Restaurants in Mission and Castro, San Francisco

Last updated October 22, 2026. Source: SnagRes availability record, 66,314,725 checks across 285 restaurants through October 22, 2026. How we measure. Open dataset.

SnagRes tracks 15 hard-to-book Mission and Castro restaurants, including Flour + Water, Izakaya Rintaro, Jilli. Availability is rechecked throughout the day on the platforms represented here, and alerts can tell you when a table opens.

Platform split here: 6 on OpenTable, 4 on Resy, 4 on Tock, 1 on SevenRooms. That matters because each platform releases tables differently, and watching only one of them leaves the rest of this list invisible.

2 of these had 10% or less of the booking window open at the last check: Fu Hui Hua, Kiln.

• Flour + Water - Italian, Mission (Resy), 57% of the window open at last check (guide)
• Izakaya Rintaro - Japanese, Mission (Resy), 87% of the window open at last check (guide)
• Jilli - American, Mission (Resy), 47% of the window open at last check (guide)
• Penny Roma - Italian, Mission (Resy), 70% of the window open at last check (guide)
• Fu Hui Hua - Chinese, Mission (Tock), 0% of the window open at last check (guide)
• Kiln - American, Mission (Tock), 10% of the window open at last check (guide)
• Lazy Bear - American, Mission (Tock), 23% of the window open at last check (guide)
• Sons & Daughters - American, Mission (OpenTable), 53% of the window open at last check (guide)
• True Laurel - Cocktail Bar, Mission (Tock), 57% of the window open at last check (guide)
• Delfina - Italian, Mission (OpenTable), 100% of the window open at last check (guide)
• Foreign Cinema - Californian, Mission (OpenTable), 80% of the window open at last check (guide)
• Frances - American, Castro (OpenTable), 60% of the window open at last check (guide)
• RT Bistro - French, Mission (OpenTable), 70% of the window open at last check (guide)
• Wolfsbane - American, Dogpatch (OpenTable), 70% of the window open at last check (guide)
• San Ho Won - Korean, Mission (SevenRooms), 33% of the window open at last check (guide)

All tracked San Francisco restaurants · How to get SF reservations

Covers Castro, Dogpatch and Mission.

What you can eat in Mission and Castro

The restaurants tracked here cover Italian, Japanese, American, Chinese, Cocktail Bar, Californian. Cuisine pages span every city we cover, so they are the better starting point when the food matters more than the location.

Nearby neighbourhoods we track

Nob Hill and North Beach (9), Hayes Valley and Fillmore (7), Marina and Presidio Heights (6), SoMa (6), Downtown SF (4), Fillmore (4), Jackson Square (4), Chinatown (3). Widening the search by a neighbourhood or two is usually the cheapest way to turn a fully booked night into an available one.

How hard is it to get a Mission and Castro reservation in SF?

Across the 15 Mission and Castro restaurants SnagRes tracks in SF, an average of 54% of the bookable window is open at any given check. Even the hardest give tables back: Flour + Water had a table open up on 81% of its dates at some point. Hard tables go within minutes when they come back, so an alert matters more than refreshing.

When do Mission and Castro restaurants release reservations?

Of the 14 with a confirmed drop time, 5 release at 12:00 AM, and the typical booking window is 28 days ahead. Release times are set per restaurant rather than per platform, so two places on the same platform can drop hours apart. The full table is on the release times page.

Which booking platform do Mission and Castro restaurants use?

Of the 15, 6 book on OpenTable, 4 on Resy, 4 on Tock, 1 on SevenRooms. Each platform releases tables on its own schedule. SnagRes rechecks the platforms represented in this city throughout the day.

Can I get alerted when a Mission and Castro table opens in SF?

Yes. Star any restaurant on this page and SnagRes emails you when a table opens. A free account watches one restaurant; Plus removes the limit, extends the window from 14 to 30 days and shows exact slot times. SnagRes alerts you, it does not book on your behalf.