Photo: Atelier Crenn / GoogleThe Best French in San Francisco
What is the best french in San Francisco?
By consensus across 3 independent sources, Atelier Crenn, O' by Claude Le Tohic, Chapeau! lead the french ranking in San Francisco.
How the consensus ranking works →The ranking
Atelier CrennⓘWhere it’s ranked
MICHELIN · ★ · Infatuation #5
Your menu arrives as a custom poem, and the whimsical, mostly-seafood tasting runs to steamed crab on squid-ink pain de mie — Dominique Crenn's three-star flagship.
O' by Claude Le TohicⓘWhere it’s ranked
MICHELIN · Rec · Eater #3 · Infatuation #11
Butter shaved tableside from an imported five-pound cylinder, seafood and vegetable-forward tasting plates, and a mignardises cart to raid for dessert, atop ONE65.
Chapeau!ⓘWhere it’s ranked
Eater #6 · Infatuation
Ratatouille with cubes of fried polenta and cooking soaked in enough butter to wallpaper the building — a cozy Richmond room that channels a neighbor's dining room.
RoutierⓘWhere it’s ranked
Eater #5 · Infatuation #8
Chicken liver mousse with the texture of gelato, spread over crispy-chewy toasted multigrain — the dish this refined neighborhood bistro is built around.
EsmeⓘWhere it’s ranked
Infatuation #1
Crispy-skinned, impossibly juicy roast chicken and seared halloumi topped with grilled peaches at peak ripeness — market-led California-French in NoPa.
MijotéⓘWhere it’s ranked
Infatuation #3 · Eater #10
The four-course menu is scrapped and rewritten every week — $84 of rich French cooking that won't leave you feeling like you inhaled a stick of butter.
VerjusⓘWhere it’s ranked
Infatuation #2
Under a glossy red ceiling and drippy flickering candles, a silky Boursin omelette and pâté en croûte from the Quince team's wine cave.
L'Ardoise BistroⓘWhere it’s ranked
Infatuation #7 · Eater #8
Behind heavy velvet curtains, coq au vin and steak frites arrive with a potato purée so smooth you could ice skate on it.
CachéⓘWhere it’s ranked
Infatuation #4
Flaky skate in a buttery grenobloise and a 'surf and turf' of beef carpaccio and oyster — this tiny Inner Sunset room's whole thing is seafood.
ZazieⓘWhere it’s ranked
Eater #9 · Infatuation #16
The Cole Valley bistro swarmed by weekend brunch crowds turns even more French at dinner — poulet français, salmon piallat, and a heated patio.
GalinetteⓘWhere it’s ranked
Eater #11 · Infatuation #15
Two blocks from the ocean, this walk-in-only bistro plates bourride with squid and mussels, duck confit croquettes, and proper steak frites.
Le CentralⓘWhere it’s ranked
Infatuation #17
The cassoulet has been simmering for nearly 18,000 days at this old-school brasserie, alongside escargot de bourgogne and steak frites.