Yuet Lee Seafood Restaurant

Yuet Lee can be found at Stockton St 1300. The following is offered: Restaurants: Chinese. The entry is present with us since Sep 9, 2010 and was last updated on Nov 14, 2013. In San Francisco there are 10 other Restaurants: Chinese . An overview can be found here.

In the fluorescent glare of the original Chinatown branch, the crowds keep coming until 3 a.m. for some of the freshest-tasting Hong Kong-style seafood to be found. Maine lobster and Dungeness crab, two of Yuet Lee's best dishes, are netted from a tank and quickly stir-fried with black beans and chiles or with ginger. Vegetable dishes are good bets, too, as is the crispy-style Hong Kong chow mein.

Regulars say it "hasn't changed" since the '70s (when it opened) at this Chinatown "classic" still serving "authentic" Cantonese seafood for "reasonable prices"; the "decor is garish" and it can be "hard to find a seat", but service is "fast" plus it's open till 3 AM Friday–Saturday for a "late-night Chinese" fix.

In Short
Located on a bustling corner where North Beach and Chinatown merge, this eatery offers many traditional Chinese noodle and rice dishes, but specializes in freshly prepared...

Atmosphere is not Yuet Lee's virtue. Nor is the bad lighting from the buzzing florescent lights. Instead, the virtue lies in its great rice soups and flavorful noodle dishes that are available until the wee hours of the morning. The seafood here is good, too, and fresh, as attested to by the tanks of live fish and crustaceans waiting to become a delicious meal. The look is downscale, the...