1. La Ciccia
9.1
291 30th St (at Church), San Francisco, CA
Italian Restaurant · Fairmount · 76 tips and reviews
Yina Mersy: Love the place! The owner is SO warm and sweet. The food is superb! Octopus stew, calamari, burrata are the best!!
Tasting Table: Try the feather-light flatbread called pani guttiau, the roast sea bream with olive sugo, or the signature prupisceddu in umidu, velvety octopus stewed in tomato sauce: Read more.
Eater: Don’t miss the spicy octopus stew, the sea urchin pasta, and the unusual wine selection. Read more.
2. Kokkari Estiatorio
9.3
200 Jackson St (at Front St), San Francisco, CA
Greek Restaurant · Northern Waterfront · 263 tips and reviews
Daniel Araujo: Best Greek restaurant in SF. Try the octopus and the real moussaka
Benjamin Witte: don't miss the octopus, fried cheese, whole brazino, and goat stew
Madhu M: I liked the appetizers more than the mains. Watermelon salad w feta, octopus and lamb chop were all great.
3. Liholiho Yacht Club
9.2
871 Sutter St (btwn Jones & Leavenworth St), San Francisco, CA
Hawaiian Restaurant · Lower Nob Hill · 161 tips and reviews
Ms Helene: Tuna poke on battered fries seaweed chip, octopus with green olives, yogurt coriander sauce, raisins and crispy potatoes, Manila clams in light curry and Bombe Hawaiian.
Sherry Li: This place is awesome. If you can, do the Ohana table with $55pp tasting menu. The pate, poke, beef tongue buns, calamari salad, and clams are really good.
Jason Lor: Skip the tuna poke, it's underwhelming. Instead order the roasted octopus. The texture and flavor of the octopus accompanied by crispy potatoes and fruit notes are incredible. Get it all in one bite!
4. Coqueta
8.9
Pier 5 - The Embarcadero (Broadway), San Francisco, CA
Spanish Restaurant · Northern Waterfront · 205 tips and reviews
Beerblondie Victoria Olson: Snagged a seat at the bar! Sunny side up egg with shrimp is a must! Also, whole calamari, crispy shrimp and chickpea pancake and patatas bravado are divine! Drinks are off the hook!
Karina N: Pork shoulder with honey chilly sauce; grilled octopus; paella (40min); fried sunny side up and chorizo!!
혜원 ♡: Love the grilled octopus & cocktails. ("Flaca" with st. George Botanivore gin, lemongrass tonic, + poma aurea hard cider AND the "Sutter Smash" with four roses bourbon, cynar, apricot, mint, + lemon)
7. Delfina
8.9
3621 18th St (Guerrero St), San Francisco, CA
Italian Restaurant · Mission Dolores · 125 tips and reviews
Brad Benson: Everything was excellent. The Ribolitta was unique & tasty, the GRILLED calamari was perfect (and I'm usually not a huge calamari fan), and the spaghetti was some of the best I've had! Sit at the bar.
Shin Mitsugi: Simple but superbly-done spaghetti. The pork belly dish with octopus and Manila clams was really unique and amazing!
Reserve: One of the antipasti available on Delfina’s Italian trattoria menu, freshly grilled Monterey Bay calamari are right at home on a bed of warm, white bean salad. Read more.
9. Lolinda
8.9
2518 Mission St (at 21st St), San Francisco, CA
Argentinian Restaurant · Mission District · 204 tips and reviews
Kelly 🍰: 18 oz ribeye with the best chimichurri sauce ever. Get a side of potatoes... Or two. Get a baby octopus app while you're at it, you're welcome
Marvin Chow: Ceviche and octopus salad were delicious. Highly recommended. Great atmosphere for a fun night out. Bone Marrow (pictured) was a favorite by other but not me :)
Mu-An 🧶: Food was all delicious, pork belly and octopus in particular. Mocktails were very bad, don't do it. Floor was greasy/slippery.
10. Pacific Catch
8.3
2027 Chestnut St (at Fillmore St), San Francisco, CA
Seafood Restaurant · Marina District · 124 tips and reviews
Tonia D.: Free calamari with purchase $10 or more.
Pacific Catch: A Marina locals favorite for many years serving fresh seafood Pacific Rim style, Hawaiian Poke, Baja Ceviche, Tacos, more...This location was featured in the 1st iphone commercial "Craving Calamari".
Jesus Lara: The calamari appetizer is amazing!
11. Fog Harbor Fish House
8.3
Pier 39 (at The Embarcadero), San Francisco, CA
Seafood Restaurant · Fishermans Wharf · 239 tips and reviews
Cheryl Hall-Schanno: Once again an amazing meal. Doesn't matter what you order, it's made to perfection. The calamari appetizer is a must, best I ever had
Jen Jaco: We lived here for more than a decade and frequented this restaurant due to the excellent Red Chili Shrimp starter, sourdough clam chowder bowl, calamari, crab entrees, and desserts. The service is A+!
Said: Really nice seafood place. You must try calamari rings!
12. La Mar
8.8
Pier 1½ (at Washington St), San Francisco, CA
Peruvian Restaurant · Northern Waterfront · 232 tips and reviews
Genevieve CW: Try the Cebiche Tasting - So many flavors! Clasico and nikei were my favorites, but the calamari was great too, so soft!
Katherine Loh: ceviche and grilled octopus are a must!
Andrew Kaplan: Pisco sours, octopus, ceviche and empanadas on fleek.
13. Fiorella
8.6
2339 Clement St, San Francisco, CA
Italian Restaurant · Outer Richmond · 35 tips and reviews
Jeff Weinstein: Pizza, octopus, salad, and wine. Homemade hot chili flakes (ask for it). Respect the wallpaper.
Ashley Rose: Ask for Jessie, start out with a Spritz - Suppli - Octopus; then order a pizza (I love the Salsiccia), maybe some pasta (Ragu always steals my heart) and maybe some secondi. Never had room for dessert
J John: The octopus is the best anywhere, it’s even better than Kokkari. You can’t go wrong with anything here; easily one of the best restaurants in San Francisco
15. Cha Cha Cha
8.3
1801 Haight St (at Shrader St), San Francisco, CA
Tapas Restaurant · Haight Ashbury · 151 tips and reviews
Esther Ng: Grab a couple friends and head to Cha Cha Cha in the Haight for pitchers of sangria. Order a variety from the tapas menu and share. Cajun shrimp and calamari are must haves.
Saiofrelief: Have the Sangria and Calamari
Melanie: ***Sangria*****, Calamari, Jerk Chicken, and the Platanos Maduros