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San Francisco

Everywhere we track in San Francisco — restaurants ranked by the ones where we've seen the Amex Resy credit badge ourselves, then Michelin standing, then how people rate them.

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8 hotel and rooftop bars

Cityscape

4.5 out of 5(2,091 reviews)Cocktail Bar · $$

Upscale cocktail lounge serving New American small plates in modern quarters with panoramic vistas.

Visit site ↗333 O'Farrell St

The View Lounge

4.4 out of 5(3,270 reviews)Lounge bar · $$$

Massive arched windows showcase city views at this posh lounge serving cocktails & small plates.

Visit site ↗780 Mission St

Top of the Mark

4.4 out of 5(1,933 reviews)Bar · $$

Iconic high-end cocktail bar on top of the Mark Hopkins Hotel, with 360-degree views of the city.

Reserve ↗999 California St

The Battery

4.6 out of 5(702 reviews)Association / Organization

Chic quarters in an upscale hotel with 4 restaurants & bars, plus an art gallery, a spa & a gym.

Reserve ↗717 Battery St

Hotel VIA

4.4 out of 5(1,330 reviews)Hotel

Sleek rooms & suites in a contemporary hotel offering a chic bar/grill, bay views & a rooftop bar.

Visit site ↗138 King St

620 Jones

4.3 out of 5(1,189 reviews)Cocktail Bar · $$

A spacious heated outdoor terrace helps make this cocktail bar a bustling spot for drinks & food.

Visit site ↗620 Jones St

Starlite

4.3 out of 5(799 reviews)Bar · $$

Legendary cocktail lounge in the Beacon Grand for city views, cocktails, bites & all-vinyl DJ sets.

Visit site ↗450 Powell St

Redwood Room

4.4 out of 5(486 reviews)Cocktail Bar · $$

Clift Hotel's sophisticated hot spot for high-end cocktails in a glam space with redwood paneling.

Reserve ↗495 Geary St

Getting there on points

Published award prices from San Francisco, from our own pricing run.

Flights

CUNBusiness · American AAdvantage
30,000 mi
SJDBusiness · American AAdvantage
30,000 mi
KEFBusiness · Aeroplan
75,000 mi
LHRBusiness · Aeroplan
75,000 mi

Hotels

Hyatt Regency Kyoto
15,000/night
Hyatt Regency Paris Étoile
15,000/night
Park Hyatt Dubai
20,000/night

How this list is built. Restaurants and bars come from Google Places for San Francisco, refreshed Oct 14, and are split between the two tabs by the venue type Google reports. Booking platform is detected from each restaurant's own website. Michelin and Sapphire Reserve marks are matched by name and place. Where Google has no description we say what we hold about the venue instead.

What the marks mean. Since August 1 a restaurant only triggers the Amex Resy credit if its Resy page shows the “Qualifies for Resy Credit” badge — we open those pages and look, last on Sep 15, and a blank badge means we haven't checked yet, not that the credit fails. A sighting inside thirty days reads “Resy credit”; an older one carries the date we saw it, because what we can honestly say is what we saw and when. A Sapphire Reserve table is on Chase's Exclusive Tables list, where the $150 half-yearly dining credit applies — enrol the card at OpenTable first · list Sep 9. Michelin means starred, Bib Gourmand or Selected in the 2026 US guide, collected Sep 9. James Beard and the bar lists are the current year's awards, with a win shown differently from a nomination.

Card credits change without notice. Confirm on Resy or with your issuer before you count on one.

San Francisco — restaurants, bars and where your card credits work · PointsUser