The 9 Best African Restaurants In San Francisco

Updated: May 2, 2022

Have you visited these African venues in San Francisco? Go for their piri piri chicken and Kunāfah - you won’t regret it! We analyzed the top review sites with millions of diner and expert reviews to find San Francisco’s top African spots. Start the day with a rusk and Kenyan coffee or finish it with Injera, whatever you're after you will find it below.

Find the perfect African restaurant

San Francisco's top 6 African restaurants
Hoodline, 2018
The Best Restaurant for Every Type of Cuisine in SF
Thrillist

San Francisco's top 6 African restaurants
Hoodline, 2018
Where to Eat and Drink in Bayview-Hunters Point
Eater

25 Essential Restaurants in the Mission District
Eater

The Plate • Fresh ingredients, carefully prepared: a good meal (2019)
Michelin Guide

The 14 Best Eating Neighborhoods in SF, Ranked
Thrillist
The Hottest Restaurants in San Francisco Right Now
Eater

Where To Eat And Drink In Nopa
San Francisco Travel
Eat and Drink Down Divisadero Street
Eater

How does it work?

Finding the best African restaurant for you shouldn’t feel like a second job. For these results, 3104661 restaurant reviews were analyzed, 28808 restaurants’ Yelp and Google reviews were captured, and exactly 1901 lists and articles from Eater and San Francisco Travel and others were carefully reviewed by boam. Don’t bother looking for Eater - Eat and Drink Down Divisadero Street, San Francisco Travel - Where To Eat And Drink In Nopa and Eater - The Hottest Restaurants in San Francisco Right Now – we’ve already done so for you and included all you need to know. We automatically update restaurants’ availability and services, so you can find a great meal no matter what. Every restaurant shown earned its spot fair and square. With boam, money never makes the list. We don’t recommend restaurants lightly, these 10 are really something special.

Most common questions

There are 14 African restaurants in San Francisco.

The highest-rated African restaurants for delivery in San Francisco are Aziza, Khamsa, and Tadu Ethiopian Kitchen.

Berber, Aziza, and Khamsa are the highest-rated African restaurants for a date night in San Francisco.

Berber, Aziza, and Khamsa are the highest-rated upscale restaurants for African cuisine in San Francisco.

Berber, Khamsa, and Tadu Ethiopian Kitchen are vegetarian-friendly African restaurants in San Francisco.

Drink pairing tips

A next-level pairing for Sauvignon Blanc
Experts often pair seared tuna, papaya salad and lime chutney with a glass of Sauvignon Blanc, a popular white wine.
Pair ewa agoyin with Grenache
For an elevated experience, pair your ewa agoyin with Grenache. This combination works particularly well because this red wine complements the sweetness of the ewa with the fruity wine.

Fun facts

October = African festival
Lagos, Nigeria is the proud home of the annual Lagos Street Food Festival, held every October to celebrate everything that is good about African.
The traditional palm butter sauce
Making palm butter sauce, often paired with goat, is a long-held tradition in Liberia.

Parking info

Few things are as aggravating as circling around the block, looking for parking when you’re hungry. To make the hunt for parking easier, we’ve partnered with a cutting-edge digital parking reservation system, Spothero, that enables you to book a spot in advance before you visit your chosen African spot.