Mandalay is one of The 15 Best Places for Bamboo Shoots in San Francisco.

1. Mandalay

8.8
4348 California St (at 6th Ave), San Francisco, CA
Burmese Restaurant · 123 tips and reviews

The Bold ItalicThe Bold Italic: Try the Chin Mong Jaw –sour vegetables sautéed with green chiles, prawns, and bamboo shoots. Burmese people come from all over for this one. No one else has that in the city. Read more.

Jenn C.Jenn Chen: What we order every time and leave stuffed and happy: mohingna (fish chowder with noodles), tea leaf salad, samusa, balada, mandalay special noodles, and a curry and/or veggie.

Susie O.Susie Ochs: Go to Mandalay and order the Tea Leaf Salad.

Yank Sing is one of The 15 Best Places for Bamboo Shoots in San Francisco.

2. Yank Sing

8.2
101 Spear St (inside Rincon Center), San Francisco, CA
Dim Sum Restaurant · Financial District · 229 tips and reviews

Xuan L.Xuan Li: Har Gau Dumpling-Hand-chopped shrimp embed- ded with crunchy bits of sweet winter bamboo shoot tips and fashioned into a bonnet. Read more.

EaterEater: Yank Sing delivers beautifully. Start with har gau, the coral hue of chopped shrimp and bamboo shoots blushing through the tight, filmy wrappers. Then siu mai, snow pea tendrils, and mushrooms. Read more.

Exclusive ResortsExclusive Resorts: One of the best dim sum places in the city. It can get crowded on Sundays at Rincon so try the Stevenson Street location. The Shanghai soup dumplings here (their specialty) is not to be missed.

The Old Siam Thai Restaurant is one of The 15 Best Places for Bamboo Shoots in San Francisco.

3. The Old Siam Thai Restaurant

8.1
201 Ellis St (at Mason St), San Francisco, CA
Thai Restaurant · Tenderloin · 88 tips and reviews

Bianca G.Bianca Garcia: The Chocken Bamboo Shoots are perfect!

Antonio U.Antonio Uribe: Cheap and delicious. The Thai Iced Thea with tapioca is a must.

Zeynep G.Zeynep Gabrali: Best Thai rest. In SF;)

Palette Tea House is one of The 15 Best Places for Bamboo Shoots in San Francisco.

4. Palette Tea House

8.2
900 N Point St (Suite B201A), San Francisco, CA
Cantonese Restaurant · 14 tips and reviews

Afro l.Afro lynne: My new fav dimsum place in town. Will def come back to try everything.

Natalie M.Natalie M: It’s seriously the best dim sum place in San Francisco. Everything is delicious from the soup dumplings to the lobster har gow to the Kobe beef chow fun. Frankly, I’m obsessed with this place.

Frost L.Frost Li: Be ready for a long line

Manivanh Thai is one of The 15 Best Places for Bamboo Shoots in San Francisco.

5. Manivanh Thai

7.9
2732 24th St (btwn Hampshire & Potrero), San Francisco, CA
Thai Restaurant · Mission District · 7 tips and reviews

Megan M.Megan Masters: Papaya salad, pad Thai and chicken red curry all were delicious!

Kira D.Kira Downey: Vegetarian red curry with eggplant added over brown rice was heavenly! 🍆

Noah F.Noah Froehlich: The pad kee mao (drunken noodles) was incredible.

Thai Time is one of The 15 Best Places for Bamboo Shoots in San Francisco.

6. Thai Time

8.2
315 8th Ave (at Clement), San Francisco, CA
Thai Restaurant · Inner Richmond · 22 tips and reviews

J J.J John: This is without reservations the best Tom Ka Gai in the city. Authentic fresh ingredients (finally a Thai place that uses straw mushrooms!), great flavors and A+++ service

Tony P.Tony Phu: Pad Thai here is crack.

Kari C.Kari Cansler: Order the tofu satay and any red curries. Order too much food. Eat it all. And remember that this is better than any other thai in the neighborhood.

Dragon Well is one of The 15 Best Places for Bamboo Shoots in San Francisco.

7. Dragon Well

8.2
2142 Chestnut St, San Francisco, CA
Chinese Restaurant · Marina District · 33 tips and reviews

Steve K.Steve Kalush: Fantastic food. Located across the street from the Apple Store. Mu-Shu Pork is a must.

Nicolas G.Nicolas Gosset: Take The mongolian beef

Maggie C.Maggie Cole: Pork pot stickers are the best I've had since I can remember. Also, the wonton noodle soup w/no noodles comes in delicate broth with hints of garlic -- accompanied by white meat chicken and prawns.

Pagan is one of The 15 Best Places for Bamboo Shoots in San Francisco.

8. Pagan

8.3
3199 Clement St (at 33rd Ave), San Francisco, CA
Burmese Restaurant · Outer Richmond · 28 tips and reviews

Christie H.Christie Heikkinen: One of my favorite restaurants in SF. We always get the tea leaf salad, a briyani, and Thai iced tea. So good!

Patrick M.Patrick Munson: Samusa Soup is the best thing on the menu!

Nico P.Nico Pitney: The tea leaf salad is orgasmic. Grilled salmon with red curry, pineapple, and lychee is excellent too.

La Vie is one of The 15 Best Places for Bamboo Shoots in San Francisco.

9. La Vie

7.7
5830 Geary Blvd, San Francisco, CA
Vietnamese Restaurant · Outer Richmond · 9 tips and reviews

Renata B.Renata Berbert: Lanvie combo starter. Best Vietnamese roll ever!

A B.A Ballesteros: This San Francisco Phở is just as delicious as the tastiest bowls you can find in San José. 🍜

XimenaXimena: Cute atmosphere and good pho! Good service too

Thai Cottage is one of The 15 Best Places for Bamboo Shoots in San Francisco.

10. Thai Cottage

7.7
4041 Judah St (Btw 45th & 46th), San Francisco, CA
Thai Restaurant · Outer Sunset · 9 tips and reviews

Clay K.Clay Konnor: Cottage Duck and Spicy Catfish were amazingly good. Thai beef salad (yum nua) also delicious.

TedTed: Delicious pad Thai and good pricing

Edgar G.Edgar Gonzàlez Pellicer: The food was OK, but the service was quite slow and inefficient...

Sweet Lime Thai Cuisine is one of The 15 Best Places for Bamboo Shoots in San Francisco.

11. Sweet Lime Thai Cuisine

7.7
2100 Sutter St, San Francisco, CA
Asian Restaurant · Lower Pacific Heights · 24 tips and reviews

Lauren K.Lauren Knecht: The best Thai food in the neighborhood! The owner and staff are delightful too. A definite place you should check out!

Mariko B.Mariko Blakemore: Fried banana dessert. Yum.

Edward C.Edward Contessa: If you order something with no broccoli, they will pick it out by hand and bring it right back.

San Tung Chinese Restaurant is one of The 15 Best Places for Bamboo Shoots in San Francisco.

12. San Tung Chinese Restaurant

7.8
1031 Irving St (btwn 11th & 12th Ave), San Francisco, CA
Chinese Restaurant · Inner Sunset · 255 tips and reviews

Martin C.Martin Cunanan: Everything was delicious. We ordered dry fried chicken wings🍗, pork dumplings, 🍄mushroom, bamboo shoots & snow peas, beef fried rice. The fried rice was very eggy, but we liked it 🥚🍳

Asia K.Asia Kwan: For the vegetarians out there: try the fried veggie potstickers and the veggie mushu! Also if you're with meat-eaters ask for the chicken wings with sauce on the side. That way you can use the sauce!!

ZAGATZAGAT: Make sure to order the dry fried chicken wings.

Thai Chef is one of The 15 Best Places for Bamboo Shoots in San Francisco.

13. Thai Chef

7.6
4133 18th St (at Collingwood), San Francisco, CA
Thai Restaurant · Castro · 16 tips and reviews

EricEric: This is my favorite Pad Thai in this part of SF. I also like their other flat noodle dish with crab meat. Great place to go after a few drinks.

Angel E.Angel Esque: Yummy food every time.

Audra S.Audra Smith: Try the Tom kha gai - #tangy #vegetarian friendly #delicious ness

Dumpling Kitchen is one of The 15 Best Places for Bamboo Shoots in San Francisco.

14. Dumpling Kitchen

8.2
1935 Taraval St (btwn 29th & 30th Ave), San Francisco, CA
Dumpling Restaurant · Parkside · 63 tips and reviews

Daniel G.Daniel Grayson: The xiao long bao (soup dumplings) and the Shanghai style fried dumplings (with the fried bottoms and steamed tops) are very good, and match well the many Shanghainese staples on the menu.

Sherilynn M.Sherilynn Macale: For about $30, you can get like 4 plates of a MILLION dumplings. Omg. So good! And cheap, wow! Great alternative to sushi.

Andrew C.Andrew Choi: Shanghai-style pork soup dumplings, pan-fried potstickers, and the garlic bok choy are all yummy. And the hot chili oil makes everything better.

Little Nepal is one of The 15 Best Places for Bamboo Shoots in San Francisco.

15. Little Nepal

7.6
925 Cortland Ave (btwn Gates & Folsom), San Francisco, CA
Indian Restaurant · Bernal Heights · 23 tips and reviews

ISC C.ISC Chicago: Momo (minced chicken wrapped in flour dough and steamed, served with chutney sauce made of sesame, chili and tomato)

Jianer S.Jianer Shi: Impressive course. And the waitress is very friendly too :)

Rayshav M.Rayshav M: I wished the chicken choela was more spicy. I was hoping for authentic nepali cuisine but the food was more indian styled.