From The Fairmont San Francisco Best Nearby Asian (Restaurants) (10 Overall Closest) Metro: San Francisco, CA Tonga Room Hurricane Restaurant & Bar (Restaurants - Asian) 950 Mason St Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco  CA  94108 • 415-772-5000 Distance: ~29 ft User Rating: 9.3334 / 10         Description: NOB HILL. The Tonga Room offers drinks, dancing, great Asian cuisine, and a festive atmosphere, including a simulated tropical rainstorm that shakes things up every twenty minutes. Expansive windows provide views of the bustling streetscape, and live music and dancing take place nightly. The popular restaurant and bar also host a well-attended happy hour with its own special buffet. Order up a tropical cocktail, see what tasty treats are available, and relax after a long day. Sanraku (Restaurants - Asian) 704 Sutter St Japan Center, San Francisco  CA  94109 • 415-771-0803 Distance: ~1304 ft User Rating: 9.5 / 10         Description: JAPANTOWN. Cuisine leaps to the forefront of this restaurant's appeal, thanks to raw and cooked options that, without exception, deliver on flavor, presentation, and preparation. Diners can choose from teriyaki, donburi, and tempura dishes and then pair them with a selection from the extensive list of sakes. Maki is a specialty, and resident chefs share their time with the Four Seasons next door. Sanraku also boasts a kaiseki menu, a rarity among Bay Area restaurants. Vegetarian items are available. Pacific (Restaurants - Asian) 500 Post St JW Marriott Hotel San Francisco, San Francisco  CA  94102 • 415-929-2087 Distance: ~0.27 mi User Rating: 9.1666 / 10         Description: UNION SQUARE. This hotel restaurant specializes in European-Asian fusion cuisine. During the week, a wonderful breakfast menu takes care of travelers, and at dinner, dishes include roasted long-bone veal chop, hoisin-glazed Muscovy duck breast, and dayboat scallops and prawns. A chef's tasting menu, with or without wine pairings, is also available. Service is professional, and the hotel offers free valet service (up to four hours) for diners. Great Eastern (Restaurants - Asian) 649 Jackson St, San Francisco  CA  94133 • 415-986-2500 Distance: ~0.37 mi User Rating: 7.75 / 10         Description: CHINATOWN. Great Eastern is so appreciated for its authenticity that you're likely to find a large clientele of native Chinese folks enjoying the cuisine. Seafood is always top-rated, as you'll see with lobster sashimi and prawns prepared a number of ways. Other dishes feature everything from duck and quail to abalone and pork. Dishes offer good value, and reservations are accepted for large groups. Tommy Toy's Cuisine Chinoise (Restaurants - Asian) 655 Montgomery St, San Francisco  CA  94111 • 415-397-4888 Distance: ~0.44 mi         Description: FINANCIAL DISTRICT. Elegant and classy, Tommy Toy's boasts an interior of Asian antiques and artwork befitting royalty. The cuisine remains comfortingly consistent, and diners rave about dishes like duck with plum sauce, lobster, and squab. Genteel service and a subdued atmosphere recommend Tommy Toy's as a special-occasion destination. It's well worth the expenditure for such an exceptional evening. House (Restaurants - Asian) 1230 Grant Ave, San Francisco  CA  94133 • 415-986-8612 Distance: ~0.48 mi         Description: NORTH BEACH. House presents – along with delicious, Asian-inspired fusion cuisine – excellent service, magnificent decor, and an intriguing menu. The sleek, 40-seat restaurant offers a variety of dishes, including Chilean sea bass, garlic-crusted chicken wings, and dessert tapioca. For added kick, consider Korean-spiced rack of lamb, pork loin with cilantro, or seared ahi tuna with hot mustard cream sauce. Silks (Restaurants - Asian) 222 Sansome St Mandarin Oriental, San Francisco  CA  94104 • 415-986-2020 Distance: ~0.53 mi         Description: FINANCIAL DISTRICT. Chef Dante Boccuzzi imbues every dish he creates with practiced culinary expertise. Among the options are crab ravioli, steak-cut ahi with tobiko caviar, and Charlie's sea scallop sandwich, a Silks' signature. If you can't decide on an individual dish, order the six-course sampler, and revel in the variety. Cap everything with lemon tiramisu or tangerine crème brûlée. The extensive wine list can be expensive. Straits Restaurant (Restaurants - Asian) 845 Market St San Francisco Centre, Ste 597, San Francisco  CA  94103 • 415-668-1783 Distance: ~0.54 mi         Description: UNION SQUARE. Sleek and gleaming with polished woods, stainless steel, a sprinkling of Asian accents, and an open kitchen, Straits fills a welcome niche with its Singaporean cuisine, an amalgam of Chinese, Indian, Malaysian, and Indonesian fare. Chef Chris Yeo prizes authenticity and fresh ingredients, uniting them in dishes like tamarind beef, lamb shank korma, chicken breast with spicy lemongrass-coconut sauce, seafood green curry, and black pepper lobster. A wealth of rice and noodle dishes also keeps flavor at the forefront. For a subdued foil, try Straits' outstanding sago tapioca pudding. Kyo-ya (Restaurants - Asian) 2 New Montgomery St Palace Hotel, San Francisco  CA  94105 • 415-546-5090 • 415-546-5089 Distance: ~0.56 mi         Description: SOMA. Food and atmosphere complement one another in this upscale Japanese restaurant, contributing to its strong popularity. The menu offers a variety of maki and nigiri options, and the signature '49er roll even boasts gold leaf. Cooked dinners are available too, along with multi-course kaiseki meals, beautifully presented and artfully created. A full bar makes libations available, and garnished sakes in martini glasses are a must. Crustacean (Restaurants - Asian) 1475 Polk St, San Francisco  CA  94109 • 415-776-2722 Distance: ~0.58 mi User Rating: 8.6 / 10         Description: NOB HILL. Entering this Euro-Asian restaurant atop the Plaza building, you'll feel as if you've just stepped into an exciting, undersea world. The house specialty, crab prepared three ways, is incredible, and roast crab is a delicious signature dish too. Also famed are garlic noodles, whose recipe is so well-guarded that they must be prepared in a separate kitchen! Well-trained staff. Copyright ©2001 10Best Inc. All rights reserved.