Hog Island Oyster Co. is one of The 15 Best Places for Fresh Seafood in San Francisco.

1. Hog Island Oyster Co.

9.2
1 Ferry Bldg #11 (at The Embarcadero), San Francisco, CA
Seafood Restaurant · Financial District · 406 tips and reviews

Minyi S.Minyi Shih: Try the Clam Chowder - Great taste + consistency. Love the fresh clams!

Lucille F.Lucille Fisher: Hits the spot when you crave seafood, and yes the ultimate comfort food-grilled cheese! Fresh oysters & clam chowder with the GCS is perfect to share so you have room for other goodies in the menu.👍

LolosaurrLolosaurr: Fresh oysters! Kumamoto's a good pick. Clam chowder was delicious. Olivia's special tip - order a side of fries and dunk them in the chowder for kicks.

Hook Fish Co is one of The 15 Best Places for Fresh Seafood in San Francisco.

2. Hook Fish Co

9.2
4542 Irving St (btw 47th & 46th Ave), San Francisco, CA
Seafood Restaurant · Outer Sunset · 37 tips and reviews

Curtis S.Curtis Shoung: Fish and chips. Fresh fresh fish fried on order along with fries. Nom nom.

Megan AllisonMegan Allison: Almost too perfect to believe it's real. Mind-bendingly fresh fish, simple, great flavors in the dish choices. Wish they had a crisper white wine than Chardonnay, but that doesn't make it not perfect.

M H.M Hansen: An oasis in Ocean Beach. Eat great and fresh seafood, take a walk down to the ocean and watch surfers do beautiful lines. Akaw!

Swan Oyster Depot is one of The 15 Best Places for Fresh Seafood in San Francisco.

3. Swan Oyster Depot

8.3
1517 Polk St (btwn Sacramento & California St.), San Francisco, CA
Seafood Restaurant · Polk Gulch · 217 tips and reviews

Geo A.Geo Azzi: Best fresh seafood in a casual environment. Long lines for eat in are worth it. They also have takeout orders.

Laura C.Laura C: Kelly and Christy love the Dungeness Crab Louie and the incredibly fresh oysters that they order with a crisp Sauvignon Blanc. There is only bar seating and it’s hard to get a seat, so expect a line.

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: This casual spot is a great place to enjoy fresh seafood. Its first come, first serve - so breakfast is often to best time to drop by. As seen on Travel Channel’s The Layover with Anthony Bourdain.

Ebisu is one of The 15 Best Places for Fresh Seafood in San Francisco.

4. Ebisu

9.1
1283 9th Ave (at Irving), San Francisco, CA
Sushi Restaurant · Inner Sunset · 93 tips and reviews

Kevin H.Kevin Hamano: Love the Dexter Carter roll. They also have fresh scallop and uni right out of the shell, on occasion.

Yunah R.Yunah Rha: Fresh fish, generous sushi chefs

Elise B.Elise Baeli: Order any of the fresh fish specials.

Sun Fat Seafood Company is one of The 15 Best Places for Fresh Seafood in San Francisco.

5. Sun Fat Seafood Company

8.5
2687 Mission St (at 23rd St), San Francisco, CA
Fish Market · Mission District · 16 tips and reviews

Heather S.Heather Shames: Incredibly fresh fish, fantastic oysters and clams and pretty inexpensive. The only fish monger I will go to.

Eric M.Eric Masters: Fresh fish, great service

Rem K.Rem Koning: Despite being on mission has fresh fish and a wide variety of seafood.

Sotto Mare Oysteria & Seafood Restaurant is one of The 15 Best Places for Fresh Seafood in San Francisco.

6. Sotto Mare Oysteria & Seafood Restaurant

8.8
552 Green St (at Jasper Pl), San Francisco, CA
Seafood Restaurant · North Beach · 207 tips and reviews

Lynnet S.Lynnet Spiegel: Best fresh seafood in SF!!!

Daniel P.Daniel Pearson: This is my happy place. Fresh seafood, great family-run service, and house white wine. Order the seafood linguini with "pink" sauce. You will not be disappointed.

Marc R.Marc R?er: Among the best seafood restaurants in SF, fresh fish everyday, pasta with it is always a great choice, as well as the smoked salmon

Anchor Oyster Bar is one of The 15 Best Places for Fresh Seafood in San Francisco.

7. Anchor Oyster Bar

8.9
579 Castro St (btwn 18th & 19th St), San Francisco, CA
Seafood Restaurant · Castro · 130 tips and reviews

Nicole M.Nicole Macias: Great place to eat or pick up fresh fish!

Evren K.Evren Koksal: Best seafood spot in SF! Do not miss! Fresh oysters like nowhere else yummmm! Order anything wont regret.

Wilson F.Wilson Favre-Delerue: Small, intimate, lively. Deliciously fresh seafood, shellfish and hot dishes. And that epic cioppino dish. Downside: LONG wait all the time!

Live Sushi Bar is one of The 15 Best Places for Fresh Seafood in San Francisco.

8. Live Sushi Bar

8.4
2001 17th St (Kansas), San Francisco, CA
Sushi Restaurant · Potrero Hill · 77 tips and reviews

Carmen S.Carmen Sutter: Omakase has fantastic variety with large pieces of fresh sashimi & nigiri. Get the live scallops for sure. Starter of oyster, uni, quail egg & tobiko was amazing.

Kat .Kat 🐱: Fresh sashimi.

Shell T.Shell T: Fresh seafood from Tsukiji Market like aji, toro, and hotate.

Waterbar is one of The 15 Best Places for Fresh Seafood in San Francisco.

9. Waterbar

8.7
399 The Embarcadero (btwn Folsom & Harrison St), San Francisco, CA
Seafood Restaurant · Rincon Hill · 199 tips and reviews

JCJC: Nothing like fresh seafood. One of the best seafood restaurants I have been to lately.

Kris V.Kris Vera-Phillips: Try the Halibut - #kvpinmybelly : #Easter dinner with my family. Amazing, fresh #fish in #SF.

Tasting TableTasting Table: Filled with fresh lobster meat, their roll is simple, clean and classic. A delicious contender in our 2012 Lobster Roll Rumble: Read more.

Scoma's Restaurant is one of The 15 Best Places for Fresh Seafood in San Francisco.

10. Scoma's Restaurant

8.7
1965 Al Scoma Way (Jefferson Street), San Francisco, CA
Seafood Restaurant · Fishermans Wharf · 259 tips and reviews

Jeff P.Jeff Prescott: what a great meal. Incredible fresh sea food - great wine and right over the bay. A memorable evening

Hayley M.Hayley Miller: Go to Scoma's and order the lunch special and get the cup of clam chowder, crab Louie salad, and desert is included! Best sourdough bread in city, best fresh crab meat. and the soup is amazing as well

Valery K.Valery Krasovsky: Best fresh seafood, excellent atmosphere

Eiji is one of The 15 Best Places for Fresh Seafood in San Francisco.

11. Eiji

8.7
317 Sanchez St (at 16th St), San Francisco, CA
Japanese Restaurant · Mission Dolores · 117 tips and reviews

Harold L.Harold Liss: Such fresh fish and fantastic tofu. Get Ankake tofu and any sashimi you like. Finish off with strawberry mochi. This place is a true gem!

Alex G.Alex Goffey: Wow, that's some amazing Japanese - from the tea to the super fresh sashimi and house made tofu, everything was special.

Irina L.Irina Lo: Fresh fish is fresh

Otoro Sushi is one of The 15 Best Places for Fresh Seafood in San Francisco.

12. Otoro Sushi

8.3
205 Oak St, San Francisco, CA
Sushi Restaurant · Lower Haight · 100 tips and reviews

Cherylynn N.Cherylynn Norona: Best Chinese Owned Japanese Restaurant in SF! Super fresh fish!

yvonnnneeeeyvonnnneeee: rolls mediocre and expensive! super fresh sashimi! cute little place

SukiSuki: Perfect lunch staple in Hayes Valley on a quiet street. Very fresh fish and quick, friendly service.

Basa Seafood Express is one of The 15 Best Places for Fresh Seafood in San Francisco.

13. Basa Seafood Express

8.8
3064 24th St (Treat Ave.), San Francisco, CA
Fish Market · Mission District · 59 tips and reviews

David D.David D: Awsome fresh fish place. Sells fresh sushi cuts and all the fixin's for make-your-own-sushi

Kimberly N.Kimberly Nguyen: Salmon poke is really good. Fresh seafood for cheap.

Charlotte T.Charlotte Terrien: Fresh fish and sushi

Nijiya Market is one of The 15 Best Places for Fresh Seafood in San Francisco.

14. Nijiya Market

9.1
1737 Post St (at Webster St), San Francisco, CA
Grocery Store · Japantown · 73 tips and reviews

Jeff W.Jeff Wang: By far my favorite grocery store in SF. They have a great selection of fresh sashimi for reasonable prices and also delicious pre-marinated miso mackerel that I definitely recommend trying!

AlleyAlley: Great small grocery for Japanese produce and pantry staples as well as fresh fish and meat, and sushi

Shirley L.Shirley Liu: Amazing sushi to go and jams, candies, sauces from Japan and Hawaii

Ryoko's Japanese Restaurant & Bar is one of The 15 Best Places for Fresh Seafood in San Francisco.

15. Ryoko's Japanese Restaurant & Bar

8.7
619 Taylor St (at Cosmo Pl), San Francisco, CA
Sushi Restaurant · Lower Nob Hill · 444 tips and reviews

Ketti D.Ketti D.: Best discovery for the fresh sashimi and handrolls! Ask for fresh wasabi.

Eduardo S.Eduardo Sanchez: Excellent place - fresh fish and nice environment. Hard to find it if not through a guide (Zagat). Open till 2am. Highly recommend.

Mike W.Mike Winston: When late night munchies strike, there's no better place to be. The fresh fish in the sushi is outstanding and they also have a large number of imports from Tsukiji. Read more on WinstonWanders below! Read more.