The best date-night bars in the Inner Richmond

The 5 best date-night bars in the Inner Richmond, hand-picked from barfly.life's Inner Richmond list. Dim, unhurried, and easy to talk in — the rooms built for a good first date or a long second one. Candlelight over chaos, conversation over a packed dance floor.

5 spots in Inner Richmond.

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Would You Believe

Inner Richmond · $★ 4.7 · 162

a family-owned Richmond neighborhood bar, comfy booths + a pool table and jukebox

The Hearth

Inner Richmond · $★ 4.6 · 106

15 drafts including German beers, 8-ball pool

beer on tap

High Treason

Inner Richmond · $$★ 4.6 · 265

by two ex-Michelin sommeliers (Ame, French Laundry, Benu, Bar Tartine), 40+ wines by the glass spanning Napa to Croatia

wine by the glass

Cantina Los Mayas

Inner Richmond · $★ 4.7 · 262

SF's first Mexican wine bar (yes, that's a thing — Baja Valle de Guadalupe is producing serious wine), exclusively Mexican wine list

wine by the glass

540 Club

Inner Richmond · $★ 4.3 · 109

Clement Street neighborhood dive that locals are quietly protective of, low-key, no-pretense

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