The 4 Best French Restaurants In San Francisco

Updated: May 2, 2022

Looking for the best French Cuisine? Be it cassoulet or French onion soup these San Francisco spots deliver! We analyzed the best review sites including diner and expert reviews for the top places for French Cuisine in San Francisco. If you're craving escargot or a fresh salad nicoise one of these San Francisco venues will have the answer.

Find the perfect French restaurant

San Francisco’s 2019 Michelin Stars, Mapped
Eater
Outstanding Chef - Semifinalist
James Beard Awards, 2014

12 Elegant French Destinations in San Francisco
Eater
The best French restaurants in San Francisco
TimeOut

Top Restaurants for French Food in San Francisco/Bay Area
Gayot: The Guide to the Good Life
Where To Eat In Russian Hill
Infatuation

How did these spots get chosen?

Figuring out the best French restaurants can take awhile. For these results, 3104661 restaurant reviews were analyzed, 28808 restaurants’ Yelp and Google reviews were captured, and exactly 1901 lists and articles from Infatuation, James Beard Awards and Eater and others were carefully reviewed by boam. The restaurants you see have been featured in Infatuation - Where To Eat In Russian Hill, James Beard Awards - Outstanding Chef - Semifinalist and Eater - San Francisco’s 2019 Michelin Stars, Mapped. We automatically update restaurants’ open hours and services, so you can actually enjoy the top restaurants we show. Restaurants can’t pay to show up on this list, so you can trust what you see and enjoy the city’s hidden gems. We don’t recommend restaurants lightly, these 10 are really something special.

Common questions

The highest-rated French restaurants for delivery in San Francisco are Chapeau, O' by Claude Le Tohic, and Bar Crenn.

There are 35 French restaurants in San Francisco.

Quince, Zuni Café, and Zazie are the highest-rated French restaurants that are good for groups in San Francisco.

Gary Danko, Chapeau, and Saison are the highest-rated French restaurants for a date night in San Francisco.

Gary Danko, Chapeau, and Saison are the highest-rated upscale restaurants for French cuisine in San Francisco.

Factoids

A long-held tradition
One of the most popular dishes in France is pot-au-feu, often prepared with beef stew.

Parking in the area

Nobody likes to circle around the block looking for parking. 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 French spot.