The best dive bars in the Lower Haight

The 5 best dive bars in the Lower Haight, hand-picked from barfly.life's Lower Haight list. Cheap, dark, and gloriously unbothered. These are the SF rooms where the drinks are strong, the décor is an accident, and nobody's checking your shoes. Stiff pours over small talk.

5 spots in Lower Haight.

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Toronado

Lower Haight · $★ 4.4 · 1.8k

insane craft beer selection, famously surly bartenders

Molotov's

Lower Haight · $★ 4.2 · 313

punk-rock dive, two pinball machines, $1 games

The Mad Dog in the Fog

Lower Haight · $★ 4.2 · 632

Lower Haight British pub — opened 1990, opens early for Premier League and Champions League — the EPL bar in SF

Underground SF

Lower Haight · $★ 4.2 · 73

electronic music coffee bar by day, underground dance club by night, smoking patio

Noc Noc

Lower Haight · $★ 4.5 · 422

18 uncommon draft taps — no domestic lagers, most unusual bar aesthetic in Lower Haight

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