Best Restaurants in San Francisco: A Hand-Picked Google Maps List

Some of the best restaurants in San Francisco

• Atelier CrennCow HollowDominique Crenn's three-Michelin-star poetic French tasting menu — the first restaurant in the US led by a woman to hold three stars.
• BenuSoMaCorey Lee's three-Michelin-star modern Asian tasting menu, best known for its faux shark's fin dumpling.
• QuinceFinancial DistrictMichael Tusk's three-Michelin-star Cal-Italian dining room — arguably the best fine dining in San Francisco for a special occasion.
• Lazy BearMissionA two-Michelin-star American 'dinner party' served communally at long tables — book well ahead.
• AcquerelloNob HillA converted chapel serving two-Michelin-star Italian cooking, with one of the city's deepest wine lists.
• Mister Jiu'sChinatownBrandon Jew's one-Michelin-star modern Chinese cooking in a restored Chinatown banquet hall.
• State Bird ProvisionsWestern AdditionDim-sum-style carts of Californian small plates — the James Beard Best New Restaurant that kicked off SF's small-plates wave.
• Ju-NiHayes ValleyA twelve-seat omakase counter where each pair of guests gets their own sushi chef; one Michelin star.
• NiseiRussian HillDavid Yoshimura's one-Michelin-star Japanese-American tasting menu, a modern take on washoku.
• Kin KhaoTenderloinA no-frills room turning out fiery, one-Michelin-star Thai cooking built on California produce.
• CaliforniosSoMaA two-Michelin-star modern Mexican tasting menu — one of very few Mexican restaurants anywhere to hold two stars.
• Swan Oyster DepotNob HillA century-old marble counter for oysters and Dungeness crab — a James Beard America's Classic and pure old San Francisco.

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• All 84 restaurants hand-picked into one ready-to-save Google Maps list for San Francisco
• Every place is checked as currently open — no closed restaurants, no filler
• The best restaurants in the San Francisco Bay Area, from three-Michelin-star Atelier Crenn to Benu and Quince
• Some of the coolest restaurants in San Francisco, spanning SoMa, the Mission and Nob Hill
• Local classics like Swan Oyster Depot sit alongside State Bird Provisions and Mister Jiu's
• Recommended spots across Chinese, Thai, Mexican, sushi and California cooking

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How this list was made

This isn't an algorithmic scrape. Every spot was hand-picked by people who actually live, eat and travel in San Francisco, then cross-referenced with respected local guides and recent press. We add and remove places as the scene shifts, so the list keeps reflecting what's genuinely worth your time today.

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The best restaurants in San Francisco, hand-picked into one Google Maps list — Michelin tasting menus, sushi bars and local classics, ready to save.

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