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Peninsula & South Bay’s Top Spots (128 Places), Dish by Dish

Scores are Oligrail's opinions, made from public sources by a published method; they are not facts or endorsements. Restaurants don't pay to change scores. Full disclaimer below.

Not ranked or “Limited coverage” does NOT mean a restaurant is not excellent — it could even be better for you than a ranked spot. Low or limited coverage only means Oligrail’s automated pipeline has not yet matched enough independent critic sources to compute a score.

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Best Wings in Peninsula & South Bay

3 places · Oligrail wings score

  1. Orchard City Kitchen San Jose, Santana Row and Midtown (95128) 10.0
  2. Bonchon Cupertino / Vons Chicken Cupertino (95014) 9.5
  3. Smoking Pig BBQ San Jose, Santana Row and Midtown (95128) 8.0

All 3 wings places

Best Steak in Peninsula & South Bay

3 places · Oligrail steak score

  1. Evvia Estiatorio Palo Alto (94301) 9.5
  2. Selby's Palo Alto (94301) 9.5
  3. Sundance The Steakhouse Palo Alto (94301) 8.0

All 3 steak places

Best Sushi in Peninsula & South Bay

3 places · Oligrail sushi score

  1. Sushi Yoshizumi San Mateo (94401) 10.0
  2. Sushi Shin Palo Alto (94301) 9.5
  3. Wakuriya Burlingame (94010) 9.5

All 3 sushi places

Best Brunch in Peninsula & South Bay

3 places · Oligrail brunch score

  1. Camper Menlo Park (94025) 8.5
  2. Ettan Palo Alto (94301) 8.0
  3. Orchard City Kitchen San Jose, Santana Row and Midtown (95128) 8.0

All 3 brunch places

Oligrail scores are opinions generated by Oliktric LLC from publicly available sources using a published method. They are not statements of fact, guarantees, or endorsements. Restaurants do not pay to change scores. Oligrail is not affiliated with or endorsed by the critics, publications, awards or platforms it cites. Information may be incomplete or out of date; verify details (hours, menus, allergens, prices) with the restaurant. Terms: https://oligrail.ai/terms · Method: https://oligrail.ai/methodology · Corrections: https://oligrail.ai/corrections

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San Francisco (24 areas)

Bernal Heights Castro Chinatown Civic Center Cow Hollow Embarcadero Haight-Ashbury Hayes Valley Inner Richmond Jackson Square Japantown Marina Mission District Mission North Nob Hill Noe Valley NOPA North Beach Pacific Heights Polk Gulch Russian Hill San Francisco SoMa Sunset District

East Bay (15 areas)

Alameda Berkeley Downtown Emeryville Gourmet Ghetto Jack London Square North Berkeley Oakland Rockridge Telegraph Temescal Uptown Walnut Creek West Berkeley West Oakland

Peninsula & South Bay (9 areas)

Burlingame Cupertino Menlo Park Midtown Mountain View Palo Alto San Jose San Mateo Santana Row

North Bay (7 areas)

Healdsburg Mill Valley Napa Sausalito Sonoma St. Helena Yountville

San Francisco Bay Area ZIP Codes (35)

94110 San Francisco, Mission District, Bernal Heights 31 places · 25 scored

94103 San Francisco, SoMa, Mission North 25 places · 19 scored

94102 San Francisco, Hayes Valley, Civic Center 21 places · 15 scored

94114 San Francisco, Castro, Noe Valley 17 places · 11 scored

94133 San Francisco, North Beach, Russian Hill 20 places · 14 scored

94108 San Francisco, Chinatown, Nob Hill 24 places · 18 scored

94111 San Francisco, Embarcadero, Jackson Square 20 places · 14 scored

94123 San Francisco, Marina, Cow Hollow 19 places · 13 scored

94115 San Francisco, Japantown, Pacific Heights 25 places · 19 scored

94117 San Francisco, Haight-Ashbury, NOPA 23 places · 17 scored

94118 San Francisco, Inner Richmond 18 places · 12 scored

94122 San Francisco, Sunset District 18 places · 12 scored

94609 Oakland, Temescal 21 places · 15 scored

94618 Oakland, Rockridge 19 places · 13 scored

94612 Oakland, Uptown, Downtown 19 places · 13 scored

94607 Oakland, Jack London Square, West Oakland 20 places · 14 scored

94709 Berkeley, North Berkeley, Gourmet Ghetto 18 places · 12 scored

94704 Berkeley, Downtown, Telegraph 20 places · 14 scored

94501 Alameda 17 places · 11 scored

94596 Walnut Creek 17 places · 11 scored

94301 Palo Alto 23 places · 17 scored

94025 Menlo Park 17 places · 11 scored

94401 San Mateo 18 places · 12 scored

94010 Burlingame 18 places · 12 scored

94041 Mountain View 17 places · 11 scored

95014 Cupertino 17 places · 11 scored

95128 San Jose, Santana Row, Midtown 18 places · 12 scored

94965 Sausalito 18 places · 12 scored

94941 Mill Valley 19 places · 13 scored

94559 Napa 18 places · 12 scored

94599 Yountville, St. Helena 18 places · 12 scored

95448 Healdsburg, Sonoma 17 places · 11 scored

94109 San Francisco, Russian Hill, Polk Gulch 15 places · 10 scored

94608 Emeryville 15 places · 10 scored

94702 Berkeley, West Berkeley 15 places · 10 scored

All Places in Peninsula & South Bay (128 places)

Oligrail has 128 places in our data for Peninsula & South Bay (128 places): 86 with an Oligrail score and 42 with Limited coverage, updated October 15, 2026. Scores update monthly, on the 1st. Every score uses the same fixed baseline of 52 and independent sources only.

We score only places with enough independent public coverage that we can match to our data in 46 Atlanta & Greater Atlanta Area ZIPs. "Limited coverage" means we found too few independent public sources to give a score; it is not a judgment of the restaurant, which may be excellent. A place may be missing because we haven't found or matched coverage for it, or because a rule in our method, such as the chain rule, leaves it out.

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Updated October 15, 2026 · Scores update monthly, on the 1st · Oligrail scores are opinions · How scores work

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