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34 Japanese restaurants in San Francisco that earn more on your cards

San Francisco has 34 Japanese restaurants in our listings: 25 take a dining program and 12 have a card perk. Most common price: $$ (moderate). Top neighborhoods: San Francisco - Downtown (4), South of Market (3), and Inner Richmond (2).

34 restaurants

  • Nippon Curry - Berkeley

    up to20%

    Japanese · $$ · South Campus

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8x+10 more

  • Nippon Curry - San Francisco

    up to20%

    Japanese · $$ · The Marina

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8x+11 more

  • Okane

    up to20%

    Japanese · Showplace Square

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%

  • PABU Izakaya - SF

    up to20%

    Japanese · $$$ · Financial District

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%Bilt Dining1x

  • Shiro Kuma

    up to20%

    Japanese · San Rafael

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%

  • Zentarou Sushi and Sake Bar

    up to16%

    Japanese · $$$ · Inner Sunset

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Resy creditUpside11%Hilton Honors Dining8x+11 more

  • Shokudou

    up to14%

    Japanese · $$$ · San Francisco - Downtown

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xUpside8%+9 more

  • Bar Iris

    up to12%

    Japanese · $$ · Russian Hill

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    IHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6xUpside6%+6 more

  • Bimi Poke

    up to12%

    Japanese · $$$ · South of Market

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 more

  • Flying Ninja

    up to12%

    Sushi · $$ · San Francisco - Downtown

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 more

  • Koryo Sushi

    up to12%

    Japanese · $$$ · Temescal

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 more

  • Miyozen

    up to12%

    Japanese · $$ · Emeryville

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+9 more

  • Rock Japanese Cuisine

    up to12%

    Japanese · $$$ · San Francisco - Downtown

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 more

  • Sake Bomb

    up to12%

    Japanese · $$$ · San Francisco - Downtown

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 more

  • Sakura Bistro Sushi & Sake Bar

    up to12%

    Japanese · $ · Oakland Chinatown

    American Express Gold Card + Rakuten Dining

    Resy creditHilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8x+8 more

  • Junbi - San Francisco

    up to12%

    Japanese · $$ · Financial District South

    American Express Gold Card + Rakuten Dining

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+9 more

  • Rocket Sushi

    up to12%

    Japanese · $$$$ · South of Market

    American Express Gold Card + Rakuten Dining

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+8 more

  • Sushi Bistro

    up to10%

    Japanese · $$ · Inner Richmond

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Upside4%

  • Nisei

    up to8%

    Japanese · $$$$ · Russian Hill

    American Express Gold Card + Bilt Dining

    Sapphire Reserve Exclusive Tables creditIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+6 more

  • Restaurant ANZU

    up to8%

    Japanese · $$ · Downtown

    American Express Gold Card + Bilt Dining

    Upside2%Bilt Dining1x

  • Sushi Bistro

    up to8%

    Japanese · $$$$ · Inner Richmond

    American Express Gold Card + Bilt Dining

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+9 more
Restaurants
34
Neighborhoods
27
Cuisines
7
Dining programs
14
With a card perk
12

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 (18 restaurants) and Eat Around Town (18) are the most widespread dining programs here, out of 34 restaurants. American Express Gold Card tops the list here on its own dining rate — ≈$6.00 on a $100 dinner before any program.

All the best cards for dining

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.

6 cuisines in San Francisco

Japanese in 27 San Francisco neighborhoods

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Some restaurant addresses, phone numbers, websites and cuisines come from Overture Maps Foundation open data (Meta and Microsoft, CDLA Permissive 2.0; Foursquare, Apache 2.0; AllThePlaces, CC0 1.0). Overture attribution Some neighbourhoods come from Who's On First boundaries (CC-BY 4.0). Who's On First licenses Some opening hours, phone numbers, websites and cuisines are © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0). OpenStreetMap copyright

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