Dumplings.

6 rankings across San Francisco, built from 50 scored dishes. Pick the exact dumplings you want — each ranking compares only that dish.

Best Xiao Long Baos 12 dishes ranked Shanghainese steamed soup dumplings: a pleated, thin-skinned wrapper holding a pork meatball and hot broth, steamed in a small bamboo basket and eaten with black vinegar and ginger.

#1 Pork Xiao Long Bao Dumpling Story · Pacific Heights 8.8 Medium confidence
Best Wonton Soups 11 dishes ranked Cantonese wonton soup: thin-skinned dumplings filled with shrimp and/or pork, served in a clear, savory broth (often pork- or chicken-and-dried-flounder based), sometimes with egg noodles and greens.

#1 Wonton Soup Yin Du Wonton Noodle · Chinatown 8.8 Limited data
Best Har Gows 9 dishes ranked Cantonese dim sum shrimp dumplings in a translucent wheat-starch wrapper.

#1 Har Gow Dim Sum Bistro · Chinatown 8.7 Limited data
Best Siu Mais 8 dishes ranked Open-topped steamed dim sum dumplings, commonly filled with pork and shrimp.

#1 Pork Siu Mai Good Luck Dim Sum · Inner Richmond 9.2 Medium confidence
Best Chili Oil Wontons 5 dishes ranked Sichuan pork wontons served in a pool of red chili oil, often with black vinegar, garlic and numbing Sichuan peppercorn.

#1 Pork Dumplings in Sesame Sauce and Red Chili Oil Dumpling Home · Hayes Valley 7.0 Limited data
Best Potstickers 5 dishes ranked Pan-fried pork dumplings — guo tie. A folded wheat wrapper is seared flat-side down until the bottom is lacquered brown and crisp, then steamed in the same pan so the top stays soft and the pork filling turns juicy. Eaten with black vinegar, soy and chili oil.

#1 Shrimp Pork and Chives Pot Sticker (6) 虾三鲜锅贴 Dumpling Zone · Forest Hill 8.7 Medium confidence