Gai Chicken Rice is one of The 15 Best Places for Hainanese Chicken Rice in San Francisco.

1. Gai Chicken Rice

8.1
3463 16th St, San Francisco, CA
Asian Restaurant · Mission Dolores · 4 tips and reviews

Hai L.Hai Li: Hainan chicken rice, decent for the price. Worth checking out

alicealice: CHICKEN RICE! + Great, quick service. Love the Hainan Onion Ginger sauce. So delicious and satisfying.

Naz H.Naz H: Classic chicken rice with a bit more oomph and flavor in their rice. Choice of sauces is excellent plus the pickled vegetables. Get an egg!

Rooster & Rice is one of The 15 Best Places for Hainanese Chicken Rice in San Francisco.

2. Rooster & Rice

7.8
2211 Filbert St (Fillmore St.), San Francisco, CA
Thai Restaurant · Union Street · 21 tips and reviews

Guillaume R.Guillaume R.: Excellent chicken rice. Thai good.

Elynn L.Elynn Lee: Super yummy chicken rice! I got the original and it was great. Portions are pretty big. Fast and friendly service. I also added a soft boiled egg to mine!

Dave J.Dave Jensen: The khoa mun gai is delicious and authentic! Try it with a soft boiled egg.

Oren's Hummus is one of The 15 Best Places for Hainanese Chicken Rice in San Francisco.

3. Oren's Hummus

8.4
71 3rd St (at Jessie St), San Francisco, CA
Mediterranean Restaurant · SoMa · 22 tips and reviews

StephanyStephany: Fave is the chicken rice bowl.. or if you are famished, get the chicken skewer and choose the hummus and cauliflower as your sides

ShinaShina: Hummus heaven! Try the sampler

Nitzan B.Nitzan B: Great Israeli food!! Staff was very friendly 😊

Golden Star Vietnamese Restaurant is one of The 15 Best Places for Hainanese Chicken Rice in San Francisco.

4. Golden Star Vietnamese Restaurant

8.0
11 Walter U Lum Pl (Clay), San Francisco, CA
Vietnamese Restaurant · Chinatown · 93 tips and reviews

David W.David Whalen: Chicken Fried Rice and Pork Pho were very tasty and large portions. They provide free hot tea! Prices were quite reasonable. They only accept cash.

Ryan E.Ryan E: An office favorite. You can't beat the Pho.

cyn k.cyn k: absolutely delish pho.

Tú Lan Restaurant is one of The 15 Best Places for Hainanese Chicken Rice in San Francisco.

5. Tú Lan Restaurant

7.7
8 6th St (btwn Market St & Stevenson St), San Francisco, CA
Vietnamese Restaurant · SoMa · 140 tips and reviews

Hana N.Hana Na: Chicken fried rice - there's a unique curry flavor. And the rice is soo moist and delicious.

Dian H.Dian Haryaty: Sweet sour fish, chicken fried rice, beef sauteed in ginger for the win!!

Boniface L.Boniface Law: #17! Best Bun Cha - over stuffed Imperial rolls with grilled crispy pork

Burma Superstar is one of The 15 Best Places for Hainanese Chicken Rice in San Francisco.

6. Burma Superstar

9.0
309 Clement St (btwn 4th & 5th Ave), San Francisco, CA
Burmese Restaurant · Inner Richmond · 371 tips and reviews

Katherine L.Katherine Loh: Tea Leaf Salad!!!! Also their Nan Gyi Dok (mild coconut chicken rice noodle curry)

sohailsohail: Tea leaf salad, chili lamb, coconut rice...heaven!

katherine k. r.katherine k. robinson: My last meal on earth will hopefully include a tea leaf salad, samosa soup, superstar vegetarian noodles and lots of sangria and coconut rice.

Lers Ros Thai is one of The 15 Best Places for Hainanese Chicken Rice in San Francisco.

7. Lers Ros Thai

8.0
307 Hayes St (btwn Gough & Franklin St), San Francisco, CA
Thai Restaurant · Civic Center · 100 tips and reviews

Sherry L.Sherry Li: I still like their Larkin location better but this one has nicer decor. The food is about the same. Curried are good. Love the crispy pork belly and fried chicken rice plates.

Joshua H.Joshua Haftel: Best phad see-ewe I've had in the Bay Area.

Jenny S.Jenny Seeger: The service is absolutely horrible.

Hunan Cafe #2 is one of The 15 Best Places for Hainanese Chicken Rice in San Francisco.

8. Hunan Cafe #2

8.3
4450 Cabrillo St (46th Ave), San Francisco, CA
Chinese Restaurant · Outer Richmond · 14 tips and reviews

DrueDrue: Food is excellent! Service is great too. I wish I lived here so I can come back!

Loren L.Loren L: Lily is the sweetest woman ever. She remembered me after 2 years! Food is great here, get the Mongolian beef with rice.

Dominic T.Dominic T.: Credit card minimum is $10

Thêm Ky is one of The 15 Best Places for Hainanese Chicken Rice in San Francisco.

9. Thêm Ky

7.1
717 Ellis St (at Larkin St.), San Francisco, CA
Vietnamese Restaurant · Tenderloin · 10 tips and reviews

Christian F.Christian Feng: Chicken rice plate or any rice plate are good gets!

Geordie E.Geordie E.: try the house special rolls and barbeque beef banh mi

Chris M.Chris Magsakay: Try the oxtail with tomato

Little Vietnam Cafe is one of The 15 Best Places for Hainanese Chicken Rice in San Francisco.

10. Little Vietnam Cafe

8.8
309 6th Ave (Clement St), San Francisco, CA
Vietnamese Restaurant · Inner Richmond · 35 tips and reviews

Katie L.Katie Leavens: Tofu bahn mi and crispy vegetarian rolls!

Monica K.Monica Kirst: Best Bahn mi in the Inner Richmond. $4 each.

Marc A.Marc Aure: Peter's special is good! Egg over easy and special lemongrass sauce. Win.

Enjoy Vegetarian Restaurant is one of The 15 Best Places for Hainanese Chicken Rice in San Francisco.

11. Enjoy Vegetarian Restaurant

8.1
839 Kearny St (at Washington St.), San Francisco, CA
Vegan and Vegetarian Restaurant · Chinatown · 41 tips and reviews

Inderpreet S.Inderpreet Singh: Vegetarian heaven. Amongst the best vegan food in SF.

Aireen D.Aireen De Leon: lettuce wrapped is a must try.

Kitzzy A.Kitzzy Aviles: Yum! Best fake meat I've ever had; it was very flavorful and great consistency. Quick service, great prices, and nice seating area.

Red Cafe is one of The 15 Best Places for Hainanese Chicken Rice in San Francisco.

12. Red Cafe

7.9
2894 Mission St (at 25th St), San Francisco, CA
Mexican Restaurant · Mission District · 31 tips and reviews

Mitchell v.Mitchell van der Hoeff: Breakfast quesadilla is bae. good food and a lot of it, and cheap.

Vince A.Vince Alvarez: Chilaquiles are just like my Grandfather use to make ... amazing.

Natalie G.Natalie G: Best chilaquiles I've ever had.

Lam Hoa Thuan Restaurant is one of The 15 Best Places for Hainanese Chicken Rice in San Francisco.

13. Lam Hoa Thuan Restaurant

7.9
2337 Irving St, San Francisco, CA
Asian Restaurant · Outer Sunset · 35 tips and reviews

Patrick C.Patrick Chan: Try #109. Cold Salad Noodle with fried egg rolls and grilled pork

Philip W.Philip Wong: Can't decide which is greasier: the food or the carpet.

Diana N.Diana N: Get the soy milk cold, if hot, it's too hot to drink!

Dumpling Kitchen is one of The 15 Best Places for Hainanese Chicken Rice 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

Lauren M.Lauren Mac: Awesome soup dumplings, pea shoots, but gets busy!

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.

Lime Tree Southeast Asian Kitchen is one of The 15 Best Places for Hainanese Chicken Rice in San Francisco.

15. Lime Tree Southeast Asian Kitchen

7.4
836 Clement St, San Francisco, CA
Asian Restaurant · Inner Richmond · 16 tips and reviews

Adelia R.Adelia Rahim: So far, the best Malaysian and Indonesian food in SF. Authentic and delicious. Try the beef rendang with the ginger rice and sambal string beans + okra. The owner Ming is friendly and very nice.

Krakatau B.Krakatau Batavia: Ask for spicy Chili ( rated for spicy : ☆☆☆)

Krakatau B.Krakatau Batavia: Must order Char Guaw Teow