Love this bar. Super friendly people and good drinks.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Chris Witmer
Iconic Castro bar that does the best Irish coffee in town, just as good if not better than the Buena Vista!
rodester74
Ended up here by chance as a straight couple, at a nice gay bar in San Francisco. Friendly staff, delicious drinks, cash only. Beautiful birds of paradise seen on our doorstep ?
Mark Figueroa
Really cozy bar, great architecture. Very friendly staff :)
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Anna N
My friend and I were so excited to go to this place and they wouldn’t let us in because they don’t accept an international drivers license as ID. Never happened to me in 5 years of living in SF, so that’s wild. I’ve rented cars, bought alcohol and went to every single bar with my license and so did my friend.
I’m not sure if they don’t like foreigners or what, but they definitely turned an exciting night into a disappointment.
After looking through some of the other reviews, this seems to be a pattern with them.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Cory Counts
A nice mellow bar. I enjoy coming here. The bartenders are great and so are the patrons. Strong drinks and food prices. Only downside is that this bar is cash only.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Modelo Especial
Alex Vibber
Can't even be bothered to have a lock on the bathroom downstairs. I walked in on some poor woman, got walked in too, and then asked the bartender why there wasn't a lock, only to be comforted with "well you can use the one upstairs that has a lock". Like genuinely a wtf moment. Do better.
Behzad Gharehjanloo
Very friendly bar tenders. Joe took care of us and we will go back there again. The price is on the menu. The Irish coffee is really popular there.
Atmosphere: 4
Service: 5
Fang-Yuan, Derek Lu
Great Must to stay and enjoy the historical history
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
cano cano
I see reviews but i figure it’s younger gays guys. Just remember these men took a lot of abuse to make it easy for us fledglings to enjoy the freedom we have. It’s a great bar!! just learn to read a crowd and you’ll have a great life.
I am deeply disappointed with the experience I had at this bar recently. The waiter with a mustache was incredibly rude and disrespectful. I needed to take an important medication and was forced to leave the premises because I wasn’t allowed to do so inside.
It is unacceptable for an establishment to treat its customers with such little respect and understanding, especially when it comes to health matters. I would not recommend this bar to anyone and definitely do not plan to return.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 1
Cathy Toal
Rude staff.
Atmosphere: 1
Service: 1
Dervla C
Nice place in my neighbourhood, that I have visited many times. Sad about the unreasonable bartender, wouldn’t let us in without US ID, we are Irish and don’t have that, even my 55 year old Dad that was clearly over 21.
Service: 1
Steven Emberson
Having read some of the reviews it really seems hit or miss on the welcome you receive.. I definitely got the miss.. Bar staff not welcoming or friendly.. Grunted that they don't take cards. Drinks were mediocre at best, more ice than anything else. Worth seeing for its part in history but could just take a pic and skip the attitude..
Atmosphere: 3
Service: 1
Oliver E
Bartender was incredibly rude, we felt very unwelcome.
My partner and I asked about nonalcoholic drinks before we showed our IDs because we were trying to decide if there were enough options (we are both obviously over 21 but we don’t drink and just wanted to spend time at a historic queer venue). He just told us to leave because we didn’t show ID even though I was literally handing mine to him at this point. It felt completely unreasonable. Never had an issue asking for nonalcoholic options at a bar before, and definitely never been asked to leave for waiting like 15 seconds to show my ID.
Love this bar. Super friendly people and good drinks.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Iconic Castro bar that does the best Irish coffee in town, just as good if not better than the Buena Vista!
Ended up here by chance as a straight couple, at a nice gay bar in San Francisco. Friendly staff, delicious drinks, cash only. Beautiful birds of paradise seen on our doorstep ?
Really cozy bar, great architecture. Very friendly staff :)
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
My friend and I were so excited to go to this place and they wouldn’t let us in because they don’t accept an international drivers license as ID. Never happened to me in 5 years of living in SF, so that’s wild. I’ve rented cars, bought alcohol and went to every single bar with my license and so did my friend.
I’m not sure if they don’t like foreigners or what, but they definitely turned an exciting night into a disappointment.
After looking through some of the other reviews, this seems to be a pattern with them.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
A nice mellow bar. I enjoy coming here. The bartenders are great and so are the patrons. Strong drinks and food prices. Only downside is that this bar is cash only.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Modelo Especial
Can't even be bothered to have a lock on the bathroom downstairs. I walked in on some poor woman, got walked in too, and then asked the bartender why there wasn't a lock, only to be comforted with "well you can use the one upstairs that has a lock". Like genuinely a wtf moment. Do better.
Very friendly bar tenders. Joe took care of us and we will go back there again. The price is on the menu. The Irish coffee is really popular there.
Atmosphere: 4
Service: 5
Great
Must to stay and enjoy the historical history
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I see reviews but i figure it’s younger gays guys. Just remember these men took a lot of abuse to make it easy for us fledglings to enjoy the freedom we have. It’s a great bar!! just learn to read a crowd and you’ll have a great life.
Service: 5
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I am deeply disappointed with the experience I had at this bar recently. The waiter with a mustache was incredibly rude and disrespectful. I needed to take an important medication and was forced to leave the premises because I wasn’t allowed to do so inside.
It is unacceptable for an establishment to treat its customers with such little respect and understanding, especially when it comes to health matters. I would not recommend this bar to anyone and definitely do not plan to return.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 1
Rude staff.
Atmosphere: 1
Service: 1
Nice place in my neighbourhood, that I have visited many times. Sad about the unreasonable bartender, wouldn’t let us in without US ID, we are Irish and don’t have that, even my 55 year old Dad that was clearly over 21.
Service: 1
Having read some of the reviews it really seems hit or miss on the welcome you receive.. I definitely got the miss.. Bar staff not welcoming or friendly.. Grunted that they don't take cards. Drinks were mediocre at best, more ice than anything else. Worth seeing for its part in history but could just take a pic and skip the attitude..
Atmosphere: 3
Service: 1
Bartender was incredibly rude, we felt very unwelcome.
My partner and I asked about nonalcoholic drinks before we showed our IDs because we were trying to decide if there were enough options (we are both obviously over 21 but we don’t drink and just wanted to spend time at a historic queer venue). He just told us to leave because we didn’t show ID even though I was literally handing mine to him at this point. It felt completely unreasonable. Never had an issue asking for nonalcoholic options at a bar before, and definitely never been asked to leave for waiting like 15 seconds to show my ID.
Service: 1
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