Great food and service… if in the Castro I highly suggest going here.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Dipanjan Ghosh
I ordered vegetable chowmin and fish. The chowmin had one floret of broccoli as the only vegetable and tasted extremely bland. The fish was okay but very oily. I dined here before but ordered after a long time and the quality has definitely deteriorated. Won't be back again.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 3
shashiram pun
no good service
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Gore garu Mahaboob basha
Places very wonderful food all quality foods
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Ying Zhang
I've been here many times with friends. It's a great spot to have a cozy casual meal. The staff is always sweet to me, specially the lady waitress (maybe she is the mama ji?!).
They specialize in northern style chinese cooking. Many of the dishes carry a lot of heat with the chillies and spices. My favorite dish here is the cumin lamb. The cumin lamb is superb! The lamb is tender and juicy. The entire dish is very fragrant because of the cumin and chillies. Other dishes I enjoy here include the eggplant, dry fried green beans, and the bang bang chicken appetizer.
Give this place a shot if you're craving spicy Chinese food!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Judy Schaffert
No trip to San Francisco is complete without our stop at Mama Ji's. The food is Sichuan style with her unique take. Portions are decent, tea refills abundant, and the food is the real star.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Cumin Lamb, Tofu with Shrimp, Crispy Eggplant VG V
Omid Vadpey
One of my favorite dumplings and cold noodles stacked with fresh veggies and a delish chili crisp
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Grace Hao
As a Chinese American I love mama jis. I’ve taken my parents, my friends, my in laws it’s a great little place in the neighborhood for no frills Chinese food. Every time I go I get same consistently good food that reminds me of my moms cooking.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Elizabeth Patton
Mama Ji's has fantastic food and incredibly friendly service. I was there for a birthday and they served us a family style feast. It was delicious
Food: 5
Service: 5
R M
I haven't visited Mama Jis in some time but gee Mama Jis you must have left the building . What happened? This place used to serve up tons of good Chinese dishes but my experience was everything but. The authenticity of the dishes wasn't there and I don't think that anybody was doing quality control in the kitchen. Every dish show cased lots of bell pepper, onion and too much garlic. Even the simple stuff, aka the rice was off. It was dry and under cooked. The greens with garlic was almost the highlight. Whereas the lotus root was drowned in a garlic chilli sauce, not a bad idea but the garlic overpowered the chili and it kinda resemble a hot mess. The cumin lamb featured more bell pepper than lamb and tasted almost the same as the Wowo Tou besides the hint of cumin. Bummer as there aren't tons of Chinese restaurants in the Castro to start with. Oh well let's just hope that Mama Jis finds her way back from her stroll.
This is one of our favorites. Always a go too in this part of the city. Tasy food and has always been good service for us.
José Flauzino
Very good food and friendly staff!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Matthew Bennett
The service, the food and the local atmosphere are all amazing at Mama Ji’s. We sat outside with our dog and had a delicious meal with noodles, dumplings, rice and veggie dishes all cooked perfectly.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Cole Ryan
my fav restaurant in sf!!! i love this freakin place. i get the chow fun every time. the steamed fish dish was incredible. triple c tofu is bangin. everything has been great, can’t go wrong!!!
Great food and service… if in the Castro I highly suggest going here.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I ordered vegetable chowmin and fish. The chowmin had one floret of broccoli as the only vegetable and tasted extremely bland. The fish was okay but very oily. I dined here before but ordered after a long time and the quality has definitely deteriorated. Won't be back again.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 3
no good service
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Places very wonderful food all quality foods
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I've been here many times with friends. It's a great spot to have a cozy casual meal. The staff is always sweet to me, specially the lady waitress (maybe she is the mama ji?!).
They specialize in northern style chinese cooking. Many of the dishes carry a lot of heat with the chillies and spices. My favorite dish here is the cumin lamb. The cumin lamb is superb! The lamb is tender and juicy. The entire dish is very fragrant because of the cumin and chillies. Other dishes I enjoy here include the eggplant, dry fried green beans, and the bang bang chicken appetizer.
Give this place a shot if you're craving spicy Chinese food!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
No trip to San Francisco is complete without our stop at Mama Ji's. The food is Sichuan style with her unique take. Portions are decent, tea refills abundant, and the food is the real star.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Cumin Lamb, Tofu with Shrimp, Crispy Eggplant VG V
One of my favorite dumplings and cold noodles stacked with fresh veggies and a delish chili crisp
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
As a Chinese American I love mama jis. I’ve taken my parents, my friends, my in laws it’s a great little place in the neighborhood for no frills Chinese food. Every time I go I get same consistently good food that reminds me of my moms cooking.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Mama Ji's has fantastic food and incredibly friendly service. I was there for a birthday and they served us a family style feast. It was delicious
Food: 5
Service: 5
I haven't visited Mama Jis in some time but gee Mama Jis you must have left the building . What happened? This place used to serve up tons of good Chinese dishes but my experience was everything but. The authenticity of the dishes wasn't there and I don't think that anybody was doing quality control in the kitchen. Every dish show cased lots of bell pepper, onion and too much garlic. Even the simple stuff, aka the rice was off. It was dry and under cooked. The greens with garlic was almost the highlight. Whereas the lotus root was drowned in a garlic chilli sauce, not a bad idea but the garlic overpowered the chili and it kinda resemble a hot mess. The cumin lamb featured more bell pepper than lamb and tasted almost the same as the Wowo Tou besides the hint of cumin. Bummer as there aren't tons of Chinese restaurants in the Castro to start with. Oh well let's just hope that Mama Jis finds her way back from her stroll.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
Restaurantji Recommends
This is one of our favorites. Always a go too in this part of the city. Tasy food and has always been good service for us.
Very good food and friendly staff!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The service, the food and the local atmosphere are all amazing at Mama Ji’s. We sat outside with our dog and had a delicious meal with noodles, dumplings, rice and veggie dishes all cooked perfectly.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
my fav restaurant in sf!!! i love this freakin place. i get the chow fun every time. the steamed fish dish was incredible. triple c tofu is bangin. everything has been great, can’t go wrong!!!
Enjoyed a quiet dinner.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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