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Best places for a first date in San Francisco
Absinthe Brasserie & Bar is one of Best places for a first date in San Francisco.

1. Absinthe Brasserie & Bar

8.5
398 Hayes St (at Gough St), San Francisco, CA
French Restaurant · Civic Center · 252 tips and reviews
Hotel Biron is one of Best places for a first date in San Francisco.

2. Hotel Biron

9.1
45 Rose St (at Market St), San Francisco, CA
Wine Bar · Civic Center · 60 tips and reviews
Mystic Room + Tavern is one of Best places for a first date in San Francisco.

3. Mystic Room + Tavern

417 Stockton St (btwn Bush St & Sutter St), San Francisco, CA
American Restaurant · Downtown San Francisco-Union Square · 127 tips and reviews
Dynamo Donut & Coffee is one of Best places for a first date in San Francisco.

4. Dynamo Donut & Coffee

8.9
2760 24th St (at Hampshire St), San Francisco, CA
Donut Shop · Mission District · 191 tips and reviews
Humphry Slocombe is one of Best places for a first date in San Francisco.

5. Humphry Slocombe

9.1
2790 Harrison St (at 24th St), San Francisco, CA
Ice Cream Parlor · Mission District · 375 tips and reviews
Stable Cafe is one of Best places for a first date in San Francisco.

6. Stable Cafe

9.1
2128 Folsom St (btwn 17th & 18th St), San Francisco, CA
Café · Mission District · 191 tips and reviews
Umi is one of Best places for a first date in San Francisco.

7. Umi

7.8
1328 18th St (at Missouri St), San Francisco, CA
Sushi Restaurant · Potrero Hill · 59 tips and reviews
Poesia Osteria Italiana is one of Best places for a first date in San Francisco.

8. Poesia Osteria Italiana

7.7
4072 18th St (btwn Castro & Hartford), San Francisco, CA
Italian Restaurant · Castro · 34 tips and reviews
R&G Lounge is one of Best places for a first date in San Francisco.

9. R&G Lounge

8.5
631 Kearny St (at Clay St), San Francisco, CA
Cantonese Restaurant · Chinatown · 274 tips and reviews
Shabu House is one of Best places for a first date in San Francisco.

10. Shabu House

7.6
5158 Geary Blvd (at 16th Ave), San Francisco, CA
Shabu-Shabu Restaurant · Inner Richmond · 43 tips and reviews
Pagolac is one of Best places for a first date in San Francisco.

11. Pagolac

655 Larkin St (btwn Ellis St & Willow St), San Francisco, CA
Vietnamese Restaurant · Tenderloin · 25 tips and reviews