# Bar 888 & Bistro 888, San Francisco CA: Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/bar-888-and-bistro-888-san-francisco-ca. Free to reuse with a link back.

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

Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/bar-888-and-bistro-888-san-francisco-ca

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## In short

Bar 888 & Bistro 888 is a cocktail bar in San Francisco, CA. Its AI Score is 25 of 100, which is poor.

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


## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Type | Cocktail bar |
| Address | 888 Howard St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Thu 11 AM to 2 PM and 3 AM to 10 PM · Fri 11 AM to 2 PM and 3 PM to 12 AM · Sat 3 PM to 12 AM · Sun 3 AM to 10 PM |
| Phone | (415) 616-6566 |
| Rating | 4.2 across 93 reviews on Google |
| Updated | September 9, 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 | 888 Howard St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Craft cocktails & chef-curated menu items served in a stylish, relaxing bar & lounge in the InterContinental San Francisco. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Thu 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM, 3:00 to 10:00 PM · Fri 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM, 3:00 PM to 12:00 AM · Sat 3:00 PM to 12:00 AM · Sun 3:00 to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Mondays | 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM, 3:00 to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Bar 888 & Bistro 888 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (415) 616-6566 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM and 3:00 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM and 3:00 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM and 3:00 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM and 3:00 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM and 3:00 PM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 3:00 PM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 3:00 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Chef-curated menu items | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Craft cocktails | AI guess |  |
| Links | Website | https://www.icsanfrancisco.com/fine-dining-restaurants-san-francisco | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

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## The team

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## Visiting Bar 888 & Bistro 888

Address: 888 Howard St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. Phone: (415) 616-6566. Hours: Mon to Thu 11 AM to 2 PM and 3 AM to 10 PM · Fri 11 AM to 2 PM and 3 PM to 12 AM · Sat 3 PM to 12 AM · Sun 3 AM to 10 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "Craft cocktails & chef-curated menu items served in a stylish, relaxing bar & lounge in the InterContinental San Francisco."


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| InterContinental | Parking lot | 1 min walk |
| Impark (Parking) | Parking garage | 1 min walk |
| InterContinental San Francisco – Valet Garage (Propark) | Parking garage | 1 min walk |
| 5th St & Howard St | Transit station | 1 min walk |
| 875 Howard Garage (Propark) | Parking garage | 1 min walk |
| The Chieftain Irish Pub & Restaurant | Irish restaurant | 1 min walk |


## Reputation

4.2 average across 93 reviews: Google 93. (Confirmed, read September 9, 2026.)

Bar 888 & Bistro 888 stands out for its engaging bartenders and specialty cocktails, despite some complaints about food quality and pricing. (AI guess, from 93 reviews.)


### What people like

- Japanese whiskey cocktail
- La Rosa de la Misión tequila cocktail
- Beef tartare prepared to perfection
- Outstanding martinis


### What people do not like

- High prices for food and drinks
- Long waits for service
- Mediocre food quality
- Incorrect billing issues


### Press

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### Awards

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### Directories

Listed on 1 of the 3 directories we checked.

| Directory | Listed |
| --- | --- |
| Facebook | Listed |
| Hotfrog | Not listed |
| Thumbtack | Not listed |


## Questions people ask


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### Ballpark for a visit to a bar in San Francisco?


### anywhere on Howard to sit while I wait


### best cocktail bar in San Francisco


### Bar 888 & Bistro 888 or Pacific Cocktail?


### somewhere cheaper in San Francisco that is not a risk?


### people keep recommending this place, what for?


### Why do people rate this place?


### address for Bar 888 & Bistro 888, anyone have it?


### cancellation list here, is there one


## The AI Score: 25 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. San Francisco cocktail bars run 25 to 47. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Bar 888 & Bistro 888 scores 25, below the San Francisco average of 32. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Bar 888 & Bistro 888 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 41 | 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 | 76 | 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 | 58 | 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 |  | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. |  |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 100 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Good |

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

How AI decides what to say about a cocktail 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 Bar 888 & Bistro 888 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bar 888 & Bistro 888 | LocalBusiness | #business | https://www.icsanfrancisco.com/fine-dining-restaurants-san-francisco | Subject of this page |
| San Francisco, California | City | #city |  | City Bar 888 & Bistro 888 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 cocktail bars in San Francisco, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best cocktail bars in San Francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco/cocktail-bar
- Best businesses in San Francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco


### Nearby

- /san-jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose
- /los-angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles
- /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
- /santa-clara: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/santa-clara


### 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:ChIJF1lX2oaAhYARa4W9qZK6xqk (accessed Sep 9, 2026)
- [2] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 10, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 19, 2026)