Forkelo ranking · Updated October 2026
9 chicken wings across San Francisco, ranked on what people say about the dish itself — never the restaurant's overall rating.
Superior Palace · Outer Richmond
14 dish-specific mentions · 79% positive · 2 source types · menu verified October 2026
Big, double-fried wings in a sticky sweet-spicy sauce, a touch less sweet than San Tung's. Crisp skin and juicy meat, best eaten fresh.
The Kezar Pub · Haight-Ashbury
14 dish-specific mentions · 79% positive · 2 source types · menu verified October 2026
Classic Buffalo wings with a sturdy crisp under tangy, properly spicy sauce. A sports-bar standard; delivery orders can arrive soggy.
Hot Sauce and Panko · Russian Hill
17 dish-specific mentions · 71% positive · 2 source types · menu verified October 2026
Small, crispy wings in dozens of house flavors, from lemon pepper to buldak fire and panko. Juicy, but some find orders small or oversauced.
San Tung · Inner Sunset
21 dish-specific mentions · 76% positive · 2 source types · menu verified October 2026
Battered, deep-fried wings in a sticky, sweet garlic-ginger-chili glaze. Very crisp when fresh; some find the sauce too sweet and the meat dry.
Wei's Cafe · Ingleside
6 dish-specific mentions · 83% positive · 2 source types · menu verified October 2026
Light-battered salt and pepper wings piled with fried garlic and jalapeno. Audibly crunchy and well seasoned; one diner found the meat dry.
Chang's Kitchen Restaurant · Inner Sunset
16 dish-specific mentions · 75% positive · 2 source types · menu verified October 2026
Large, meaty dry-fried wings in a thick sweet-spicy glaze. Many find them juicier than San Tung's; a few call them bland or underdone.
Foghorn Taproom · Inner Richmond
14 dish-specific mentions · 71% positive · 2 source types · menu verified October 2026
Hefty wings in a long list of sauces and rubs, lemon pepper a favorite. Often juicy, though some find them not crispy or reheated.
Halal Wings Plus · Tenderloin
14 dish-specific mentions · 64% positive · 2 source types · menu verified October 2026
Small halal wings in many sauces and rubs; spicy lemon pepper and honey garlic lead. Fans love them, but flavor and crispness can be uneven.
King's Thai Cuisine · San Francisco
7 dish-specific mentions · 57% positive · 2 source types · menu verified October 2026
Deep-fried wings in a sticky sweet garlic-chili glaze with crisp basil. Crunchy under the sauce, though recent reports are few and mixed.
Every score is built from evidence about the specific dish: how often locals recommend it, how strongly, how recently, and whether independent sources agree. A restaurant's overall star rating is never converted into a dish score.
Quality and confidence are reported separately. A dish two people loved can score high, but it is marked limited data until more evidence backs it up. The whole calculation — every constant, and three dishes worked through line by line — is written out on the methodology page.
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