10 Outstanding Dessert Lists in San Francisco
Aster is one of 10 Outstanding Dessert Lists in San Francisco.

1. Aster

1001 Guerrero St (at 22nd St), San Francisco, CA
New American Restaurant · Dolores Heights · 44 tips and reviews

EaterEater: Aster's dessert menu is full of surprises, melding ingredients like coconut coffee tart with bright fall squash, or infusing savory hints of sorrel and basil into his milk chocolate custard. Read more.

Atelier Crenn is one of 10 Outstanding Dessert Lists in San Francisco.

2. Atelier Crenn

8.9
3127 Fillmore St (at Pixley St), San Francisco, CA
French Restaurant · Union Street · 57 tips and reviews

EaterEater: Atelier Crenn featured a dessert tasting menu that was meant to be enjoyed as a meal in and of itself. Now, one-third of Atelier Crenn's fifteen course meal is devoted solely to dessert. Read more.

Californios is one of 10 Outstanding Dessert Lists in San Francisco.

3. Californios

3115 22nd St (btwn Capp St & S Van Ness Ave), San Francisco, CA
Mexican Restaurant · Mission District · 43 tips and reviews

EaterEater: Californios has inventive, mind-bending, regularly-changing desserts on its Mexican-inspired menu like foie gras and coffee ice cream as well as horchata and sorbet paired with pistachio meringue. Read more.

Coi is one of 10 Outstanding Dessert Lists in San Francisco.

4. Coi

373 Broadway (at Bartol), San Francisco, CA
American Restaurant · North Beach · 61 tips and reviews

EaterEater: The desserts evoke childhood memories or other items — some resemble hot dogs, while it is in fact a very complicated version of a peach, cherry, and cherry blossom concoction. Read more.

Lord Stanley is one of 10 Outstanding Dessert Lists in San Francisco.

5. Lord Stanley

8.1
2065 Polk St (Broadway), San Francisco, CA
Modern European Restaurant · Polk Gulch · 18 tips and reviews

EaterEater: Occasionally, the menu leans savory, as with the charred nectarine halves dappled with finely sliced slivers of buttery Castelvetrano olives and bathed in olive oil. Read more.

Octavia is one of 10 Outstanding Dessert Lists in San Francisco.

6. Octavia

9.0
1701 Octavia St (at Bush St), San Francisco, CA
American Restaurant · Japantown · 55 tips and reviews

EaterEater: The after-dinner menu features spiced profiteroles paired with a velvety spoonful of muscovado-spiced ice cream, as well as a warm chocolate souffle tart beside a dollop of salted caramel ice cream. Read more.

Perbacco is one of 10 Outstanding Dessert Lists in San Francisco.

7. Perbacco

8.5
230 California St (btwn Battery & Front St), San Francisco, CA
Italian Restaurant · Financial District · 133 tips and reviews

EaterEater: At Perbacco, try the adaptation of fig leaf panna cotta dappled with blackberries and lemon balm, as well as the milk chocolate cremeux mingled with sea buckthorn and vanilla crema. Read more.

Rich Table is one of 10 Outstanding Dessert Lists in San Francisco.

8. Rich Table

8.8
199 Gough St (at Oak St), San Francisco, CA
New American Restaurant · Lower Haight · 188 tips and reviews

EaterEater: It's not without reason that Food & Wine Magazine dubbed Rich Table pastry chef Sarah Rich the "Best New Pastry Chef" of 2014. Read more.

SPQR is one of 10 Outstanding Dessert Lists in San Francisco.

9. SPQR

7.8
1911 Fillmore St (btwn Bush & Pine St), San Francisco, CA
Italian Restaurant · Lower Pacific Heights · 171 tips and reviews

EaterEater: If you're in the mood to indulge your decadent side, linger over your espresso and order the warm chocolate cake served with a molten center spilling out onto white coffee gelato and frothy spuma. Read more.

State Bird Provisions is one of 10 Outstanding Dessert Lists in San Francisco.

10. State Bird Provisions

8.6
1529 Fillmore St (btwn Geary & O'Farrell St), San Francisco, CA
New American Restaurant · Fillmore District · 219 tips and reviews

EaterEater: With a selection of items like black mission fig granita drizzled in noyaux cream and dappled with fennel, you'll do well to not get too full during dinner. Read more.