The 15 Best Restaurants In San Francisco’s Chinatown

"To get to this basement-level joint, you need to descend a short staircase from Jackson Street. The spot has changed owners throughout the years (and has been around for nearly a century), but it continues to serve homestyle Cantonese food at unbeatable prices—many dishes will run you around $10 each. You could go with anything on their massive menu and leave satisfied, but we stick to a few favorites: steamed pork hash with salted fish (probably the juiciest giant meat patty you’ll ever have), salt-and-pepper prawns-in-shell that leave a spicy tingle on your tongue, and roast chicken stuffed with glutinous rice. Be sure to try one of the clay pot dishes, too, like salted fish with chicken and eggplant, or chicken and roast pork—they’re always sizzling hot and packed with umami." - julia chen 1, ricky rodriguez, lani conway, megan zhang