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# The BreakRoom, Berkeley CA: Drinks Prices & Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/berkeley/the-breakroom-berkeley-ca. Free to reuse with a link back.

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-09-14.

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## In short

The BreakRoom is a bar in Berkeley, CA. Its AI Score is 27 of 100, which is poor.

What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks


## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Type | Bar |
| Address | 2021 Shattuck Ave. Ste A, Berkeley, CA 94704, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Thu 4 PM to 12 AM · Fri 4 PM to 2 AM · Sat 2 PM to 2 AM · Sun 2 PM to 12 AM |
| Phone | (510) 705-1879 |
| Rating | 4.6 across 148 reviews on Google |
| Known for | Drinks |
| Quietest time | Monday |
| Updated | September 14, 2026 |


## All the details

Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.

| Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Location info | Address | 2021 Shattuck Ave. Ste A, Berkeley, CA 94704, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Welcome to The BreakRoom to Berkeley’s favorite hangout for pool, drinks, and good times. Grab a cue, order a cocktail, and let the fun roll with friends, games, and great energy every day of the week. Perfect for birthday parties, work parties, night out with friends or date night! | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Thu 4:00 PM to 12:00 AM · Fri 4:00 PM to 2:00 AM · Sat 2:00 PM to 2:00 AM · Sun 2:00 PM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | The BreakRoom | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (510) 705-1879 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 4:00 PM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 4:00 PM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 4:00 PM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 4:00 PM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 4:00 PM to 2:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 2:00 PM to 2:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 2:00 PM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Bar games | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Calendar | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Cocktails | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Drinks | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Event hosting | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Play pool | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Pool tables | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Tournaments | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Tournaments league | From their website | Business website |
| Links | Facebook | https://facebook.com/61555664392650 | AI guess | Our record |
| Links | Instagram | https://instagram.com/breakroomberkeley | AI guess | Our record |
| Links | TikTok | https://tiktok.com/@breakroomberkeley | AI guess | Our record |
| Links | Website | https://www.breakroomberkeley.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

These are the 4 services The BreakRoom offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.

| Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Drinks |  |  |  | From their website |
| Tournaments league |  |  |  | From their website |
| Calendar |  |  |  | From their website |
| Play pool |  |  |  | From their website |


### Known for

- Drinks: 20% of reviews (AI guess)


## The team

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## Visiting The BreakRoom

Address: 2021 Shattuck Ave. Ste A, Berkeley, CA 94704, USA. Phone: (510) 705-1879. Hours: Mon to Thu 4 PM to 12 AM · Fri 4 PM to 2 AM · Sat 2 PM to 2 AM · Sun 2 PM to 12 AM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "Welcome to The BreakRoom — Berkeley’s favorite hangout for pool, drinks, and good times. Grab a cue, order a cocktail, and let the fun roll with friends, games, and great energy every day of the week. Perfect for birthday parties, work parties, night out with friends or date night!"


### When to go

Quietest day: Monday. Busiest day: Saturday. From the popular times on its Google listing.


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Top Dog Downtown | American restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Simmer & Steamer | Korean restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Ten Seconds Yunnan Rice Noodle | Chinese noodle restaurant | 1 min walk |
| downtown berkeley bart | Tourist attraction | 1 min walk |
| Comal Next Door | Mexican restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Pizzeria da Laura | Pizza restaurant | 1 min walk |


## Reputation

4.6 average across 148 reviews: Google 148. (Confirmed, read September 14, 2026.)

The BreakRoom is a vibrant bar known for its pool tables and live events, but faces criticism for service and food quality. (AI guess, from 148 reviews.)


### What people like

- Fun open mic nights with live music
- Solid pool tables and games available


### What people do not like

- Inconsistent service and long waits for orders
- Food quality criticized as frozen or not fresh
- High prices for drinks and unexpected charges


### Press

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### Awards

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### Directories

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## Questions people ask


### where exactly is this place?


### the good stuff about this place, what is it?


### parking at The BreakRoom, where does everyone put the car?


### pricey at The BreakRoom, or about normal?


### Busiest day at The BreakRoom, anyone know?


### cheaper than The BreakRoom in Berkeley without it being sketchy?


### anyone tell me what a first visit here involves


### walk ins, or is it booked solid


### anything new from The BreakRoom lately?


### killing time on Shattuck, any ideas


### Worth the hype here?


### bad experiences at The BreakRoom, anyone?


### how much is a first visit around here


### Any membership pricing here?


### best bar in Berkeley


### opening hours at The BreakRoom in Berkeley, what are they these days?


## The AI Score: 27 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Berkeley bars run 26 to 42. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. The BreakRoom scores 27. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | The BreakRoom |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 0 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Poor |
| Off-property attestation | 20 | 40 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor |
| AI visibility | 14 | 0 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 82 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good |
| Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 56 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Fair |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 | 55 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Fair |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 77 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Good |

Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology

How AI decides what to say about a bar: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business


## Entity map

Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other.

| Entity | Type | ID on this page | Same as | Relationship to The BreakRoom |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The BreakRoom | LocalBusiness | #business | https://www.breakroomberkeley.com/ | Subject of this page |
| Berkeley, California | City | #city |  | City The BreakRoom is in |
| Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page |
| Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee | Author of this page |


## Topical map

Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the bars in Berkeley, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best bars in Berkeley: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/berkeley/bar
- Best businesses in Berkeley: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/berkeley


### Nearby

- /san-jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose
- /los-angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles
- /san-francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco
- /san-diego: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-diego
- /irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine
- /mountain-view: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/mountain-view


### Every list

- Every leaderboard in California: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca


## References


### Sources cited

- [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJl-JZXRh_hYAR1JzLWMkzYOI (accessed Sep 14, 2026)
- [2] breakroomberkeley.com, https://www.breakroomberkeley.com/play-pool (accessed Sep 20, 2026)
- [3] breakroomberkeley.com, https://www.breakroomberkeley.com/menu (accessed Sep 20, 2026)
- [4] breakroomberkeley.com, https://www.breakroomberkeley.com/calendar (accessed Sep 20, 2026)
- [5] breakroomberkeley.com, https://www.breakroomberkeley.com/tournaments-league (accessed Sep 20, 2026)
- [6] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 14, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 20, 2026)