
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9.2
Based on 204 reviews
132
American•Fillmore•moderate
Minnie Bell’s Soul Movement
Minnie Bell’s Soul Movement is the kind of american room in Fillmore you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
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9.2
Based on 177 reviews
133
French•San Francisco•$$$$
Bistro La Chaumière
Bistro La Chaumière is the kind of french room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
bistrohidden gemdate night
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9.2
Based on 168 reviews
134
Korean•San Francisco•$$$$
SUNGHO
SUNGHO is a korean pick in San Francisco when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
hidden gemdate night
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9.2
Based on 154 reviews
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French•San Francisco•$$$$
MICHELIN ★
O' by Claude Le Tohic
Atop ONE65, Claude Le Tohic's six-floor French undertaking, O' occupies its crowning floor with fewer than ten tables — a deliberate gesture toward intimacy that the Michelin one-star (held 2023 and 2024) seems to endorse.
frenchfine diningmichelin star
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9.2
Based on 152 reviews
136
Steakhouse•San Francisco•$$$$
ABSteak by Chef Akira Back
ABSteak by Chef Akira Back is the kind of steakhouse room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
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9.2
Based on 122 reviews
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Restaurant•San Francisco•$$$$
CHEF XIONG KITCHEN 川香園鉄木真
CHEF XIONG KITCHEN 川香園鉄木真 suits a night out when you want restaurant that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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9.2
Based on 116 reviews
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Sushi•San Francisco•$$$$
Sato Omakase
Sato Omakase suits a night out when you want sushi that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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9.2
Based on 106 reviews
139
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Bar•San Francisco•$$
The Gambit
The Gambit is a bar pick in San Francisco when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
cocktailhidden gemdate night
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9.2
Based on 104 reviews
140
Wine Bar•San Francisco•moderate
Bar Gemini
Bar Gemini operates as a neighborhood wine bar with a clear point of view: Franco-Californian in spirit, intimate in scale, and unapologetically built for the kind of evening that lingers.
winedinnerdate night
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9.2
Based on 91 reviews
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Italian•North Beach•moderate
Tony's Pizza Napoletana
Tony's Pizza Napoletana is not auditioning for the role of North Beach atmosphere piece.
classicdinnerdate night
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9.0
Based on 10163 reviews
142
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Seafood•San Francisco•$$$
Fog Harbor Fish House
Fog Harbor Fish House is a seafood pick in San Francisco when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
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9.0
Based on 10121 reviews
143
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Mexican•Mission District•value
La Taqueria
Fifty-plus years in the Mission, a James Beard America's Classics award on the wall, and a line that reportedly stretches out the door on a random Wednesday — La Taqueria has built the kind of credibility that doesn't require a PR campaign.
date nightdinnermexican
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9.0
Based on 7227 reviews
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Cajun•San Francisco•$$
Brenda's French Soul Food
Brenda's French Soul Food suits a night out when you want cajun that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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9.0
Based on 6301 reviews
145
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Seafood•Embarcadero•moderate
La Mar Cocina Peruana San Francisco
La Mar Cocina Peruana is not the obvious choice when you're standing at the Embarcadero watching the bay go silver at dusk — and that, by most accounts, is precisely its advantage.
waterfrontdinnerdate night
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9.0
Based on 4869 reviews
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Seafood•Embarcadero•moderate
Waterbar Restaurant
Waterbar is not trying to obscure what it is: a seafood room on the Embarcadero with floor-to-ceiling windows that frame the Bay like a standing reservation.
waterfrontdinnerdate night
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9.0
Based on 4420 reviews
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Italian•North Beach•moderate
Original Joe's
Original Joe's is the kind of italian room in North Beach you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more. DUNGENESS CRAB COCKTAIL and ANTIPASTO PLATTER also give you a decent sense of the menu.
classicdinnerdate night
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9.0
Based on 3459 reviews
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Seafood•San Francisco•$$
New England Lobster Market & Eatery
New England Lobster Market & Eatery is not performing refinement, and everything about how it's put together — the counter seating, the overhead lighting calibrated for visibility rather than mood, the proximity to strangers that a candl…
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9.0
Based on 3348 reviews
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Mexican•Mission District•value
Foreign Cinema
Foreign Cinema has spent enough years in the Mission that the founding conceit — films projected onto the heated courtyard wall — has settled into something quieter and more useful than novelty.
date nightdinnermexican
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9.0
Based on 3342 reviews
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Seafood•San Francisco•$$$
Tadich Grill
Tadich Grill suits a night out when you want seafood that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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9.0
Based on 3137 reviews
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American•San Francisco•$$$
Wayfare Tavern
Wayfare Tavern is a american pick in San Francisco when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
cocktaildate night
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9.0
Based on 3019 reviews
152
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Mexican•Mission District•value
Beretta Valencia
Beretta Valencia suits a night out in Mission District when you want mexican that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
date nightdinnermexican
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9.0
Based on 2571 reviews
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American•San Francisco•moderate
MICHELIN ★
State Bird Provisions
Stuart Brioza and Nicole Krasinski's Fillmore Street restaurant is widely credited with pioneering the dim-sum-style service format in California fine dining — a format in which servers and carts circulate through the room continuously,…
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9.0
Based on 2451 reviews
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Greek•San Francisco•$$
Souvla
Souvla is a greek pick in San Francisco when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
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9.0
Based on 2326 reviews
155
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Italian•North Beach•moderate
Cotogna
Cotogna is the kind of italian room in North Beach you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
classicdinnerdate night
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9.0
Based on 2191 reviews
156
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Bar and Grill•San Francisco•$
Tempest Bar & Box Kitchen
Tempest Bar & Box Kitchen is a bar and grill pick in San Francisco when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
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9.0
Based on 2042 reviews
157
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Cocktail Bar•San Francisco•$$$
Cityscape
Cityscape is a cocktail bar pick in San Francisco when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
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9.0
Based on 2041 reviews
158
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German•Hayes Valley•moderate
Suppenküche
You enter through a blanket — an actual blanket hung over the doorway like a quiet statement of purpose — and Suppenküche has apparently required no further explanation since 1993.
date nightdinnerstylish
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9.0
Based on 1968 reviews
159
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French•Hayes Valley•moderate
Chez Maman West
Chez Maman West suits a night out in Hayes Valley when you want french that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
date nightdinnerstylish
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9.0
Based on 1948 reviews
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Vegan•San Francisco•$$
Souley Vegan
Souley Vegan suits a night out when you want vegan that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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9.0
Based on 1937 reviews
161
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Mexican•Mission District•value
Flour + Water
Flour + Water built its reputation on a premise that still sounds simple and remains genuinely rare: that fresh pasta, made daily and treated as the entire point of a meal rather than a supporting act, is reason enough to fill a small ro…
date nightdinnermexican
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9.0
Based on 1889 reviews
162
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Japanese•San Francisco•$$
Sanraku
Sanraku suits a night out when you want japanese that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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9.0
Based on 1757 reviews
163
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Cocktail Bar•San Francisco•$$$
Bourbon & Branch
Bourbon & Branch suits a night out when you want cocktail bar that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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9.0
Based on 1737 reviews
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Vietnamese•San Francisco•$$$
Thanh Long Restaurant
Thanh Long Restaurant suits a night out when you want vietnamese that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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9.0
Based on 1676 reviews
165
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Mexican•San Francisco•$
SanJalisco Mexican Restaurant
SanJalisco Mexican Restaurant is the kind of mexican room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
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9.0
Based on 1624 reviews
166
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American•San Francisco•$
Delancey Street Restaurant
Delancey Street Restaurant is a american pick in San Francisco when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
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9.0
Based on 1602 reviews
167
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Sandwich Shop•San Francisco•$
Saigon Sandwich
Saigon Sandwich suits a night out when you want sandwich shop that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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9.0
Based on 1598 reviews
168
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Cocktail Bar•San Francisco•$$
Pagan Idol
Pagan Idol is a cocktail bar pick in San Francisco when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
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9.0
Based on 1554 reviews
169
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Japanese Izakaya•San Francisco•value
BIB GOURMAND
Rintaro
Rintaro occupies a particular position in San Francisco's Japanese dining landscape that most restaurants in the city avoid by design.
date nightdinnerjapanese
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9.0
Based on 1382 reviews
170
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Italian•Dogpatch•moderate
Piccino
Piccino is the kind of italian room in Dogpatch you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
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9.0
Based on 1381 reviews
171
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American•San Francisco•$$$$
Son and Garden
Some rooms whisper; Son and Garden shouts in florals.
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9.0
Based on 1344 reviews
172
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Cocktail Bar•San Francisco•$$
Trick Dog
Trick Dog is a cocktail bar pick in San Francisco when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
cocktaildate night
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9.0
Based on 1332 reviews
173
Ramen•San Francisco•$$
Taishoken Ramen
Taishoken Ramen is a ramen pick in San Francisco when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
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9.0
Based on 1303 reviews
174
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Seafood•San Francisco•moderate
MICHELIN ★
Angler
Angler arrived in 2018 trailing Joshua Skenes's Saison pedigree, and the Embarcadero room still earns its reputation: a hunter's-cabin-gone-Nordic space built around a live fire, where every plate is touched by flame and meant to be shared.
waterfrontdinnermichelin star
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9.0
Based on 1120 reviews
175
Bar•San Francisco•$$
ABV
ABV is a bar pick in San Francisco when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
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9.0
Based on 1120 reviews
176
Seafood•Marina•moderate
Pacific Catch
Pacific Catch has figured out something most Marina restaurants appear uninterested in solving: how to hold a casual register without letting it slide into carelessness.
dinnerdate night
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9.0
Based on 1106 reviews
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Steakhouse•San Francisco•$$$$
Alexander's Steakhouse
Alexander's Steakhouse in San Francisco is not attempting to be another white-tablecloth beef institution.
cocktailfine diningdate night
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9.0
Based on 1101 reviews
178
Greek•Fillmore•moderate
La Mediterranee
La Méditerranée on Fillmore has always projected a particular kind of self-knowledge, and that clarity is rarer than people admit.
dinnerdate night
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9.0
Based on 977 reviews
179
Korean•San Francisco•$$
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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9.0
Based on 951 reviews
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Italian•North Beach•moderate
Sodini's Trattoria
North Beach has a short memory for rooms that actually hold — places where the light feels intentional, where the pace doesn't rush you toward the check, where a neighborhood's specific gravity presses in from the street.
classicdinnerdate night
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9.0
Based on 926 reviews
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Vegan•San Francisco•$$
Cha-Ya
Cha-Ya suits a night out when you want vegan that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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9.0
Based on 924 reviews
182
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Cocktail Bar•San Francisco•$$$
True Laurel
True Laurel suits a night out when you want cocktail bar that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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9.0
Based on 868 reviews
183
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Steakhouse•San Francisco•$$$$
MICHELIN ★
Niku Steakhouse
Niku Steakhouse occupies the Design District behind a gold door, the kind of overture that can read as bluster or confidence.
michelin stardate night
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9.0
Based on 850 reviews
184
Cocktail Bar•San Francisco•$$$
The Alembic
The Alembic is a cocktail bar pick in San Francisco when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
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9.0
Based on 821 reviews
185
Vietnamese•San Francisco•$
Sai’s Vietnamese Restaurant & Bar
Sai’s Vietnamese Restaurant & Bar suits a night out when you want vietnamese that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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9.0
Based on 818 reviews
186
Mexican•San Francisco•$$
Puerto Alegre
Puerto Alegre is the kind of mexican room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
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9.0
Based on 817 reviews
187
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Filipino•San Francisco•$$
Señor Sisig (SF Mission)
Señor Sisig (SF Mission) is the kind of filipino room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
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9.0
Based on 783 reviews
188
Sushi•San Francisco•$$$$
Hakashi Japanese Sushi Bar & Grill
Hakashi Japanese Sushi Bar & Grill is a sushi pick in San Francisco when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
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9.0
Based on 778 reviews
189
Mediterranean•San Francisco•$$$$
Dalida Restaurant
Dalida Restaurant is the kind of mediterranean room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
cocktaildate night
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9.0
Based on 732 reviews
190
French•San Francisco•$$$
Bouche
Bouche is a french pick in San Francisco when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
cocktailfine diningwine bar
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9.0
Based on 728 reviews
191
Seafood•Embarcadero•moderate
Sisterita
Sisterita suits a night out in Embarcadero when you want seafood that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
waterfrontdinnerdate night
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9.0
Based on 726 reviews
192
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Ramen•San Francisco•$
Ramenwell
Ramenwell is the kind of ramen room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
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9.0
Based on 703 reviews
193
Bar•San Francisco•$$
Last Rites
Last Rites is the kind of bar room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
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9.0
Based on 700 reviews
194
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Vegan•San Francisco•$$
Judahlicious
Judahlicious suits a night out when you want vegan that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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9.0
Based on 691 reviews
195
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Korean•San Francisco•$$
Brothers Restaurant
Brothers Restaurant suits a night out when you want korean that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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9.0
Based on 685 reviews
196
Indian•San Francisco•$$
Ocean Indian Cuisine
Ocean Indian Cuisine suits a night out when you want indian that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
date night
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9.0
Based on 666 reviews
197
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Italian•San Francisco•$$$$
MAMA Oakland
MAMA Oakland is the kind of italian room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
wine barcocktaildate night
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9.0
Based on 651 reviews
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Californian•San Francisco•$$$
Sorrel
Sorrel suits a night out when you want californian that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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9.0
Based on 527 reviews
199
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Live Music Venue•San Francisco•$$
Peña Pachamama
Peña Pachamama suits a night out when you want live music venue that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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9.0
Based on 488 reviews
200
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Fine Dining•San Francisco•$$$
Ernest
Ernest suits a night out when you want fine dining restaurant that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
fine diningdate night
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9.0
Based on 469 reviews
201
Mexican•San Francisco•$$
XICA
XICA suits a night out when you want mexican that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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9.0
Based on 458 reviews
202
Japanese•San Francisco•$$
Wabi-Sabi SF at Soma
Wabi-Sabi SF at Soma is the kind of japanese room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
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9.0
Based on 451 reviews
203
Chinese•San Francisco•$$
Sohunan of Henry's Hunan
Sohunan of Henry's Hunan is the kind of chinese room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
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9.0
Based on 449 reviews
204
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Cocktail Bar•San Francisco•$$$$
Bar Sprezzatura
Bar Sprezzatura is a cocktail bar pick in San Francisco when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
cocktaildate night
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9.0
Based on 425 reviews
205
Steakhouse•San Francisco•$$$
Miller & Lux Restaurant
Miller & Lux Restaurant suits a night out when you want steakhouse that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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9.0
Based on 421 reviews
206
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Vegetarian•San Francisco•$$
Enjoy Vegetarian Restaurant
Enjoy Vegetarian Restaurant suits a night out when you want vegetarian that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
hidden gemdate night
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9.0
Based on 366 reviews
207
Mexican•San Francisco•$$
Buena Vida Cantina
Buena Vida Cantina suits a night out when you want mexican that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
cocktailhidden gemdate night
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9.0
Based on 364 reviews
208
Japanese•San Francisco•$$
Akira Japanese Restaurant
Akira Japanese Restaurant suits a night out when you want japanese that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
hidden gemdate night
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9.0
Based on 351 reviews
209
Wine Bar•San Francisco•moderate
Roaming Goat
What Roaming Goat is doing on Union Street is genuinely specific in a way that most wine bars in this city are not: it's tracing a geographic argument.
winedinnerdate night
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9.0
Based on 193 reviews
210
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Pub•San Francisco•$$$$
Bottle Club Pub
Bottle Club Pub is a pub pick in San Francisco when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
pubcocktailhidden gem
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9.0
Based on 181 reviews
211
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Cocktail Bar•San Francisco•$$$$
ZOË
ZOË is a cocktail bar pick in San Francisco when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
cocktaillate nighthidden gem
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9.0
Based on 179 reviews
212
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Restaurant•San Francisco•$$$$
Equal Parts SF
Equal Parts SF is a restaurant pick in San Francisco when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
hidden gemdate night
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9.0
Based on 123 reviews
213
Contemporary•Hayes Valley•moderate
bosque
bosque is a contemporary pick in Hayes Valley in San Francisco when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
date nightdinnerstylish
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9.0
Based on 92 reviews
214
Contemporary•Dogpatch•moderate
Bar Piccino
Bar Piccino is the kind of contemporary room in Dogpatch you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more. Delta Asparagus and Kampachi Crudo also give you a decent sense of the menu.
cooldinnerdate night
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9.0
Based on 42 reviews
215
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Seafood•Embarcadero•moderate
Pier Market Seafood Restaurant
Pier Market Seafood Restaurant is a seafood pick in Embarcadero in San Francisco when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
waterfrontdinnerdate night
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8.8
Based on 8541 reviews
216
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Bar and Grill•San Francisco•$$$
John's Grill
John's Grill suits a night out when you want bar and grill that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
cocktaillate nightdate night
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8.8
Based on 4716 reviews
217
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Seafood•Embarcadero•moderate
EPIC Steak
EPIC Steak occupies a corner of the Embarcadero that San Francisco seems to have designed specifically for the purpose — the Bay Bridge framing the windows, the water moving below, the room angled so that the view becomes the architectur…
waterfrontdinnerdate night
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8.8
Based on 2991 reviews
218
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American•Potrero Hill•moderate
Plow
Plow is not trying to reinvent brunch — it is brunch, in the way that a certain kind of Saturday morning actually feels rather than the Instagram-optimized version.
dinnerdate night
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8.8
Based on 2868 reviews
219
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Seafood•Embarcadero•moderate
Coqueta
Coqueta does something the Embarcadero corridor almost never manages: it makes the waterfront feel genuinely Spanish rather than tourist-adjacent.
waterfrontdinnerdate night
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8.8
Based on 2817 reviews
220
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Seafood•Dogpatch•moderate
Mission Rock Resort
Mission Rock Resort is a seafood pick in Dogpatch in San Francisco when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
cooldinnerdate night
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8.8
Based on 2162 reviews
221
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Japanese•San Francisco•moderate
Ryoko's Japanese Restaurant & Bar
Ryoko's Japanese Restaurant & Bar is a japanese pick in San Francisco when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
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8.8
Based on 2076 reviews
222
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Vegetarian•Marina•moderate
Greens Restaurant
Greens has been doing something quietly radical in the Marina for decades: insisting that vegetarian food deserves the same architectural seriousness as the room it's served in.
dinnerdate night
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8.8
Based on 2002 reviews
223
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French•Hayes Valley•moderate
Absinthe Brasserie & Bar
Hayes Valley has a way of making a night feel curated, and Absinthe — open since 1998, which in San Francisco years is practically ancestral — leans into that with a room built to be remembered.
date nightdinnerstylish
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8.8
Based on 1802 reviews
224
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Japanese•San Francisco•$$$
Ozumo San Francisco
Ozumo San Francisco is the kind of japanese room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
fine diningdate night
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8.8
Based on 1673 reviews
225
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Italian•Marina•moderate
Delarosa Marina
Delarosa Marina is a italian pick in Marina in San Francisco when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
dinnerdate night
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8.8
Based on 1554 reviews
226
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Sushi•San Francisco•$$$$
PABU Izakaya
PABU Izakaya is the kind of sushi room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
date night
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8.8
Based on 1491 reviews
227
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Seafood•Fillmore•moderate
Woodhouse Fish Co.
Woodhouse Fish Co. is the kind of seafood room in Fillmore you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
dinnerdate night
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8.8
Based on 1487 reviews
228
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Mediterranean•San Francisco•$$$
Barcha Restaurant
Barcha Restaurant is the kind of mediterranean room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
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8.8
Based on 1476 reviews
229
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Thai•Marina•moderate
Blackwood
Blackwood is the kind of thai room in Marina you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
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8.8
Based on 1438 reviews
230
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Mexican•Hayes Valley•moderate
Papito Hayes
Hayes Valley has a way of making you feel like you stumbled into the city's better instincts, and Papito Hayes — open since 2014 on a block that pulls a pre-symphony crowd alongside neighborhood regulars — appears to lean into that quietly.
date nightdinnerstylish
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8.8
Based on 1293 reviews
231
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Fine Dining•San Francisco•$$$
The Cavalier
The Cavalier is the kind of fine dining restaurant room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
fine diningdate night
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8.8
Based on 1058 reviews
232
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American•San Francisco•$$$
Prospect
Prospect is the kind of american room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
date night
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8.8
Based on 1018 reviews
233
Peruvian•Potrero Hill•moderate
Mochica
Mochica is a peruvian pick in Potrero Hill in San Francisco when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
dinnerdate night
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8.8
Based on 996 reviews
234
Italian•North Beach•moderate
North Beach Restaurant
North Beach Restaurant is a italian pick in North Beach in San Francisco when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
classicdinnerdate night
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8.8
Based on 853 reviews
235
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Seafood•San Francisco•$$$$
Osso Steakhouse
Osso Steakhouse is the kind of seafood room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
cocktailfine diningwine bar
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8.8
Based on 826 reviews
236
Japanese•San Francisco•moderate
AKIKOS
AKIKOS is the kind of japanese room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
sushidinnerdate night
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8.8
Based on 805 reviews
237
Seafood•San Francisco•$$$
Sam's Grill & Seafood Restaurant
Sam's Grill & Seafood Restaurant is the kind of seafood room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
date night
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8.8
Based on 796 reviews
238
Vietnamese•San Francisco•$$$
Gao Viet Kitchen & Bar
Gao Viet Kitchen & Bar is a vietnamese pick in San Francisco when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
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8.8
Based on 460 reviews
239
Brunch•Dogpatch•moderate
The Palm Court at RH San Francisco
The Palm Court at RH San Francisco suits a night out in Dogpatch when you want contemporary that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
cooldinnerdate night
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8.8
Based on 450 reviews
240
American•San Francisco•$$$
The Big Four
The Big Four is a american pick in San Francisco when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
hidden gemdate night
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8.8
Based on 358 reviews
241
Italian•Potrero Hill•moderate
La Connessa
La Connessa is the kind of italian room in Potrero Hill you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
dinnerdate night
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8.8
Based on 284 reviews
242
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Seafood•San Francisco•$$$
Crab House at Pier 39
Crab House at Pier 39 suits a night out when you want seafood that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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8.6
Based on 4907 reviews
243
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Californian•San Francisco•$$$
Zuni Café
Zuni Café has occupied its Market Street corner for more than four decades, and the dish that defines it — the whole roasted chicken for two — is as responsible for that reputation as anything else on the menu.
wine barcocktaildate night
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8.6
Based on 2590 reviews
244
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Italian•North Beach•moderate
Mona Lisa Restaurant
Mona Lisa Restaurant is a italian pick in North Beach in San Francisco when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
classicdinnerdate night
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8.6
Based on 2392 reviews
245
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Italian•Hayes Valley•moderate
a Mano
a Mano is the kind of italian room in Hayes Valley you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
date nightdinnerstylish
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8.6
Based on 2289 reviews
246
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Seafood•Dogpatch•moderate
The Ramp Restaurant
The Ramp sits at the edge of Dogpatch in a way that requires a little geographic commitment — and that commitment is the point.
cooldinnerdate night
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8.6
Based on 2044 reviews
247
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Dim Sum•San Francisco•$$$
Yank Sing
Yank Sing is a dim sum pick in San Francisco when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
date night
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8.6
Based on 1899 reviews
248
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Dim Sum•San Francisco•$$$
BIB GOURMAND
Yank Sing (Spear St.)
Yank Sing has spent decades arguing that dim sum deserves more than a hurried Chinatown stool, and the Spear Street room—tucked inside Rincon Center's converted post office, with its grand atrium—makes the case without pretending to eleg…
chinesebib gourmanddate night
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8.6
Based on 1764 reviews
249
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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
250
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Mexican•Mission District•value
Bottega
Bottega is the kind of mexican room in Mission District you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more. Burrata alla Caprese and Polpette al Sugo also give you a decent sense of the menu.
date nightdinnermexican
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8.6
Based on 1120 reviews
251
American•San Francisco•$$$
ROOFTOP 25
ROOFTOP 25 suits a night out when you want american that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
date night
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8.6
Based on 1112 reviews
252
Italian•Hayes Valley•moderate
Doppio Zero San Francisco
Doppio Zero San Francisco is a italian pick in Hayes Valley in San Francisco when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
date nightdinnerstylish
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8.6
Based on 1067 reviews
253
Indian•Fillmore•moderate
Copra
Copra is a indian pick in Fillmore in San Francisco when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
dinnerdate night
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8.6
Based on 1058 reviews
254
Japanese•San Francisco•$$$
Akiko's Sushi Bar
Akiko's Sushi Bar suits a night out when you want japanese that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
date night
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8.6
Based on 1043 reviews
255
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Seafood•Embarcadero•moderate
Sens
Sens occupies a stretch of the Embarcadero with the unhurried confidence of a mid-priced seafood room that has decided, correctly, not to compete with the view so much as extend it.
waterfrontdinnerdate night
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8.6
Based on 982 reviews
256
Steakhouse•San Francisco•$$$$
Mastro's Steakhouse
Mastro's Steakhouse suits a night out when you want steakhouse that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
fine diningdate night
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8.6
Based on 949 reviews
257
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American•Marina•moderate
Causwells
Causwells is a american pick in Marina in San Francisco when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
dinnerdate night
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8.6
Based on 945 reviews
258
Californian•Pacific Heights•splurge
Palm House
Palm House operates on a principle that most San Francisco restaurants overlook entirely: the room is the argument.
upscaledinnerdate night
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8.6
Based on 921 reviews
259
Steakhouse•San Francisco•$$$
Izzy's Steaks & Chops
Izzy's Steaks & Chops suits a night out when you want steakhouse that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
cocktaildate night
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8.6
Based on 858 reviews
260
Italian•Fillmore•moderate
The Tailor's Son
The Tailor's Son suits a night out in Fillmore when you want italian that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
dinnerdate night
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8.6
Based on 455 reviews
261
French•San Francisco•$$$
Le Central
Le Central is the kind of french room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
cocktaildate night
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8.6
Based on 409 reviews
262
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Seafood•San Francisco•$$$
Franciscan Crab Restaurant
Franciscan Crab Restaurant suits a night out when you want seafood that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
date night
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8.4
Based on 5320 reviews
263
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Italian•North Beach•moderate
The Stinking Rose
The Stinking Rose is the kind of italian room in North Beach you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
classicdinnerdate night
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8.4
Based on 4591 reviews
264
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Thai•San Francisco•value
MICHELIN ★
Kin Khao
Kin Khao occupies a quietly subversive position in San Francisco's dining landscape: a Michelin-recognized Thai kitchen operating out of a hotel lobby off Union Square, a neighborhood where the gravitational pull toward safe, tourist-fac…
spicydinnermichelin star
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8.4
Based on 2140 reviews
265
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Steakhouse•San Francisco•$$$$
Morton's The Steakhouse
Morton's The Steakhouse suits a night out when you want steakhouse that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
date night
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8.4
Based on 2074 reviews
266
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Steakhouse•San Francisco•$$$
McCormick & Kuletos Seafood & Steaks
McCormick & Kuletos Seafood & Steaks is a steakhouse pick in San Francisco when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
date night
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8.4
Based on 1991 reviews
267
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Indian•San Francisco•$$$
ROOH SF
ROOH SF is the kind of indian room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
brunchcocktailfine dining
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8.4
Based on 1947 reviews
268
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Italian•San Francisco•moderate
BIB GOURMAND
A16
A16 has occupied the same stretch of Chestnut Street since 2004, which in San Francisco restaurant terms is a form of argument in itself.
dinneritalianwine bar
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8.4
Based on 1383 reviews
269
Italian•Marina•moderate
Little Original Joe's
Little Original Joe's is a italian pick in Marina in San Francisco when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
dinnerdate night
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8.4
Based on 418 reviews
270
Italian•Fillmore•moderate
Jackson Fillmore Trattoria
Jackson Fillmore Trattoria suits a night out in Fillmore when you want italian that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
dinnerdate night
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8.4
Based on 322 reviews
271
Seafood•Pacific Heights•splurge
little shucker
Little Shucker has a clarity of purpose that most Pacific Heights spots spend years fumbling toward and never find.
upscaledinnerdate night
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8.4
Based on 268 reviews
272
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Seafood•Embarcadero•moderate
Terrene
Terrene is a seafood pick in Embarcadero in San Francisco when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
waterfrontdinnerdate night
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8.4
Based on 219 reviews
273
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Indian•San Francisco•$$$
Amber India Restaurant
Amber India Restaurant is the kind of indian room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
cocktaildate night
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8.2
Based on 2086 reviews
274
French•Pacific Heights•splurge
Chouquet's
Chouquet's is the kind of french room in Pacific Heights you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
upscaledinnerdate night
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8.2
Based on 715 reviews
275
Global•Fillmore•moderate
Wilder
Wilder arrived in the Fillmore with the kind of low-key assurance that tends to outlast louder openings.
dinnerdate night
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8.2
Based on 155 reviews
276
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Brunch•San Francisco•$$$
MICHELIN ★
Hilda and Jesse
Brunch rarely auditions for a Michelin star, but Hilda and Jesse — the North Beach room from Rachel Sillcocks and Ollie K.C.
brunchmichelin stardate night
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8.0
Based on 551 reviews
277
American•Hayes Valley•moderate
Hazie's
Hayes Valley has been short on rooms that hold their shape at night — Hazie's, landing on Patricia's Green, appears to be one of the exceptions.
date nightdinnerstylish
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8.0
Based on 389 reviews
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