1. Frascati
8.3
1901 Hyde St (At Green), San Francisco, CA
Italian Restaurant · Russian Hill · 30 tips and reviews
Tarra Morton: WOW. Just wow. Amazing gnocchi appetizer, braised short rib, and BLACK AND WHITE BREAD PUDDING WITH HAZELNUT ICE CREAM. 10 stars!
Reserve: The Maple Leaf Duck Breast is melt-in-your-mouth moist and served atop crispy duck confit hash, mache-roasted grape salad, fennel and huckleberry jus. Read more.
Ashley Mayer: Anyone dining here MUST order the black & white chocolate bread pudding for desert. To not do so is a sin. To do so is an even greater but far more delicious sin. Read more.
Erik Weber: Greek of the Week grilled eggplant sandwich on a dutch crunch roll. Yum.
Paulina: If you're ordering a Cobb salad, you might as well just go to Whole Foods and get a head of lettuce. Chop it up yourself, toss on some dressing, saved yourself $8.
Eamon Mulligan: Great sandwiches. Great people, and you can get coffee brewed by the cup.
4. The Mill
9.1
736 Divisadero St (btwn Grove St & Fulton St), San Francisco, CA
Bakery · Alamo Square · 377 tips and reviews
jessica m. hintermeister: the toast is made from local favorite Josey Baker bread, long loaves cut into 2" slices. daily toppings. ex) white bread w. honey, butter, sea salt; seeded loaf w. almond butter & sea salt
Spoon University: Their thick-cut toasts are generously smothered with anything from sweet seasonal preserves or savory cream cheese and herb blends. Get a cup of Four Barrel coffee to go with for the photo aesthetic. Read more.
Lane Becker: I love this place. The coffee, the toast, the subway tiles, the pretty, disaffected waitstaff, the sea of twee. I would nap here if they would let me.
5. Cafe Me
8.7
500 Washington St (at Sansome St), San Francisco, CA
Café · Jackson Square · 39 tips and reviews
Brett Webb: They get their bagels from House of Bagels, aka the best bagels in the Bay Area!
SF Weekly: While it may not be gourmet by any means, Cafe Mé certainly gets the job done, and well. Read more.
Vu: Very friendly people.
7. Canyon Market
9.0
2815 Diamond St (at Wilder St.), San Francisco, CA
Grocery Store · Glen Park · 53 tips and reviews
Melanie Liu: Delicious bread baked fresh twice a day. Love their batard loaf and baguettes. Great selection of beer, chocolate and olive oils. Yummy salad bar and fresh soups.
Bennett W Wong: Their salad, pasta and soup bar is awesome! Craving for a meal with minimal grease? Come visit their salad, pasta and soup bar - you're sure to find something that will satisfy your healthy cravings!
Porfirio Porras: I checked in 9 times and got a free mocha. It was great!
8. The Sandwich Place
8.0
2029 Mission St (btw 16th & 17th), San Francisco, CA
Sandwich Spot · Mission District · 21 tips and reviews
Will Bertelsen: It's hard to tell from the outside but this place makes great sandwiches and has some of the friendliest staff in the city. You can tell they care about what they serve. Neighborhood gem.
Fast Company: When staffers at Stamen Design (#48 on Fast Company's 2011 list of Most Innovative Companies) aren't creating next-gen data visualizations for Nike, they're lunching at The Sandwich Place.
Crillmatic: Order a large chicken apple sausage sandwich and thank me later.
9. Pagan
8.3
3199 Clement St (at 33rd Ave), San Francisco, CA
Burmese Restaurant · Outer Richmond · 28 tips and reviews
Christie Heikkinen: One of my favorite restaurants in SF. We always get the tea leaf salad, a briyani, and Thai iced tea. So good!
Patrick Munson: Samusa Soup is the best thing on the menu!
Nico Pitney: The tea leaf salad is orgasmic. Grilled salmon with red curry, pineapple, and lychee is excellent too.
10. Big 4 Restaurant
8.5
1075 California St (at Taylor St), San Francisco, CA
American Restaurant · Nob Hill · 56 tips and reviews
Ben Russo: Sit at the bar with your date and listen to the piano player. Fantastic, old school drinks and food.
Greg Baer: Best piano player in SF! He takes requests. Sit, listen and be transported back to the '30's, 40's and 50's Magical.
Henry Pham: This restaurant is all about the finer thing in life, the sense of classic oozes from every corner of the place.
Daddy said I'm special: Best place to introduce your fellows Americans to Russian and Ukrainian basics. Kvas, pelmeni, vareniki, pirozhki, and Napoleon cake.
Laura Mealer: Best Rye bread in town!
Earl: Try the honey cake. Wow.
15. Japanese Tea Garden
8.5
75 Hagiwara Tea Garden Dr (btwn John F Kennedy Dr & Martin Luther King Jr Dr), San Francisco, CA
Garden · Golden Gate Park · 189 tips and reviews
Hanan Bint Hamzah !: A must to visit beautiful, peaceful & calm as Japanese people Experience the aroma & taste of green tea, Sencha & nuts tarts delightful Dont miss the fun discovering the wisdom in their fortune cookie
ToryBurch: The Japanese Tea Garden is over 100 years old and one of the most serene spots in the city.
Linda: Not worth $7 for out of town visitors. Interesting to know Memoirs of a Geisha was filmed here.