Big Lantern

Big Lantern is a chinese restaurant Mission Dolores San Francisco located in United States.

7 / 10
114
ratings
  • Phone

    (415) 863-8100

  • Website

    biglantern.com

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  • Type

    Chinese Restaurant

Address

3170 16th St (at Guerrero) San Francisco , CA 94103 United States

Credit Cards Yes (incl. American Express)
Outdoor Seating No
Menus Brunch, Lunch, Dinner

Comments / 45


Keywords:

vegetarian food dim sum pineapple fried rice chicken delivery spicy food good for groups great value good for a late night soup casual buns sesame chow mein dinner string beans turnip cakes lunch onions chow fun
Pei ???? Wen

Their dim sum doesn't have a great presentation, but pretty tasty & affordable . Opens late , delivers , and fast. Avoid the Shanghai dumplings , though.

Donia

Dear Foursquare - thank you for recommending the meatless sesame chicken . Holy awesome!

Alex Yule

Best veg dim sum in San Francisco. Get the bbq pork bun , chicken and chive dumplings , and any of the thousand fake meat dishes

Natalie M

Everything here is good. I honestly don't understand the low 7 rating. There food is fantastic, especially the dim sum and delivery is accurate and fast.

Sarah

Come in. Sit down. Order. Wait 5 min. Eat. Laugh at everyone else in the Mission on a Saturday night.

T Z

Mandarin Combo Clay Pot was good. Pineapple fried rice to go with the clay pot = perfect. General Tofu was crispy and a bit sweet = alright.

Demetrius Bagley

Vegan cheese maker Miyoko Schinner says this is the "biggest vegan dim sum menu EVER"

Renato Valdes Olmos

String beans & smoked pork . General meatless chicken . Cheap and fantastic.

Natalie M

THE BEST cheap dim sum that delivers and amazing chow mein . Have not had anything bad from here ever!!

Andrew Choi

Tea-flavored chicken is flavorful and spicy , but also very salty (be warned!)

Brendan Nee

Get the meatless chicken . Yum.

Jana Griffin

"it's so good I just wanna yell" is what my friend just said. get the sesame meatless chicken , dudes.

Sarah

Pineapple fried rice with BBQ pork is delicious.

Whitney Lauritsen

The vegan dim sum is incredible! Get the turnip bun , taro puff & turnip cake

R H

Chow mein is so good here. That smoky pan fried essence is wonderful

Nicole Aptekar

The lunch specials are crazy cheap and filling!

ltrain

My staples: ginger onion broccoli , chow fun , Singapore noodles , wonton soup .

Adrian Barker

Be careful if you're ordering delivery on a Sunday night. 45 minute quote is usually 2 hours and the food arrives cold. If you order at least 2 entrees, ask for free fried rice or chow mein .

Zaki Manian

Delicious vegan Chinese

Melissa Dagdagan

If you plan on ordering to-go, call in your order first. Otherwise, you'll be waiting for awhile. Spent most of my lunch break waiting.

Jag Firerwalker

Okay food. Perfect for midnight hangover prevention cure

Kevin Flo

Stick to the hits. The Sesame Chicken really is great but straying too far from that has yielded disappointing results.

danzrr

Avoid the sesame beef . It's some weird, hard and crumbly meat product!

Kevski

Do not order several dishes unless you wanna explode! Quantities are just ridiculous, and quality just barely average...

Shruthi Gowda

Cold egg custard !

Kevin M

The sesame meatless (vegan ) is one of the best Asian meat-substitutes around.

Jenny K

Try their spicy fried rice and hot and sour soup . Great if you like a little burn with your food.

Hoa-Ting

Generals chicken . Spicy goodness.

Hank Kollross

Big Disappointment. Don't go. Gross shrimp Gritty and mealy.General Tso's chicken like bricks.Fried rice terrible. Sauces Gross. Should have known when we walked in and there were Zero people there.

Kansinee Adsanatham

Vegetarian dim sum

Okcaw Ly

It's a Chinese restaurant with no Chinese menus... what does that tell you..

Max Kiesler

Go and try some of the Chinese vegetarian dishes .

Emily Chang

Garlic pea shoots are delish. Also they have vegetarian dim sum !

Gray Powell

Curry puff w meatless chicken !!!

mike g

Ordered meatless sesame chicken by accident, hooked ever since

Marianne Masculino

I love the meatless Gen. Tso Chicken and sauteed string beans here.

Mario Muse

Chicken and black bean sauce !

Christophe Lamperti

The dumplings were greasy and tasteless.

Jenn Hyland

the general meatless chicken will change your life.

Max B

Szechuan style dishes worth a go

Jon Skulski

Since you're here, why not checkout Ben R.'s tip. Hella tight!

Jack A

The sesame chicken is bomb.

Pavan Kulkarni

The food is mediocre AF. Please skip.

David Adams

The Crispy Chicken is mighty tasty.

Greg Gioia

It was pretty okay; the food was sweeter than I like a food. To be.

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