Forkelo ranking · Updated November 2026

Best Larbs in San Francisco.

5 larbs across San Francisco, ranked on what people say about the dish itself — never the restaurant's overall rating.

#1
6.1 Forkelo score Limited data

2 dish-specific mentions · 50% positive · 2 source types · menu verified November 2026

A minced larb salad with cucumber, dill, shallot, green onion, cilantro, and roasted rice, with a clear chili-lime bite.

#2

Larb Duck Pakxe

Lao Table · Financial District

$27.95
6.1 Forkelo score Limited data

2 dish-specific mentions · 50% positive · 2 source types · menu verified November 2026

A Pakxe-style minced duck larb with toasted rice powder, served as a lettuce wrap with leafy greens and soft herbs.

#3

Larb

Lers Ros · Tenderloin

5.8 Forkelo score Limited data

2 dish-specific mentions · 50% positive · 2 source types · menu verified November 2026

A minced larb, often duck, with herbs and cabbage wraps. It can be consistently good, though a delivery order arrived overly salty.

#4
$18.00
5.3 Forkelo score Limited data

2 dish-specific mentions · 0% positive · 2 source types · menu verified November 2026

A minced chicken larb with onion, mint, cilantro, roasted rice, and chili-lime dressing. A delivery order was thrown out after a diner found a worm in the salad.

#5
4.6 Forkelo score Limited data

2 dish-specific mentions · 0% positive · 2 source types · menu verified November 2026

A Lao-style larp, including a duck version with herbs and cucumber. Some diners have found it watery, salty, or unremarkable beside other plates.

How this ranking works.

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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Larbs · San Francisco

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