Any No Miss, Must Eat Restaurant Options in the Nob Hill area

[pleasurepalate]

I'm going to be staying a couple of days in the Nob Hill area on a business trip and would love to know about any restaurants that are a must visit. I'm open to any cuisine, from hole in the wall to fine dining. I'm not interested in the tourist traps, but in a more unique dining experience. Thanks in advance! :)

[lrealml]

If money is not an issue: Acquerello
Possibly the best meal I've ever had in SF....

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Acquerello Restaurant
1722 Sacramento St., San Francisco, CA 94109

[Robert Lauriston]

If we're talking down the hill, La Folie and Helmand.

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La Folie
2316 Polk St., San Francisco, CA 94109

Helmand Palace
2424 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, CA 94109

[morningbun]

I enjoy Nob Hill Grille and Olea. More of a low-key, neighborhood feel than the other suggestions so far.

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Nob Hill Grille Restaurant
969 Hyde Street, San Francisco, CA 94109

Olea
1494 California Street, San Francisco, CA

[DavidT]

I am not quite sure Milano qualifies as a "must visit," but it is certainly a very good option for Italian in that area.

http://www.milanosf.com/

[Windy]

It sounds like you think the city is bigger than it is. No need to limit yourself to Nob Hill, an area known more for high prices than great food: there are probably 50 good to great restaurants within a 2-mile radius.

There are a bunch of current visitor threads on this board in the past week. Suggest you take a look.

While I don't disagree with any of the places listed here, they aren't necessarily the first places I'd recommend to a vistor with the geographic restriction removed. I'd add Cafe Zitouna to the Nob Hill list for casual Tunisian.