1. Kingdom of Dumpling
7.9
1713 Taraval St (btwn 27th & 28th Ave), San Francisco, CA
Dumpling Restaurant · Parkside · 142 tips and reviews
Grantland: Garlic string beans are also awesome
Mat Rodgers: This place was voted #8 of the top 100 Chinese restaurants in the USA! Gotta try the soup dumpling and garlic string beans!
Vivian Wang: Love love love their boiled dumplings, beef pancake, fried rice, beef noodle soup, string beans and fried rice. Hands down my favorite Chinese restaurant in SF.
Jeff Weinstein: Spicy dry chicken, soup, string beans.
Amy Matsuno: Besides having the best, most succulent wings known to mankind, accompany them with two other hidden gems: the garlic flash fried string beans and the pork fried rice.
Daniel Machado: The dry-fried strings beans are awesome! Oh and of course the dry-fried wings are an absolute must!
3. House of Pancakes
9.1
937 Taraval St (btwn 19th & 20th Ave), San Francisco, CA
Chinese Restaurant · Parkside · 59 tips and reviews
Bkwm J: Off menu: string beans + eggplants w/ garlic sauce, yummy! 😋😍
Adrienne Liu: Must order: beef roll pancakes, string beans + eggplant (off menu). Salty tofu was surprisingly yummy - perfectly crispy on the outside, soft on the inside
Abhishek Kona: Scallion pancakes and string beans
Annemarie: Hunan string beans is my favorite!
Jon M: Love the Chicken in Spicy Garlic, Fried Rice that's not greasy, Egg Flower Soup, Sweet & Sour pork and the Hunan String Beans.
Didi Falco: Best Wor wonton soup I have ever had!!!! All the Hunan specialties are fantastic - string beans, prawns, etc... This is the real deal, awesome Chinese food!!!!! I was psyched!!!!
6. Z & Y Restaurant
8.4
655 Jackson St (btwn Cooper Alley & Wentworth Pl), San Francisco, CA
Szechuan Restaurant · Chinatown · 189 tips and reviews
Zoe Wong: If you can take the spice, go for the Fish in Flaming Chili Oil! The Kung Pao Chicken, Hunan Beef and Sauteed String Beans are also good.
Lynne 🐰 Qu: Online ordering on yelp for quick lunch. Tan tan noodle and spicy oil wonton are my favorites, string beans is great as well.
Amy Wang: The most authentic Chinese food in the US! Make sure to order 沸腾鱼- a spicy yet very flavorful fish dish, dry sautéed string beans, 辣子鸡,a spicy chicken dish diced, crispy, delicious.
8. Wild Pepper
7.6
3601 26th St (btwn Guerrero & Valencia St), San Francisco, CA
Chinese Restaurant · Mission District · 34 tips and reviews
Nancy Tran: Vegetable chow mein, string bean and tofu, and wild pepper chicken.
Alicja Musiałowicz: String beans in garlic with chicken!! Cheap and good!
Catherine M. 🍷: Their steamed BBQ pork buns have a sweet aroma, like tapioca and are tasty. If it's not too crowded, you can hear the excellent piano pieces playing in the background.
13. Jade Cafe
7.6
1688 Bryant St (at 16th St), San Francisco, CA
Chinese Restaurant · Mission District · 10 tips and reviews
Peter Pun: Try the string bean tofu with spicy garlic. It is awesome. And no, I am not a vegetarian.
Tristan Tran: That place is incredibly cheap, you can literally get a meal for 6-8$ taxes included. And surprisingly, it's also very good!
Patrice Johnson: If you like fish try the Salt and Pepper fish fillet!!!!! TO DIE FOR!