Fang

We ordered the chili spice fried short rib, the house special. It was delicious and highly recommend it. The service was slow and not present. There were a few people at the restaurant when we arrived but not to the point where we had to wait for a table, their being plenty of tables opened.

We went there on a team lunch a couple days ago. Despite yucky food, the servant was very rude and unprofessional. He took our jar of water to fill in, but forgot to return it. After a while I tried to call him while he was passing by our table. As soon as I said «excuse me» to draw his attention, he said «hold on» three times without allowing me to finish. As if he was talking to his high school classmates.
Later on while taking a candle heated dish away, he poured candle wax all over the table and my college’s phone and pants.
I’ve never experienced such a lousy, rude and unprofessional waiter before. I wish we had checked other Unilocal reviews before going there. I just noticed a food safety alert for this restaurant on Unilocal.I will never go there again.

Had a wonderful experience at Fang with our large group. They were able to easily accommodate us at a large table and we decided to have them choose our menu for us. As it’s family style eating TONS of dishes came out and needless to say they were all pretty darn delicious.
Everything from pot stickers, bau, hot n’ sour soup, short ribs, noodles, shrimp skewers, spicy chicken, fried rice… seriously, the plates just kept on coming! It was fantastic. I didn’t enjoy the veggie dishes as much but all in all very satisfied with what we were served. They were prompt and attentive and had a nice wine list for us to choose from.
Highly recommend coming here it’s a great experience and excellent food.

Food was 4 stars, but on the expensive side so value is 3 stars. True rating closer to 3.5.
I came here with a party of 4 for dinner. The restaurant is clean and service was fast. The 4 of us ordered 5 dishes, which turned out to be too much food and we had a lot of leftovers to take home. We ordered:
Pork bone soup with vegetables and noodles ($ 20 for large): this soup was delicious. The broth had been simmered for days and had a real complexity of flavor. There were a lot of ingredients like pork meatballs, noodles, and tofu-​like bean curd. A large is definitely more than enough for 6 people. We couldn’t finish it.
BBQ pork spareribs with bok choy ($ 17.95): my favorite dish of the night. The spareribs were tender and crispy on the outside, and we’re both savory and sweet. The meat paired very well with the freshness of the bok choy. My only complaint is for the size of the dish, the price is too expensive.
Salted pork belly with pumpkin ($ 17.95): pork belly was tender and melt-​in-​your-​mouth, although on the fatty side. I felt that pairing with pumpkin was an odd choice. I’ve never had those flavors combined together in Chinese cuisine and the pairing threw me off a little.
Panfried flounder with yellow curry sauce and chili oil (market price): the fish was so tender and flavorful! I really enjoyed this dish.
Sautéed pea shoots in garlic ($ 9.95): solid vegetarian accompaniment to the meal.
Overall the meal was solid, but for $ 30 per person after tax and tip, I didn’t think the value was that great.

I am a student from Hong Kong. I have eaten many chinese cuisine since I was born and I must need to tell you that food especially short ribs, pork belly and soups in Fang Restaurant is fantastic. I visited Fang Restaurant when I was attending a study tour in Stanford University. The owner was very friendly and he even offered us discounts knowing that we did not have much money. No doubts that Fang is one of the best chinese cuisine restaurant.

What an amazing foodie experience at Fang! Great atmosphere, good for all occasions and AMAZING FOOD! Delicious potstickers and the lunch time plate shrimp was delectable! Had the vegetarian potstickers and it was amazing!

Not as bad as I’d expected from the multitude of recent 1-​star reviews! I actually left the place feeling NOT mad!
Service: Yes, it needs better management. While we were waiting (read: ready with menus closed, looking bored) for a waiter to come take our order, there were 4 (FOUR!) waiters cleaning up 1 (ONE!) table NEXT to us.
Luckily we didn’t take long to choose our items and were able to flag a waiter down. The tables next to us weren’t so lucky, as they had taken forever to choose their items (missed their chance to order when the waiters first came to them asking about drinks) and were forgotten about for a long time.
Food: Didn’t take long compared to the wait some might experience for ordering.
Dumplings were definitely overpriced. Comes out to $ 1.50/dumpling ($ 9 for six). You can get higher quality and quantity at numerous other Chinese restaurants in other parts of SF and the Bay Area.
The sesame chicken was good. Interesting that they paired it with potato slices.
The crispy honey chili shortribs were quite flavorful. For $ 18 though, the portion was on the smaller side. Cut into small cubes, it was easy to finish them and there weren’t enough.
Overall: The chefs at Fang are way better employees than the waiters.

Lots of vegetarian options for a Chinese restaurant so I really appreciate that. I came here on a Friday night for dinner and there was no wait around 6:30pm.
The serious was relatively slow and the main guy was very pushy about his suggestions. He asked us for our drinks order and we said just water. He insisted on us getting something and left with saying «I’ll bring you hot tea, you’ll love it.» Although I appreciate the sentiment, he also did add an extra $ 7 to our bill for these teas.
The veggie hot and sour soup was a little too sour for my liking, but the sizzling rice soup was very tasty! I also really enjoyed the pan fried veggie dumplings. They had a great filling and were served with a delicious sauce.
Besides that, nothing else really stood out. We wanted to try the sesame tofu dish but when we asked to ordered that, the waiter insisted that he would bring out another dish that was better. He ended up bringing out the curry tofu and I felt like that was just like a yellow curry with a very heavy turmeric taste. There were a lot of fresh veggies which I appreciated but the taste was just alright.
Overall, our experience was just ok. I wish this food was better because of the breadth of veggie options but maybe we just didn’t order the right stuff. I’ll probably be back again to give it another shot!

Hit this place up after a visit to MoMa — right around the corner!
The staff was very attentive and once they knew I had a food allergy they were amazing about letting me know what I could eat.
Finally, the food was really great! We all loved our meals, but the hidden surprise was the chicken added to our noodle dish — amazing!

I have to agree with some of the reviewers on how this is the WORST service I’ve recieved in a long time.
Our order took forever to come out even though we came and ordered before those around us. The salad was suppose to come out 1^st, instead it came out last. I also ordered rice and it never came until I got up myself and walk over to the kitchen area to ask for it.
Not to mention this place was rated on Unilocal list of restaurants that scored the lowest on health sanatary reasons.
Overall, there are plenty of places to go around the area to have a enjoyable lunch without out getting annoyed and horrible service.

Just want to provide some constructive feedback here.
Few ways to improve:
— Free hot tea; isn’t this a thing at all asian places? be asian, serve me tea.
— Waitresses should not wear plastic, disposable gloves when taking orders; why
— Better service; please ask me how everything is
— Warmer entrees and rice; heat can change everything
— More vegetables in veg+meat/fish dishes; needs more balance

My table received some of the worst service I’ve seen in years. We had three people at our table, each of us had to eat alone since our meals were spaced out so far between each other. It’s super awkward watching someone eat. The first person would have waited but realized the second meal was taking an extremely long time to come. The last dish took over an hour and twenty min to show up during lunch (which was about a full 50 min after the first meal arrived). There were several other tables around us (with much larger groups) that all received their meals at the same time where we were left wondering. Each time we asked if our lunch was close to being completed we were given hasty responses.
I realize this restaurant is setup for family style, and in all honestly I’m pretty sure they simply gave our meals to other tables on accident. It’s not the fact we waited that overly upset me, it’s the fact there was no acknowledgement of the slow service and no apology. Every interaction with the wait staff was just plain rude.

I have been to this place 3 times and here is why still a one star:
1^st time: Ambiance was good, the chef came over to our table and said he will take care of us which he did. He ordered onion cake and veggie dumplings for us which came out to me delicious. Fang became my favorite Chinese restaurant in SF!
2^nd time: After an amazing experience with this place we decided to go here on valentine’s day (2016). Service wasn’t as welcoming as first time but food was still good (not as great as last time). I gave my 2^nd experience a benefit of doubt and still thought Fang is my favorite Chinese place.
3^rd time: I decided to take a very important person (who was visiting SF) here on a Monday evening, we had our reservation for 8 pm, it still took about 20 mins to get us seated (which is fine in SF). Chef came in to take our order, he was so rude and seemed not at all interested! He just stopped responding in the middle while writing our order and moved to the next table! Then he comes back and continues his rude gesture! He suggested me a soup which BTW they forgot to bring in. After waiting for a looooooong time, I asked them about it and the soup came in about 20 mins after that. Chef said it was their specialty soup, honestly it was just warm milk with rice crispy in it and may be some sauce.
I was almost embarrassed to bring in a guest at this place and have made my mind not to go here ever again.
If you read Unilocal reviews before going here, consider yourself lucky. I wish I had!

Went with a group of 7. After reading other reviews we decided to let the owner order for us. We advised on any food issues /​allergies and off he went. I don’t recall how many different courses came out but I would guess 6 or 7 different dishes served on at a time family style. This was a lot of fun as we didn’t know what was coming next.
A couple of the dishes were great and most were good. We had a really nice variety of food and items that we probably would not have tried otherwise. Pricing was very fair for what we received.
Would recommend for a group.

This is a great place! One of the few Chinese restaurants that are so popular for both native Chinese and non-​Chinese…
They have very unique dishes that you won’t find in anywhere else. I’d say this restaurant would be popular even opened in China.
I’d really recommend this place, for friend gathering or just for a regular dinner.

Came here with a couple coworkers. The food taste fine, but the staff was very pushy in the ordering process, and I’m pretty sure they snuck in things we didn’t order. We end up getting a check that was bigger than we expected.
Overall a pretty bad experience. Would not recommend.

Terrible.
Beef and chicken tasted «gamey». The squid batter felt as if it hadn’t been fried long enough. The duck wrapped in a white bun came out cold and smelled like it was cooked days ago and left in a fridge. The duck even had «fridge sweat» on it, further fueling my concern that it was in the fridge for days.
Plates are FILTHY. Water glasses all looked like someone licked them clean. It wasn’t just my plates or glass either, this was consistent with all of us.
Food was way overpriced too — for 4 of us, 7 dishes amounted to $ 120.
I believe this is one of those places with a great location that can coast along in business serving poor food.
I will not eat here again. The service was also slow and unattentive. We waited for a drink refill that never came and I had to get up out of my chair to pursue paying the bill.
I strongly suggest anyone wanting delicious Chinese food to venture into Chinatown. The food will be significantly more delicious and cheap to boot.

Fang is great for large groups for last minute bookings, but there isn’t much else to draw me to this restaurant. I really don’t understand the fusion aspect of their cuisine; I grew up eating Cantonese food and a lot of the flavors and textures don’t make a lot of sense to me.
What I do appreciate about this restaurant is how well they can quickly spin up a menu for a large group without much decision making from the guest themselves. This has been great for my mix of vegetarian and meat eating colleagues and we’ve been able to feed the team this way.
Some staples of the large group menu are the shrimp with apple, chicken with sweet potatoes, this deep fried beef with raw baby bok choy, and little baos. The bao dish (I can’t remember the name, but it’s like Cantonese Peking duck with the mantou/​bread with meat inside) is actually my favorite thing to eat here because there’s an appropriate combination of crunchy textures and meat and does come in a vegetarian variety. However, the other dishes kind of fall short when it comes to textures and flavors — my biggest gripe is with the beef and baby bok choy dish because the bok choy is still raw and the bitterness distracts from the beef. It would be better if they just, I dunno, cooked it completely.
I know this restaurant defends itself very staunchly on its menu items, so the biggest piece of feedback I have is regarding the service. My large group of 12 people were being watched like eagles by the wait staff and hovered over us as we ate. A server at one point reached over and scooped me a healthy serving of the mushroom sticky rice while I’m eating something else, reassuring me that it’s «very good». This was very uncomfortable because (1) I’m full and (2) I didn’t want to offend the server by refusing to eat. It would have made for a better eating experience if the servers could give us some more privacy.

Forget typical Chinese American entrees like General Tso’s chicken, Mongolian beef, or sweet and sour pork when you dine at Fang Restaurant. This eponymous, family-​owned and operated restaurant highlights authentic yet experimental Chinese cuisine sourced from seasonal, local ingredients.
White River Soup
An interesting fusion of complexity and delicacy, the hearty White River Soup includes a whole fried fish simmered with aromatics, tofu puff, pork wontons, vermiciili, julienne scallions, and ginger. All the ingredients in the dish bring out the rich, intense flavors to the creamy, white broth. I would have personally preferred the fish to be steamed rather than fried. The big, chunky pieces of wontons have the perfectly chewy skin with juicy meat inside.
Fang’s Crispy Honey Chili Shortribs
One of Fang’s signature dish is the Crispy Honey Chili Shortrib. Served as a skewer, the tender, fall-​off-​the-​bone shortrib is lightly fried on the outside with sprinkles of black sesame seeds and cilantro. Both the spicy chili oil and the sweet soy sauce accentuate the flavor of the dish.
Five Spice Whitefish
While the identify of the mysterious «whitefish» used in the Five Spice Whitefish remains a mystery (halibut? tilapia? cod?), this delectable dish of moist fish filet with caramelized red onions and spinach is a must. The tender fish seasoned with salt and pepper goes well with the vegetables, which provides a nice mix to the texture. dish heightens your senses with The dish is a bit salty so be sure to get a bowl of white rice on the side to balance out the palate.

The décor of this place is very surprising. Walking in, it appears much nicer inside than one would presume… until you see the upholstery is worn and torn.
The food was alright… tasted only slightly better than takeout. A bit too oily for my taste on their noodles and eggplant.
Service was poor, and nearly nonexistant. And they messed up my check. They charged dinner prices at lunch, and also charged me for something I didn’t order (small side of eggplant 6.95, marked up to an entrée to 9.95). Marked me up an extra 10 dollars. Tried to say something, and they made up some sort of excuse. I didn’t want to argue cause my lunch break was over.
For the extra $ 10, they lost a customer.

Au vu de la réputation, je fus surpris de m’asseoir sans avoir à faire la queue. Voulant faire mon malin — et mal m’en pris — je demandais au désormais célèbre Fang de compléter notre commande avec un plat de son choix. Il me promit un plat excellent et tout à fait complémentaire avec nos choix.
Le service fut relativement rapide. La quantité est raisonnable mais il né faut pas s’attendre à un festin: le restaurant semble chercher à attirer une clientèle aisée; ce qui se traduit par je né sais quel miracle à des assiettes à moitié vides (un comble pour un chinois). Il n’empèche: c’était bon. Je découvris avec plaisir une nouvelle façon de cuisiner le boc choy et les buns étaient bien chauds et excellent.
Je regrettais finalement ma demande puisque le plat mistère s’avèra être le plus cher du menu pour trois croquettes dans une assiette. Je me demande toujours comment interpréter l’affaire. Mais, vous serez prévenu.
En résumé, Fang reste idéal pour la pause du déjeuner durant la semaine, seulement soyez-​sûr de savoir ce que vous voulez ;).

Este restaurante de comida china se ha ganado un trozo de mi estómago agradecido porque nos comimos unas maravillas alucinantes. Empanadillas, la ternera con tofu… clásico tradicional con una sabor magnífico absoluto 5 estrellas; Pekin Duck taco –imprescindible– pasando por las Crispy short ribs o los calamares fritos que se derriten en la boca. Tienen también los dumplins con sopita dentro pero ya habíamos comido tanto que al final no los pedimos.
Prepara, eso sí, tus 25 $ por cabeza.

Tuve la oportunidad de comer ayer aquí con unos compañeros de trabajo y la verdad es que no estuvo nada mal. Se trata de un restaurante de comida china tradicional en el que lo recomendable es dejarse llevar por las recomendaciones de los responsables del local.
Nosotros probamos varios platos y todos estaban realmente deliciosos. Recuerdo especialmente una especie de ternera adobada, un pescado blanco con salsa y unas verduras al vapor que me fliparon, aunque había algunos platos más que también estaban muy buenos.
Pedimos tanta comida que acabamos bastante satisfechos. Creo que la cuenta rondó los 20 dólares por persona. Si tienes la oportunidad, ven.

Exzellent!
Mir wurde Fang von einem Freund empfohlen, als ich auf der Suche nach einem Restaurant im Zentrum war. Sein Tipp war: Folge den Anweisungen/​Empfehlungen des Besitzers!
Gesagt getan: als wir zu Tische saßen, kam der Besitzer gleich vorbei und fragte, worauf wir denn Lust hätten. Daraufhin antworteten wir, dass wir Lust auf etwas Leichtes und Frisches hätten, da wir schon die ganze Woche über relativ… nun ja… deftige Mahlzeiten hatten. Er nahm uns zugleich die Speisekarten aus den Händen und mit einer beschwichtigen Handbewegung sagte er uns, dass wir ihm einfach vertrauen sollten.
Schon gleich darauf kam das erste Gericht auf den Tisch… kurz gefolgt von dem nächstem, dem übernächsten…und so weiter. Ich kann mich ehrlich gesagt nicht mehr daran erinnern, was genau wir gegessen haben, aber es war unheimlich und alle am Tisch (ich war hier mit fünf Kollegen) waren der Meinung, dass das hier das beste Essen war, das wir seit langem gekostet hatten.
Also, einfach dem Personal vertrauen, zurücksetzen und genießen!
Anmerkung: Fang ist das neue Restaurant von dem «Erfinder» vom House of Nanking, welches seit Jahren von großer Beliebtheit ist!

Pour être tout à fait honnête, je né suis vraiment pas fan de la cuisine chinoise. C’est généralement gluant, et je trouve que les produits sont dénaturés par des saveurs superficielles… bref, les champignons né goûtent vraiment pas les champignons, si vous voyez ce que je veux dire.
C’est donc sans grande conviction que je suis rentré ici ce midi, chez Fang, une famille réputée ici à SF, dans l’horeca depuis plusieurs générations.
Nous avons commandé plusieurs entrées, et quelques plats principaux, pour partager. Salade de crabe, riz brun au légumes croquants, boeuf ultra-​épicé, poulet curry jaune etc. Les plats se sont enchaînés, et il faut avouer que les saveurs étaient au rendez-​vous.
Le service était impeccable comme c’est souvent le cas ici à San Francisco. Et tout ceci, pour un prix on né peut plus démocratique. Un super bon plan lunch!