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Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in The Infatuation. Updated August 2026.
Yuanbao Jiaozi 元寶餃子 · Inner Sunset
The Infatuation (9.2). The Sunset's hand-folded dumpling house that tops their citywide Chinese ranking.
Dumpling Home · Hayes Valley
The Infatuation (8.8). Hayes Valley xiao long bao and Shanghainese classics that rank among America's best.
The Happy Crane · Hayes Valley
The Infatuation (8.7). a modern Chinese-Californian restaurant from alums of the Mister Jiu's lineage.
Z & Y Restaurant · Chinatown
The Infatuation. A Chinatown Sichuan specialist built on fiery, mouth-numbing flavors, including fish filet in hot chili oil and mapo tofu.
Yank Sing (Spear St.) · SoMa
The Infatuation. A dim sum house running since 1958, with cart service and bamboo steamers at its larger Spear Street location inside Rincon Center.