Eliza's

I have reviewed this neighborhood restaurant before as we order take out once a month. Today we decided to eat in...
For apps we had the Haukaw and Siomai Combination. Followed by the Crab Rangoon. Both were tasty, freshly steamed and met our expectation. Next we had Mandarin Eggplant. This is our all time fave. It tastes even better when you eat at the restaurant! We ordered Eliza's Spicy Chicken. The were decorative Veggie that were crisply sautéed along the sides. Very good and one of our faves. Lastly, we had some Mushroom Chow Fun...delish! All the dishes were so much better as dine-in! But take out is not bad despite the time in the container. A neighborhood must!

Had takeout from Eliza's last night and it was wonderful as usual. For our family of three, we ordered the mango beef, Szechuan eggplant with prawns and the beef chow fun. The mango beef has been one of our longtime favorites with crunchy mango bits and savory beef. The slightly sweet sauce was especially delish over white rice. The beef chow fun always has the right "wok hei" or umami of a stir-fried Cantonese dish. The Szechuan eggplant with prawns was a new one for us. It was especially tasty with a slightly crunchy texture to the fried eggplant with savory shrimp and is very slightly spicy. This is pretty much a can't miss place for lunch or dinner plus it's a local establishment that has served the area for ages and has survived the pandemic. Cheers to Eliza's!

Michael Bauer doesn't go here weekly for nothing!

Went here for Chinese new year w two buds. Very pleasantly surprised- and quite frankly- we wondered why we haven't been here before?!

The style of food is cleanly presented, light in fat and not too greasy -- and just very well executed. The duck was very tender on inside and the skin was very crispy. Yes there was more meat than bone!! - even the potsticker appi- a typical dish that doesn't leave impressions- was Better than good here - like- almost handmade ..?! Point is- each dish that we ordered and will order in future will likely be as good as the experience we had here. Cheers

I hadn't been here in years and it was still as good as ever! The interior is so nicely decorated and the food is great. I love their mushu pork it's always a good go to.

Quick update:

These were delicious too:

Sweet and sour pork
Fried rice
Pot stickers
Vegetarian moo shu

Best Chinese food in SF by far. I've been coming here for probably around 20 years. Doesn't get better than their fried rice and mongolian beef. It's out of this world.

I am apparently on a nostalgia tour of SF restaurants. I used to come here all of the time, like 15 years ago. This will set some context for you.

The food here is good, very good in some cases. I am going to go ahead and recommend you get take out for reasons I will explain in a minute.

First the food- It is hunan/mandarin style Chinese. I always get vegetarian mu shu. On my last visit it was as good as I remembered. The portion size has shrunk but as my husband noted when we got the bill, it was our first meal under $100 in a long time. We also got hot and sour soup, chicken with cashews and mongolian beef. The food was hot, fresh and everyone enjoyed it.

You got the feeling everyone there was a regular. They all greeted the owner (I presume) familiarly and seemed to have established their regular order. A very neighborhood kind of place.

I wish we had gotten take out because the restaurant was cold AF. I think it was even colder than it was outside. We did not take our coats off the entire time. There was a space heater behind us but it didn't help much.

The decor is very dated (like it would have been very cutting edge in the 90s) and kind of run down. It made me a little sad because this is obviously someone's business and they made it through the pandemic but maybe just barely. Kind of like they are going through the motions but their heart is not in it anymore.

Good food, great service, family friendly I will recommend calling ahead plus parking is scarce.

Eliza's is the best Chinese food in the city. This spot is as good as it gets and service is always so welcoming.

Best/tasting Chinese fusion eats and attractive presentation! Order the specials like sunflower beef, spicy chicken and prawns, portobello shrimp, and combo appetizers. Prices are reasonable too! The gentlemen server will take care of you!