# House of Nanking, San Francisco CA: Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/house-of-nanking-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/house-of-nanking-san-francisco-ca

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## In short

House of Nanking is a chinese 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 | Chinese restaurant |
| Address | 919 Kearny St, San Francisco, CA 94133, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Fri 11 AM to 9 PM · Sat to Sun 12 PM to 9 PM |
| Phone | (415) 421-1429 |
| Rating | 4.1 across 5,427 reviews on Google |
| Quietest time | Wednesday |
| 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 | 919 Kearny St, San Francisco, CA 94133, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Known to have lines out the door, this long-standing spot serves Chinese chow in cozy quarters. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Fri 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM · Sat to Sun 12:00 to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | House of Nanking | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (415) 421-1429 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 12:00 PM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 12:00 PM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

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## The team

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## Visiting House of Nanking

Address: 919 Kearny St, San Francisco, CA 94133, USA. Phone: (415) 421-1429. Hours: Mon to Fri 11 AM to 9 PM · Sat to Sun 12 PM to 9 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "Known to have lines out the door, this long-standing spot serves Chinese chow in cozy quarters."


### When to go

Quietest day: Wednesday. Busiest day: Saturday. From the popular times on its Google listing.


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cafe Zoetrope | Italian restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Bruce Lee Mural by Yijun Ge | Tourist attraction | 1 min walk |
| My Happy Donut | Donut shop | 1 min walk |
| Kearny St & Jackson St | Bus stop | 1 min walk |
| Comstock Saloon | Restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Yijun Ge Mural view from street | Tourist attraction | 1 min walk |


## Reputation

4.1 average across 5,427 reviews: Google 5,427. (Confirmed, read September 9, 2026.)

Despite its fame, House of Nanking struggles with service and cleanliness, leaving many customers feeling disappointed. (AI guess, from 5,427 reviews.)


### What people like

- Fried rice
- House noodles
- Kung Pao prawns


### What people do not like

- Long waits for food
- Unfriendly service
- Cleanliness concerns


### Press

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### Awards

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### Directories

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## Questions people ask


### Why do people rate this place?


### best chinese restaurant in San Francisco


### does this place ever have cancellations


### anywhere cheaper than House of Nanking in San Francisco that is still good?


### anything new from House of Nanking lately?


### Ballpark for a visit to a restaurant in San Francisco?


### anyone tell me what a first visit here involves


### do I need to book House of Nanking in San Francisco or can I just turn up?


### people keep recommending House of Nanking, what for?


### address for this place, anyone have it?


### rough idea what House of Nanking costs?


### Busiest day at House of Nanking, anyone know?


### is there a rewards thing at House of Nanking


### House of Nanking or Z & Y?


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


### Coffee near this place on Kearny?


### bad experiences at House of Nanking, anyone?


## What AI gets wrong about House of Nanking

We ask Gemini, Perplexity and ChatGPT about House of Nanking. These are the answers that don’t match this page.

ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 22, 2026. Perplexity via DataForSEO on Oct 22, 2026.

| Fact | What AI says | What this page says |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hours | Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 22, 2026: 2-3 AM | Mon to Fri 11 AM to 9 PM · Sat to Sun 12 PM to 9 PM |


## The AI Score: 34 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. San Francisco chinese restaurants run 24 to 57. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. House of Nanking scores 34, above the San Francisco average of 32. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | House of Nanking |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 40 | 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 | 60 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Fair |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 76 | 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 | 77 | 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 | Does not apply | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. |  |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 61 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Fair |

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

How AI decides what to say about a chinese 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 House of Nanking |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| House of Nanking | LocalBusiness | #business |  | Subject of this page |
| San Francisco, California | City | #city |  | City House of Nanking 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 chinese restaurants in San Francisco, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best chinese restaurants in San Francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco/chinese-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:ChIJvS92wfSAhYARC2tq3BmjmIM (accessed Sep 9, 2026)