# City View Restaurant, San Francisco CA: Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/city-view-restaurant-san-francisco-ca. Free to reuse with a link back.

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-09-09.

Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/city-view-restaurant-san-francisco-ca

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## In short

City View Restaurant is a dim sum restaurant in San Francisco, CA. Its AI Score is 34 of 100, which is poor.

What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks


## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Type | Dim sum restaurant |
| Address | 33 Walter U Lum Pl, San Francisco, CA 94108, USA |
| Hours | Closed Mon · Tue to Fri 11 AM to 2 PM · Sat to Sun 10:30 AM to 2:30 PM |
| Phone | (415) 398-2838 |
| Rating | 4.4 across 1,422 reviews on Google |
| Updated | September 9, 2026 |


## All the details

Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.

| Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Location info | Address | 33 Walter U Lum Pl, San Francisco, CA 94108, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Upbeat spot serving dumplings, pork buns, and other Chinese dim sum dishes in a white-tablecloth setting. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon Closed · Tue to Fri 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM · Sat to Sun 10:30 AM to 2:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Mondays | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | City View Restaurant | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (415) 398-2838 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 10:30 AM to 2:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 10:30 AM to 2:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Dim sum | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Dumplings | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Menus | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Online order | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Online ordering | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Pork buns | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Tracker page | From their website | Business website |
| Links | Website | http://cityviewdimsum.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

These are the 3 services City View offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.

| Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Online order |  |  |  | From their website |
| Menus |  |  |  | From their website |
| Tracker page |  |  |  | From their website |


### Known for

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## The team

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## Visiting City View

Address: 33 Walter U Lum Pl, San Francisco, CA 94108, USA. Phone: (415) 398-2838. Hours: Closed Mon · Tue to Fri 11 AM to 2 PM · Sat to Sun 10:30 AM to 2:30 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "Upbeat spot serving dumplings, pork buns, and other Chinese dim sum dishes in a white-tablecloth setting."


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hon’s Wun-Tun House 洪記面家 | Restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Great tea 茶尚品 | Tea house | 1 min walk |
| Bow Hon Restaurant | Chinese restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Empress Of China | Chinese restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Gallery Views | Tourist attraction | 1 min walk |
| Empress by Boon | Cantonese restaurant | 1 min walk |


## Reputation

4.4 average across 1,422 reviews: Google 1,422. (Confirmed, read September 9, 2026.)

City View Restaurant is known for its upscale dim sum offerings but struggles with consistency and service during busy periods. (AI guess, from 1,422 reviews.)


### What people like

- Shrimp rice noodle roll
- Black bean spareribs
- Sticky rice wrapped in lotus leaf
- Pork siu mai
- Snow Mountain Pork Bun


### What people do not like

- Long waits past the appointment time
- Food portions considered small for the price
- Inconsistent food quality
- Service can be slow during busy times
- Chaotic dining environment


### Press

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### Awards

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### Directories

Listed on 0 of the 23 directories we checked.

| Directory | Listed |
| --- | --- |
| Alignable | Not listed |
| Angi | Not listed |
| BBB | Not listed |
| Birdeye | Not listed |
| Brownbook | Not listed |
| Chamber of Commerce | Not listed |
| Cylex | Not listed |
| DexKnows | Not listed |
| Facebook | Not listed |
| Foursquare | Not listed |
| Hotfrog | Not listed |
| Manta | Not listed |
| MapQuest | Not listed |
| MerchantCircle | Not listed |
| Nextdoor | Not listed |
| OpenTable | Not listed |
| Superpages | Not listed |
| Thumbtack | Not listed |
| Tripadvisor | Not listed |
| Trustpilot | Not listed |
| Tupalo | Not listed |
| Yellowbook | Not listed |
| Yelp | Not listed |


## Questions people ask


### pricey at City View, or about normal?


### cheaper than City View in San Francisco without it being sketchy?


### people keep recommending City View, what for?


### Which dim sum restaurants in San Francisco have the best reviews?


### What dim sum restaurant questions is San Francisco asking AI most?


### where exactly is this place?


### Coffee near City View on Walter U?


### is Yank Sing any better for Authentic Cantonese dim sum


### Booking a first visit here, what happens?


### opening hours here, what are they these days?


### cancellation list here, is there one


### best dim sum restaurant in San Francisco


### worth it or not, what do the regulars say


### reviews all look glowing, what are the real complaints?


### Open Mondays here?


### do I need to book City View in San Francisco or can I just turn up?


### Any membership pricing at City View?


### prices round here, anyone got a number


### anything new from City View lately?


## The AI Score: 34 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. San Francisco dim sum restaurants run 24 to 47. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. City View scores 34, above the San Francisco average of 32. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | City View |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 0 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Poor |
| Off-property attestation | 20 | 41 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor |
| AI visibility | 14 | 41 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 79 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good |
| Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 67 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Good |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 | 66 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Good |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 68 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Good |

Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology

How AI decides what to say about a dim sum restaurant: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business


## Entity map

Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other.

| Entity | Type | ID on this page | Same as | Relationship to City View |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| City View Restaurant | LocalBusiness | #business | http://cityviewdimsum.com/ | Subject of this page |
| San Francisco, California | City | #city |  | City City View is in |
| Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page |
| Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee | Author of this page |


## Topical map

Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the dim sum restaurants in San Francisco, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best dim sum restaurants in San Francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco/dim-sum-restaurant
- Best businesses in San Francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco


### Nearby

- /san-jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose
- /los-angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles
- /san-diego: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-diego
- /irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine
- /mountain-view: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/mountain-view
- /santa-clara: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/santa-clara


### Every list

- Every leaderboard in California: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca


## References


### Sources cited

- [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJHT3R4oqAhYARLvyjGU7q9Y4 (accessed Sep 9, 2026)
- [2] cityviewdimsum.com, https://www.cityviewdimsum.com/online-ordering (accessed Sep 13, 2026)
- [3] cityviewdimsum.com, https://www.cityviewdimsum.com/menus?menu=dinner-menu (accessed Sep 13, 2026)
- [4] cityviewdimsum.com, https://www.cityviewdimsum.com/tracker-page (accessed Sep 13, 2026)
- [5] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 25, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 13, 2026)