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Mission Chinese Food
Chinese Restaurant, American Restaurant, and Asian Restaurant$$$$
Mission District, San Francisco
The Chinese food at Mission Chinese Food is a can't miss
"The pork belly, salt cod fried rice and ma po tofu are excellent."(26 Tips)
"I enjoyed their mapo tofu, cooked bacon, and kung pao pastrami."(21 Tips)
"Pork belly, ribs, and ma po tofu (over crab!) were favorites."(21 Tips)
"The mapo tofu is unique and one of the best ma po tofus I've had."(12 Tips)
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Baturay AkaslanJanuary 5, 2016Thrice cooked bacon, mapo tofu and the Chow mein are all really good. I wish they brought the squid ink noodles back.
Noah WeissJune 7, 2015The best Chinese food hands down. Get everything so spicy you can't feel your lips. Thrice cooked bacon, Kung pao pastrami, ma pao tofu makes a perfect meal for two.
olivier PEYREOctober 13, 2017The original Mission Chinese. The decor is absurd and the vibe is Blade Runner meets hole in the wall dumpling place. Always easier to get a table around 9. Try the wings, if you can handle the 🔥
Thrice cooked bacon and cumin lamb ribs are awesome! Better food and shorter wait than the one in NYC.
Emily LNovember 16, 2018Went for the experience more so than the food itself, though I was pleasantly surprised that it was also pretty good. A bit jarring to be eating under disco lights and house music, but fun overall.
Trevor FilterAugust 22, 2014What's not good here? Love the thrice cooked bacon, beef brisket & broccoli, egg-egg noodles, squid ink noodles, shrimp pea dumplings and basically everything else. Toss it down with a few Tsing Taos.- JennyDecember 7, 2014I was skeptical, but this place is actually delicious. Chinese fusion with more Chinese than fusion. Pork belly, ribs, and ma po tofu (over crab!) were favorites. Green beans also had a nice kick.
Candid CuisineJune 25, 2015Get the thrice cooked bacon here! One of the few restaurants opened in Mission District late at night
Andy HemmiMarch 25, 2015Egg egg noodle has a tasty and unique flavor! I will eat it again! MaPo Tofu was good but on the salty side. Balance of texture between the tofu and the mushrooms were really good!!
Jay de CJanuary 21, 2017Fantastic, tasty and tongue numbing! Pickled cucumber, kimchi and beijing greens were great..fried chicken with vinegar dip was amazing! Not your typical SF Chinese. Mission, grungy decor!
Travel + LeisureSeptember 27, 2013Despite the hour-long wait, the food is worth it. Founding chef Danny Bowien calls his cuisine “Americanized Chinese food”; think fiery kung pao pastrami and a cardamom-laced beef brisket soup.
Mark MunroMarch 11, 2018The thrice cooked rice cakes with bacon and Taiwanese eggplant can’t be missed!- Jon B.April 22, 2017Festive and flavorful Chinese restaurant in the Mission. The pork belly, salt cod fried rice and ma po tofu are excellent.
Jean L.September 6, 2018On the salty side. Favorites include the rice cake dish and peanut noodles. Vegans beware: there is butter in the corn dish.- Brad GrahamMay 10, 2014Plays on the pop-up idea but is in an actual restaurant—Lung Shan. It becomes Mission Street Food for most of the week and serves classic Chinese recipes and some of chef Danny’s own creations.
Christine LeeFebruary 21, 2014Tea smoked eel. Tiki pork belly. Chongqing chix wings. Thrice cooked bacon & rice cakes. Gen Tso's veal rib. Westlake rice porridge. Salt cod fried rice. Fresh squid ink noodle. Mongolian long beans.
Unique take on Sichuan Chinese food with dishes like kung pao pastrami and thrice-cooked bacon. Both are excellent and spicy. Don't miss the tiki pork belly or the chicken wings!
The Mini JohnMay 19, 2015I don't remember half of the names of our food but I remember that it was delicious as fck!!!! We had to close a table in advance because the place is almost always filled up.
Tara R.August 20, 2013LOVED THIS PLACE. Ma po tofu was good (a lil hyped) but the Thrice Cooked Bacon?! WOW. Well deserved hype. So glad we ordered. Unassuming front, got inside and it was full. Best meal of my vacation.
Aaron ChristianApril 7, 2013The General Tso's veal rib is the kind of dish that's delicious enough to convince you to utterly compromise any vestige of dinner table etiquette you may have been foolishly maintaining until now.
AFAR MediaAugust 12, 2014Known for his spicy Sichuan dishes you can even get them delivered if you are in the right zone. The Ma Po Tofu is a must try! Read more
Behrad EatsMarch 10, 2012The dishes served here are simply amazing! I highly recommend the Chicken Wings with Explosive Chili Pepper, the Sizzling Cumin Lamb and the Ma Po Tofu.
Jennifer OrrOctober 10, 2014Everything was so good! But beware of the spice. Just one "fire" was a lot more spicy than I can handle. Next time I'll stick with the dishes with no "fire".
Anthony AdamsJuly 21, 2016Absolutely order the fried chicken with the tangy, vinegary sauce that accompanies it 👌🏽Easily some of the best in SF.
The mapo tofu is my favorite. Order as many dishes as you can for family style, they're all awesome and most of them have Sichuan peppercorn. Delicious.
Kevin RipperMay 20, 2015I was very drunk here but I said, "This is the best Chinese food of my life," at least 10 times. Hard to have a bad choice here, but Ma Po Tofu with pork stands out for me
Rebecca WangApril 21, 2015Everything is good. Squid ink noodles delicious. Tiki pork belly crisped outside tender inside to perfection. Tea-smoked eel mix of textures amazing.
Mark CheshireJune 15, 2013Thrice Cooked Bacon is wonderful and superhot, the General Tso veal just melts in your mouth. The perfectly selected music help to make this a don't not miss location
Kelly RenJuly 30, 2013UNF. Get the pork belly, veal ribs, and thrice cooked pork! My company really enjoyed the cumin lamb as well.- Ken BaldwinMarch 31, 2014the place everyone in SF talks about - get there early or go for lunch. the line usually fills up quick for dinner. I never waited bc my roomie was the chef haha
- try as many things as you can - kung pao pastrami + brussels sprouts are must orders
- GeoDecember 28, 2013The smoked tea eel is actually a roll, and a very awesome one at that. The mapo tofu is unique and one of the best ma po tofus I've had.
Kung pao pastrami seems like a really weird idea until you take your first bite, and then it suddenly seems so obvious you'll wonder why nobody else is doing it
Jordan FineSeptember 21, 2015Perfect order for two people: Tiger Salad, Chongqing Chicken Wings, and Thrice Cooked Bacon and Rice Cakes. Great combination of flavors!
Timothy CavanaughApril 14, 2014General Tso's Veal Rib is fantastic; fav dish was prob the Squid Ink Pasta with Lamb Chorizo. Wow.
VegNews MagazineAugust 30, 2012Critics' darling Mission Chinese Food has A+ vegan options, but the Tiger Salad always wins. This roll packs Chinese herbs and crunchy lettuces, drizzled with hot chili oil and turnip vinegar.
Dhruv BNovember 12, 2012Ma po tofu, lamb, and thrice cooked bacon are fantastic. Chicken wings are way too salty, inedible by our entire group. Great place overall for food, ambiance, and music.- The thrice cooked bacon, general tso's veal rib, and salt cod fried rice are not to be missed. Also, the mix of 90s rap and Beatles/Hendrix/Queen is pretty unbeatable.
Taran AlexanderSeptember 4, 2013Get there by 5pm for instant seating. Try the explosive chicken wings, the thrice cooked bacon, and the tiki pork belly. You will SO thank me.
RaynaMay 31, 2015Ate so much here: Tea smoked eel, mapo tofu, egg noodles, chongqing wings, and Sichuan pickles!!
Jonathan FishbeinAugust 27, 2018Surprisingly the place takes reservations online, so plan ahead and skip the line.
Portions are huge and food is really tasty. I love chow mein. The waiting line can be overwhelming. It's a really popular spot
Anthony BasilioMay 10, 2015Servings are huge, mapo tofu and the bacon noodle dish are quite spicy. Rice is $1 extra but they brought out enough to feed the four of us. Waitress was cute.
Vivian WangJuly 5, 2015Very very tasty. The salt cod fried rice is a must get. And their West Lake porridge is perfect for a sick day
Alisson XavierMarch 26, 2014Try the tiki pork belly and the breakfast fried rice which is new on the menu!
MikeFebruary 22, 2017Interesting combos: we loved the pastrami, green beans, and all the various fried rice. Best Chinese food I've ever had.- Anthony AdamsJune 9, 2016Could easily eat the thrice cooked bacon and rice cake on s weekly basis 👌🏽. And the hamachi was too damn good not to come back for.
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Mission Chinese Food
2234 Mission St (btwn 18th & 19th St)
San Francisco, CA 94110
United States
San Francisco, CA 94110
United States
Closed until 11:30 AM (Show more)
- Mon, Thu–Sun
- 11:30 AM–3:00 PM
- 5:00 PM–10:30 PM
- Tue–Wed
- 5:00 PM–10:30 PM
(415) 863-2800
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