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R & G Lounge
Authentic Cantonese cuisine and fresh seafood in the heart of San Francisco's Chinatown.
4.4(5 reviews)
chinese
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Authentic Cantonese cuisine and fresh seafood in the heart of San Francisco's Chinatown.
R & G Lounge is a renowned Chinese restaurant in San Francisco, celebrated for its authentic Cantonese dishes and exceptional seafood, including signature salt and pepper crab and honey spare ribs. With multiple floors for dining, private event spaces, and a full bar offering crafted cocktails, we cater to both intimate meals and large banquets. Our commitment to quality and tradition has made us a local favorite for over two decades, offering a vibrant atmosphere perfect for any occasion.
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Enjoy traditional Chinese cuisine with signature dishes like salt and pepper crab, honey spare ribs, and Peking duck in a formal setting.
Host banquets and large gatherings in our private dining rooms with customized menus for special occasions.
Savor expertly prepared seafood, including Dungeness crab and Chilean seabass, sourced for quality and flavor.
Relax with well-crafted, strong cocktails at our full-service bar, perfect for pre-dinner drinks or late-night visits.
Order your favorite dishes for pickup or delivery to enjoy authentic Chinese food at home.
December 2025 Chinese restaurant mainly serving Cantonese style cuisine in banquet style menu as well as notable cocktail 🍸 items. A fairly formal restaurant with a wide range and standard menu based of the common ingredients and components. They are generally known for their seafood dishes which are cooked well and consistently. Some dishes follow trends while others are traditional. Cocktail drinks were well crafted and on the strong side. Sampling the lauriat or banquet style, the food order came through not quite following the menu. Highlights are the crab, special beef, and scallops dishes while the duck was standard. The shrimp 🍤 version is not the crunchy type. Serving sizes are a bit inconsistent with some dishes generous, generally ample, and some like the fish were a bit on the smallish side. One issue they had was....as prescribed in the banquet menu, dessert was supposed to be included but when the meal was finally over the waiter said that it was not included 🤔🤔🤔🤔 Pricing in general was standard but also showed a number of inconsistencies: menu states Tsing Tao size is L but the standard bottle is the downsized one. CORRECTION: Tsing Tao is now standard sized layer vs traditional Large bottle served before. 🫡🫡🫡 The final bill also has an automatic 20% service charge added. No issue with the SC if only service was standard to industry. Service in general was not consistent and would need better attention to proper etiquette and rules. The place is of three dining areas. The ground is where the reception, bar, and a small area for small tables up to 3 or 4. The lower floor is for larger groups and with 2 private rooms. This section is pretty crowded and is typically loud and full much like a busy Chinese restaurant. All in all, a good and relatively standard and a bit more well kept restaurant within the busy Chinatown district of SFO. Reservations are recommended.
Definitely going back if I’m in SF. If you ever wondered what kind of Chinese restaurants are good and authentic this place is. You know it’s legit when a group of Chinese family are waiting to be seated. Food wise no brainer get the eggplant and shrimp. Only if you like eggplant. On a cold night get the beef winter melon soup. Warms you up instantly. Dungeness crab may be a miss you dont mind dinging in for the meat.
It had been about 17 years since I last ate at R&G lounge, because I was kind of boycotting due to receiving poor service so so long ago. With so many other restaurants to try, I was never interested in coming back until a friend told us that he loves R&G lounge so much that he eats here almost once a month, and convinced us all to have dinner there, after we were turned away from 4 Kings. R&G has been around all this time, and lots of people seem to love it, and of course I can forgive poor service nearly 2 decades ago. Has R&G always been so big? They put us in large table tucked away from the commotion. They have multiple floors and even have options for private dining. I can see why large parties plan events here so they can eat the usual Chinese banquet dishes. $65 Salt & Pepper Dungeness Crab - whole crab battered, deep fried, sprinkled w/ salt & pepper seasoning: great! fresh & succulent fresh crab meat piled high with crispy garlic $50 Chilean Seabass (small) - marinated and baked in a glaze: okay! nice and tender, but due to personal preference I don't love glazed fish that much. Our other friends loved it though. $24 Roast Squab - whole squab roasted, crispy skin, w/ seasoning salt on the side good! crispy skin indeed and quite juicy. Are we calling MSG = seasoning salt now? It does look quite like MSG, which I have nothing against. To me it's just another form of sodium. The tough thing about squab is it is not always easy to split up. Who gets the leg, the best part? $26 Steamed Clams & Eggs - steamed with beaten eggs: good! steamed to a silky consistency $20 Eggplant w/ Garlic Sauce - eggplant, black fungus, bamboo shoots & scallions sauteed in hot garlic sauce: good! silky, spicy and flavorful $8 for 4 bowls of steamed rice, which we shared among 6 people, because we're too cheap to get one bowl of rice per person, but we never finish our rice anyway. 3% SF Mandate is annoying, but nothing new I guess I am due to let go of the past and admit that R&G has some pretty good dishes. In fact, service this time around was pretty good. Who could remember that nearly 20 years ago, they took nearly an hour to return our credit card, so we can just conclude payment and leave, as if they were holding us hostage? Oops, I guess I do still remember. We're moving on!
Has not been back here for over 10 years. Did not know that they only open the basement for lunch. I think they open second floor for dinner and main floor for bar in the late night. Had lunch with a client. Ordered honey spareribs, beef brisket and turnip, dried scallops with melon, and salted fish fried rice. All the dishes were very good and full flavor. However, one dish came short on value was the dried scallops with melon. The portions are smaller compared to other restaurants but have full flavor. I recommend and must try is the honey spareribs. Arrived at 11a on a Wednesday, only two tables were occupied. Most people started to come around 12n and was a full house by 12:30.
What a fabulous meal! Incredibly delicious food, really efficient and caring service, and great vibe! We loved the salt and pepper crab, the eggplant, the honey spare ribs, the cumin lamb and the Peking duck! Everything we ate was great!! Not cheap, but really good food!! We pounced on the food before we remembered to take pictures, but here are a few.
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