Noodles.

6 rankings across San Francisco, built from 71 scored dishes. Pick the exact noodles you want — each ranking compares only that dish.

Best Pad Thai 35 dishes ranked Stir-fried rice noodles tossed with tamarind, fish sauce and palm sugar, with egg, bean sprouts, garlic chives and crushed peanuts — ordered with chicken, shrimp or tofu. Ranked as one dish across every protein.

#1 80. Pad Thai Sriracha Thai Cuisine · Inner Sunset 8.9 High confidence
Best Dan Dan Noodles 10 dishes ranked Sichuan wheat noodles topped with seasoned ground pork, chili oil, Sichuan peppercorn, preserved vegetables and often sesame paste, served with little or no broth.

#1 Dan Dan Noodles Z & Y Restaurant · Chinatown 8.3 Limited data
Best Drunken Noodles 9 dishes ranked Pad kee mao: Thai wide rice noodles stir-fried over high heat with holy basil, chilies, garlic and vegetables, ordered with chicken, beef, pork, shrimp or tofu. Ranked as one dish across every protein.

#1 Drunken Noodles Nute's · Bernal Heights 8.7 Limited data
Best Pad See Ews 7 dishes ranked Thai wide rice noodles stir-fried in a hot wok with dark and light soy sauce, egg and Chinese broccoli, ordered with chicken, beef, pork, shrimp or tofu. Ranked as one dish across every protein.

#1 Pad See Ew Khob Khun Thai cuisine & breakfast · Inner Richmond 8.9 Limited data
Best Beef Chow Funs 5 dishes ranked Cantonese wide rice noodles stir-fried dry with sliced beef, bean sprouts and scallions over high heat for smoky wok hei.

#1 XO Beef Chow Fun King of Noodles · Sunset 7.1 Limited data
Best Garlic Noodles 5 dishes ranked Butter- and garlic-tossed wheat noodles in the San Francisco Vietnamese-fusion style — springy strands coated in a savory garlic-butter sauce (often with oyster sauce, soy, and Parmesan). Ranked as the named garlic-noodle bowl at a restaurant, not the restaurant overall.

#1 Garlic Noodles Thanh Long · Outer Sunset 7.9 High confidence