San Francisco Restaurant Recommendations

A lab-curated guide to some of our favorite restaurants in San Francisco for any dining occasion.

This list of restaurants offers omnivore, vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free options.

These recommendations do not imply endorsement by the University of California.

Nopa

Kaiyō

Name and menu	Cuisine	Dietary Accommodations	Location
SF Kebab	Mediterranean	Omnivore, vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free friendly	Mission Bay
Dumpling Time	Dumpling Restaurant	Omnivore and vegetarian friendly	Mission Bay and Design District
Mission Rock Resort	Seafood Restaurant with Waterfront View	Omnivore, vegetarian, and vegan friendly (make their ahi poke bowl vegan with a whole avocado)	Mission Bay
The Ramp Restaurant	American with Waterfront View	Omnivore, vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free friendly	Mission Bay
House of Tadu Ethiopian Kitchen	Ethiopian	Omnivore, vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free friendly (request their gluten-free injera)	Mission Bay and Tenderloin
Mediterranean Aroma	Mediterranean Fast Casual	Omnivore, vegetarian, and vegan friendly	Mission Bay
Ike's Love & Sandwiches	Sandwiches	Omnivore, vegetarian, and vegan friendly	Mission Bay and Tenderloin
Proper Food	Sandwiches, Salad, Breakfast & Brunch	Omnivore, vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free friendly	Mission Bay and Downtown
Souvla	Greek Fast Casual	Omnivore, vegetarian, vegan (sub in plant lamb and exclude feta and tzatziki), and gluten-free friendly (request their gluten-free menu)	Dogpatch
Wooly Pig	Asian Fusion	Omnivore, vegetarian, and vegan friendly	Dogpatch
THE PLANT cafe organic	Organic	Omnivore, vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free friendly	Dogpatch
Artesano	Latin Comfort Food	Omnivore, vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free friendly	Dogpatch
Piccino	Italian	Omnivore and vegetarian friendly	Dogpatch
Goat Hill Pizza	Pizza Sit-Down and Catering	Omnivore, vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free friendly	Potrero Hill, SoMa, and West Portal
Torraku	Ramen	Omnivore, vegetarian, and vegan friendly	Potrero Hill and Marina
Saap Ver Authentic Thai Cuisine	Thai	Omnivore, vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free friendly (request a vegan or gluten-free accommodation)	Design District
Kaiyō	Peruvian-Japanese Fusion Sit-down (Restaurant or Rooftop Bar)	Omnivore, vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free friendly (request a gluten-free accommodation)	SoMa
The Chieftain Irish Pub & Restaurant	Irish Pub and Restaurant	Omnivore, vegetarian, and vegan friendly	SoMa
The Grove - Yerba Buena	New American Comfort Food	Omnivore, vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free friendly (request gluten-free bread)	SoMa
ROOH SF	Indian	Omnivore, vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free friendly (request a vegan or gluten-free accommodation)	SoMa
sweetgreen	Salads	Omnivore, vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free friendly (avoid salads with G annotation to avoid gluten)	SoMa and Marina/Cow Hollow
Sun and Moon	Thai	Omnivore and vegetarian friendly	SoMa
Harborview Restaurant and Bar	Chinese Sit-down	Omnivore, vegetarian, and vegan friendly (request a gluten-free accommodation)	Embarcadero
Arepas Latin Cuisine	Venezuelan Sit-down	Omnivore, vegetarian, and vegan friendly	Mission
Berma Love	Burmese Sit-down	Omnivore, vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free friendly	Mission and Downtown
Ramenwell	Ramen	Omnivore, vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free friendly	Mission
Tony's Pizza Napoletana	Award-winning Pizza and Italian Sit-down	Omnivore, vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free friendly	North Beach
Willkommen by Black Hammer Brewing Company	German Beer Garden	Omnivore, vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free friendly	Castro
Dumpling House	Dumpling Restaurant	Omnivore, vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free friendly	Castro
Horsefeather	New American Tavern	Omnivore, vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free friendly	Alamo Square
Nopa	New American Organic Wood-Fired Cuisine	Omnivore, vegetarian, and vegan friendly (request a vegan or gluten-free accommodation)	Alamo Square
Hot Zushi Sushi	Japanese Sushi	Omnivore, vegetarian, and vegan friendly	Lower Haight