Top 100 Restaurants in the Bay Area in 2026
San Francisco Chronicle · 2026 · 100 restaurants. Read the original list.
Restaurants on this list
- 3 Bottled Fish — Glenview, Oakland
- Alem’s Coffee — Rockridge, Oakland
- Atelier Crenn — Cow Hollow, San Francisco
- Azalina's — Tenderloin, San Francisco
- Aziza — Outer Richmond, San Francisco
- Benu — SoMa, San Francisco
- Bo Ne Phu Yen — East San Jose, San Jose
- Bombera — Dimond District, Oakland
- Breadbelly — Inner Richmond, San Francisco
- Burdell — Temescal, Oakland
- Cafe Colucci — Temescal, Oakland
- Californios — SoMa, San Francisco
- Capital — Chinatown, San Francisco
- Copra — Fillmore, San Francisco
- Cotogna — Jackson Square, San Francisco
- Cultured Pickle Shop — Southside, Berkeley
- Cyrus — Geyserville
- Dalida — Presidio, San Francisco
- Delfina — Mission, San Francisco
- El Molino Central — Boyes Hot Springs, Sonoma
- Enclos — Downtown, Sonoma
- Ernest — Mission District, San Francisco
- Eylan — Menlo Park
- Fikscue — Park Street, Alameda
- Flour + Water — Mission District, San Francisco
- Four Kings — Chinatown, San Francisco
- Friends Only — Nob Hill, San Francisco
- Fù Huì Huá — Mission District, San Francisco
- Goodtime Bar — Downtown, San Jose
- Hilda and Jesse — North Beach, San Francisco
- House of Prime Rib — Nob Hill, San Francisco
- Ippuku — Downtown Berkeley, Berkeley
- Itria — Mission District, San Francisco
- Joodooboo — Longfellow, Oakland
- Jubba — Blossom Valley, San Jose
- Jules — Lower Haight, San Francisco
- Keeku da Dhaba — Irvington, Fremont
- Kin Khao — Union Square, San Francisco
- Kitchen Istanbul — Inner Richmond, San Francisco
- Kunjip — Santa Clara
- La Taqueria — Mission District, San Francisco
- La Vaca Birria — Mission District, San Francisco
- Lazy Bear — Mission, San Francisco
- LeYou Ethiopian — Downtown, San Jose
- Liholiho Yacht Club — Tendernob, San Francisco
- Lily — Inner Richmond, San Francisco
- Lou’s Takeaway — Dominican, San Rafael
- Lunette — Embarcadero, San Francisco
- Madcap — San Anselmo
- Mägo — Piedmont Avenue, Oakland
- Mashaallah Halal Pakistani Food — SoMa, San Francisco
- Mijoté — Mission District, San Francisco
- Minnie Bell's Soul Movement — Fillmore, San Francisco
- Mister Jiu's — Chinatown, San Francisco
- Mrs Khan Uyghur Cuisine — Downtown, Menlo Park
- Mustards Grill — Napa
- Nari — Japantown, San Francisco
- Ok’s Deli — Temescal, Oakland
- Patio Filipino — San Bruno
- Peña’s Bakery — Havenscourt, Oakland
- Popoca — Old Oakland, Oakland
- Prubechu — Mission, San Francisco
- Psychic Pie — Sebastopol
- Quince — Jackson Square, San Francisco
- Reem’s — Mission District, San Francisco
- Rich Table — Hayes Valley, San Francisco
- Rintaro — Mission, San Francisco
- Rose Pizzeria — West Berkeley, Berkeley
- Saison — SoMa, San Francisco
- San Ho Won — Mission District, San Francisco
- Sandy’s — Haight, San Francisco
- Scoma’s — Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco
- Shizen — Mission District, San Francisco
- Side A — Mission District, San Francisco
- SingleThread — Downtown, Healdsburg
- Sirene — Grand Lake, Oakland
- Smish Smash — Tenderloin, San Francisco
- Soba Ichi — West Oakland, Oakland
- Sons & Daughters — Mission District, San Francisco
- Spicy Joi — Concord
- Spread Kitchen — Sonoma
- State Bird Provisions — Fillmore, San Francisco
- Sun Moon Studio — West Oakland, Oakland
- Table Culture Provisions — Petaluma
- Tacos Oscar — Temescal, Oakland
- Taishan Cuisine — Chinatown, San Francisco
- Tanzie’s — South Berkeley, Berkeley
- The Charter Oak — St. Helena
- The Happy Crane — Hayes Valley, San Francisco
- The Laundromat — Outer Richmond, San Francisco
- The Progress — Fillmore, San Francisco
- True Laurel — Mission, San Francisco
- Valley — Sonoma
- Verjus — Jackson Square, San Francisco
- Via Aurelia — Mission Bay, San Francisco
- Vik’s Chaat — West Berkeley, Berkeley
- Wolfsbane — Dogpatch, San Francisco
- Yeobo, Darling — Menlo Park
- Yo También Cantina — Inner Sunset, San Francisco
- Zuni Cafe — Hayes Valley, San Francisco
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