Locations · Chinatown
Podcast studio near Chinatown.
18 minutes on foot from Portsmouth Square to our Chinatown podcast studio, straight down Kearny St. Record in any language, leave with every file.
From Portsmouth Square, our studio is an 18 minute walk down Kearny St to 50 Francisco St, or a quick ride by the 8 bus or rideshare. A dedicated engineer runs cameras, audio, and lighting on every session, and your raw 4K footage and separated audio go home on your drive the same day.
Chinatown runs on owner-operators: restaurants, herbal shops, tea rooms, family businesses telling their story to a second and third generation of customers. Video is how those stories travel now. Our Chinatown podcast studio sits at the bottom of Kearny St, where the neighborhood meets the waterfront, and it turns an afternoon into a season of content.
Language is a feature here, in every direction. Record your show in English, Cantonese, Mandarin, or any mix. Your engineer runs the room the same way regardless, and every mic gets its own separated track, which keeps bilingual edits clean. Owners film customer stories on the podcast set, then step over to the teleprompter set for course and tutorial recording with their script scrolling at the lens.
Budget answers are public. Sessions run $450 per hour with the engineer included, and the full market picture, from $40 self-serve rooms up, sits in our guide to podcast studio rental cost in San Francisco. When the recording is done, editing and post-production at $595 per episode delivers a finished cut with three social clips.
Two sets, one visit
Your Chinatown podcast studio, on camera with a prompter.
Course set · 50 Francisco St
Course & Teleprompter Studio
Your script scrolls right at the lens, in whichever language you wrote it.
- Professional teleprompter · large display for slides
- Custom backdrop or your logo on screen
- Camera 4 on the lens line
- Livestream ready
The gear, already set up.
Set and ready, every session
Getting here from Chinatown
Down Kearny, toward the water.
From Portsmouth Square, follow Kearny St downhill toward the bay. Francisco St runs between Kearny St and The Embarcadero, and the studio is on the 3rd floor of Waterfront Plaza.
The 8 serves Kearny St and North Beach, along with the 30, 39, 45, and 47. Hop off near the waterfront end of the line's North Beach stretch.
A quick ride down Kearny St. Drop at the Francisco St entrance. Drivers parking themselves find garages along The Embarcadero and lots near Levi's Plaza.
FAQ
Chinatown questions, answered.
How far is the studio from Chinatown?+
About 18 minutes on foot from Portsmouth Square, straight down Kearny St toward the waterfront. By rideshare or the 8 bus the trip is a few minutes.
Can I record my show in Cantonese or Mandarin?+
Yes, in any language or mix of languages. Your engineer runs cameras, audio, and the teleprompter the same way regardless, and each mic records its own separated track for a clean edit.
What does a session cost for a small business?+
$450 per hour with a 1-hour minimum, engineer included, same-day raw 4K and separated audio. Podcast Editing is a flat $595 per episode with three social clips included.
Do you help with the technical side during recording?+
Completely. A dedicated engineer handles cameras, audio, lighting, and the teleprompter on every session. You talk, the room does the rest.
Your story, told in broadcast quality.
18 minutes from Portsmouth Square. Any language. Files the same day.
or call/text (510) 244-8537