The best happy hour bars in San Francisco

a semi-hidden Mission tapas bar, live jazz and DJ sets

naughty velvet paintings of nude women lining the walls (the namesake), horseshoe bar and vintage pendant lights

Mission corner bar at 16th & Florida — easy to walk in straight from BART, DJs Thursday through Saturday — soul, disco, house

a comfortable SoMa wine bar, wine, beer, and American bar bites

a rooftop bar atop Hotel VIA, views across from Oracle Park

the wine bar from the Saison team, a legendary mulled wine + grilled cheese

12th-floor tropical rooftop, Nikkei (Japanese-Peruvian) small plates

spacious second-floor tavern near Oracle Park, surprisingly fresh bar food

rooftop atop Moscone Center, tableside sangria

post-work tech-crowd happy hour, high tables and wooden stools with brick walls

a little slice of France on Broadway, wine flights, beer, cheese & charcuterie

large selection of flavored whiskeys, pinball machines and darts

Future Bars group — apothecary-style bar paying tribute to the Barbary Coast era, cocktails made with extinct and revived ingredients

8,000-sqft rooftop, fairy lights and palms

a friendly Castro gay bar, a back patio and pool table

rustic-modern Castro lounge, a pool table in back

daily happy hour deals, beer-and-a-shot place

a sleek, upscale downtown lounge, handcrafted cocktails + New American small plates

literally built atop the Stockton Street tunnel entrance, two-level — upstairs lounge with windows overlooking Bush

a chill FiDi/Chinatown-edge lounge, good drinks and a lively-but-mellow vibe

15 drafts including German beers, 8-ball pool

Haight-Ashbury neighborhood cocktail bar in the former Hobson's Choice space, Monday trivia + Thursday bingo, 7:30-9:30pm

open since 1926 (current location since 1978) — every hour is happy hour, CD jukebox (not internet) — no filler, no easy listening, no Madonna

a New York expat bar (Yankees games on), red walls and a jukebox

LGBTQ- and women-owned wine bar on Hayes St, 60–70% of stock made or owned by women

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

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

a pirate-themed Polk Street bar, a pool table + flat-screens

formerly the New Amsterdam — setting of the Counting Crows song 'Mr. Jones', $3 drafts and wells 4–8pm daily

a wine bar inside a retail wine shop, floor-to-ceiling bottle racks

opened 2025 — owner-operated by Susie and Kash who work the floor, famous Kash Smash Burger (American wagyu)

natural wine bar and bottle shop run by owners Jack and Charlie who pour and explain everything, hot dog-shaped lamps and big people-watching windows

former horse stable — original building survived 1906 earthquake, directly across from the Transamerica Pyramid

in one of SF's oldest surviving buildings — served as a jailhouse in the 1800s, survived 1906 earthquake, cocktails named after Barbary Coast criminals, madams, and politicians