CA · Late night

The 10 best late night restaurants in San Francisco.

Open past midnight. Still worth going to. Harry ranks them the same way as everything else, ranked by Harry Score, with no allowance for the hour.

SF's late-night scene is thin for a city that talks about food this much. The Mission has the spots that push past midnight — taquerias, mainly, and a few Vietnamese counters. The Tenderloin, which no one recommends, has surprisingly decent late-night eating. Avoid the wharf. At any hour.

What qualifies as late night

The filter, not the vibe.

Late hours	Listed hours that run to midnight or later on at least three nights a week. A place with no listed hours doesn't count: Harry won't guess.
Not the post-club	A place that stays open late because it's good all day is different from one that exists for the 2am market. Both face the same bar: a Harry Score of 70 or more, and nothing Harry rates a tourist tax or a false economy.
A kitchen, not a bar	Bars are left out, and so are tasting-menu rooms: their hours run late, but the last seating is hours before closing.

Harry's ten — San Francisco

Ranked by Harry Score.

How this list is built Restaurants across San Francisco with a Harry Score of 70 or more whose listed hours run to midnight or later on at least three nights a week. Places without listed hours don't count, and neither do tasting-menu rooms, bars or anything Harry rates a tourist tax or a false economy. Chains with several branches get one entry. Ranked by Harry Score. No restaurant pays to appear. Scores last recomputed 24 July 2026.

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