18 Bay Area restaurants earned the most ‘love’ from DoorDashers

For Valentine’s Day, the marketing folks at DoorDash decided to count the number of times customers said they “loved” the quick, reliable meal delivery they received.

DoorDash tallied nearly 60 U.S. restaurant locations with more than 50 mentions of the word “love” in their customer reviews over the past six months.

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And 18 of those are in the Bay Area. In alphabetical order, they are:

Ben’s Fast Food: San Jose
Cholita Linda: Alameda
Comal Next Door: Oakland
Gordo Taqueria: Albany
Gott’s Roadside: San Francisco
Kitava: Oakland
Marufuku Ramen: San Francisco
Moonbowls: San Jose
Poke Zone: Oakland
Proposition Chicken: Oakland
Slice House: San Leandro
Souvla: San Francisco
Square Pie Guys: Oakland
Starbird Chicken: Sunnyvale
Teaspoon: San Mateo
The Good Salad: Santa Clara
The Star on Grand: Oakland
Tisane: San Jose

To create this list, DoorDash analyzed data from small- to medium-sized restaurants and brands for six months, ending in January 2025. Click here to see the full national list.

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