November 21, 2009
It’s a shame that such an historic brewpub in such a great location can produce such a bland/tasteless selection of brews. Everything was marginal at best, no flavor/ingredient in any of them to make you say "Wow - that’s a good beer!" The selection is good but what’s a good selection when all you have to pick from is one bland beer after another? And the bar and atmosphere is almost as bland as the beer. I stayed in San Fran for 4+ days just a couple blocks from this place, wlaked by it I don’t know how many times, but after the first visit I didn’t even think of going back in. Stay away.

September 8, 2009
Stopped by on a Tuesday afternoon, on my way to La Trappe. Great bar area, beautiful woodwork surrounds throughout. Interesting decorative fans, large mirrors, a even a piano, albeit small, are some highlights. Bar area is small and cozy, possibly the original bar top from the 20’s, which would match the soundtrack. Anyway, they had 6 beer offerings during my visit. I sampled 2 of them; neither the stout or IPA was outstanding, but both servicable. Worth a stop if you’re checking out the sites in the area.

July 1, 2009
First of all, it must be said that this bar is gorgeous. A marvellous wooden interior, beautifully yet rather simply docarated (you don’t need accessories when the building does it all) in the middle of a cool district. It starts strong, but I expected much more out of this place in terms of beer. There were only 4 beers available and none of them were aimed at a beer enthusiast level. Basic, simplistic beers. Still, I recommend stopping in for the place and general ambiance, occasional friendly old live bands, smiling, joking ageing patrons. It feels as I imagine the good old days.

April 13, 2009
I like the interior of the bar. Real old time feel to it with all the original decor from the early 20th century, solid wood and high ceilings with the old time windmill like fan line. The bartender was a nice guy, friendly. The beers were only mediocre, on style, and there was no organized sampler or anything. This is a nice local spot that is overall a nice bar, but not necessarily a place that caters to beer geeks.

March 8, 2009
Although the location is great and the bar is rustic, Barbary coast era with paddle wheel ventilator on the ceiling, the beer is mediocre. I would have liked to love this place, but every visit is so-so. Oh well. 1$ samplers and 1.75$ half pints during the happy hour.

February 20, 2009
A building-site right now. Pretty sloppy service and bland beers. Almost no other customers were there. The sample tray was very good for rating, but the tray itself was extremely greasy...

October 14, 2008
Located near chinatown in the centre of SF. Decent atmosphere, bit noisy because they were doing some renovation on the building. Nice to see the brewing going on inside the brewpub self, and you can even get a table next to it. Beers are not too special. Service was ok. Decent food.

September 6, 2008
The beers here were very good on avarage, definitely the best overall that I found in the region. Service was quite slow, I thought, the guy at the bar wasn’t very friendly and the girl on the floor was very nice, but not fast and there weren’t many other people in the place. The prices are high (it’s San Fran, baby), but during Happy Hour you can pick up 10oz glasses for $1.75 (I think it was), which allowed me to try most of their beers. The food was pretty good, not too badly priced, I’d definitely go again.

August 17, 2008
Wow! I don’t know what you guys experienced. My buddy and I visited a half-a-dozen brewpubs and bars that weekend and SF Brewing was the best overall experience I had. SF Brewing is my local pub every time I visit San Francisco now.

August 11, 2008
The atmosphere is laid back and inviting a welcome change from a lot of the pretentious places that seem to be popping up everywhere. Great place to just sit and kill time even when you have other places to go. James was a cool bartender with a great dry sense of humor.