Brenda's Oakland
up to14%Southern · $ · Temescal
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Resy creditUpside8%Rakuten Dining5%
9 Southern restaurants in San Francisco that earn more on your cards
San Francisco has 9 Southern restaurants in our listings: 6 take a dining program and 5 have a card perk. Most common price: $ (inexpensive). Top neighborhoods: San Francisco - Downtown (2), Temescal (2), and Bernal Heights (1).
9 restaurants
Gumbo Social
up to12%Southern · $$ · San Francisco - Downtown
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 moreTouch of Soul
up to12%Southern · $$$ · Longfellow
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 moreY's Choice
up to12%Southern · $$$ · San Pablo Gateway
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 moreBrenda's French Soul Food
up to12%Southern · $ · Civic Center
American Express Gold Card + Rakuten Dining
Resy creditGlobal Dining Access by ResyRakuten Dining5%Brenda's French Soul Food
up to8%Southern · $$ · San Francisco - Downtown
American Express Gold Card + Bilt Dining
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+9 more
- Restaurants
- 9
- Neighborhoods
- 7
- Cuisines
- 3
- Dining programs
- 13
- With a card perk
- 5
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. Rakuten Dining (6 restaurants) and AAdvantage Dining (4) are the most widespread dining programs here, out of 9 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 4 restaurants hereCard details
Chase Sapphire Reserve
$795 annual fee
≈$5.40 on a $100 dinner
Perk at 1 restaurant hereCard details
Chase Sapphire Preferred Card
$95 annual fee
≈$5.40 on a $100 dinner
Card details
13 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.
- Rakuten Dining6 restaurants5% back
- AAdvantage Dining4 restaurants1–5 miles per $1
- TrueBlue Dining4 restaurants1–3 points per $1
- Eat Around Town4 restaurants4–6 points per $1
- SkyMiles Dining4 restaurants0.5–5 miles per $1
- MileagePlus Dining4 restaurants0.5–5 miles per $1
- Rapid Rewards Dining4 restaurants0.5–3 points per $1
- Atmos Rewards Dining4 restaurants0.5–5 points per $1
- Hilton Honors Dining4 restaurants2–8 points per $1
- IHG Dine & Earn4 restaurants1–8 points per $1
- Dine Out with Wyndham4 restaurants1–5 points per $1
- Bilt Dining4 restaurants1 point per $1
- Upside4 restaurantsUp to 8% back
2 cuisines in San Francisco
Southern in 7 San Francisco neighborhoods
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