36 Californian restaurants in San Francisco that earn more on your cards
San Francisco has 36 Californian restaurants in our listings: 8 take a dining program and 31 have a card perk. Most common price: $$ (moderate). Top neighborhoods: Soma (4), Mission District (3), and Western Addition (3).
36 restaurants
Commis
up to6%Californian · Piedmont Avenue
American Express Gold Card
Sapphire Reserve Exclusive Tables creditDalida
up to6%Mediterranean · Presidio
American Express Gold Card
Sapphire Reserve Exclusive Tables creditErnest
up to6%Californian · Mission District
American Express Gold Card
Sapphire Reserve Exclusive Tables creditFrances
up to6%Californian · The Castro
American Express Gold Card
Sapphire Reserve Exclusive Tables creditMaria Isabel
up to6%Contemporary Mexican · $$ · Presidio Heights
American Express Gold Card
Sapphire Reserve Exclusive Tables creditRich Table
up to6%Californian · Western Addition
American Express Gold Card
Sapphire Reserve Exclusive Tables creditState Bird Provisions
up to6%Californian · Western Addition
American Express Gold Card
Sapphire Reserve Exclusive Tables creditThe Progress
up to6%American · Western Addition
American Express Gold Card
Sapphire Reserve Exclusive Tables credit
- Restaurants
- 36
- Neighborhoods
- 29
- Cuisines
- 16
- Dining programs
- 14
- With a card perk
- 31
The 3 best cards to bring to dinner in San Francisco
Ranked by what each card earns across this city's restaurants at our point valuations, counting the dining program that pays most at each one. Card credits aren't counted. AAdvantage Dining (5 restaurants) and Eat Around Town (5) are the most widespread dining programs here, out of 36 restaurants. American Express Gold Card tops the list here on its own dining rate — ≈$6.00 on a $100 dinner before any program.

American Express Gold Card
$325 annual fee
≈$6.00 on a $100 dinner
Perks at 18 restaurants hereCard details
Chase Sapphire Reserve
$795 annual fee
≈$5.40 on a $100 dinner
Perks at 14 restaurants hereCard details
Chase Sapphire Preferred Card
$95 annual fee
≈$5.40 on a $100 dinner
Card details
14 dining programs that pay in San Francisco
Dining programs pay on top of your card. Join one, link a card, and every meal at a participating restaurant earns twice.
- AAdvantage Dining5 restaurants1–5 miles per $1
- Eat Around Town5 restaurants4–6 points per $1
- MileagePlus Dining5 restaurants0.5–5 miles per $1
- Rapid Rewards Dining5 restaurants0.5–3 points per $1
- Hilton Honors Dining5 restaurants2–8 points per $1
- IHG Dine & Earn5 restaurants1–8 points per $1
- Upside5 restaurantsUp to 8% back
- Rakuten Dining5 restaurants5% back
- TrueBlue Dining4 restaurants1–3 points per $1
- SkyMiles Dining4 restaurants0.5–5 miles per $1
- Atmos Rewards Dining4 restaurants0.5–5 points per $1
- Dine Out with Wyndham4 restaurants1–5 points per $1
- inKind3 restaurants20% back
- Bilt Dining3 restaurants1 point per $1
15 cuisines in San Francisco
Californian in 29 San Francisco neighborhoods
- Soma4
- Mission District3
- Western Addition3
- Berkeley1
- Central Richmond1
- Cow Hollow1
- Downtown Mill Valley1
- Downtown San Rafael1
- Financial District1
- Fisherman's Wharf1
- Inner Mission1
- Japantown1
- Marina1
- Marina District1
- Mill Valley1
- Oakland1
- Oyster Point1
- Pacific Heights1
- Piedmont1
- Piedmont Avenue1
- Presidio1
- Presidio Heights1
- Richmond District1
- Rockridge1
- San Francisco - Downtown1
- SF - North Beach & Fisherman's Wharf1
- South of Market1
- Temescal1
- The Castro1
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- San Diego494 restaurants
- San Jose140 restaurants
- Sacramento118 restaurants
- Long Beach103 restaurants
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- All 448 in California
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