China Live Restaurant (San Francisco, CA)

Come hungry—this is the Chinatown spot for dumplings, noodles, and a front-row kitchen.

China Live
📍San Francisco, CA
🍴Asian
✨outstanding sharable dim sum menu fun for a group
📒 San Francisco Field Notes

Why you should go: San Francisco is known for their dim sum scene! China Live is a big, open restaurant with chefs preparing dishes in an open kitchen style layout. The activity, the ambience, and friendly service make this a standout restaurant – plus the shareable dishes keep getting delivered to your table one after another which makes the entire experience fun for a group.

What we’d order again: We all ordered one dish and then shared everything!

• Dungeness Crab & Shrimp Spring Hand-rolls
• Sheng Jian Bao ‘SJB’ Daily Made Pan-Fried Pork Dumplings
• Shanghai ‘Fat’ Chow Mein Pork, Shrimp, Chicken & Seasonal Vegetables
• Yangzhou Fried Rice
• Paired with their Sauvignon Blanc, China Live, Russian River Valley, CA (California Sauvi B + Dim Sum is a FANTASTIC combo!)

Go: China Live Restaurant, 644 Broadway, San Francisco, CA 94133 • view the menu