These 8 on the map
The 8 restaurants on this page, pinned where they actually are. Tap a marker to see which one it is — all 20 are on the map in the Whosly app.
8 of the 20
Mister Jiu's
ChinatownChinese restaurant$$$$Brandon Jew cooks Chinese banquet food with California produce in a restored Chinatown banquet hall. The hot and sour soup rewrites the dish.
R & G Lounge
ChinatownCantonese restaurant$$The salt and pepper Dungeness crab has been ordered by nearly every table since 1985. Get a whole one and ask for extra napkins.
Z & Y Restaurant
ChinatownSichuan restaurant$$Serious Sichuan on Jackson Street — chili-oil wontons, fish in flaming chili broth, and numbing heat that nobody offers to dial down.
Good Mong Kok Bakery
ChinatownDim sum bakery$A counter, a permanent line, and a box of har gow for a few dollars. Cash only, no seats — eat it in Portsmouth Square.
Dragon Beaux
Outer RichmondDim sum & Cantonese restaurant$$$Hong Kong dim sum with a modern streak — five-colour soup dumplings, roast meats, and a dining room that stays cheerfully loud.
Jū-Ni
NoPaJapanese sushi bar$$$$Twelve seats, one chef per four guests, and a nigiri omakase that has quietly stayed among the country's best for years.
Burma Superstar
Inner RichmondBurmese restaurant$$The tea leaf salad, tossed at your table, has been the city's introduction to Burmese food since 1992.
Lers Ros
TenderloinThai restaurant$$The full Thai menu, including everything most kitchens leave off it — wild boar, frog, and a boat noodle soup worth the trip alone.
The other 12
The 20 are spread across 14 neighborhoods. Chinatown (4), Japantown (2), Outer Richmond (2) and Tenderloin (2) have the most; Central Sunset, Dogpatch, Fillmore, Hayes Valley, Inner Richmond, Inner Sunset, Mission, NoPa, Outer Sunset and SoMa have one each.
+12 more in the app
Dry-fried chicken wings worth an hour-long wait in the Inner Sunset, a hinoki-wood izakaya the chef built by hand, omakase with the price on the wall and hip-hop on the speakers, Gujarati thalis in an art warehouse, halal cumin lamb out on Vicente, and more.
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For more of Chinatown, see the best bakeries and coffee in San Francisco.
Common questions
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Where can I see all 20?
All 20, on your own map
This page is 8 of them. The San Francisco Asian pack in Whosly has all 20 — add it and every one drops onto your map, ready to save, rate and turn into a plan your friends RSVP to from a text, no app needed to answer. The pack is included with Planner Pro.
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