Whole Fish in San Francisco

[Frijol]

Looking for a restaurant in the city with a great whole fish preparation. Style, ethnicity and price do not matter for I just want a tasty fish.

[jessciasf]

Nombe in the Mission has a fantastic (!) whole fried fish. We picked the bones clean last time we were there.

[toitoi]

Although this thread originally began in 2007, I'll second The Slanted Door. Always have the roasted fish, never, ever, been disappointed.

[sfpizzalover]

Lers Ros has a sensational crispy whole fish with mango on their menu. Very reasonable (under $12, I think), and the bones are so crunchy you eat them too!

[DezzerSF]

I like the fried trout much better than the fried tilapia or the steamed fish at Lers Ros.

[Civil Bear]

Ditto! Tilapia = blech!

[whiner]

Slanted Door makes a good whole fish.

[DezzerSF]

I had it once and while the fish was nicely fried, I didn't really like the thick, clear sauce served with it. Not sure if this is the same version you had though.

[walker]

Kokkari's has it and it's a wonderful restaurant.

[DCarbonaro]

Had a whole branzino two weeks ago at Kokkari. (Still) Highly recommended.

[nicedragonboy]

Ditto, I had the whole bass wood roasted a few weeks ago at Kokkari and it was great.

[Robert Lauriston]

Not on their current sample menu. I think La Ciccia's like Incanto, sometimes they have whole roasted small fish, other times they have filets or soups/stews of larger fish.

[Robert Lauriston]

Lots of Hong Kong Chinese places, e.g. Best Panda.

Rose Pistola always has a couple of whole fish roasted in the wood oven.

I think Lulu always has one as well.

Incanto always has a fish entree, but it's not usually a whole fish.

http://www.rosepistolasf.com/food_and_wine.shtml
http://www.restaurantlulu.com/LuLu_Dinner.html
http://incanto.biz/sample_menu.html

[Morton the Mousse]

Incanto has an excellent whole fish-of-the-day as a standard on the menu.