8. Midnight Sun
7.9
4067 18th St (btwn Castro & Hartford), San Francisco, CA
Gay Bar · Castro · 41 tips and reviews
Jerry C: Cool remodel with a front window! Go for the same 2-4-1 happy hour deal for decades. A must stop on the Castro bar circuit.
Tyler Clark: Best happy hour in the Castro. I love the videos. It's always the place to start your bar crawl on Thursday, Friday, or Saturday. Read more.
Chris Policino: You get to melt ice with your pee. Reminds me of a game I played on the boardwalk in Wildwood NJ as a child. That involved a clown's mouth though.
9. Wild Side West
7.8
424 Cortland Ave (at Wool), San Francisco, CA
Gay Bar · Holly Park · 31 tips and reviews
Adrian Phillips: Good service, amazing people and cheap drinks. Bring cash and have a blast.
Gabriella Sannino: Another old dive on the hill (Bernal Heights) Great place to drink beer, shoot some pool, then go outside on their patio and smoke...
James Craig: Have a drink in the funky garden out back, one of best bar gardens in SF. Garden closes around 10pm.
11. The Cinch
7.7
1723 Polk St (btwn Clay & Washington St), San Francisco, CA
Gay Bar · Polk Gulch · 21 tips and reviews
Shawn Sprockett: An old standard in SF gay bars. Strong cocktails, pool, an outdoor area until 10, and my favorite lion picture on the wall... 😉
Cody Mullins: I'm straight, but this is hands down my favorite bar in San Francisco. I've been here every visit and it never disappoints.
Ian Mulig: From out of town, thought this was one of the sweetest bars I hit while visiting, staff is too adorable
Steven H: Step off of the gay treadmill of same music, same decor and same guys. Hole In The Wall is something entirely different. Alternative. Incredible music. Unusual (in a good way) decor. Excellent!
Jason Husted: Hole in the Wall has a fun crowd, great place to play pool
Steven: If you can't cope with the same gay disco sound of every other bar Hole in the Wall was designed for you: this is a rockers' bar with a great mix of tunes from The Smiths to The Pixies and much darker