Dim Sum Restaurants in San Francisco, CA

Compare dim sum restaurants in San Francisco

All 4 places in San Francisco publish their opening hours; 4 are open on Sundays, and none stay open past 10 PM.

On weekdays the earliest to open is Sunshine Wheat Field Dim Sum (7:00 AM), and the last to close is Dim Sum Club 點心薈 (9:00 PM).

For comparison, across California the typical weekday runs from 10:00 AM to 9:00 PM, and 91% of places open on Sundays.

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Chinese restaurants in the US range from American-Chinese takeout counters – General Tso’s chicken, lo mein, egg rolls – to restaurants specializing in regional Chinese cooking: fiery Sichuan, Cantonese dim sum and roast meats, Hunan, Shanghainese soup dumplings, Taiwanese beef noodle soup and Dongbei dumplings.

Larger restaurants sometimes keep two menus: one with familiar American-Chinese dishes and a second, more traditional menu. If you are curious, ask for it. Family-style ordering – several dishes shared around the table with rice – is the norm and the best way to eat.

Opening hours

Based on 10 dim sum restaurants in California with published hours, the typical weekday schedule runs from 10:30 AM to 8:30 PM. 100% are open on Sundays, 60% are open seven days a week and 0% stay open until 10 PM or later.

Prices

Across 7 menus from dim sum restaurants in California, the median item costs $14.04; half of all priced items fall between $9.36 and $20.00.

Services

Of 20 dim sum restaurants with detailed profiles in our guide: 100% list “dine-in”, 100% list “good for kids”, 95% list “delivery”, 85% list “takeaway”, 80% list “wheelchair-accessible entrance”, and 80% list “accepts reservations”.