The best wine bars in San Francisco

a trendy, vintage-chic Mission wine bar, innovative snacks and small plates

a great-vibes Mission wine bar, a good wine list

a spacious two-floor natural wine bar, revolving art on concrete walls

in a former record store on 20th, an extensive wine list and local brews

wine flights — red, white, orange, French-style pizza

cavernous natural wine bar, disco ball

Italian restaurant with serious wine program by Samuel Bogue, indoor/outdoor courtyard

48 wines on tap (most under $14/glass), menu categorized as 'crisp finish' / 'big finish' / 'juicy finish'

the corner of Shotwell and 20th has been a bar since 1891 (originally Schlichtmann & Bredhofy Grocery Saloon), current building dates from 1906 — bullet holes from long-forgotten scuffles are still in the walls

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

a sleek, cellar-style wine bar, a long list of hard-to-find wines

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

a plant-filled tropical hideaway, tiki drinks made with care

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

two-story SoMa hub, pool and foosball, darts, small arcade

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

big 'wet your lips' neon sign and burrata on every table, wines organized as 'Rich & Thicc', 'Flirtatious', and 'We Get It Susan, You Like Dry Rosé'

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

a chill, dimly-lit TL hangout, beer, wine, and cocktails with top-shelf pours

a cozy, unpretentious sake & wine bar, Japanese-fusion snacks

a Castro bar, kitchen, and microbrewery, famously welcoming service

wines from around the world, European tapas and French dishes

a friendly Polk Street wine bar, good easy-drinking wines

Spanish wine, sherry and vermouth, Asturian cider poured from on high

70+ wines by the glass, biodynamic and low-intervention focus

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

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

a buzzy modern lounge + bistro, music-themed cocktails

wines on tap and craft cocktails, snazzy light fixtures

tucked-away alley location for 24+ years, candlelit intimate wine bar

charming back patio, great snacks

tucked down Rose alley off Market — easy to miss entirely, not a hotel — just shares the name with the Paris hotel where Rilke lived

specializes in unique Italian varietals you won't see elsewhere, by-the-glass program is the centerpiece

natural wine sections named 'Thicc Boys' and 'Here To Party', duck liver mousse french toast

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

mid-century styled cocktail bar on Divisadero, plant-strung covered patio and parklet

NoPa's requisite first date bar — snug cabin feel and a Riesling obsession, sits on what is reportedly the world's first parklet

a chill Inner Sunset beer & wine bar, a rotating beer and wine list

'a restaurant disguised as a bar' — inventive seasonal small plates from chef Robert Hernandez, deep natural wine list with rare Coteaux Champenois

open-air beer garden near the wharf, local brews plus cider & wine

tiny French wine bar where the owner tours every table through the menu personally, chalk-covered walls and ceiling — you can write on them

Union Street's most trafficked wine bar, red bathroom tiles, blue laser projections

Dominique Crenn's hi-fi reinvention next door to the three-Michelin Atelier Crenn, interior overhaul by production designer Ethan Tobman (also designed The Menu)

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

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

candle-lit wine bar, fantastic French food

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

wine country comfort in the Financial District, bocce ball court on premises

a Dogpatch wine lounge, a blind-flight tasting menu

champions emerging wine regions alongside classics, weekly tastings

Pier 70 second outpost (2025), old-timey train-station signboard

functioning wine bar AND a market for wine + Italian groceries, their own award-winning house wines

James Beard Award winner, 1,000-selection wine list

private karaoke rooms in Japantown, deep Japanese songbook

a Chase Center taproom with bay views, well-crafted house beers + local wine

old-school wine-hued walls, maps and pressed tin ceiling tiles

wine shop with bar, members skip corkage and get 10% off retail

a husband-and-wife West Portal wine bar, reasonably-priced, well-chosen wines