After a long creatively fulfilling day at the MoMa, I found myself in Fang. The proximity was perfect, I found it through a food blog. Fang had a no pretentious, classy Chinese heritage vibe. Folks with large teams were enjoying themselves at the family share tables. I had the vegetarian fried dumplings and the vegetarian chow mein. The dumplings were crisp on the outside and juicy on the inside. Whereas the chowmein came in a double-decker tealight heated bowl to retain the ambient temperature. The noodles were uniquely coated with a delicious spice accompanied with lettuce, asparagus, and broccoli. The comforting, tasty noodles hit the spot with subtle flavors!

Fast service and quick food, like many Chinese restaurants. But the food is downright amazing. Pork Buns and Crispy Honey Short Rib with Bok Choy are both top notch choices. Both crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. Buns especial are soft and melt in your mouth. Ask for chili oil for a mild spice or chili sauce for a much spicier addition. Not cheap at about $60 for an app and entré for 1 person, but I could not finish it - plenty of food.

Chinese Food Mountain for $15, definitely not a glorified panda express! The staff was sweet and hospitable, accommodating our needs! Will come back again to stuff myself 🥢

New Ming’s is my family’s favorite Chinese restaurant in SF of all time! I was in town for a week and I went there three times. 潮色豆腐 ie Tofu with Shrimp + Chicken is our favorite dish, but honestly every dish here is very good. This is an oasis in the middle of SOMA. The waitress is very kind and attentive. I’d highly recommend this to everyone.

It was my birthday dinner. Not gonna lie when our Uber arrived in Chinatown, I was initially a bit disappointed. As someone born and raised in China, I usually have 0 expectations for Chinese food in SF. However, Empress by Boon completely won me over (or maybe my boyfriend impressed me ;)). It was without a doubt the best meal I’ve had in SF! The stunning view of the city and the gorgeous ambiance only added to the experience. Every dish we ordered was incredible, with beautiful presentation and rich flavors. From the fish shaped shrimp dumplings to the slow braised pork and the innovative Peking duck, even the simple stir fried vegetables were exceptional. I had a wonderful evening there and left thoroughly impressed, grateful and happy!

I'll admit that I wasn't expecting much when we booked this place - expensive Asian food tends to disappoint when there are options at 10% the cost outside the door. What can I say, we Asians dominate Costco for a reason. So this was a pleasant surprise - a yummy course of dishes that never strayed so far from the mainline that you would have to call it fusion. Empress gets the points of these flavors and textures and simply tries to express them in the best possible way. Case in point, the simple fried egg roll was a highlight of the entire night. Delightfully crispy and flakey like a croissant, meaty and vegetable-y with subtle pickeling in all the right places, lots of structure and air to let the flavors develop. Wonderful. The dim sum shrimp dumpling - again, perfectly chewy and warm rice dumpling skin enveloping a robust shrimp concoction that was meaty, shrimpy, and toothsome. Freshly made from scratch by hand, freshly steamed - yes it's way more expensive than anything on the street, but here it's refined to all it's best qualities. There were a couple good, but not great dishes - the fried noodles were pretty normal take out quality, the snow crab was a bit limp and uninteresting, the duck had a delicately crunchy skin, but the meat itself was a bit bland, dull, and neither warm nor cold. Service was competent and responsive. Location was easy to get to with parking in the nearby Portsmouth garage. Beautiful decor. Great for important dates and special occasions. Would heartily recommend.

Great little hole in the wall. No bathrooms. Chef was server, host, and busser. He had a great attitude and was hustling to make everyone happy. We really enjoyed our westlake beef soup and beef chow fun. Cash only.

I’ve been visiting this place for 4 years. Every time I come to San Francisco I visit this restaurant. The food is very good and it is always open!!! If you are looking for an unique and alternative experience you should visit, nothing fancy but very traditional. It is one man doing everything!!! He cooks, takes orders and clean, he is very funny and kind. This place is also pet friendly. Prices are very reasonable and the portions are huge.

Pros: quick service, decent food, rice noodles made fresh to order Neutral: quick meals served on paper plates, definitely not a place to impress a date.. Cons: dimly lit, some parts of the restaurant has an odor, sticky tables

The portion size are HUGE. I went another person, and we ordered two cheung fun and a seafood congee ($27ish with tip). We thought it was gonna be small, but it fed both of us to the rim. The food was amazing, and the price of it was very cheap also. However, do NOT expect good service and good atmosphere. You go here only for the food.

I ordered happy hour food delivery from here and was pretty satisfied with what I received. It’s nice that this place participates in the DoorDash happy hour promotions so that I can try multiple dishes for a late lunch or early dinner without having to go out and struggle to find parking on Irving Street. Cucumber salad: 3.5/5 The flavor was very garlicky. I didn’t really taste much vinegar or soy sauce. I think it would be better if it were less salty but still glad I ordered it, as the crispness of the cucumbers balanced out the meal. Dry sautéed string beans: 4/5 These string beans had pretty standard flavour, but they were longer than average and slightly undercooked. I still enjoyed them, especially since they were less greasy than what I’ve received from some other places. Iron pot fish filets: 5/5 The fish fillets were amazing with all the Sichuan spices and chili oil. If I dined in, I would likely ask them to increase the spiciness, but they still taste great at the default spice level.

Best fresh spicy fish in the bay area! Even better than some resturants in China! The fish is so tender and fresh. The fu qi fei pian was a little mid, but the spicy dumpling was amazing

A small Cantonese restaurant offer a variety dishes. Very friendly service. Chicken mushroom clay pot rice was good. Fried fresh vegetable was tender and right seasoning.

Super friendly service. The food is great. The stir-fried beef rice noodle (gong chow au hor) is excellent. The noodles tasted very fresh and tender. The lady that served us told us the rice noodles and steamed rice rolls (chiang fun) are house made in the kitchen. The clay pot rice are very good too. Though be patient and prepare to wait because it is made to order. I forgot the leftovers when we left. The super friendly lady that served us chased us down a block away. Really going above and beyond. Thank you!

Top 5 dim sum place in SF. Good deal, great food, nice clean area! The wontons are flavorful and delicious. The steam flat noodles are also some of the best in the city.

Their chung fun is the best I've had. We got the pork one with mushrooms and sprouts. The texture is silky and chewy. Will come back just for that. The HK milk tea was smooth and you can ask for less sweet. The wontons and shrimp dumplings were decent. Be warned about their lemon ice tea though. The waiter insisted they use homegrown lemons that are more "fragrant" but the fragrance gives a really off-putting aftertaste. We order lemon cha all the time at different places and this is not it. Will come back to try their other dishes and hopefully early enough for their breakfast sets.

We came here at dinner time around 8pm and got seated right away. We got the Sesame Noodles, the Sesame chicken, steamed pork dumplings and Wonton soup. I had totally forgot that you can ask the servers to pick for you, I would have done that if I remembered. I recommend the Sesame Chicken, it was 12/10 and the Wonton Soup, it is very different from all wonton soups I’ve ever had, the soup was silky smooth, and it was served with toasted rice in the soup I think? It was amazing. The Sesame noodles didn’t stand out for me, it reminds me of Spaghetti noodles fusion type, it was okay, same with the steamed pork dumplings. I did noticed most of their customers were non-Asians, maybe this place is more geared towards that demographic, the food is a little salty in my opinion. Service was very quick, fast and efficient. Staffs are super friendly and nice. I would come back again to try the Sizzling rice and the sesame chicken again—which according to my boyfriend, the best he’s ever had, and he is from SoCal. I tend to have my bias towards more authentic traditional type of food, but this was definitely a hit. I would want to go try out his daughter’s restaurant, House of Fang for the modernized Chinese style as well

Super bomb Chinese food! Loved the Honey Apple Chicken dish (the apples are insane), the Scallion Pancake and the Sesame Tofu. So good we went two days in a row. Great atmosphere and the fire comes out so fast.

Upon arrival our party realized we made a reservation at the other Z&Y. However, the host was able to help us out and get us seated as quickly as possible before the kitchen took their last orders. The presentation of the food was attractive. Some of the standout dishes were the stir-fried crab, cumin lamb and the almond cream dessert. Loved how the crab & lamb were just sizzling on the hot plate when they came out! The soup dumplings were also a solid order with awesome texture and flavor, but the cumin lamb was my favorite. If you can handle lots of Szechuan peppers then you’ll love the crab as it’s quite numbing. The mung bean flour noodle in that dish was the intriguing part for me with their unique texture and color. There were subtle areas of service that could be improved. For example, leaving the bottle of water on table so that we didn’t have empty glasses. Secondly, there was a server that was rushing to drop the hot plate for the crab and spilled our sauce for soup dumplings. Other than that they were efficient and gave us great recommendations and stayed on top of waters for most of the dinner. Our favorite part of the experience was our server, Jake! He had told us he opened the location and was at the other Z&Y for 10 years. Jake was great with recommendations and had a fun sense of humor ;) He let us see and use his POS, as we were needing out since we’re all hospitality professionals. He introduced us to Chef Han, and we had an awesome time getting to know him and learn about his journey. It was a memorable experience, and well definitely be back for the Peking Duck!

We were lucky enough to get a last minute reservation. Coming from Hong Kong, it’s safe to say this is truly an authentic culinary experience. It’s recommended to pre-book the peking duck, and its 100% worth it! We’re looking forward to coming back.

We dined for brunch and had Dim sum. We ordered 6 items of which two were not available. The service was ok but the server was quiet and not very helpful, perhaps if could have been a language barrier. However, what we did order was delicious and fresh. The only thing we didn’t like was the state of the restrooms which were dirty and gave us a yuk feeling. A shame because the Resturant itself was fairly clean and tidy.

🥢Stumbled into President Obama’s favorite Chinese spot in SF Chinatown…Food was great 📸🤳but apparently the real main course is a framed Obama photo IG : Foodie.Catlady

You will get drastic diarrhea after eating here! The waitress here is condescending and it took them half an hour from receiving the order to putting the hotpot on your desk. Trust me. It's better off eating hotpot at home.

Quality is decent and the ambiance is nice, but the prices are outrageous for hot pot. They are very stingy with their portions as well. You can do much better in SF for hot pot (especially around Sunset/Richmond). Came here once and have never returned since