Phone Booth

There aren’t enough places like Phone Booth anymore. There’s no gimmick, it’s just got that genuine intangible thing that’s tough to describe. So I won’t try to. If you’re in the area, you should pop in and have a drink.

A wonderful, real bar. Immediately at home. Amazing old-school jukebox. The owners were absolutely fascinating to talk with. And Liz, the bartender, made the entire experience so perfect ❣️

Chill dive bar offering a juke box and pool table $2 p/game

Stopped in here tonight on a visit to San Francisco. The bartender, Liz, was very friendly and welcoming to me and my friends! Drinks were reasonably priced ($1 discount on beer for happy hour) and the atmosphere was cool. Cash only but they do have an ATM on site.

My favorite bar in SF ! A nice and cosy bar, great drinks , amazing margaritas. Feels safe , super nice bartenders

Order my first beer and open a pack of cards to play with friends. Bartender says dont play at the bar. Fair, albeit delivered in a rude manner. Then goes on to say its polite to tip your bartender. Its a cash only bar. I usually tip when i leave…at the end of my tab? Communicated this and it ended up being extremely awkward throughout the drink. Obviously did not tip after that 🙁

Came here to meet friends - reluctantly, I may add, due to the cold rain. But friends are friends. I was minding my own business, sticking to my own friend group, not bothering or interacting with anyone else. I was not yelling, performing any antics, or doing anything that might otherwise bring unwarranted attention my way. My second beer into the night, the bartender gives me the boot. No explanation other than I am "too animated". I wasn't in and out of the bathroom. I wasn't sniffing around egregiously, sopping up my snot between every word in the conversation. In fact, other than the two beers I had, I was basically sober. I certainly wasn't on any weird sketchy uppers. (Unlike about 60-80% of the people in their bathrooms on any given Saturday evening.) I get it, bartending a bar is a tough job. You make calls, sometimes they are right, and sometimes they are wrong. Well, you made the call. But it was a baseless call, made solely on a hunch. And, again, considering the usual bathroom behavior by your regular clientele, completely and utterly hypocritical. And now you have a nasty one star review that I hope will make people think twice about frequenting this stuck up, low rent dump - lest their night is also randomly ruined by their idiotic (lack of) judgment. And my unyielding, lifelong enmity. Not like you care, but hey - a customer is a customer. And, might I add, one who has hung out at this place for well over a decade now, and remembers when the management didn't care if you smoked indoors. Best bar in the neighborhood!!