The full ranking
One of America's great dining cities, from three-Michelin-star tasting counters to Mission izakayas and Chinatown banquet halls. These are the best restaurants in San Francisco, by the consensus of its critics, its rating platforms, and its diners.
Californios (SoMa)
Chef Val Cantu's two-Michelin-star tasting-menu room reimagines Mexican fine dining through a luxe Californian lens, from masa milled with heirloom corn to caviar-topped tostadas. Elegant and personal, with the highest review scores of SF's fine-dining canon.
Acquerello (Nob Hill)
A Nob Hill institution in a former chapel, holding two Michelin stars for Suzette Gresham's refined Italian cooking and one of the city's deepest wine cellars. The Parmesan budino is a decades-old signature.
Atelier Crenn (Cow Hollow)
Dominique Crenn's three-Michelin-star Cow Hollow flagship serves a poetic seafood-and-vegetable tasting menu presented as a written verse. It made Crenn the first female chef in the U.S. to earn three stars.
Lazy Bear (Mission)
A Michelin-starred 'dinner party' in the Mission where guests gather at communal tables for David Barzelay's playful, ingredient-driven multi-course menu. The kitchen even hands out pencils and notebooks for the courses.
Sons & Daughters (Mission)
A Michelin-starred tasting-menu restaurant, newly roomier after moving to a larger Mission space, known for hyper-seasonal, foraged-leaning Northern California cooking. Two dozen intricate courses make it a true special-occasion splurge.
Benu (SoMa)
Corey Lee's three-Michelin-star SoMa restaurant fuses Korean and Chinese tradition with French precision, anchored by its legendary faux shark-fin soup. A pillar of American fine dining for over a decade.
Quince (Jackson Square)
Michael and Lindsay Tusk's three-Michelin-star Jackson Square flagship pairs refined Californian-Italian tasting menus with a grand, art-filled room. The most formal of San Francisco's fine-dining temples.
Birdsong (SoMa)
A Michelin-starred SoMa restaurant built around live-fire, Pacific-Northwest-inspired cooking from chef Chris Bleidorn, served in a dramatic dark-timber room. Smoke and deep seasonality define every course.
San Ho Won (Mission)
Corey Lee and Jeong-In Hwang's Michelin-starred Korean barbecue and banchan restaurant in the Mission, a more relaxed counterpart to Benu built on charcoal-grilled meats and house-made jang. One of the hardest tables in town.
Nari (Japantown)
Pim Techamuanvivit's Michelin-starred Thai restaurant inside Japantown's Hotel Kabuki presents bold, regional Thai cooking through a California fine-dining lens. Dishes like tamarind-glazed veal sweetbreads have drawn national acclaim.
Ranked across 5 sources: MICHELIN Guide California 2026 · San Francisco (starred spots, by star rating); The Infatuation · 25 Best Restaurants in SF (2026, unordered roundup); Resy · Top Restaurants in San Francisco Right Now (June 2026, unordered); Yelp · Ranked by Rating (June 2026); Google Reviews · Ranked by Rating (June 2026). Full scoring is on the Methodology tab above.
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