Top 10:

Restaurants in San Francisco

    • Zuni Café - San Francisco
      • 1. Zuni Café

      • Zuni Café's expanse of windows overlooking Market Street gives the place a sense of space despite the fact that it's always packed. For the full...

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        • Cuisines:
        • French
        • Italian
        • Mediterranean
        • Hamburgers
        • Californian
        • European
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    • Restaurant Gary Danko - San Francisco
      • 2. Restaurant Gary Danko

      • James Beard Award-winning chef Gary Danko presides over my top pick for fine dining. Eschewing the white-glove formality of yesteryear's fine dining,...

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        • Cuisines:
        • American
        • French
        • Californian
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    • Bar Agricole - San Francisco
      • 3. Bar Agricole

      • Inconspicuously located on an industrial block of SOMA, surrounded by bars and clubs, Bar Agricole quietly carves out its existence as a modern... read more
        • Cuisines:
        • Californian
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    • Starbelly - San Francisco
      • 4. Starbelly

      • Starbelly is a casual Castro neighborhood café serving California comfort food and creative beer and wine-based drinks. Expect a laid back atmosphere... read more
        • Cuisines:
        • Californian
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    • Boulevard - San Francisco
      • 5. Boulevard

      • Master restaurant designer Pat Kuleto and chef Nancy Oakes are behind one of San Francisco's most beloved restaurants. Inside, the dramatically...

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        • Cuisines:
        • American
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    • Delfina - San Francisco
      • 6. Delfina

      • Unpretentious warehouse-chic atmosphere, reasonable prices, and chef/co-owner Craig Stoll's superb seasonal Italian cuisine have made this family-owned...

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        • Cuisines:
        • Italian
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    • La Mar Cebicheria Peruana - San Francisco
      • 7. La Mar Cebicheria Peruana

      • Inspired on the thousands of cebicherias found throughout Peru, La Mar Cebicheri­a Peruana, was created as an attempt to globalize and enshrine... read more
        • Cuisines:
        • Latin American
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    • NOPA - San Francisco
      • 8. NOPA

      • Soaring ceilings, funky walls with cartoonish murals of San Francisco and a jovial din set the stage at this buzzing restaurant. Diners in possession... read more
        • Cuisines:
        • Mediterranean
        • Californian
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    • Slanted Door - San Francisco
      • 9. Slanted Door

      • Many say the best restaurant in San Francisco is the Slanted Door. While the food is famous in its own right, the prime location - inside the historic... read more
        • Cuisines:
        • Asian
        • Vietnamese
        • Pan-Asian & Pacific Rim
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    • Burma Superstar - San Francisco
      • 10. Burma Superstar

      • Despite its gratuitous name, this basic dining room garners two-star status by offering exceptional Burmese food at rock-bottom prices. Unfortunately,...

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        • Cuisines:
        • Asian
        • Chinese
        • Pan-Asian & Pacific Rim
        • Local Traditional
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  • The Best of NileGuide
  • San Francisco is one of the top foodie destinations in the United States, if not the world. From fresh seafood to authentic Italian to Californian haute cuisine, a trip to San Francisco gives tourists a satisfied palate paired with an expanding waistband.

    Experience the best California cuisine at local favorites Zuni Cafe or Nopa. Both have fantastic, lofty spaces, as well as excellent wine pairings. Be forewarned, the infamous burger is only served during Zuni's lunch or brunch, or wait the extra time at dinner for its world-renowned roast chicken. Zuni is also the perfect place to slurp down some oysters while drinking champagne. Fab!

    Try for a table at Delfina, the Italian trattoria that single-handedly started the Mission's gourmet ghetto renaissance back in 1998. Pizzas are ridiculously good and the waitstaff is ridiculously hip and in-the-know.

    Relative newcomers Starbelly, Bar Agricole, and La Mar fit in with ease amongst the more infamous restaurants on this list. The focus at Starbelly is laid back comfort food. On Tuesdays in the summer, they host family-style "Patio Picnics" where you can dive into a whole roasted pig or Santa Maria tri-tip among other goodies. Bar Agricole has a modern, unassuming space in SOMA and a changing menu of fresh, local ingredients. The sheep's milk ricotta gnocchi and the short ribs are melt-in-your-mouth amazing. La Mar is the place for fish Peruvian-style. Tangy ceviche is just one of the delicious options you'll have to decide between. It's par for the course that all three establishments serve up ingenious cocktails and excellent wine and brews.

    A Top 10 list of San Francisco's restaurants would not be doing the city justice without a healthy dose of the incredible ethnic fare available here. Taste a Vietnamese revolution at Charles Phan's Slanted Door in the Ferry Building, and head to the Inner Richmond for the inexpensive flavor explosions at Burma Superstar, it's worth the trip.

    Tried and true favorites Boulevard and Gary Danko continue to deliver multi-course feasts and an overall unmatched dining experience. Best for special occasions, dining at either will be memorable.

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