San Francisco · Easier alternatives

Can't get into Four Kings? Try these instead

6 restaurants in San Francisco from this directory, each easier than Four Kings on Midnight Table's own difficulty estimate. They share a cuisine and/or a neighborhood with Four Kings.

Difficulty is Midnight Table's own estimate, not official Resy or OpenTable data, and not a guarantee. Four Kings is Near impossible (5/5) on that scale.

SF · Midnight Table estimate 2/5

Chong Qing Xiao Mian

Plan ahead Plan ahead · 2/5

Same cuisine on file (Chinese) and the same neighborhood (Chinatown). Midnight Table estimate 2/5 (Plan ahead), 3 points below Four Kings (5/5).

Chinatown · Chinese

Release time on file: Release schedule not published

Chong Qing Xiao Mian reservations

SF · Midnight Table estimate 2/5

Mister Jiu’s

Plan ahead Plan ahead · 2/5

Same cuisine on file (Chinese) and the same neighborhood (Chinatown). Midnight Table estimate 2/5 (Plan ahead), 3 points below Four Kings (5/5).

Chinatown · Chinese

Release time on file: 30 days out at 10:00 AM Pacific

Mister Jiu’s reservations

SF · Midnight Table estimate 2/5

Z&Y Peking Duck

Plan ahead Plan ahead · 2/5

Same cuisine on file (Chinese) and the same neighborhood (Chinatown). Midnight Table estimate 2/5 (Plan ahead), 3 points below Four Kings (5/5).

Chinatown · Chinese

Release time on file: Release schedule not published

Z&Y Peking Duck reservations

SF · Midnight Table estimate 3/5

The Happy Crane

Tough Tough · 3/5

Same cuisine on file (Chinese). Midnight Table estimate 3/5 (Tough), 2 points below Four Kings (5/5). Price on file: $$$.

Hayes Valley · Modern Cantonese · $$$

Release time on file: 30 days out at 12:00 PM PT

The Happy Crane reservations

SF · Midnight Table estimate 2/5

China Live

Plan ahead Plan ahead · 2/5

Same cuisine on file (Chinese). Midnight Table estimate 2/5 (Plan ahead), 3 points below Four Kings (5/5).

Russian Hill · Chinese

Release time on file: Release schedule not published

China Live reservations

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