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The culinary concept of Asian Fusion has become so embedded in San Francisco cuisine and restaurants, that most any San Francisco restaurant will have some element of Asian cuisine. But San Francisco manages to keep the genre bold. For a rich redwood ambiance and beautiful people in San Francisco's theatre district, Asia de Cuba at the Clift Hotel is a constant favorite for Latin-meet-Asian delights. In Nob Hill, the theatrical Tonga Room delivers Pacific Rim cuisine in a faux Polynesian landscape equipped with a lagoon, a dance floor and a floating band. But for some of the most lauded Asian fusion cuisine in San Francisco, Azie in SOMA combines industrial-chic décor with French-Asian fare (think lobster, bok choy and champagne).
314 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA 94108; Tel. 1.866.459.9788
"One of San Francisco's top restaurants!"
E&O Trading Company is located in the heart of downtown San Francisco just a block off Union Square. This exciting restaurant is perfect for fun cocktails, a romantic dinner or a gathering with friends and family.
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495 Geary (at Taylor), San Francisco CA 94102 (Downtown/Union Square)
One of French designer Philippe Starck's visual masterpieces, Asia de Cuba is the Clift Hotel's answer to fine fusion dining. The restaurant's adjoining Redwood Room is an vamped and vivacious spot for chic locals mingling with equally upscale hotel guests, while the restaurant itself artfully presents Asian-Latin hybrid dishes.
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826 Folsom, San Francisco CA 94107 (South of Market)
One of San Francisco's best restaurants, and lauded by foodies from Rome to Rio, Azie deserves its accolades. A warm, golden atmosphere is a dramatic backdrop for Azie's French-Asian cuisine, where Maine lobster pairs with bok choy and the wine list offers a wide range of French and Californian choices. |
1710 Mission St., San Francisco CA 94103 (Castro/Noe Valley)
Beautiful cocktail waitresses, tasty Asian-inspired cuisine and jazzy and ambient house music set the tone for great late night dining at an under the freeway overpass kind of clubby dining atmosphere where the Mission District meets Market Street in central San Francisco. The dinner hours have a more relaxed dining atmosphere whereas the later hours get crowds of San Francisco night flies looking for late night San Francisco appetizers and desserts.
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401 Taylor St San Francisco CA 94102 (Downtown/Union Square)
A playful San Francisco restaurant for contemporary Asian cuisine, Ponzu, located in San Francisco's Theater District downtown near Union Sqaure, attracts both a bar crowd and a dining crowd looking for creative cocktails and bold and bright entrees and appetizers that take tastes from Thai, Malaysian, Japanese, Chinese, and Vietnamese ingredients and cooking styles. The three illuminated 125-gallon salt water tanks back the bar and lend to the slick and fun ambiance.
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651 Howard St., San Francisco CA 94105 (SoMa)
Tucked away on the quaint Hawthorne Lane, newcomer Roe Restaurant is a punchy addition to the SoMa restaurant scene. A live jazz band plays every night and lends a romantic mood to the passion fruit cocktails and extensive champagne list. Inventive Burmese-Japanese fusion cuisine pairs seafood curries with sushi.
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101 2nd St., Ste. 100 San Francisco CA 94101 (South of Market)
Roy's Hawaiian-Asian-fusion cuisine is, in a word, sumptuous. From scallops to mahi mahi to a divine chocolate fudge explosion for dessert, Roy's offers surprising combinations from its open kitchen while the wine list is impeccably tailored to complement the cuisine (or try the Earth-Wind-Fire-Air Sake sampler). Close to Market St. in SOMA and popular at lunch with a Financial District crowd, Roy's has a dark wood dining room with touches of Hawaii and a staff that really exudes a warm, Island hospitality.
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222 Sansome St., San Francisco CA 94104 (Financial District / Embarcadero)
A San Francisco restaurant (in the Mandarin Oriental Hotel) with an elegant and formal dining room that attracts high-end corporate lunch goers to its business-central address on Sansome and California. While the Asia meets California cooking works well for both dinner and lunch, the under-appreciated for dinner hour makes for quiet evenings and romantic dinners for two.
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2251 Market St., San Francisco CA 94114 (Castro/Noe Valley)
An upper market noodle and bun house specializing in Asian fusion with hot splashes of fire and flavor. Keihl-smooth waitstaff are controversially lacking in Castro attitude, a welcome change in an over-hyped and under-served neighborhood.
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950 Mason Street, San Francisco CA 94163 (Nob Hill)
For Tiki madness, a visit to San Francisco is not as experiential without a cocktail and appetizers at The Tonga Room and Hurricane Bar. Consistently awarded for serving 'San Francisco's Best Happy Hour' by San Francisco Magazine, The San Francisco Bay Guardian and most recently, Where Magazine, The Tonga Room offers exceptional Pacific Rim Asian Cuisine in a truly tropical setting that includes thunder, rainstorms and a floating band. This San Francisco restaurant, located in the Fairmont Hotel, is a Polynesian escape after a busy day of meetings or shopping along Union Square. Be sure to try the Mai Tai.
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1177 California St., San Francisco, CA 94108 (Mission)
Not far from nightlife and taquerias, Watergate is a classy hideaway in the eclectic Mission district. French Asian fusion, elegantly presented in a formal setting with informal prices, keeps locals filling the seats for excellent lamb dishes, ahi tuna and braised short ribs.
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