Close Icon
Gear IconImportant Reminder:The City Guide app will be sunsetting on December 15, 2024, with the web version to follow in early 2025. Please visit our FAQ to learn more or to download our Swarm app.
Learn more
SF bars to try

SF bars to try

Creator Avatar
Created by Eric • Updated On: July 30, 2019
Standard Deviant Brewing is one of SF bars to try.

1. Standard Deviant Brewing

8.7
280 14th St, San Francisco, CA
Brewery · Mission District · 14 tips and reviews
Black Cat is one of SF bars to try.

2. Black Cat

8.1
400 Eddy St, San Francisco, CA
Jazz and Blues Venue · Tenderloin · 34 tips and reviews
Holy Water is one of SF bars to try.

3. Holy Water

9.2
309 Cortland Ave (btwn Bocana & Bennington St), San Francisco, CA
Cocktail Bar · Bernal Heights · 59 tips and reviews
Bond Bar is one of SF bars to try.

4. Bond Bar

6.9
3079 16th St (at Valencia St), San Francisco, CA
Cocktail Bar · Mission District · 21 tips and reviews
Pacific Cocktail Haven is one of SF bars to try.

5. Pacific Cocktail Haven

8.6
580 Sutter St (btwn Mason St & Powell St), San Francisco, CA
Cocktail Bar · Downtown San Francisco-Union Square · 129 tips and reviews
The Beer Hall is one of SF bars to try.

6. The Beer Hall

8.6
1 Polk St (at Market St), San Francisco, CA
Beer Bar · Civic Center · 39 tips and reviews
Hopwater Distribution is one of SF bars to try.

7. Hopwater Distribution

850 Bush St, San Francisco, CA
Beer Bar · Lower Nob Hill · 99 tips and reviews
Butterfly Lounge is one of SF bars to try.

8. Butterfly Lounge

5.7
1500 Sutter St (Octavia and Gaugh), San Francisco, CA
Cocktail Bar · Cathedral Hill · 2 tips and reviews
Bourbon & Branch is one of SF bars to try.

9. Bourbon & Branch

8.8
501 Jones St (at O'Farrell St), San Francisco, CA
Speakeasy · Tenderloin · 318 tips and reviews
Thieves' Tavern is one of SF bars to try.

10. Thieves' Tavern

496 14th St (at Guerrero St), San Francisco, CA
Whisky Bar · Mission Dolores · 60 tips and reviews
24th Street Bar is one of SF bars to try.

11. 24th Street Bar

6.7
3336 24th St (at Bartlett St), San Francisco, CA
Bar · Mission District · 12 tips and reviews
Whiskey Thieves is one of SF bars to try.

12. Whiskey Thieves

7.0
839 Geary St (btwn Hyde & Larkin), San Francisco, CA
Whisky Bar · Tenderloin · 28 tips and reviews
Wish Bar & Lounge is one of SF bars to try.

13. Wish Bar & Lounge

7.7
1539 Folsom St (at Norfolk St), San Francisco, CA
Lounge · SoMa · 39 tips and reviews
Noc Noc on Broadway is one of SF bars to try.

14. Noc Noc on Broadway

6.5
515 Broadway (Columbus), San Francisco, CA
Beer Bar · North Beach · 4 tips and reviews
Pagan Idol is one of SF bars to try.

15. Pagan Idol

8.2
375 Bush St, San Francisco, CA
Tiki Bar · Downtown San Francisco-Union Square · 101 tips and reviews
The Uptown is one of SF bars to try.

16. The Uptown

200 Capp St (at 17th St), San Francisco, CA
Dive Bar · Mission District · 28 tips and reviews
Myriad Gastropub is one of SF bars to try.

17. Myriad Gastropub

7.2
2491 Mission St (at 21st St), San Francisco, CA
Gastropub · Mission District · 21 tips and reviews
Holy Mountain is one of SF bars to try.

18. Holy Mountain

680 Valencia St (b/t 17th and 18th), San Francisco, CA
Cocktail Bar · Mission Dolores · 9 tips and reviews
Slate is one of SF bars to try.

19. Slate

6.1
2925 16th St (at S Van Ness Ave), San Francisco, CA
Lounge · Mission District · 25 tips and reviews
Third Rail is one of SF bars to try.

20. Third Rail

8.9
628 20th St (at 3rd St), San Francisco, CA
Cocktail Bar · Dogpatch · 44 tips and reviews
The Phone Booth is one of SF bars to try.

21. The Phone Booth

8.5
1398 S Van Ness Ave (at 25th St), San Francisco, CA
Dive Bar · Mission District · 37 tips and reviews
Forgery is one of SF bars to try.

22. Forgery

1525 Mission St (11th St), San Francisco, CA
Cocktail Bar · SoMa · 17 tips and reviews
The Alembic is one of SF bars to try.

23. The Alembic

8.8
1725 Haight St (btwn Cole & Shrader St), San Francisco, CA
Cocktail Bar · Haight Ashbury · 236 tips and reviews
Horsefeather is one of SF bars to try.

24. Horsefeather

8.9
528 Divisadero St, San Francisco, CA
Cocktail Bar · Alamo Square · 48 tips and reviews
Novela is one of SF bars to try.

25. Novela

8.0
662 Mission St (at Annie St), San Francisco, CA
Cocktail Bar · SoMa · 135 tips and reviews
Old Devil Moon is one of SF bars to try.

26. Old Devil Moon

3472 Mission St, San Francisco, CA
Beer Bar · Bernal Heights · 25 tips and reviews
Southside Spirit House is one of SF bars to try.

27. Southside Spirit House

7.7
575 Howard St (at 2nd St), San Francisco, CA
Cocktail Bar · SoMa · 47 tips and reviews
Asiento is one of SF bars to try.

28. Asiento

8.5
2730 21st St (Bryant), San Francisco, CA
Lounge · Mission District · 75 tips and reviews
Elda is one of SF bars to try.

29. Elda

3198 16th St (Guerrero), San Francisco, CA
Cocktail Bar · Mission Dolores · 5 tips and reviews