Forkelo ranking · Updated September 2026
7 tri-tips across San Francisco, ranked on what people say about the dish itself — never the restaurant's overall rating.
The M Stop Halal Deli · Ocean View
32 dish-specific mentions · 97% positive · 3 source types · menu verified September 2026
Slow-smoked halal tri-tip, chopped and sauced with garlic spread, cheddar and jalapeños on a loaded roll. Diners call it tender, juicy and generous.
Roxie Food Center · Mission Terrace
50 dish-specific mentions · 88% positive · 5 source types · menu verified September 2026
Smoky tri-tip piled with jalapeños, cheese and BBQ sauce on a big roll: a messy, hefty deli sandwich locals swear by. The heat and sauce can bury the meat, and the bread can run dry.
Ted's Market · SoMa
20 dish-specific mentions · 85% positive · 2 source types · menu verified September 2026
A Monday, Wednesday and Friday tri-tip sandwich: juicy, smoky sliced beef piled high on a soft roll. Most love it; a few call it nothing special for the price.
24 dish-specific mentions · 88% positive · 2 source types · menu verified September 2026
Tender tri-tip with sweet caramelized onions and horseradish on bread hot off the grill, with jus. A big lunch sandwich; a few find it pricey for what it is.
19 dish-specific mentions · 58% positive · 3 source types · menu verified September 2026
Thick-sliced, char-roasted tri-tip with two sides, tender and smoky on a good day. The cut varies, and some platters come tough, chewy or on the small side.
Amal's Deli and Market · Haight-Ashbury
3 dish-specific mentions · 33% positive · 2 source types · menu verified September 2026
A hot, cheesy tri-tip sandwich on your pick of bread from a Haight Street deli. It can run more bread than meat for the price.
Memphis Minnie's BBQ Joint · Lower Haight
2 dish-specific mentions · 0% positive · 2 source types · menu verified September 2026
A Santa Maria-style tri-tip sandwich with a side at a Lower Haight BBQ joint. Recent word on the tri-tip is rough: dry and hard to chew.
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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