2 russian rooms in San Francisco we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in San Francisco | Russian across every city.
Russian and Eastern European influence in San Francisco shows up more in pastry and the cafe counter than in a full dining room. Swensen's Ice Cream on Hyde Street, the original parlor, and The Sentinel near downtown stand in for the category. They mark a small but present corner of the city's eating.
Swensen's Ice Cream ★ 4.0
1999 Hyde Street, San Francisco, CA 94109
Swensen's Ice Cream in San Francisco is the 1948 Russian Hill original near the cable car turnaround, with hand-scooped cones in a small corner shop.
The Sentinel ★ 4.5
37 New Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA 94105
The Sentinel in San Francisco is Dennis Leary's South of Market lunch window, serving a corned beef and Russian dressing sandwich to a long FiDi office line.