Blooms Saloon

I had a great time here once when I first moved to the neighborhood but then had a bad experience. We came in during a Warriors game and my boyfriend ordered himself a Lagunitas and me a diet coke (I was thirsty) and was given a Laguinitas and an Anchor Steam. My boyfriend explained it was a diet coke not an Anchor steam and the bartender said Well now you got an Anchor steam so pay up! A man at the bar tried to explain he heard Diet Coke too but the bartender just gave us some abuse about learning how to order drinks and made us pay for an extra beer anyways. I feel like anywhere else they would say oh sorry I misheard and we might even have just offered to pay anyways (we are British!) but he was so rude to us! Apparently we also ordered too slow we were told during his random rudeness about the mix up even though we would say one thing and he would just walk away from us, sooo kind of hard to order all at once like he seemed to want… If you had better more consistent service this would be a great bar. I am scared to go not sure if ending up here will ruin my night! I don’t know why you can’t just make the effort for your customers instead of just making it such an hit or miss place.

This is a neat little neighborhood dive bar with an amazing view of the city and the Bay Bridge. The staff here is always very friendly, and most of the patrons here are other folks who live in the neighborhood. The draft beer list is pretty underwhelming, especially with so much local craft beer booming in the area. It would be great for this place to update their taps. We like to come to Blooms because it is a lot less pretentious than a few of the other similar places at the bottom of the hill or in the Dogpatch. They also have our favorite classic pinball game Theatre of Magic, such a fun machine! Would recommend this spot for anyone who lives in the area, just make sure you bring quarters and cash!

Ridiculously strong cocktails, which can be a good thing and a bad thing. Relatively cheap for SF, and really one of just 2 bars in the neighborhood. It’s got personality and a good staff.

Old bartender is a dick. Never come here. You won’t be missing anything. I’d give a negative review for no food if I could.

This is a great little neighborhood bar with a cool view and friendly bartenders. They also have a dart board which I am a huge fan of, and the strong drinks keep the atmosphere fun. Definitely worth a visit!

Great neighborhood bar unless Rico is working. Then it’s paying for drinks from the biggest a-​hole in Potrero Hill.

The proprietor was a mean-​sprited, verbally abusive, classist jerk to me for owning an RV and legally parking it near his bar.

Great neighborhood bar in SF. One of the best places to grab a cold pint, watch Rico – arguably the last American hero – sling drinks and bust balls, and catch the Niners or Giants game.

This Rico guy.
He should run for mayor. He’s a man’s man. He makes a Bloody Mary that’s wakes the dead. Great tunes on the jukebox. It’s a shame the neighbors are lame, and the outdoor patio is locked up, but still a great view of the city skyline. Not recommended for phonies: you will be exposed and humbled in a heartbeat. Be a decent, respectful, selfless human being, and this saloon will welcome you with open arms.

I’ve been to Bloom’s before. Ok, nothing Unilocal-​worthy. Until today.
My friend arranged with the owner to have his karaōke-​themed birthday party there, except when the KJ showed up to set up, the bartender was incredibly rude, and said he didn’t want to listen to his «shitty music» while the Giants game was on. So my friend had to CANCEL HIS OWN BIRTHDAY PARTY nine minutes before it started because the bartender was a total dick, and then he had to stay there to direct all the people he had invited to the park we had to move the party to. About an hour later, the owner had been contacted, the bartender had been chewed out and FINALLY offered to let us stay — after we’d already gone to the liquor store across the street to get our adult beverages to go. Too little, too late jackass.
Never, ever, ever coming back to this place.

Terrible tattooed bar tender that spills your beer all over the place before serving and can’t make a mixed drink for the life of her. This could be a great dive bar but you need to get better and friendlier bartenders… At least an attractive one. That one you have can scare all the customers away!

A good place in Potrero Hills to grab a beer, watch sports, or play some pool and etc. The pool table is extremely small… But beer for $ 3.50 a pint? Sure! Anyways, stopped by here while waiting for some people to arrive in the nearby area.

Sundays with Kurt are amazing here! Great bartender started during NFL… if you want to watch sports in a local bar with a great peeps this is the place!

Very reasonable! !! Best in the Bay… Clean and well maintained. Bartender has over 20 years with establishment.

I love a good dive bar. I’ll give Bloom’s its pros: good beer on tap for a reasonable price, good jukebox with plenty of old tunes, pool and darts (darts is free, I think pool is too), laid-​back blue-​collar clientele who will talk sports. In short, you would think it’s a great place to go with friends when you just want to have some beers and chill.
A great place to get beer, that is, if you can get beer. As many reviewers have noted, the bartenders here suck suck suckity suck. On one night I went (after being here multiple times before, mind you) the bartender Nigel was totally drunk. When my friend asked him how a shot of whiskey cost, he got pissed off (I can only assume he misunderstood) and started yelling about how «If you’re going to have an attitude like that, you can leave.» We tried to explain there must be a misunderstanding, and even a guy at the bar who had overheard the whole thing tried to calm Nigel down, but he had worked himself into quite a tizzy. We waited around a few minutes in the hopes he might calm down and listen to reason, but he just kept giving us stank-​eye, tantrum-​ing around, and occasionally saying something like «that’s right!» to assert his dominance.
It sucks, because we’d been here at least four times and had made friends with some of the regulars who would play pool or darts. But the whole thing was so annoying that I refuse to go now.

Nigel, friday night bartender’s customer review:
Great bunch of fools!
Dig our regs, even the hippies (Billy).
Dig our new friends!
Warning: sometimes this place is packed with handsome men, beautiful women, and too much dancing

This bar was cool until we ran into the wild bartender with ears down to her shoulders. My friends birthday was being celebrated and all was good until he put $ 2 in the juke box. Bartender decided music was killin her vibe or whatever and turned it off (with out warning) to whatever was on her iPod. When we inquired about a $ 2 refund it was a rudely denied request– to say it nicely. (Complaining commenced)
When my friend came to us to vent about the rude customer service, she promptly scolded him, turning the music off, displaying her alpha dominance– making it known that it is «her bar right now» and if he wanted to continue «talking shit» we can see out selves out the door.
In hindsight, I’m really not sure if this is a good bar to patronize.
They have pinball. :)

This bar gets a lot of light if you sit near the door. I’m not sure if they open up the patio to their guests. It’s a typical dive bar that seems to be frequented by locals in the area. I know they gave us strange looks when a bunch of photographers stopped in and were thirsty from climbing the hills all day.
The bartender took it all in stride and served us all quickly and efficiently. I loved the old school phone booth inside.
Prices seemed reasonable for drinks.
I would stop by here if I were in the area again.

Met a friend here for a drink, and it rapidly turned into a whiskey tasting fest. Felt a little weird drinking non-​beer during the Giants game, especially since that seemed to be what the other handful of patrons were there to do, but it was kind of awesome anyway. Seeing that we were in it to win it our bartender kept offering us free tastes of something we hadn’t ordered (yet) from their decently sized whiskey selection. As a note to myself and to anyone who values random strangers’ opinions on Scotch, here are my tasting notes!
— Aberlour 10: sweet, less burn
— Glenmorangie (10 yr I think): lighter, woodier than the Aberlour
— Oban 14: very smooth, a little «soapy.» (This one has come highly recommended from friends)
— Talisker 10: one of the three famous super smoky whiskies (with Lagavulin 16 and Laphroaig 10) this one was a little more «bacon-​like» than others
— Lagavulin 16: smoother and woodier than the Talisker, this one also reminded me slightly more of the smell of gasoline too…
— Dahlwhinner 15: lighter in color, this one was a little soapy tasting also (like the Oban) and also had a honey flavor and taste
— Balvenie 14: darker in color, this one had a simpler and «thjinner» flavor”
— Macallan 12 (OK this wasn’t at this bar, but I had it recently): sweet and chocolatey (which the label advertises as «vanilla.» Great!

Three words:
Rico’s
Bloody
Marys
Take note San Francisco bartenders, mixologists, whatever you wanna call yourself: this man knows how to make one helluva Bloody Mary. (
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Perfect for waiting out that ridiculous brunch line at Plow.
You’re welcome.