Photo: Mister Jiu's / GoogleThe Best Chinese in San Francisco
What is the best chinese in San Francisco?
By consensus across 4 independent sources, Mister Jiu's, Z & Y Restaurant, Four Kings lead the chinese ranking in San Francisco.
How the consensus ranking works →The ranking
Mister Jiu'sⓘWhere it’s ranked
MICHELIN · ★ · Eater · Infatuation
Brandon Jew remixes Chinatown banquet tradition into uni cheong fun and lacquered Peking duck, served in a glamorous room above a historic hall.
Z & Y RestaurantⓘWhere it’s ranked
MICHELIN · Bib · Eater · Infatuation
The fish filet swims in a blood-red slick of chili oil that turns your mouth numbing on the first bite — order it with the mapo tofu and pace yourself.
Four KingsⓘWhere it’s ranked
MICHELIN · Rec · Eater · Infatuation
Crispy-skinned dry-aged squab and claypot rice crowned with Chinese sausage, bacon, and a glistening egg yolk, all while '90s Canto-Pop blasts through a ten-seat room.
San TungⓘWhere it’s ranked
Eater · Infatuation · SF Standard
The dry-fried chicken wings come lacquered in a spicy-sweet glaze you'll want to lick off the bones — a quintessential Sunset ritual worth the line.
Yuanbao JiaoziⓘWhere it’s ranked
Eater · Infatuation · SF Standard
Boiled pork-and-napa dumplings with pudgy creases arrive by the dozen — come to break your personal record, then chase them with dan dan noodles.
Chong Qing Xiao MianⓘWhere it’s ranked
Eater · Infatuation
Nutty, numbing dan dan noodles give you a steam facial over the bowl — the casual weeknight cure, best paired with the spicy beef soup.
Hakka RestaurantⓘWhere it’s ranked
Eater · Infatuation
One of the city's few Hakka kitchens, plating basil-heavy clams and sliced pork belly over fermented greens in family-style portions like a snug sweater.
Old Mandarin Islamic RestaurantⓘWhere it’s ranked
Eater · Infatuation
The entire Northern Chinese menu is halal and lamb is the show-stopper — cumin-scented lamb dumplings and lamb stir-fried with crunchy water chestnuts.
Z&Y Peking DuckⓘWhere it’s ranked
Eater · Infatuation
The Peking duck is carved tableside under a spotlight with Olympic-ceremony flourish, arriving gleaming and tender beside a mound of fiery red chilis.
House of PancakesⓘWhere it’s ranked
SF Standard · Infatuation
Everything on the menu runs $12.95 or less, from hand-pulled lamb noodle soup to a beef roll wrapped in a thick, almost-American sesame pancake.
R&G LoungeⓘWhere it’s ranked
Infatuation
The salt-and-pepper Dungeness crab is the reason to climb the stairs at this 1985 Cantonese seafood institution built for banquets and birthdays.
SpicesⓘWhere it’s ranked
SF Standard
Explosive chile wings and fried fish surface from a flaming red slick of oil, with sizzling cumin lamb close behind at this Richmond Szechuan haunt.