Where to Find the Best of the Luxurious Gastronomy in San Francisco?

San Francisco's food scene is defined by an unwavering commitment to ingredients — a city where the farm-to-table movement found its spiritual home and where the proximity of Pacific waters, Napa vineyards, and Central Valley farms creates a kitchen of extraordinary natural abundance. The sourdough tradition, born during the Gold Rush, continues to thrive alongside the city's celebrated seafood at Fisherman's Wharf, its innovative Asian fusion cuisine in the Richmond and Sunset districts, and the pioneering restaurants that helped define California cuisine as a global culinary philosophy.

Our reviews cover San Francisco's remarkable food landscape: the acclaimed restaurants of the Mission and Hayes Valley where seasonal tasting menus showcase Northern California's bounty, the dim sum houses and noodle shops of Chinatown — the oldest in North America — the innovative Japanese-Californian kitchens of Japantown, and the waterfront restaurants where Dungeness crab and Pacific oysters are served with bay views. Each review reflects the city's values of sustainability, creativity, and respect for provenance.

Whether you seek a multi-course dinner from a James Beard Award-winning chef, a perfect cioppino at a historic wharf restaurant, or the city's best bao and xiao long bao, our curated selection guides you through San Francisco's food scene with the same passion for quality that defines this remarkable culinary city. Discover why the Bay Area continues to shape how the world thinks about food.