Rin-Tei

Cuisine Japanese, Vietnamese
Price $$$ (31-50)
Rating 4/10
Last Visit May 8, 2025
Location SFBA: Peninsula

General Notes

Asian fusion restaurant incorporating a lot of influences from mostly Japanese and Vietnamese cuisines. The vibes are pretty good, it's quite nice inside and the outside also looks nice. The food feels about average, although I do quite like their creamy pho dishes; their rice noodles are nice and the creamy broth is quite unique. The food is quite expensive for what you get; it feels like it should be a lot less.


Dishes Tasted

  • ★★☆☆ Chili Cauliflower -- Wok tossed cauliflower with sweet chili spicy sauce, dried chili peppers, and soy sauce based curry flavor. Pretty tasty but way too expensive for what you get.
  • ★★☆☆ Rin-Tei Plate -- Papaya Salad Shrimp Fresh Spring Roll (1 roll, cut in half) Calamari (4 pcs) Thai Fried Chicken (3 pcs). All okay / mediocre, the Thai fried chicken has a weirdly eggy flavor.
  • ★☆☆☆ Keema curry -- Curry made with minced pork, onion, garlic, ginger, chicken broth, and mixed curry spices served with rice and topped with a fried egg. not bad but a bit underwhelming
  • ★★☆☆ Asari Pho -- Rice noodles with chicken broth based soy milk soup with clams sauteed in garlic butter, topped with cilantro and on the side. Flavor is pretty solid, rice noodles have a nice texture too.