Best fine Restaurants in San Francisco : 24 Picks for 2026

Fine Dining•San Francisco•$$$$

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Kiln

Kiln arrives with a decade's worth of intentionality behind it.

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American•San Francisco•value

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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…

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9.4

Based on 1178 reviews

Mexican•San Francisco•moderate

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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…

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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.

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Korean•San Francisco•$$$$

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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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French•San Francisco•splurge

Gary Danko

Gary Danko has held a Michelin star and occupied a near-permanent position on San Francisco's special-occasion shortlist for over two decades — a tenure that, in a city prone to reinvention, is its own form of argument.

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9.2

Based on 2126 reviews

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ONE65 San Francisco

ONE65 San Francisco is a french restaurant in San Francisco that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.

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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…

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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.

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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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American•San Francisco•$$$$

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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…

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Japanese•San Francisco•$$$$

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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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French•San Francisco•$$$$

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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.

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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.

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9.0

Based on 1101 reviews

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French•San Francisco•$$$

Bouche

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

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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.

Japanese•San Francisco•$$$

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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.

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8.8

Based on 1673 reviews

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.

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8.8

Based on 1058 reviews

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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.

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Californian•San Francisco•$$$$

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7 Adams

7 Adams makes a clear argument: that a Michelin star and a working Californian's budget needn't be mutually exclusive.

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Mastro's Steakhouse

Mastro's Steakhouse suits a night out when you want steakhouse that feels grown-up without getting stiff.

Filipino•San Francisco•$$

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Abacá

Abacá is a sensible filipino call in San Francisco when you want something that usually lands well.

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Indian•San Francisco•$$

North India

North India is a indian restaurant in San Francisco that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.

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8.4

Based on 3306 reviews