The best rooftop bars in San Francisco

Drinks with a view — roof decks and high-floor lounges where you can watch the fog roll over the city. Rare in SF, so worth knowing exactly which ones are real.

14 spots across San Francisco.

Mission

Good Good Culture Club

Mission · $$★ 4.4 · 465

chef Ravi Kapur (Liholiho Yacht Club), tropical vibes

Cubita

Mission · $$★ 4.5 · 89

Cuban rooftop in former El Techo space, skyline views

SoMa

BarVIA

SoMa · $$$

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

KAIYŌ Rooftop

SoMa · $$★ 4 · 850

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

wine by the glass

25 Lusk

SoMa · $$★ 4.3 · 52

rooftop with frozen slushy drinks, batch-bottled cocktails

B Bar

SoMa · $

rooftop atop Moscone Center, tableside sangria

Tenderloin

620 Jones

Tenderloin · $★ 4.3 · 1.2k

8,000-sqft rooftop, fairy lights and palms

Union Square

Cityscape

Union Square · $$★ 4.5 · 2k

46th-floor rooftop at the Hilton, 360-degree panoramic views

Inner Sunset

Linden Room

Inner Sunset · $$★ 4.4 · 196

concealed behind Fiorella's Inner Sunset rooftop dining room, intimate cocktail bar

Mid-Market

Charmaine's

Mid-Market · $$★ 4.3 · 1.9k

rooftop at Proper Hotel, fire pits

Dirty Habit

Mid-Market · $$★ 4.2 · 659

rooftop bar, 'Vibin' Live' BIPOC music series

Nob Hill

Top of the Mark

Nob Hill · $$★ 4.4 · 1.9k

since 1939, 360-degree view at the top of Nob Hill

Mission Bay

Cavaña

Mission Bay · $$★ 4.1 · 440

17th floor of the LUMA Hotel — sweeping Mission Bay / Bay Bridge views, plant-filled tropical setting

China Basin

Rooftop 25

China Basin · $

down an alley near Oracle Park, casual rooftop

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