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An intimate venue located in San Francisco's historic Ferry Building
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For four star Asian, try San Tung No.�2 in San Francisco. Here's a place to get good food. Try this spot for cheap eats in the Inner Sunset neighborhood. Upon entering the restaurant, you'll find a family atmosphere. This place is good for groups.
4.0 of 5 stars.
Fried chicken wangs. The beef with green unions isn't bad either. And the white steamed rice tastes like heaven...ok may be not. Always a line unless you go at totally off hours like 4pm. Service...
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1.0 of 5 stars.
I don't know what the big deal is about this place. Everytime I eat at one of my fave restaurants, Yummy Yummy, which is just two doors away, I see hoards of people outside this place waiting for a...
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This place is one of those delicious hole in the wall restaurants. During meal times, there is always a line of people waiting even while all adjacent restaurants are empty. You get the picture....
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5.0 of 5 stars.
San Tung has the best chicken wings in the city.
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5.0 of 5 stars.
THE BEST dried fried chicken wings evAR! and really good shrimp and leek dumplings good. i don't usually get anything else when i'm here. but the three spice (i think) noodles are good too.always a...
yelp.com - user review - 10/14/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
**SO SORRY to say, but this place was far from DELICIOUS!! My Fellow Yelpers & 7x7 you have truly let me down this time...=(I ordered the supposedly uber-yummy "dry fried chicken wings" and I must...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Excellent food! Had the noodles with black bean sauce, the shrimp and leek dumplings, and really yummy fried chicken wings. All lip smacking good. There was a line for lunch on a weekday, so this...
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Everything that I want to say about this restaurant has been said already, so I won't waste your time, but I'll keep this short. i ..heart... SamTung's chicken wings. minus one star for allowing a...
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4.0 of 5 stars.
DRY FRIED CHICKEN WINGS. had it twice this weekend already.few chinese restaurants impress me and i rarely get the chinese food urge, but i'd come back here in a heartbeat.SPINACH WITH GLASS NOODLE?...
yelp.com - user review - 10/11/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Okay, this restaurant rocks and I shall be forever grateful to my friend Chris M. for introducing me to San Tung's WINGS, POTSTICKERS, MU SHUI PORK and many other BIG dishes.I write BIG not as in size...
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I would give 3 1/2 stars...I was here last night and this was what we ordered:Shrimp & leek dumplings - ALRIGHT cuz the marination inside the dumpling was not CONSISTENT; half bland and half SALTY and...
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I have to give this place a WTF. Went on a Saturday night and it was busy to say the least. There were 10 groups ahead of me. I put my name down and waited. The wait wasn't bad, about 30 minutes...
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Came here twice, luv luv it. The servers were really friendly, yes, waiting was long, but very worth it. It's funny that it was my white-boy-friend that was craving this place more than I do, so...
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Wanted to see what the hype about the chicken wings was all about, so I came here for lunch on a Tuesday around noon. No wait, but at first they made us share a table. So awkward. I hated it...
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4.0 of 5 stars.
MUST orders:*dry fried chicken*dry fried green beans*shrimp & leek dumplingsI've only had San Tung twice (which isn't enough, considering I've lived in the city for the first 18 years of my life and I...
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Okay so I'm just one of hundreds who is writing about this place but I do need to reiterate how great the fried chicken wings are! I don't like to get the boneless ones since those always end up...
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Forget the dry fried chicken wings. Get the dry fried flounder.
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3.0 of 5 stars.
The bf and I came here two weekends ago for dinner - bad mistake, since we waited for 70 minutes before deciding to get take out instead. On any given day, we would NOT wait in line for more than 45...
yelp.com - user review - 10/05/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The fried chicken wings are genuinely DELICIOUS! Once placing the chicken wing in your mouth, your taste buds will excite! The external part and decor of the restaurant are not really appealing. But...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
besides the long wait, the food never disappoints me! =) I LOVE IT HERE!!!! Great potstickers, great fried chicken. bad parking though..
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4.0 of 5 stars.
i would give this 5 stars, but i've only eaten the dry fried chicken wings, so would that be fair? probably not. :)Ever since I came across 77's list of "100 things to eat and drink before you die",...
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4.0 of 5 stars.
so, so good! one of my fave chinese restaurants! well, chinese-korean. i like that they have a private room for big parties. but, there is AlWAYS A LINE and they are closed on Wednesdays. Parking is...
yelp.com - user review - 09/30/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
After eating here coutless times, Ive realized that I only like a few of their menu items: dry fried chicken, mu-shu veggies, dumplings and potstickers. Everything else is just goopy and greasy....
yelp.com - user review - 09/30/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Their lunch specials are really the best deal. I usually order takeout and if you order for lunch they include soup. I fell in love with lemon chicken here but it's been hit or miss lately. Now I...
yelp.com - user review - 09/29/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
My co-workers and I had our Chicken Wing feast here the other night. The dry chicken wings are really still wet, but has a less sweet sauce than the wet chicken wings. Next time I will try the...
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4.0 of 5 stars.
arrived in SFO at 1pm came here for lunch and it was packed!! 2pm, and there was still a line! We ordered the famous dish: chicken wet (both wet and dry)... the chicken wings were good! Each dish had...
yelp.com - user review - 09/28/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Delish! We went with 8 people, so we were able to get a bunch of things and enjoy it family style. We got: Shrimp and Leek Dumplings: I did not try these, but they were gone in all of 30seconds....
yelp.com - user review - 09/28/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Go as soon as they open, or expect a wait (Fri night)...BUUUT: if you wait, it's worth it if you get the DRY FRIED CHICKEN WINGS. I had doubts that this could be the BEST chicken in The City, oh no;...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
omgg this place is awesome!! delish chinese food. i will be back for sure.
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4.0 of 5 stars.
OMG the chicken wings. So good. I so wanted to get another order, but sadly, I did not. Everyone else was done eating, so I ate the last chicken wing. And even though it had been sitting there,...
yelp.com - user review - 09/27/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Wow! The Dry Fried Chicken is SOOOO GOOD!!!!!!!! So flavorful! Nice, sweet, tangy, crispy! Their black bean noodles are also very good! the noodles are nice and chewy, just the right texture. The...
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Had lunch here today for my roommate's birthday. Dry fried chicken wings still taste the same. I dunno but I'm starting not to get the hang of it anymore. Still great but I feel that there's too much...
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4.0 of 5 stars.
We saw that this place was a must eat for dried fried chicken wings on the 7x7 100 top SF eats so we decided to drive out to Irving Street to give San Tung a try. On a Thursday night, parking is...
yelp.com - user review - 09/26/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
So we're on our way to SF (my mom, my dad and my grandma) and I suggested we eat somewhere else than the same yum cha place at auntie annies, which is always crowded anyway. So I pull out my yelp on...
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I thought the food as okay. The chicken wings are good, but I had better. The pig ears were okay, I prefer it to be crunchier in texture. The dried beef or deep fried beef was not good. It lacked...
yelp.com - user review - 09/24/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
San Tung highlights:Dried fried chickenBlack bean noodle (jja jang myun)Stir-fried green beansIt's loud, it's crowded, and it can get hectic in this Chinese restaurant.Just go and get fed. You'll...
yelp.com - user review - 09/24/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
wow this place is so popular. on the outside, it may seem like every other chinese restaurant. but if you look around, there is no place that is as popular or as crowded as San Tung. After finally...
yelp.com - user review - 09/23/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
A popular Inner Sunset joint that serves family style Northern Chinese fare that draws a range of dinners from immigrant families, SF yuppies, and college students. Old folks will like the noodles and...
yelp.com - user review - 09/22/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
As other yelpers have mentioned, the food is pretty good in this unassuming restaurant. While waiting for our table, my dining companion and I chuckled when a woman asked another patron what the...
yelp.com - user review - 09/21/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Amazing food, great low prices, but the wait is out the door.
yelp.com - user review - 09/21/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
DONT come here for good service. DO come here for good food. From special plates like their fried chicken to simple plates like their chow mein, this is the place to go. Their fried chicken was...
yelp.com - user review - 09/21/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Fried chicken wings? Check. Noodles? Check. Dumplings? Check. Happy stomach? CHECK!My first foray into Korean style fried chicken and I am in food love. I tried it dry and it had more than enough...
yelp.com - user review - 09/21/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Order the Dry Original Chickens wings or else you've wasted your time. Be sure to order two plates.The pig ears were good, but they could have been a bit more crunchy.The beef that had batter on it,...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
LOVE THIS PLACE!! CHARLES's the best =]] Everyone who worked there are so nice.. the food is great!!! everytime i came is always pack with people. Favorite is their dumplings! worth the wait!
yelp.com - user review - 09/20/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
They didn't get our order right: instead of giving us the dried fried wet chicken wings, they gave us another kind. The service was fast, but cleanliness was sacrificed. Still, the wings were good. We...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The chicken wings are the BEST!! When I had my first daughter, this was the first thing I ate after my c-section... It was a regular when we use to live in the Sunset. I miss this place!Go try the...
yelp.com - user review - 09/20/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Upon meeting up with my very hungry friends after a quick workout, we quickly determined that we would grab something Taiwanese in the Sunset area. San Tung came highly recommended from one friend...
yelp.com - user review - 09/19/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I had the black bean sauce noodles (jja jang myun), fried chicken wings (kam-pung-ghee), and sweet/sour fried beef (tang-soo-yook?)...all three were incredible! The staff was friendlier than I thought...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
OMG, best wings ever. Bottomline, if I had to choose a chicken wing to live off for the rest of my life, I choose San Tung's fried chicken (dry) wings. Winner! I wonder what they taste like...
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Any Chinese place worth its MSG is filled with Chinese people. In fact, when I'm at a Chinese restaurant, I feel more uncomfortable around other English-speaking people than I do around those I can't...
yelp.com - user review - 09/17/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
On a recent road trip to SF, I made this place a must go. Granted I hadn't been able to revisit the place five years since I made my first discovery. I won't lie, I was nervous that the quality...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I love their food!!!!! HI MRS. CHU
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Allright, So this review is about 15 years overdue. I LOVE THIS PLACE. I grew eating this place! eversince it was a small little shack on 20 something&irving. Their dumplings&noodles are soo...
yelp.com - user review - 09/15/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Great shrimp and chive dumplings - almost as good as my mom's. Everything else is only okay, so 4 stars is for the dumplings.
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I highly recommend coming here just to eat the dry chicken wings and green beans. These two dishes are exceptional. Everything else is okay good. I'm still not a fan of the dumplings.
yelp.com - user review - 09/14/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Instead of just repeating what everyone else is saying...The other positive reviewers are right, this place is very good.When all of the other restaurants have 1 -5 people in them, this place is full...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This place is good eats. Here are some notables:Jambong - Spicy with a good soup base and decent amount of seafood, pork, and veggies.Shrimp and leek dumplings - Homemade and fresh, better than the...
yelp.com - user review - 09/13/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
OMFG we got in!! WE GOT IN!! LOL, it's really hard to grab some grub here as the whole of the Sunset District is inside devouring their dry fried chicken wings. Well, a few months back, we got a table...
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Finally tried the famous dry fried chicken that everyone has been raving about.We opted for the diced chicken. We got it for take-out to eat at the park, along with the other yelper-recommended dish,...
yelp.com - user review - 09/12/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
A couple weeks ago, a good friend came to town: a man whose Chinese parents had arrived in this country in 1960, bought a Swedish smorgasbord restaurant in West LA, and converted it to what was...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I discovered this place about 7 years ago and every single time we come here, it's always the same dishes that we've been ordering since I first stepped into this place and I never get tired of...
yelp.com - user review - 09/11/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
- If your from Frisco, you know whats up wit it! Chicken Wings, Dumplings, Beef noodle soups PERIOD- If your not from Frisco and looking for an authentic Shanghai/Taiwan/Chinese restaurant, why are u...
yelp.com - user review - 09/10/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Their dried fried chicken wings are the best. I also love the 3 deluxe spicy sauce noodles. It's hard to find parking over here and the wait can be kind of long because it's a fairly small place. But...
yelp.com - user review - 09/10/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Best: Dry fried chicken (5 star goes here)Good:1) Leek/shrimp dumpling2) Five spice beef noodle soup3) Handmade Noodle (in general)4) KimchiEverything else looks and tastes like Panda Express.Bad:1)...
yelp.com - user review - 09/09/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Im another San Tung fan that loves their dry firied chicken.. oh and their spicy kim chee... oh and their vegeterian fried rice... best ive ever had.
yelp.com - user review - 09/09/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I've been twice and both times only ordered one thing : chicken wings. So this review will be quick-n-dirty.They were delicious. A little sweet, a little spicy. "Fingerlickin'" good is what I would...
yelp.com - user review - 09/07/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I read about 15 of these reviews before deciding what to order. We went as a group of 9 so we got to sample quite a few dishes. As a mostly-vegetarian, here's what I would order again next time:(1)...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Dry fried chicken wings are off the heezy fo' sheezy!!! http://static.px.yelp.com/bphoto/2N9vaE9UrEfC3WL9rhZ7oA/l So crispy with a nice sweetness to it. I can't wait to go back next month and have...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
So it's been a while since I've eaten here. My sister and niece e-mailed me sometime last week and told me that they wanted to treat me for lunch today (Sunday) for my birthday (it was on Tuesday the...
yelp.com - user review - 09/06/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
here's what we had:Kim CheeVegetarian potstickersDry Fried ChickenDry Fried Fish FiletsPeanut Sauce Noodles.What I'll order next time:Kim CheeVegetarian potstickersDry Fried ChickenDry Fried Fish...
yelp.com - user review - 09/03/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
So I've finally had the crispy fried dried spicy chicken wings that people talk about all the time. It tastes exactly like the dry chicken wings that I could buy from Kukje Market. In fact the black...
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Really delicious food! If you've got a large crowd and wish to pick from several of their scrumptious entrees they've got lazy susan turntables which definitely comes in handy. Oh, and their chicken...
yelp.com - user review - 09/02/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
After all these years I still get excited to go eat at San Tung. When my friend/competitor JASON GEE ( Farmer's Insurance) haha suggested to eat there, I was all for it.These are my recoomendations:...
yelp.com - user review - 09/01/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Wow, what can I say other than I really, really, really like this place? I've been here twice now and loved it both times. The food is great, the service is good, and it's clean. And oh, it's...
yelp.com - user review - 08/31/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Was absolutely hesitant eat at this place based on the external appearence but I said what the heck, never judge a book by its cover. So, my family and I decided to give it a try and OH MY, the dry...
yelp.com - user review - 08/29/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Of course I am not suppose to compare restaurants here against the ones in China, but I cannot help it. They serve good food, though not to the level of real northan Chinese food in China, still the...
yelp.com - user review - 08/27/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
So I have some friends who are really Chinese. Really Chinese meaning they probably speak more Cantonese than English despite being born and raised in the states. Whenever we eat at a Chinese...
yelp.com - user review - 08/27/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
This place is highly over-rated but packed with folks (they must be hungry). The (very) dry fried chicken was bad and the noodle dish my wife ordered needed more seafood (horrible). You don't have to...
yelp.com - user review - 08/26/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Best Chinese food place in the city... in my opinion.I don't even live in the Sunset, I have to drive from Nob Hill to get to this place but it's so worth it! From the outside this place may not...
yelp.com - user review - 08/25/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I decided to give this place a try as I am on the hunt for good dumplings. I arrived around 5pm on a Friday and the place was half full already. I placed my order of pork dumplings and the Noodles...
yelp.com - user review - 08/24/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The best way to tell whether a Chinese restaurant is good for Yelpers is not by how many Chinese are in the restaurant overall. The litmus test is to scope out the number of young adult Chinese in...
yelp.com - user review - 08/24/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Hands down the best Chinese place I've ever been to!! The scene outside is always the same- a group of people anxiously waiting ( No matter how long) for their table after placing their name on "the...
yelp.com - user review - 08/23/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
If you haven't gathered from the 1250 reviews, there's only one thing you must order from here: Dry Fried Chicken Wings. They are the equivalent of crack in poultry form.Wait can be long, service can...
yelp.com - user review - 08/23/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I will give this place a 5 stars because i was happy with my food!We arrived arounddd 12, first ones to go on the list, so we didn't wait too long. Now this place has been hyped up a lot! Everyone...
yelp.com - user review - 08/23/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The chicken wings are the thing to get. When one of my friends forgot to order them, the waiter reminded us that we didn't order them. The waiter commented that every person order these so it thought...
yelp.com - user review - 08/22/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is my favorite Chinese food restaurant and it's worth the wait. The best time to go to avoid the crowds and hour long waits is around 5:30 for an early dinner or 8:30-8:45pm when it's almost...
yelp.com - user review - 08/22/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Food is good. Your typical chinese food, except for the dry fried chicken which is very good. Went to lunch there today and found ashy material on our plates. Don't know what it was. Teacups were...
yelp.com - user review - 08/20/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
oh chicken wings so good here and crispy too. The bean sauce noodles are great too. Just simple dishes done very well service is a little slow but its always busy.
yelp.com - user review - 08/18/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Lunch portions are large, very inexpensive, and there is good, super quick service. There was tons of people and the dry chicken, we got it diced, was AMAZING. So very perfectly crunchy and the sauce...
yelp.com - user review - 08/18/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Best as it gets. I order the wings, like everyone else, we had a company dinner there. it went great. Even when our non-asian co-workers started ordering food not on the menu, they offered to order...
yelp.com - user review - 08/18/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I think the cook in the afternoon (like after 4pm) makes tastier wings than the guy who makes it in the morning when it opens. Otherwise, it must be the sauce sitting around all day, it's so tasty at...
yelp.com - user review - 08/17/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Expect a wait. But think about the chicken wings that you'll get to enjoy later.They pack this place as tight as it will go. Expect to share a table among strangers if there are no large parties at...
yelp.com - user review - 08/16/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
My boyfriend and I went to this place recently at 7pm on a weekday night. Had to wait for 1 hour before we got seated. That was the major downer. But once we were seated, we got served tea right away...
yelp.com - user review - 08/16/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
The food was sweet, salty, spicy . . . unremarkable, overall. But the service was attentive and surprisingly speedy. Excited by the overwhelmingly positive reviews, we went all out. My wife and I...
yelp.com - user review - 08/14/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Four stars strictly for the dried fried chicken. The Shanghai dumplings and potstickers are good too. The rest of the food here is just fair, actually.Service is slow and lines are usually pretty...
yelp.com - user review - 08/14/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Great food but it gets seriously packed; I recommend getting take out instead of waiting for a table. I recommend the dry fried green beans, vegetarian mu-shu, chicken wings, and home made noodles.
yelp.com - user review - 08/14/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
hmm. what is all the hype about? San Tung's line is out the door each time I pass by. Yelpers, can you help me understand?The noodles with black bean sauce that everyone raves about lacks flavor and...
yelp.com - user review - 08/13/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
All I have to say is Chicken, Chicken Chicken! Man, was it a delight to finally bite into what every one of my friends were talking about. The dry chicken here is hands down amazing and wonderfully...
yelp.com - user review - 08/11/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Okay... okay... I agree with people... the dry fried chicken wing is da bomb!! But other than that??? everything is just okay... borderline tasteless. I kind of disappointed. I also asked if they had...
yelp.com - user review - 08/10/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
After 1234 reviews of mostly positive reviews and a 20 minute wait, I thought this place would be fantastic. Well, I hope that San Francisco has better Northern Chinese restaurants than San Tung.We...
yelp.com - user review - 08/09/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This review is for their chicken wings only:San Tung's dried fried chicken always reminds me of Mike Myer's line in the movie "So I married an Axe Murderer."--They put addictive chemicals in their...
yelp.com - user review - 08/07/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I LOVE THIS PLACE! San Tung, along with Sushi Sam's, are the 2 places I would bring people for dinner. Its especially cool to bring out of town guests here...they've never been disappointed!The dried...
yelp.com - user review - 08/07/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I'm going to agree with almost everyone here and give a thumbs up to the fried chicken. They do these two ways - wet/dry - and both are great. However, it is still a chinese restaurant so oil, salt,...
yelp.com - user review - 08/07/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
If you forced me to glaze a bunch of fried chicken thighs with 3 cups of sugar I too could cook up a dish that everyone would gobble up. If I used as much oil, salt, sugar in everything I cooked...
yelp.com - user review - 08/06/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Being the teenage girl that I am, I eat A LOT.And those dry fried chicken wings are sure good :DI usually call them and order..cause it's usually crowded in there. But my friends like it and I like...
yelp.com - user review - 08/04/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
There's really only a few things one needs to know before dining here. 1. Write your name on the white board with the provided sharpie as soon as you get thereOrder:1. Dry Fried Chicken Wings2....
yelp.com - user review - 08/04/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I ate at San Tung again tonight, and the food was absolutely as amazing as it was last time.The food is definitely still 5 stars, but after my experience tonight I have to remove 1 star.The problem...
yelp.com - user review - 08/04/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
i've never eaten here before... but i've had the wings because a friend of mine was throwing an event at 111 minna and had some free food and an open bar before hand for some folks. man, let me tell...
yelp.com - user review - 08/04/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Dumplings. Order the dumplings. The pork ones, yes.And the shrimp with leek, yes.Why can't I find a place with dumplings this good in Chinatown?And the dry fried chicken wings are a hit with that...
yelp.com - user review - 07/31/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I'm definitely a fan of San Tung and imagine I'll go again and again. There was roughly eight groups before us, but went by fairly quickly considering. 30 minutes later, my companion and I were seated...
yelp.com - user review - 07/30/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I came here on a Sunday (for the first time) for lunch w/ some family who had been raving about how great the food is and they definitely did not dissapoint! Every dish that was brought out was very...
yelp.com - user review - 07/29/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I went on a Tuesday night and waited for about 45 minutes. We went during the dinner crunch. I think it's better to go earlier.Beware of the kim chi - it is super spicy! Order something to drink...
yelp.com - user review - 07/29/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Mmmm dry fried chicken wings and dumplings... hot braised flounder filet and black bean sauce noodles, add to that an order of their sauteed string beans and you've got the makings of a very filling...
yelp.com - user review - 07/29/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Headline: San Tung'd me 35 minute wait for a table on Sunday evening. Was the wait worthy? It was.Food: Seriously, I'm vegetarian - Chinese is supposed to be hard for me. This is what we ordered:1....
yelp.com - user review - 07/29/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
this place was packed. they cramb everyone in. can barely walk. the dumplings and wings were awesome. Shrimp/leek dumplings-very good. Pork dumplings-not so great. The wings....love it. Wing is...
yelp.com - user review - 07/28/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I'd heard so much about this place and I finally went there last night with my friend. As soon as I got there I noticed almost everyone ordered the chicken wings and dumplings. So of course we had to...
yelp.com - user review - 07/28/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Their chicken wings came highly recommended. It was good, and the sauce just right. Their zazang mein was excellent too. The sauce and noodle were just right mix. I will pass on steam dumpling and pot...
yelp.com - user review - 07/28/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Yelpers are correct- San Tung's chicken wings are indeed very tasty; nevertheless, its dumplings and noodles are just average in taste. The dirty dishes (had residual red chili on two of our cups)...
yelp.com - user review - 07/27/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This place is known and hyped and it's well worth it. They have very good Dried Fried Chicken. It's really very good. They Hot and Sour soup always its the spot and the green beans are very good too....
yelp.com - user review - 07/24/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
my favorite chinese restaurant in the Bay Area, bar none.I hate the lines, so go there before 6pm or after 9pm, or expect 45 minute wait...every night.great place for Korean-ish Jang-Pong and Cha-Jang...
yelp.com - user review - 07/23/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Wings are great. (Gets the 4th star)Food is good.Service is mediocre at best.
yelp.com - user review - 07/22/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
the fried chicken wings were highly recommended at this place so we decided to go here for the first time. i was thinking how good can fried chicken be at a chinese restaurant? but after trying it, it...
yelp.com - user review - 07/21/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
This place used to be one of my favorites. I understand that good restaurants in my hometown attract a loyal following, so I won't rant about the long waits, cramped seating, and crazy noise levels....
yelp.com - user review - 07/20/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
When I think of San Francisco, I think "I have to have some Dry Fry Chicken." The experience is what I'm after. A busy restaurant, waiters running mad like chickens with their heads cut off, and...
yelp.com - user review - 07/19/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Best Dry Fried Chicken Wings. Really.
yelp.com - user review - 07/19/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Just went again. This place is one of the reasons I visit the bay area from San Diego
yelp.com - user review - 07/19/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Had to see what all the hype was about ya know! This place is a hectic scene. The place was slammed, hella noisy & a totally mixed crowd. I didn't really mind waiting for a bit though...was kinda...
yelp.com - user review - 07/17/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Mediocre at best. I don't get why this place is always crowded. It's pretty run of the mill, take-out Chinese food. The fried chicken is good, but is that even Chinese? The flavors are pretty bland....
yelp.com - user review - 07/17/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Been going here for nearly 20yrs (originally on Irving & 22nd-ish) ...and how many chinese restaurants really last this long...and can keep you coming back for the same signature dishes???Far &...
yelp.com - user review - 07/16/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Dry Fried Chicken wing are fantastic!!!! :) Had it w/ some fried rice and pot stickers-- I don't think I ever had chicken wings that good... and they dry fry everything---
yelp.com - user review - 07/15/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I had to change my church from St. Elizabeth to St. Anne (a block away from San Tung) just so I could go to San Tung every Sunday! Did I commit a sin?A big loss from St. Elizabeth with my $7.00...
yelp.com - user review - 07/14/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Went in here at random. Lots of Asian customers; a good sign. I wasn't very hungry though. I got the chicken noodle soup. The broth and noodles were amazing, but the chicken itself wasn't very good....
yelp.com - user review - 07/14/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Okay, so the dry fried chicken is tasty, but that's about it. I've had their other "signature" dishes and they were just salty and had no flavor. I have to admit chinese food is my least favorite, but...
yelp.com - user review - 07/14/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
My friend us to bring me back some of the dried fried chicken wings when we worked together in SF. I haven't had any as good as San Tungs in the last 3 years. I finally got the address from another...
yelp.com - user review - 07/14/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Their chinese food is pretty delicious. You know how you have to try this one particular dish when you go somewhere, here it's the dried fried chicken wing. Everything else is good too, but thats...
yelp.com - user review - 07/13/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I've been here a few times but never with my husband. I've been raving about the dry fried chicken and finally he agreed to go today! As soon as he got home from work, we took off. We got there...
yelp.com - user review - 07/13/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Don't order the Braised Bean Curd with Pork unless you're stupid or like to eat the wrong food. It's not good.
yelp.com - user review - 07/12/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
been coming here, forever. then word got out. now the wait is ridiculous. but, best dumplings and dry fried chicken around. so we still make this one of our regulars. but be forewarned about the...
yelp.com - user review - 07/11/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I heard a lot about San Tung's famous fried chicken wings (dry). So, some of my friends and I gave it a try last night. When we entered the small, crowded restaurant, we wrote our name on the waiting...
yelp.com - user review - 07/09/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
get ready to wait for 45 mins even though they quote you 10, and parking sucks!!!! so just get ready to wait. When I came to san tung I thought should I go? There are so many reviews, and I am not...
yelp.com - user review - 07/09/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
This is going to be a very unpopular opinion, but I am generally not a fan of Chinese food. With that said, the very unique dry fried chicken at San Tung is certainly craveworthy and lives up to all...
yelp.com - user review - 07/08/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Dry fried chicken, where have you been all my life? You are so worth the wait.
yelp.com - user review - 07/07/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
We tried this restaurant out last night and really enjoyed it, great service and very good food.
yelp.com - user review - 07/07/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Meh. Pretty mediocre Chinese food. The beef noodle soup is bland, the dumplings have thick skins.
yelp.com - user review - 07/07/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The food here is always consistent, always yummy. I usually like to try different dishes at restaurants, but at San Tung, I always and will always stick with the dry fried chicken wings. I can rave on...
yelp.com - user review - 07/07/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I was very disappointed. This is what happens when I let other reviews build my expectations and get me excited.The food is bland and more American than Chinese. True the wings are good (so my family...
yelp.com - user review - 07/06/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I L-O-V-E this place! I didn't even know what this restaurant was called for a while because my friends and I just called it "tasty chinese food".Dry fried chicken, black bean sauce noodles, green...
yelp.com - user review - 07/06/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
- Z E R O -I WAS regular customer of San Tung, & been coming here for years. Frank is great, extremely friendly. And yes, Dry-Fried Chicken and Pot Stickers are the best. FYI, don't ever send...
yelp.com - user review - 07/06/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Guys, I have mixed feelings! The waiters are ridiculous but some of their signature dishes are YUM. One dude was making a customer giggle as he had another waiter take a picture of him with her with...
yelp.com - user review - 07/06/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I realize that a place that already has more than 1100 reviews probably does not need another raving review, but I just can't NOT review this paradise. Everything on the menu is delicious. I am very...
yelp.com - user review - 07/04/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I KNOW THERE IS ABOUT 1000 REVIEWS ON THIS RESTAURANT BUT I WANT TO PUT MY 2 CENTS IN AND ALL I GOTTA SAY IS I AM IN LOVE WITH THEIR CHICKEN WINGS!!!!!!!They are always busy and I mean ALWAYS. It is...
yelp.com - user review - 07/02/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Two restaurants, both alike in dignity,In Fair Sunset, where we lay our scene,From ancient sludge we draw our swordsIn the form of menus most unclean.For one Stands San Tung, for another G Rice BowlA...
yelp.com - user review - 07/01/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
This place presents some mixed issues. What it does well, is more enough to convince most people to return. My friends have dragged me here a number of times, and the chicken wings alone have made...
yelp.com - user review - 07/01/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This review is solely for the dry fried chicken wings. Normally I would take into account service, ambiance, cleanliness, and so on and so forth, but this is a Chinese restaurant, so it is expected...
yelp.com - user review - 07/01/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
dried fried chicken! string beans! dumplings! minus one star for putting multiple parties at one table. AND the long line. Order to go!
yelp.com - user review - 07/01/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I luv their dumplings and noodles!!!!!Dry fried chicken and black bean sauce noodles are must orders!Great food, bad for low carb eaters.....
yelp.com - user review - 07/01/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I agree...the 1100 reviews about this place should tell you this place has it going on!!! I would like to give this place 4.5 stars. The -0.5 star is because of the disorganization caused by the...
yelp.com - user review - 06/30/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
chicken wings rock...constant lines and crowds of people waiting outside don't.
yelp.com - user review - 06/30/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Noodles and Wings... No need to order anything else. Been here many times, ordered many things, the best are still their noodles and wings. Dumplings maybe if you need variety...For noodles, I would...
yelp.com - user review - 06/27/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
WTH!? 1000 reviews? Gawd...that's crazy. Is this the most reviewed on yelp? Regardless...my review does not change since 2 years ago. Still love this place, still GO to this place, STILL closed on...
yelp.com - user review - 06/27/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Some food leaves you feeling like you're a better person. That's San Tung.The wait was 800 percent worth it, particularly with Peasant Pies right next door. After we were seated, we were promptly...
yelp.com - user review - 06/27/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
My friends and I were discussing who made the best chicken wings. My friend so kindly lifts the veil from over my eyes and introduces me to the beauty which is San Tung. Yes, there is a wait but it's...
yelp.com - user review - 06/25/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
After years of walking by, we decided to try this place out yesterday. We always noticed the line in front which generally indicates a great place that you shouldn't miss.. Not necessarily all the...
yelp.com - user review - 06/23/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Dry Fried Chicken Wings, Dumplings, are my two most favorite things to get at this joint. IF you also take a look around you (when you're there,) you will notice that most if not all the tables will...
yelp.com - user review - 06/22/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
After a little bird me to try this place out, stating that the fried chicken was a must try, I decided to get it a try.We were lucky to come right in time when groups were leaving and there was a line...
yelp.com - user review - 06/22/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I wanted to write a San Tung review (even though they don't need one) because in my profile, I have only given ones -___-, don't wanna seem like a Debbie downer now. Anyhoos, I go to San Tung very...
yelp.com - user review - 06/21/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I could eat this every week. I love this place.If you go there you need to try their original dry fried wings. My friends and I always go and get their wings, hot braised flounder filet, and string...
yelp.com - user review - 06/20/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
We eat here weekly. We eat elsewhere in the neighborhood, Chinese, about once every two weeks....Nothing else comes close to San Tung...I know of nothing in the City that is as good, for up to twice...
yelp.com - user review - 06/19/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Get the dry chicken! It's so good..well.. in my opinion! It's crunchy and sweet and oh so good! =) The chicken with black mushrooms is pretty good too. Oh and the black bean sauce noodles are really...
yelp.com - user review - 06/18/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Closed on Wednesdays! *sad face*
yelp.com - user review - 06/18/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Good- Dry fried chicken wings- Black bean sauce noodles (hand-pulled!)- Mu shu pork (yeah, I know... but it's good)- Dry fried string beans- Shrimp & leek dumplingsBad- The wait -- try getting there...
yelp.com - user review - 06/18/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The dumplings are yum yum.....the black bean noodles were good.....the beef tripes were good..... and the fried chicken are good, but it's really good if you are white, it's fried chicken with a...
yelp.com - user review - 06/18/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I went with a group of 15 people and even though we had reservations and everyone arrived on time as requested we didn't actually get seated for quite some time. Once we were seated we were provided...
yelp.com - user review - 06/17/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I am the 1168th review...wow that's just ridiculous how many reviews this place has. My dad loves, I mean LOVES chinese food so we always have our regular chinese restaurant spots--by that I mean,...
yelp.com - user review - 06/16/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
It's not authentic Chinese food, but it's good food nonetheless. The deep fried chicken wings were very tasty, and I loooved the black bean sauce noodles, which are hand pulled!! The dumplings were...
yelp.com - user review - 06/16/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Yesterday was the second time I've been to San Tung. I think I'm going to make it a summer tradition. We got there around 4 o'clock (I had made reservations ahead of time) and they seated us right...
yelp.com - user review - 06/15/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Best dried fried chicken ever. period.Oh yeah, the dried fried flounder is great and so are the string beans. The dumplings are pretty solid too and add sake into the equation...well, doesn't that...
yelp.com - user review - 06/15/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I love San Tung they have such unique dishes I can not get anywhere else. And they tend to have more sauces for me to mix and match and make into my own sauce. I'm a saucesquash. They have deep fried...
yelp.com - user review - 06/15/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Waiting, waiting and waiting. Was it worth it? Heck yeah! Thanks to all the recommendations (1,100 from my fellow yelpers), this place was one of the best places for dinner during my BA excursion. I...
yelp.com - user review - 06/15/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This place has a most amazing dark soybean sauce that they put on all of their dishes. And I repeat they put it on all of their dishes, but wow is it a good sauce. I have been there twice and have...
yelp.com - user review - 06/14/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Many of those people who grew up in the city of San Francisco would agree that this is one of the places to go to when thinking about good food. Every time I go here there is always a line waiting out...
yelp.com - user review - 06/14/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
good food here. had the wings, wet. VERY good.also had pork dumplings and moo shu. all strong entries.
yelp.com - user review - 06/13/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
chicken wings!! YUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!worth the wait here. it really never disappoints me.
yelp.com - user review - 06/11/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This place gets so crowded, but the chicken wings are great. It's good if you go in groups so you can split everything amongst yourselves. The price is not bad at all- the food is fresh and you get...
yelp.com - user review - 06/10/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
4.5 starsThis is some of the best Chinese food I've had anywhere in the U.S. Forget Chinatown, Irving Street is where it's at. We were the only non-Asians in the joint - good sign. Servers spoke...
yelp.com - user review - 06/10/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Wow 1100 reviews? Dang I almost don't want to leave one, that's pretty intimidating. But I gotta give my 2 cents.Great noodles. And yes the chicken wings are very good. They must put crack in their...
yelp.com - user review - 06/10/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The original dried fried wings were delicious. I just had lunch but i'm drooling thinking about the savory sauce on the wings. I'm still swallowing. The other dishes were pretty solid too but the best...
yelp.com - user review - 06/09/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Hands down - best dried fried chicken wings in San Francisco! As a frequent traveler I enjoy finding local places that serve good food, especially those famous for a particular dish. San Tung Chinese...
yelp.com - user review - 06/08/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The noodles here reminds me of the authentic street vendor 'Lai Meng' in Shanghai. Their dumplings are really tasty too with the vinegar and soy sauce. I would come back again, but really hates the...
yelp.com - user review - 06/08/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is one of my favorite restaurants! All dishes I've tried were delicious. The spicy fried chicken is the best I've had in all of SF. Everything from the Mongolian beef, Fried rice, beef...
yelp.com - user review - 06/08/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I hate this place because on 4 occasions, I was there on Wednesday... they closed. *sigh* I was so craved for their chicken wings, I kept forgetting.This place is famous with dumplings, pot stickers...
yelp.com - user review - 06/08/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
If a bunch of Chinese people are lined outside the door, it's got to be good. The chicken wings are like crack. Also try the shrimp and leek dumplings and the black bean noodles. Wait can be anywhere...
yelp.com - user review - 06/07/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
San Tung is my favorite Chinese restaurant on Irving Street near the Inner Sunset. They have great spicy chicken wings. The interior is halfway between a whole in the wall and a first class restaurant...
yelp.com - user review - 06/06/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The chicken is like crack. Seriously. My friends took me and my family here to check out San Tung's famous chicken wings - and we all gave it two thumbs up! We also tried some noodle dishes and...
yelp.com - user review - 06/06/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
even after hearing a bunch of hype, this place still met my expectations. above par from other Chinese joints, but not quite 5 stars. we had a party of 9 and got lucky b/c it wasn't crowded at...
yelp.com - user review - 06/06/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
5 stars just for the dry fried chicken. Make the journey out to the Inner Sunset, put your name on the list, grab a beer and wait 30 minutes for a table, order the chicken and enjoy...The place was...
yelp.com - user review - 06/05/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Ridiculous Dry Chicken Wings ( Diced) Yummy Green Beans Mediocre Fried Potstickers = San TungSeriously look around at every table when you walk in, most likely there will be a plate of Wings ( or...
yelp.com - user review - 06/04/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Not sure what else I can that differs from the previous 1100 Yelpers...but I absolutely heart their dumplings! We got their pork dumplings and it was so juicy. I can have the whole plate of that...
yelp.com - user review - 06/03/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
We always get our dry fried chicken wings to go. It's the only thing I've ordered here. This place is always packed and it's so annoying. I can't imagine how long it takes to order and get your food.
yelp.com - user review - 06/03/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Had the Five Spice Beef/Beef Tendon Noodle Soup. The soup was multi-flavored and had just the right amount of spice -- however, it did start tasting a bit on the salty side toward the end of the meal....
yelp.com - user review - 06/03/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Like everyone else, I like the chickenwings. And then there's so many other noodle and seafood dishes. Always order and eat too much when I come here!
yelp.com - user review - 06/02/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
How on earth can each highly reviewed restaurant on yelp be better than the last? But here we go...yes, San Tung is yummy.Vegetarian pot stickers....wow. Best we've ever tasted. Gotta take a spin in...
yelp.com - user review - 06/02/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Came here for lunch around 1pm and still took about 30 min to get a table. Totally worth it. Everything you have read about the chicken wings are true. They are fabulous. Also got the black bean sauce...
yelp.com - user review - 06/01/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This place is famous for their chicken wings. They're sweet, spicy, crunchy and perfect. They do have other dishes that are good as well, but the chicken wings are definitely worth checking this...
yelp.com - user review - 06/01/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I'm obsessed with their chicken wings, green beans, and hot and sour soup! Awesome and tasty. I have to agree with other yelpers, the service here isn't too shabby either.
yelp.com - user review - 06/01/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Awesome place for Chinese food and I usually don't like much Chinese food. Service is a little above average for a chinese restaurant so some kudos for that. The chicken wings here are phenomenal...
yelp.com - user review - 05/31/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Since I was turned on to this place by a friend, I've been back many many times. If you don't get there before 6pm (any day of the week), you will have to put your name on the dry erase waiting list...
yelp.com - user review - 05/31/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I want to give this place 3 and a half but since that was not an option, boosted it up to 4 for the service. I mean the food here is good, the wait however is a pain!!! they're super famous for their...
yelp.com - user review - 05/28/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
So the situation was a little strange. Maybe. It was the BF, his ex-girlfriend, and me. She blew in on a wind from Utah, for something or other, family oriented in the south south bay. And we were...
yelp.com - user review - 05/27/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
We have eaten here in the past and I found the food to be good, a little skimpy, and pricey for what you got. Today was no exception. Our youngest daughter was visiting from the Miami area so our...
yelp.com - user review - 05/27/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Always crowded here, get here 30 minutes early during dinner; our party of eleven was promptly put on a list and we had our table when the guy said soThe chicken wings are my Fav . and we ordered...
yelp.com - user review - 05/25/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This place gets busy for lunch pretty much everyday. Parking is a disaster if you do not come early. Their self-pulled noodles are so delicious. They have that chewy consistency that this type of...
yelp.com - user review - 05/25/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This place had been given raves by my niece for months..."their chicken wings are the best"....yeah, yeah, yeah..what does a 20 year old know besides Justin Timberlake's birthday. Well, surprise...
yelp.com - user review - 05/24/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Clearly a Sunset institution, there is always a big wait. Came by last night (Thursday) around 8:30ish and still had to hang on for 30 minutes, on the weekends I hear this can stretch to hours....
yelp.com - user review - 05/22/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I love this place. The dry fried chicken, string beans and shrimp are delish! The noodles are yummmy too, I forget the name but it was spicy and satisfying. The wait is longgg especially when you get...
yelp.com - user review - 05/21/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Hype. Service is spotty and the food is Ok. The Crack chicken dry style lets me down always. I'm sorry I know I tried to like this place I even use to miss it when I lived in Hell-LA. All well I'm...
yelp.com - user review - 05/20/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
We ordered WAY too much food. There were four of us dining - two pescatarians and two omnivores. For a Friday night, we found the wait to be pretty good. -Dry fried chicken wings - delish of course....
yelp.com - user review - 05/20/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
We must have gotten the wrong dishes because everything was mediocre to us. There is ALWAYS a line out the door so we decided to see what all the fuss was about. We arrived on Saturday at 5:30pm and...
yelp.com - user review - 05/20/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
No exaggeration: the fried green beans, dry fried chicken wings and the dumplings are freaking amazing. If you go at lunchtime you have a better chance of not having to wait. Nothing I say will differ...
yelp.com - user review - 05/20/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Just give me a bowl of rice and their specialty chicken and I'll be a happy camper. It's sooooo good that I'm willing to wait 30 mins outside.... the down side is that 85% of the time its' freakin...
yelp.com - user review - 05/20/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
i love san tung....best time to go is lunch time to avoid big crowds and you will find parking a little easier....Love: Dried Fried Chicken, Dried Fried Beef, Diced Dried Fried ChickenHate: Parking
yelp.com - user review - 05/19/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
The food is good. It taste pretty yummy with its home-made noodles. We had 2 noodle dishes and of course the spicy dry-chicken wings.Their spicy noodles are actually SPICY so props for that. I also...
yelp.com - user review - 05/19/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
get the famous chicken wings. the ja ja mein is ok, but it tastes much better after a night in the fridge, when its soaked it the sauce over night.i will miss the chicken wings, and it does live up to...
yelp.com - user review - 05/19/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I've heard so much hype about this place, so I was expecting a lot. We went there on a weekday to celebrate my friend's birthdays. I would have to say the food was OK, nothing really stood out. If I...
yelp.com - user review - 05/19/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I went here on 7x7's top 100 recommendation. Yes, the dry fried chicken is delicious, but I thought the rest of our meal was just okay. We had the Black Bean Noodle dish and Won Ton Soup. The...
yelp.com - user review - 05/17/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
There is one cuisine I will never eat: Chinese. I also group Thai and Vietnamese into an entire Asian subsection that is classified in my brain as: "Won't Eat Unless Death by Starvation is Imminent."...
yelp.com - user review - 05/15/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
people really rave about the jampong (seafood spicy soup) and ganpungi (chicken), that's because they never had it good before; this stuffs just okay; but probably the best in the city; they add too...
yelp.com - user review - 05/15/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
FYI San Tung is closed on Wednesdays (I know, WTF!). We didn't know this and were met with quite a disappointment.Upon returning the next day we sank our teeth into yet another great meal at San Tung....
yelp.com - user review - 05/15/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
The food was decent, but I found the sodium content or msg to be rather high, as I was extremely thirsty after dinner. The chicken wings were tasty, the parking was horrible. The service leaves much...
yelp.com - user review - 05/15/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Everyone swears that this place is some sort of hidden local gem, but I find it to be indistinguishable from most of the other Chinese restaurants in the area. I think maybe it appeals to purists of...
yelp.com - user review - 05/13/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
OMG, the dumplings here are the best ever! Seriously. A good friend of mine brought me here and this place was off the hook!! We had the spicy chicken wings, the string beans, pot stickers AND...
yelp.com - user review - 05/12/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Okay all I have to say is....ORDER THE DRY FRIED CHICKEN WINGS!!!!no wonder this place is always f*ing crowded...I WANT MORE!!!!p.s it's also super cheap!
yelp.com - user review - 05/12/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The type of place that has grown on me. Not too crowded for a Sat. afternoon. Between the 3 of us, we shared the:Wet chicken wings - tasty but not as good as the dryDry chicken wings - I seemingly...
yelp.com - user review - 05/11/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
it's a chinese american food. the chieck wing is pretty good, other food is just ok.
yelp.com - user review - 05/11/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
What can I say? Been here many times and the food is great every time. I'm a fan of dry fried anything. Here's what we usually order Dry fried beef, sting beans, chicken (both wings and diced). dry...
yelp.com - user review - 05/10/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
we only ordered the saucy fried chicken wings and the black (bean? dunno what its called, but its pronounced "ja-jaung mein") sauce noodles.the wings were to die for, a must if you are eating here....
yelp.com - user review - 05/06/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
i'm chinese and i don't really like chinese food. i don't even like white rice, what chinese person doesn't? i know, weird! i guess i had too much of it for the first 22 years of my life, practically...
yelp.com - user review - 05/04/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Best Americanized Chinese food I've had in quite a while. We came here based on the Yelp reviews (1000 ?! Is Yelp headquartered here or something?) and weren't disappointed. We came for lunch on a...
yelp.com - user review - 05/04/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
ONLY ORDER SPICY DRY FRIED CHICKEN WINGS. This place deserves a 5 star, just based on those wings. Their really incredible, and I am a huge chicken wing fan. Everything else I ordered was just...
yelp.com - user review - 05/04/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
This restaurant is overrated. The food is good but it's not that good. Come on! I didn't think it was worth the wait. I miss its sister restaurant, So's, for the dried fried chicken wings. Miss you...
yelp.com - user review - 05/02/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Just rode up to San Tung yesterday on my Vespa to pick up some food to go. Ordered the sweet and sour beef (I learned that they have 2 types when I picked up my order ... I got the one with the red...
yelp.com - user review - 05/01/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
5 stars for the dry chicken wings... 4 stars overall!!! Now I'm not writing this review to add to that thousand reviews it already has, I'm writing it for my friends to see, hahah. That dry chicken...
yelp.com - user review - 05/01/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Even the usual 1-hour wait won't get a star off it. Their food is to die for, especially the dry fried chicken. I can never believe how cheap it is... A bit crowded sometimes so probably not the best...
yelp.com - user review - 05/01/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Dried fried chiken and sizzling rice soup are my favorite things to eat here. This place is always super busy, so plan to wait a while to be seated - but so worth the wait.
yelp.com - user review - 04/30/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Best chicken wings in the city. Other food there is GREAT as well. But man those chicken wings...Thank you Jesus. Amen
yelp.com - user review - 04/29/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
4.50 stars.Great little Northern Chinese/Korean restaurant. Their fried chicken is pretty legendary. But this place suffers from the Yelp-effect. There's always a line at night (haven't tried coming...
yelp.com - user review - 04/29/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
one of the many great restaurants during my visit here. loved it so much we went here twice!Steamed dumplings- good but your normal dumplingPan fried dumplings- HUGE! but a little dough-y for my...
yelp.com - user review - 04/29/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
One of my favorite Chinese restaurants in the city. All you need (for a party of 4) is the dry fried chicken wings, sweet and sour beef (you'll be surprised!), hot and sour soup, shrimp and leek...
yelp.com - user review - 04/28/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
5 stars for the food-1 star for the crappy parking and the not so great service and the sometimes very long wait.......Everyone is crazy about the chicken here, but I am all about the dumplings. The...
yelp.com - user review - 04/28/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
San Tung is a popular northern Chinese food joint on Irving street. You have to come here early (5-5:30pm) for dinner because this place gets packed fast!I came here on a day with 90 degree weather......
yelp.com - user review - 04/28/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Was very nice and cheap. The chicken was greasy as usual, but was a goodie and spicey and nice.
yelp.com - user review - 04/28/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
So darn good they don't even need a website or advertisement.The dry fried chicken wings is pretty darn 'finger lick'en good. I'm not sure how they get it sweet and crispy on the outside and keep the...
yelp.com - user review - 04/27/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I haven't yelped for months. This is mostly due to the fact that most places have 1000 reviews, and like every lazy American, sometimes I feel like one person can't make a difference.BUT. Despite the...
yelp.com - user review - 04/27/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Pork dumplings are good hear, go early or later because there is always a wait
yelp.com - user review - 04/27/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I agree with most of the postings about this place. Great absolutely delicous non-traditional chinese food. Ambiance is a little bland but the food and prices are perfect!MUST TRY:Dry fried chicken...
yelp.com - user review - 04/26/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Okay, definitely not your typical Chinese restaurant. 1. ALL the workers don't speak Cantonese2. When my mom tried to order some "typical" Chinese dishes, the waitress simply shook her head and said...
yelp.com - user review - 04/26/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
supposed to be studying for 2 midterms so ill make this quick...DRY FRIED CHICKEN WINGS fried rice potstickers = awesome dinner [if youre not on a diet]first thing i noticed when i got in the door...
yelp.com - user review - 04/25/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
As far as Chinese food goes, this place is one of the best in town. Food is great, there's not much more to say than that. As everyone else has noted, chicken wings are the bomb. I will however say...
yelp.com - user review - 04/24/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I've heard about this restaurant for quite some time now, and I never had a chance to try it until a couple weeks ago. It looks like your typical Chinese restaurant in the SF Richmond area, but the...
yelp.com - user review - 04/24/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I've been here twice, most recently for my birthday dinner. We had a group of 8 people and had to wait for maybe 20 minutes before being seated on a Sunday night. It may have been longer, but I was...
yelp.com - user review - 04/23/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I came back the 2nd time with a big group this time. A friend made a reservation before hand and we still needed to wait for about 30 minutes which is not bad. The more hungry you get while waiting,...
yelp.com - user review - 04/21/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I see that there are enough reviews to let you know whats up with this place.....all i have to say is The Chicken wings:...
yelp.com - user review - 04/21/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Two words: Chicken Wings. That's all you need to know, that's all you should really care about. Honestly, I think that's the only reason why San Tung is the most hyped-up & talked-about Chinese...
yelp.com - user review - 04/20/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Ok, it's not the most delicious food I've had. Waiting in the crowded front area for a seat is enough to send a claustrophobic person (ME!) to the nuthouse. It's certainly not romantic either. But...
yelp.com - user review - 04/19/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
had some jajangmyun and kanpoongi (fried chicken) here... it's kinda like the chinese food you get in korea....i'm not really sure what else they have here since the friends i was with sorta took...
yelp.com - user review - 04/19/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
There's not that many Chinese restaurants where you say "wow, I gotta go back there." Usually, we order from the best of the worse that is close to where you're at. However, this place is special....
yelp.com - user review - 04/19/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Sweet-finger-lickin' good dry fried chicken wings! This is a must here.The black bean noodle was not my cup of tea, may be because I prefer noodle soup or noodles with lots of gravy. Yea, it's a bit...
yelp.com - user review - 04/19/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I came here for the chicken wings after hearing about them for days. No doubt the wings were good, but the 2 hour wait on a wednesday night was definitely not worth it,.... the 45 minute wait to...
yelp.com - user review - 04/18/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I went to San Tung because of the hype on yelp. The dry fried chicken wings did not disappoint- probably the best in San Francisco! At first I thought they were comparable to the BBQ wings at Plutos...
yelp.com - user review - 04/17/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I normally would not rate a restaurant based on one dish, especially if most of their other items are just mediocre at best, but OMG...the orgasmic dry fried chicken wings....5-stars is a no-brainer!
yelp.com - user review - 04/16/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
BEST CHICKEN WINGS EVER.....!!! I'd pick their wings over KFC, Popeye, or Hardknox ANY DAY!I also love their shrimp and leek dumplings and beef noodle soup!And of course, I'd give them 5 stars if...
yelp.com - user review - 04/15/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
After months & months of waiting and dont really know on when, I can go to this San Tung Chinese Restaurant and also seen alot of great reviews on yelp & alot of pictures of food from this Chinese...
yelp.com - user review - 04/13/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
This place is ok but always so crowded. We usually stay away from all the fried stuff-string beans, chicken wings, etc and opt for the steamed shanghai buns and leek and pork dumplings with an order...
yelp.com - user review - 04/12/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I finally came here after I have been dying to try it. I am so glad that they were open on Easter weekend because the Irving area was kinda dead due to the holiday. But anyways The restaurant was...
yelp.com - user review - 04/12/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
love this place.. i come here for my birthday.. the owners know me so sometimes i dont have to wait.. love the dried fried wings.. anything here dried fried is good.. i recommend anyone to try #99 hot...
yelp.com - user review - 04/11/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Love their Dry Fried Chicken! I have tried it in both "Wings" and "Diced" form. Both forms are equally amazing. I find that you get more chicken when you order this specialty in "diced" form. There's...
yelp.com - user review - 04/11/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
4 stars AND 1,000 reviews?? Errr, excuse me? Is this some sort of Yelp snaffoo? Apparently not!I came here based on the recommendation of an ex-SF resident who had rated it #1 on her personal Top 10...
yelp.com - user review - 04/11/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The #1 item you have to order is their dry fried chicken wings, but you already know that. And if you don't like chicken, get the beef version. And if you're a vegetarian but eat fish, get the fish...
yelp.com - user review - 04/11/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Yeah everyone knows they got damn good dry fried chicken, the line is too long but it's good to order to go
yelp.com - user review - 04/11/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
ive waited nearly 35 minutes once for a table for 4, and it was totally worth it. what ever they put in those chicken wings is simply addictive. and you will be fiending for some more.
yelp.com - user review - 04/10/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Good Chinese food at reasonable prices.I came here for dinner and had to wait about 10 minutes to get a table for 2 at around 8:15 on a Thursday. There is another Chinese restaurant across the street...
yelp.com - user review - 04/10/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The dried fried chicken is incredible. I would come here more often if I live closer. Oh the pot stickers are good too but nothing compared to the chicken. It is my all time favorite.
yelp.com - user review - 04/10/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The Dry Fry chicken (offered as wings or diced) at San Tung has reached legendary status in my house. Talk of it's spicy, crispy presence can warm even the blackest of heart. To me, it's the best...
yelp.com - user review - 04/09/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Just wanted to update my review. I just went for lunch last week, and I still believe that this place has the best Dried Fried Chicken Wings...Hands down! Is it me, or is this place always jammed...
yelp.com - user review - 04/09/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
WOWWhat a find.Great Kimichi. Its on the sweeter side but has a nice spicy bite to it.I also really like the Hot and Sour soup.The spicy seafood noodle were so so but I think people mainly come here...
yelp.com - user review - 04/08/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Damn! 1,000 reviews.Came late, no wait, hunger pain won't abate. I've never been a fan of fried chicken wings because the skin gives me the willies. I've never appreciated the fattyness and...
yelp.com - user review - 04/06/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The two things I heard about this place were 1. Theres always a wait for a table where folks are scattered by the door and on the sidewalk.2. Tjhe chicken wings are worth the wait.After eating here I...
yelp.com - user review - 04/06/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The chicken wings here are champions! the first time i tried there wings was at the other resto "So" which is now closed. Thank god for the mother's resto is still open or else no more chicken...
yelp.com - user review - 04/06/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Pleace is great. I keep hearing about the dried fried chicken and it was worth it. The things I don't like is that its super busy, tables are really tight. You have to put you name on some long...
yelp.com - user review - 04/03/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The dry fried chicken wings are the best! I don't know why they are called "dry" cause they are actually quite wet and sticky and sooo delicious. I'm also a fan of the cold peanut noodles. Everything...
yelp.com - user review - 03/31/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Had the wet and the dry fried chicken wings. DELICIOUS! Didn't try anything else though, based on the reviews here...The wait wasn't too bad. Only had to wait about 10 minutes on a Sat night at...
yelp.com - user review - 03/30/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I was very impressed with the authenticity of this wonderful restaurant. I would have given it 5 stars, except the lack of server presence was a mitigating factor in my decision making process,...
yelp.com - user review - 03/29/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Heard about the chicken wings so I was pretty excited to finally try them today. I thought were good but not super great. The rest of the other dishes I tried were average at best too. I also tried...
yelp.com - user review - 03/28/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I'm sick and I wanted something yummy yesterday. I thought of San Tung. It hit the spot! I had the dry fried chicken, steamed potstickers and dai lo mein. It was so yummy and so good. I called it in...
yelp.com - user review - 03/27/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Food is always great here - cant get enough of the dry fried chicken! But, the wait is always too darn long!
yelp.com - user review - 03/27/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Like every other yelper....i LOVE their dried fried chicken!!! (the dried fried beef is pretty good too). I come here just to eat that chicken! the five spice beef noodle soup is also pretty yummy....
yelp.com - user review - 03/26/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
very greasy...i have probably eaten at 100 chinese restaurants in the city - this was not thes best at all....the broccoli was too mushy - almost like it had been sitting in a pan for a day9.00 for...
yelp.com - user review - 03/23/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Best Chinese food I have ever had. All of the tables seemed to have ordered the Green Beans, but we didn't .... next time.,..... which shouldn't be in a very long time. We did have the Chicken wings...
yelp.com - user review - 03/23/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
holy crap the dry fried chicken is amazing.everything else is so-so, but you'll be too busy stuffing your face with the chicken to notice.
yelp.com - user review - 03/23/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
For me, this is a substitute for the closed Korean-Chinese restaurant: SO.. Ohh. how i miss that place!!! i only come here for the memories of SO. First, i was glad i have found a some-what similar...
yelp.com - user review - 03/22/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
10 star Dry Fried Chicken Wings... absolutely Delicious. The Mushu Pork, Green Beans, and potstickers are really good too. I love how fresh everything is. I've never been let down by the flavors of...
yelp.com - user review - 03/22/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
a ride on a crowded muni with butts and crotches in my face, led us to the sunset district to try this oh-so-talked-about restaurant... we were here for a friend's birthday and we had a somewhat large...
yelp.com - user review - 03/21/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
It is all about the sauce. The chicken here has an extra crispy texture to it with a very thin batter. The sauce has a honey thickness, slightly sour, with a chili and a soy base. It is sweet and...
yelp.com - user review - 03/21/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Unromantic half white half chinese local spot with - amazing black bean paste noodle, - chicken wing. The energy of the place is great as it's always busy but wait is horrible at 20 minutes on a...
yelp.com - user review - 03/19/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Not too much to say that everyone else on Yelp hasn't said about San Tung. The chicken wings are delicious as always, can never have enough.Some things people do need to realize (after I have read a...
yelp.com - user review - 03/19/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Pure-taste-bud-joy is what I experienced eating at San Tung. I came across a review one day on Yelp when I was supposed to have Chinese food with a friend for dinner. I smartly checked out the other...
yelp.com - user review - 03/18/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Oh how i crave san tung's dried fried wingsOr their chewy noodles and dumplings.It's a neighborhood nicheParking here is a bitch,Eating dinner while my car gets dings!Love the dried fried wings. Love...
yelp.com - user review - 03/18/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
You seriously haven't lived until you've had their dry fried chicken. I'm not exactly sure why it is called dry fried, since it is drenched in this sweety, sticky goodness, but what's in a name?The...
yelp.com - user review - 03/17/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Fried chicken, flied chicken, all the same at THIS spot,Eat chicken, finger lickin', sweet and a little BIT hotA fancy place with trendy taste this restaurant IS notThe fat and salt and MSG will make...
yelp.com - user review - 03/16/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
After eating here twice I was surprised to see such mixed reviews on yelp. Personally, I was very impressed by San Tung. But looking back I think you really have to know what to order. My friend was...
yelp.com - user review - 03/16/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
here's what your basic order is - they won't even ask...this is expected. don't stray.1- dry fried chicken wings. can't say hw this is different from the wet fried...everyone gets dry fried....
yelp.com - user review - 03/16/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Always expect parking to suck.Always expect at least a half hour wait.Always order the fried chicken wings.Always order the green string beans.The End.
yelp.com - user review - 03/16/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This is one of the better restaurants for chinese food in the city, I think. It looks like any other place so you would never know unless you went. It's funny some of the yelpers like the dry chicken...
yelp.com - user review - 03/15/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Have been going to this restaurant since it was in a small hole on the western side of Irving, beyond 19th Avenue. We used to call it our favorite for home-style cooking and authentic taste. Well,...
yelp.com - user review - 03/15/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
this place still sucks. their black noodle jah-jang myun is nothing comparison to zazang on geary.seriously people, i'm from l.a. and this is not the greatest place for authentic korean/chinese food.
yelp.com - user review - 03/14/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Dined at this restaurant with 3 friends tonight. Ordered the fried chicken wings with sweet,sour spicy sauce (this taste somewhat similar to a thai spicy angel wings, sliced pig ears marinated in soy...
yelp.com - user review - 03/14/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
If you get one thing here, get the dry fried chicken. Delicious and artery-clogging.Other notable dishes:- Fried string beans- Shrimp and leek dumplings- Black bean noodles- Spicy seafood noodles in...
yelp.com - user review - 03/12/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Great!! The number 7 is my favorite. The Dry Black Bean Noodle with Sea Food. It's great and has an unusual taste to it. I would give this joint a 5 but most of the foods I enjoy here are fried and...
yelp.com - user review - 03/12/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
It used to me 1 of my favorite places in SF. But not anymore. The steam dumpling is too salty. I mean it tastes no flavor but just dead salt. My ex roommate only took 1 bite and refused to eat the...
yelp.com - user review - 03/11/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
WOW WEE WOWWOW.... This place is dee-lish!We trekked through the freezing cold SF weather to eat at this raved about joint. We tried to take the N Judah there but one never did come so we had to come...
yelp.com - user review - 03/11/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The food is basically what Korean people call Chinese cuisine in Korea. The restaurant was full of young people in their 20s. Maybe it's the taste of the food, maybe it's the price range.Dried fried...
yelp.com - user review - 03/11/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
we came a couple months ago, on a sunday night, and the place was so packed that the wait was out the door. so we tried another place that night and decided to try this place another time. yesterday...
yelp.com - user review - 03/09/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Never had any complaints about this place. Fast service, clean, always lively. Parking sucks, but so does every other restaurant on Irving.Like I'm sure everyone says, the dry-fried chicken wings...
yelp.com - user review - 03/09/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
best dry fried chicken and sauteed string beans! always crouded at lunch and dinner time with a bunch of people waiting outside.. to bad the prices went up...but still worth it once in a while.
yelp.com - user review - 03/09/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
San Tung's dry fried chicken wings - one of the few things I crave.Black Bean Noodles - best in the city (noodles are fresh)My choice for best food for dollar spent in San Francisco
yelp.com - user review - 03/08/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I BELIEVE IN YELP. As I say those four words, I stand with my hand on my heart, facing my computer, clutching my gas-x. And because I believe in Yelp, I will probably try San Tung again even though...
yelp.com - user review - 03/08/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Delish and reasonable price. Great chicken wings.Crowded!
yelp.com - user review - 03/07/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Ended up here on a whim after a night spent at Nightlife at the California Academy of Sciences in GG Park. While this would not have been my first choice, it was definitely filling and moderately...
yelp.com - user review - 03/07/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Great dry fried chicken, dumpling are delicious and you have to order a noodle dish. I was thinking about the meal days after and can 't wait to go back. I am telling all my friends about the place.
yelp.com - user review - 03/03/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I'll kick your ass!I got my ass kicked!You kick ass!Those 3 lines are totally different.It took me long time to find out that "ass" and the "kick" meaning.And the 3 lines really well with the word...
yelp.com - user review - 03/03/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
At long last, I have had the famous Dry Fried Chicken Wings at San Tung.At first, I picked them up with my chopsticks and delicately nibbled on them.Before too long, I got my hands into it.By wing #3,...
yelp.com - user review - 03/03/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This place is really tasty. Beat the long line by ordering take out, which takes only 20 minutes, or coming at odd hours. Save some money and time by coming at lunch time. I tried the diced wet...
yelp.com - user review - 03/03/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
It's da Beef-No' Guy here!If San Tung got into a fight with the Superfriends of Chinese restaurants of Yank Sing, Ton Kiang, Just Won Ton, King Of Won Ton, House of Nan King (H.O.N.K), Panda Express...
yelp.com - user review - 03/02/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Man those dry friend chicken wings are sooooooo good.Chow mein was also delicious.The other dish I tried was some sort of peanuty noodle dish with cucumber...not sure of the name, but delicious!
yelp.com - user review - 03/02/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Dried fried chicken.No one else comes close. Enough said. Everything else. Also good but you can get it elsewhere.I try to come here for lunchtime, right before dinner though so I don't have to wait....
yelp.com - user review - 03/02/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
So I should preface this review with the fact that I've never actually eaten on the San Tung's premise, I've only ever gotten take out. That said, it's some of THE BEST Chinese take out available in...
yelp.com - user review - 03/02/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Don't come here on a Fri, Sat , Sun week night. Lots of people and long waiting list!! Come here early. After 7:30pm the place gets packed. And it would make sense to why.Potstickers, dumplings,...
yelp.com - user review - 03/02/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
San Tung is the TRUTH.I often think about the dry fried chicken and the shrimp dumplings. I could pretty much eat them all day long. There must be some kind of crack or magic in this food! When I was...
yelp.com - user review - 03/01/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I love this place!!! OMG, the chicken wings and dumplings are so good. The chicken wing is soo adicting. I would have never thought this crack in the hole would be so tasty and delicious. The only bad...
yelp.com - user review - 03/01/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Down to earth goodness can be found at a restaurant. This place couldn't be any better. Too bad it's just way too crowded. Every time I go go to this place I end up bumping into someone I know!!!
yelp.com - user review - 03/01/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I came here for the first time with my friend. There were tons of people waiting on line with their names on the little board. We got seated pretty much right away since we were just a party of two!...
yelp.com - user review - 03/01/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Love the dry fried chicken wings. I seriously start salivating as you wait and watch every other table get their order of wings. They have this sweet and spicy glaze that is unbeatable and the wings...
yelp.com - user review - 02/26/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Three words: DRY FRIED CHICKEN! Every time I visit my good friend in Daly City we always hit up this place for the dry fried chicken, whether it be ordering in at the restaurant or for take-out. The...
yelp.com - user review - 02/25/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
YUM!! really my favorite chinese place in the city. you will have to wait probably over an hour, but it's worth it. I'm a sucker for chicken/broccoli and my bf looves any of the dishes with the house...
yelp.com - user review - 02/25/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Great place to come for a bargain lunch. You can usually grab a seat without waiting and order up a great lunch special. I come for lunch whenever I'm in the neighborhood. I crave the Chicken Wings...
yelp.com - user review - 02/24/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The food in general is pretty good, an average chinese food restaurant. But the main reason why I give it 4 stars is not the service, not the overall menu, but the DRY FRIED CHICKEN!!!!!The dry fried...
yelp.com - user review - 02/23/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Great spot and I don't like chicken wings. This place is really Korean/Chinese and as such gets a rare distinction in San Francisco.The menu is authentically drawn from both cultures and can convince...
yelp.com - user review - 02/22/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Besides their famous dry fried chicken, I would suggest everyone to try their sweet and sour pork (brown sauce) and that black bean seafood noodles. Make sure to get here on time so you won't wait...
yelp.com - user review - 02/22/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
LOVE the dried fried chicken (bits or wings). Great sauce!Also, the black bean sauce noodles are great - cantonese style :) Cheap prices, fantastic foodHOWEVER, either get it to go (call ahead) or get...
yelp.com - user review - 02/21/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I will be indulging in their fried chicken wings tomorrow for lunch [: See you fellow yelpers there!
yelp.com - user review - 02/21/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I LOVE this place! Yes, there is generally a crowd and a wait regardless of what night it may be, but that just shows how good it is! What, you expect a bad restaurant to have a wait like that?...
yelp.com - user review - 02/21/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I think I am the 1001st person to review this restaurant. I write today to share a few more dishes that I love to eat here.The fried dumplings are off the hook. They are large, filled with good stuff...
yelp.com - user review - 02/20/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
ahhh, san tung.. how do i love thee? let me count the ways...my friend (and fellow yelper) told me about this place after her cousin had taken her here for the"crack chicken" (hi jes!) after a good 10...
yelp.com - user review - 02/20/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
the wait is well worth it trust me. the fried chicken wings, the dumplings, and the egg plants are so good esp the chicken wing they're so finger licking good. ask anyone who's been there. san tung...
yelp.com - user review - 02/20/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
It seems that quite a few people before me have been here and felt the need to review San Tung, but I must add my two cents in. This place is popular for a reason...ever since discovering this place,...
yelp.com - user review - 02/19/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
If this place did not require a 45 min-1:30 hr wait any major dining night, I would give it four stars for being a decent Chinese restaurant. That's all the food is really. Some people are saying that...
yelp.com - user review - 02/19/2009
