San Francisco's Best Secret Bars (and How to Get Into Each)

Psst!You desire to sneak a drunkenness at an previous - clip speakeasy ? One with a hidden emplacement , a secret password , and a collection of taxidermied moose heads on the wall ? Well , technically speaking , there are no speakeasies anymore because Prohibition ended more than 80 year ago . Yet there are plenty of corking “ speakeasies ” in San Francisco these day , operating more as retro bar concepts in undercover or not - solely - public locations . We can get you in all justly , just keep these underground gin roast on the hush - stillness .

The Speakeasy

Your speakeasiest speakeasy experience potential isThe Speakeasy . It ’s not but a cake to hang out in but a three - and - a - half hour , 35 - character interactive “ choose your own adventure ” field experience that dependably emulates a Prohibition - era speakeasy sojourn . you’re able to drink with flapper and gamble with corrupted politicians in a genuinely immersive 1920s speakeasy experience . For a price , you could even bribe the part of the city manager of San Francisco ( we know you ’ve been practice for years).How to get in : You buy tickets . It ’s a show . But it ’s at a secret fix and you do get a hush-hush password . trailer preserve through November with a press opening in December and a full tally occur thereafter .

Marianne’s

An exquisite , genuine speakeasy look you at Marianne ’s , secretly tucked into the back of swank Downtown barThe Cavalier . Hidden in the a quoin of the restaurant , just past the shelves of taxidermied fauna , is a speakeasy scenery that feel straight out of the 1930s – except for all of the Rolling Stones memorabilia on the walls . That ’s because the place is named for Mick Jagger ’s longtime lover Marianne Faithfull , but otherwise Marianne ’s faithfully recreate a vintage speakeasy vibration . How to get in : Reservations or an advance call are recommended , as Marianne ’s is sometimes booked for secret issue . It is otherwise fresh open to the public most eve .

Wilson and Wilson Detective Agency

A truthful Beefeater - on - the - rock style speakeasy , the Wilson and Wilson Detective Agency takes a little sleuthing work to find . Its companion barBourbon & Branchstealthily has no signage , though the Wilson and Wilson bar does have a sign ( which describes the location as a detective government agency ) . You have to go into Wilson and Wilson through an factual bookshelf yap threshold , but once inside you ’ll find fantastic craft cocktails in antique glassware , as well as the finest vintage bathrooms San Francisco has to pop the question . How to get in : Make reservationsand attempt to keep your nerveless as you stealthily skid past the bookshelf .

The Gotham Club

Behind the scoreboard at AT&T Park sits one of the most tightlipped and classiest speakeasy - panache establishments in town . The Gotham Club is a member - only club dedicated to the history of the San Francisco Giants ( formerly the New York Giants , formerly the New York Gothams ) . You could get swept away by all of the vintage baseball memorabilia at the Gotham Club , but you ’re more likely to get swept aside by cocktails with baseball - shaped shabu cube , free hors d’oeuvres , and the full - size , built - in bowling alleyway . How to get in : Know a affluent San Francisco Giants devotee , or start networking and find one . This is a members - only clubhouse , though you’re able to look as a member ’s guest .

Remedie

The cure for what ails you is Remedie , located in the downstairs of the upscale North Beach bar Devil ’s Acre . Remedie serves up a Barbary Coast - era doctor ’s billet theme , and the cocktails are fix as atavism tonics and tinctures . But observe that Remedie is only open on Friday and Saturday evening . How to get in : just show up at Devil ’s Acre on a Friday or Saturday nighttime and head downstairs , though you may want to check in approach whether the space has been reserved for a private case .

The Hidden Vine

This cozy , romantic legal profession tucked off in a FiDi alley serve wine by the deoxyephedrine , flight , compare , and offers more than 800 bottles . If you fatigue of tarry by the open fireplace on a chilly San Francisco evening , move outside for a biz of bocce . It ’s crucial to mark that there ’s a $ 100 solid food and drink lower limit to book the bocce motor hotel for an 60 minutes , so bring some thirsty booster . How to get in : The Hidden Vine is n’t as much a speakeasy as it is an out - of - the - way locale for libations . Head for the Transamerica Pyramid and keep your middle out for a pocket-sized alley .

Hideout

Hideout is the easiest of these speakeasies to find , considering that its entrance is plainly judge and anyone can just take the air mighty in . But true to its name , Hideout is pretty veil – in the way back of Mission District cocktail den Dalva , past the washroom in an area that is not at all well - light . It ’s deserving poking around for , though , because the somewhat dive - y Dalva dazzlingly transubstantiate into the more opulent decor of Hideout . There is fairly special seating at Hideout , and it ’s uncommitted on a first - semen , first - serve basis . How to get in : You look for the sign in the back of Dalva and you point right in , though be aware Hideout does not open until 7 phase modulation .

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The Speakeasy