Pecs Bar

📍 Gay bars in San Diego

4.8

Pecs Bar in San Diego's North Park is a welcoming, burly beary gay bar known for its friendly atmosphere and great outdoor areas. The food, prepared in a separate family-owned kitchen, is notably delicious, with highlights like the juicy burger. The staff is super friendly, and the drinks are well-balanced, though there may be occasional lapses in cocktail knowledge.

With two bars, two patios, and several restrooms, Pecs offers a spacious and inviting environment. While parking can be challenging, the overall experience is enhanced by the warm welcome and the lively music. It's a great spot to meet people and enjoy a relaxed evening, though some visitors note that customer service and washroom facilities could use improvement.

Features and services of Pecs Bar

Service options

  • Outdoor seating

Highlights

  • Bar games
  • Fast service
  • Great beer selection
  • Great cocktails
  • Sport

Accessibility

  • Wheelchair-accessible entrance
  • Wheelchair-accessible toilet

Offerings

  • Alcohol
  • Arcade games
  • Beer
  • Cocktails
  • Happy-hour drinks
  • Spirits
  • Wine

Dining options

  • Outside food allowed
  • Seating

Amenities

  • Gender-neutral toilets
  • Toilet
  • Wi-Fi

Atmosphere

  • Casual
  • Trendy

Crowd

  • Groups
  • LGBTQ+ friendly
  • Tourists
  • Transgender safe space

Payments

  • Credit cards
  • Debit cards
  • NFC mobile payments

Parking

  • Free of charge street parking
  • Free parking lot
  • Paid street parking

Pecs Bar is in position 21 out of 25 in gay bars in San Diego

Customer Reviews

★★★★★
★★★★★

Pecs Bar has a rating of 4.1 out of 5 based on over 171 reviews on Google

Michael

Food is on the bottom level from a separate family owned kitchen. I had the burger. It was juicy and incredibly tasty. Drinks were on point, not to strong. Atmosphere was great! Incredible out door areas. Super friendly staff!

Michael ☆ 5/5
Hottesome (Quintin Ellis Jr)

My favorite not so dive dive bar in SD. Pecs is a very welcoming, friendly, burly beary gay bar in North Park. It's got great music, two bars, two patios, several restrooms and good eats when available. The staff is great, even the security guy is nice. Parking can leave much to be desired, but it's always worth stopping in. A Lyft or even Uber can do wonders as well as traveling with a group. Saturdays and Sundays seem to be the busiest, though the outside areas close by 10pm, being on the cusp of a residential area. Check them out on Facebook and Instagram as well as their website, though the website needs a smidge of updating. Leather bar-esque. All are welcome!

Hottesome (Quintin Ellis Jr) ☆ 5/5
Rob Chambers, PHR/SHRM-CP

Great bar with great vibes, friendly staff & locals. As far as other reviews go, I had no hesitation in going & had a very good time. Go with a "gracious guest" attitude and you will find that you will be welcomed warmly. Locals I know highly recommend this bar & they are not wrong. Best bar I’ve been to in a long time. Cheers!

Rob Chambers, PHR/SHRM-CP ☆ 5/5
Victor Cano

Had so much fun here tonight despite my anxiety and shyness got to me but still people are nice. It is a good environment, the bartenders is nice. The bartender that served me was helpful, nice and talk to me here and there. The old gays that talked to me and all randomly and called me Hennessy were so nice and welcoming and helped me a bit to break away from the shyness. Great environment to meet people and talk. I wish I was not overwhelmed, awkward and was the verge of breaking down because of my shyness. Lmao Overall amazing, fun, spectacular, great drinks, nice staff, nice people. Would come again whenever I am in San Diego!!!!

Victor Cano ☆ 5/5
Steven Lastname

I asked the bartender for a Manhattan and he didn’t know how to make one. I mean…I know this isn’t a craft cocktail bar, but FFS hire bartenders who know how to make basic drinks. FWIW the bartender was nice enough (if unqualified) and the bar itself has good vibes. So just get a beer or a drink with no more than two ingredients, I guess?

Steven Lastname ☆ 2/5
Christopher Weyde

Dutch is a awesome bartender, made me feel like this could be a new home. He and the other employees also had creative nights

Christopher Weyde ☆ 5/5
Idan Singh (Idan)

Great bar but the only let down is customer service if that bothers you at all. A very busy bar with passive aggressive service including a bit of proudness if that’s your cup of tea . The bar could achieve 5 stars but the staff and toilets let down this place for more potential. The washroom is shared with a urinal and toilet in the same room, again if that’s your cup of tea then this might be a place for you to hog. Being a visitor to San Diego this bar seems very well established with locals so it very difficult to mingle with the locals. The drink's from the taps don’t taste too good more likely that there is a maintenance issue with pipe cleaning. The soft drinks tastes unusual including the beer. I was offered an alternative to red bull and that tasted off. I went to order a third drink Big Wave and that also did not taste the same as the one I had at the Pizza Shop in the main gay village. The venue has a pool table and tv screens . Soft drinks 3 out of 10 Largers 4 out of 10 Customer service 3 out of 10 Location 3 out of 10 Washroom Facilities 2 out of 10

Idan Singh (Idan) ☆ 2/5
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Information about Pecs Bar

Address

Pecs Bar is located at 2046 University Ave, San Diego, CA 92104, United States

Phone

The phone number of Pecs Bar is +1 619-296-0889

Website

The website of Pecs Bar is: pecsbar.com

Business Hours

Monday: 12:00–00:00
Tuesday: 12:00–00:00
Wednesday: 12:00–00:00
Thursday: 12:00–00:00
Friday: 12:00–02:00
Saturday: 12:00–02:00
Sunday: 12:00–00:00

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