My wife and I stopped in on a Saturday. I had an old fashioned (tasty but they didn't have a big ice cube). She had an Irish coffee.
It's the kind of place that SF yuppies might bring their relatives visiting from a less excitiing 'Burb. Tastefully, appropriately cozy. And definitely SF Castro, but mature.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Sheldon K
Always top of the line tasty food, Friendly staff
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Grady Clark
The museum of Tiffany lamps.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Marco Barriga
I rarely leave negative reviews, but this experience was genuinely disappointing. My friend and I came in, bought our drinks, went upstairs, and paid for three songs on TouchTunes. This was the only TouchTunes available in the area, so we were actually excited to play a few of our own songs instead of the usual bar playlist.
We waited almost 30 minutes for our songs to finally come up in the queue. The first one played, but as soon as the second song started, the bartender immediately skipped it. When the third song began, it was skipped again. I watched the bartender make a face of disgust right before hitting skip, and when I asked about it, he denied it even though it was clear what happened.
We paid for those songs—waited a long time for them—and they were skipped for no reason other than personal preference. It honestly felt disrespectful. If the bar doesn’t want customers using TouchTunes, or only wants certain music played, they shouldn’t offer the service or allow people to pay for something they won’t actually get.
Atmosphere: 2
Service: 1
Joan Crowley
We were there on a Sunday night in November. The bar is a beautiful vintage bar that was salvaged from an old hotel in San Francisco after the big earthquake. They do not serve food. They had 2 TVs on and we were able to watch football. Aaron was the bartender. He made great Irish coffees! We talked for about an hour about life and traveling. He was so nice and attentive. He made our night a great experience. We hope to return to hear about his travel experiences in Vermont and beyond!
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
W K
A Castro must see
Atmosphere: 4
Service: 5
Aasiya Norris
I went in here with my friends majority of whom are Black. The bartender immediately started harassing us. He spoke to us so condescendingly that we started to leave because we were so uncomfortable. He then began yelling at us that he wasn’t being rude. We felt very unsafe as the only POC in the bar. Definitely avoid this place!
Service: 1
J C
Loved the bartenders. Felt safe here as a trans person. Albiet I was surrounded by bears with no other trans gals in sight. Really fun customers, cheap (but strong drinks) and an extra floor of seating. Will be coming back here.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
BJ Owensby
It's one of the CASH ONLY bars in the city and yes they have an ATM upstairs if you need to get some. It's mainly the older crowd with a few twinks scattered about. The bartenders are handsome and the drinks are perfect. If they have never heard of the drink, just tell them what's in it and they will fix it. I highly recommend it for the 40 and up crowd. Twinks are always looking. They places location give you a view of the Bart station and Market Street and all the people who are coming and going.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Amy Daley
Overall, really disappointed. The service was absolutely terrible. Was consistently ignored, drinks were not great, and the atmosphere was not welcoming at all.
Clearly a gay bar, NOT a queer bar - as in, maybe not the vibe for queers who aren’t white cis gay men….
Absolutely love the history of the bar and I think it’s such an incredible historic landmark that holds deep importance for our community - which is why my friends and I wanted to visit. However, from the moment the three of us (all queer women) walked in, the vibe was ICY. It’s like they forgot women can be gay too lol.
The bartender was pretty unfriendly, which, after reading some reviews I’ve come to see probably was less about us than about his overall demeanor, but the clientele made it clear who the bar really caters to. Bar was pretty full when we showed up, and idk, maybe it looks vastly different at other times, but I kid you not when I say every single person in the bar was a white, likely cis or cis-passing man over the age of 50. And the stares we got from them as soon as we entered made it clear we were not welcome as part of the community.
We took our drinks outside and left pretty quickly - a shame bc any gay bar truly honoring its history should be making itself clear as a welcome space for BIPOC queers, trans folks, lesbians & queer women, and the community as a whole.
EDIT: this is even crazier to me upon learning that the whole reason Twin Peaks was the first gay bar in the country to have windows to the public is due to the decision of the two LESBIANS who owned it and chose to take off the covers in 1972!! Shoutout Mary Ellen Cunha and Peggy Forster y’all deserve better than a gay bar that makes queer women feel unwelcome :/
Atmosphere: 2
Service: 2
Glen Goldman
Bar tender was a jerk. My partner got our drinks separately and he rude and difficult with both of us
My wife and I stopped in on a Saturday. I had an old fashioned (tasty but they didn't have a big ice cube). She had an Irish coffee.
It's the kind of place that SF yuppies might bring their relatives visiting from a less excitiing 'Burb. Tastefully, appropriately cozy. And definitely SF Castro, but mature.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Always top of the line tasty food, Friendly staff
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The museum of Tiffany lamps.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
I rarely leave negative reviews, but this experience was genuinely disappointing. My friend and I came in, bought our drinks, went upstairs, and paid for three songs on TouchTunes. This was the only TouchTunes available in the area, so we were actually excited to play a few of our own songs instead of the usual bar playlist.
We waited almost 30 minutes for our songs to finally come up in the queue. The first one played, but as soon as the second song started, the bartender immediately skipped it. When the third song began, it was skipped again. I watched the bartender make a face of disgust right before hitting skip, and when I asked about it, he denied it even though it was clear what happened.
We paid for those songs—waited a long time for them—and they were skipped for no reason other than personal preference. It honestly felt disrespectful. If the bar doesn’t want customers using TouchTunes, or only wants certain music played, they shouldn’t offer the service or allow people to pay for something they won’t actually get.
Atmosphere: 2
Service: 1
We were there on a Sunday night in November. The bar is a beautiful vintage bar that was salvaged from an old hotel in San Francisco after the big earthquake. They do not serve food. They had 2 TVs on and we were able to watch football. Aaron was the bartender. He made great Irish coffees! We talked for about an hour about life and traveling. He was so nice and attentive. He made our night a great experience. We hope to return to hear about his travel experiences in Vermont and beyond!
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
A Castro must see
Atmosphere: 4
Service: 5
I went in here with my friends majority of whom are Black. The bartender immediately started harassing us. He spoke to us so condescendingly that we started to leave because we were so uncomfortable. He then began yelling at us that he wasn’t being rude. We felt very unsafe as the only POC in the bar. Definitely avoid this place!
Service: 1
Loved the bartenders. Felt safe here as a trans person. Albiet I was surrounded by bears with no other trans gals in sight. Really fun customers, cheap (but strong drinks) and an extra floor of seating. Will be coming back here.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
It's one of the CASH ONLY bars in the city and yes they have an ATM upstairs if you need to get some. It's mainly the older crowd with a few twinks scattered about. The bartenders are handsome and the drinks are perfect. If they have never heard of the drink, just tell them what's in it and they will fix it. I highly recommend it for the 40 and up crowd. Twinks are always looking. They places location give you a view of the Bart station and Market Street and all the people who are coming and going.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Overall, really disappointed. The service was absolutely terrible. Was consistently ignored, drinks were not great, and the atmosphere was not welcoming at all.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
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Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Clearly a gay bar, NOT a queer bar - as in, maybe not the vibe for queers who aren’t white cis gay men….
Absolutely love the history of the bar and I think it’s such an incredible historic landmark that holds deep importance for our community - which is why my friends and I wanted to visit. However, from the moment the three of us (all queer women) walked in, the vibe was ICY. It’s like they forgot women can be gay too lol.
The bartender was pretty unfriendly, which, after reading some reviews I’ve come to see probably was less about us than about his overall demeanor, but the clientele made it clear who the bar really caters to. Bar was pretty full when we showed up, and idk, maybe it looks vastly different at other times, but I kid you not when I say every single person in the bar was a white, likely cis or cis-passing man over the age of 50. And the stares we got from them as soon as we entered made it clear we were not welcome as part of the community.
We took our drinks outside and left pretty quickly - a shame bc any gay bar truly honoring its history should be making itself clear as a welcome space for BIPOC queers, trans folks, lesbians & queer women, and the community as a whole.
EDIT: this is even crazier to me upon learning that the whole reason Twin Peaks was the first gay bar in the country to have windows to the public is due to the decision of the two LESBIANS who owned it and chose to take off the covers in 1972!! Shoutout Mary Ellen Cunha and Peggy Forster y’all deserve better than a gay bar that makes queer women feel unwelcome :/
Atmosphere: 2
Service: 2
Bar tender was a jerk. My partner got our drinks separately and he rude and difficult with both of us
Atmosphere: 1
Service: 1
Awful “espresso” martini and caddy bartender
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Great coffee drinks
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
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