I am 20 years old and went with my mother and father to San Francisco for the day. I had never been to Chinatown before. I enjoyed all of it. Most of the area is pretty touristy, but in a good way. The lanterns hanging above the street are beautiful. The shops are fun, and full of trinkets and collectables,... More

If China is anything like this I won't be rushing to go, the place is filthy and too many looky looky people harassing you and shoving leaflets at you. Avoid would be my advice

Chinatown is very nice to take a walk, nice place to mingle with the locals, buy some souvenirs for a good price and take great pictures! do not miss it!

Worth walking through, and learning about the history of San Francisco's China town, which I heard is the biggest one.

We love coming to San Francisco and Chinatown is a big part of the trip. Great bakeries, great prices. - if you are willing to compare and work for the bargains.

Pleased we walked through it but that's it really. We looked in a few shops but didn't really get what all the fuss is about. Perhaps we were looking in the wrong place ! We didn't have that long to look around though so had a couple of hours just wandering.

I question what is about this place. It is just a street with some Chinese writings and some houses changed into some Chinese roofs. Not much about it. We had a nice Chinese dinner here - but we where disappointed of this world famous quarter

My husband and I were excited to tour Chinatown during our trip to San Francisco. It is a great place to stock up on items for your hotel room (cheap fruits and veggies) as well as to eat some different types of food. I recommend dim sum for anyone who has not tried it. We took a tour which helped... More

Chinatown is quite colorful area. If you walk the main touristic streets, you can see many shops selling the souvenirs, teashops, restaurants, all these are located along the main touristic street Grant. To see the real life of the Chinese in San Francisco, try to venture streets like Weaverly, where there is tiny beautiful Buddhist temple Tien How or explore... More