1. The Spice Jar
8.6
2500 Bryant St (at 23rd St), San Francisco, CA
Asian Restaurant · Mission District · 44 tips and reviews
Henri Liriani: Vibe is chill, service is amazing, and I LOVED the sesame miso ramen.
Renganathan Ramamoorthy: My wife thought the spicy miso ramen was amazing. Being vegetarian, the vegetarian version was meh.
Karina van Schaardenburg: Lovely unpretentious neighborhood spot. I got the ground chicken miso ramen and thought it was A+
2. Nojo Ramen Tavern
8.6
231 Franklin St (at Linden St), San Francisco, CA
Ramen Restaurant · Civic Center · 120 tips and reviews
Cara Hirsch: Cucumber salad, pork rice ball, chicken with garlic miso butter, and the house pickles are all winners. Not impressed with the karaage. Gyoza are overpriced.
Henri Liriani: Spicy miso ramen was great
Samantha Berg: The spicy miso tan tan ramen is perfect for a rainy day
3. Shabu House
7.4
5158 Geary Blvd (at 16th Ave), San Francisco, CA
Shabu-Shabu Restaurant · Inner Richmond · 43 tips and reviews
Marie Africa: Come during HH from 5-6PM and everything is 15% off! Get the spicy miso broth and combo Kobe beef and lamb. YUM!!
Jennifer Hermening: Love their combo of beef and pork with spicy miso. Yummm. I like both ice cream flavors, but I typically go with green tea here and save red bean desserts for korean places. Nomz to everything!
Nordahl Ballingall: Excellent Shabu Shabu. Best choice, spicy miso, beef and lamb.
6. B★Star Cafe
8.7
127 Clement St (btwn 2nd & 3rd Ave), San Francisco, CA
Burmese Restaurant · Inner Richmond · 134 tips and reviews
Joseph Balancio: Asked the server for recs and everything was excellent: b sprouts, fried tofu, tea leaf salad, and miso cod noodles. B cooler for drinks. Friendly service. Happy hour 5-7 m-f
Simon Willison: Miso cod noodles are spectacular, and very generous with the cod (especially if you are used to miso cod at Japanese restaurants)
Anissa: Easy to grab a table for 6 on Sunday night! Great spot to try a lot of different Burmese dishes and relax with a picture of drinks! Pictured: khao soi, lamb curry, duck fried rice, miso cod noodles
7. Izakaya Sozai
8.4
1500 Irving St (at 16th Ave), San Francisco, CA
Japanese Restaurant · Inner Sunset · 187 tips and reviews
Minyi Shih: Try the Tonkatsu Ramen With Pork Belly And Spicy Miso - Best Ramen I have ever had. Super flavorful broth and perfect al dente noodles.
Agatha Yu: Come early and get their specials, if you cook consider buying their spicy miso to bring home!
Emmiliese Clemm: Everything we are was excellent. The skewers (we had bacon wrapped mochi and miso scallops with leeks), the mushroom fritters, the ramen (with added pork belly and spicy miso)... You can't go wrong.
10. Sushi Taka
7.1
600 Kearny St (Sacramento), San Francisco, CA
Sushi Restaurant · Chinatown · 22 tips and reviews
Jonas: Their bento boxes are so worth it. All this for under $10! Plus you get to see their cool miso soup machine in action.
Stephen Coakley: Get the spicy sushi tala roll, very tasty. Plus free miso soup and salad in July. Nice.
Michael Yshanghai: Had a Oishii Sushi burrito, miso soup & nice Salad! Enjoyed😍😋😋👍
13. Nijiya Market
9.1
1737 Post St (at Webster St), San Francisco, CA
Grocery Store · Japantown · 73 tips and reviews
Lauren H: best bentos and chirashi... pre-marinated miso cod available too in the back. quality sashimi grade fish (but expensive of course)
Jeff Wang: By far my favorite grocery store in SF. They have a great selection of fresh sashimi for reasonable prices and also delicious pre-marinated miso mackerel that I definitely recommend trying!
Kiana Lynn: A million types of miso, green tea and sake. Also has imported Kit-kat flavors (green tea) $7.99/bag