# Bourbon & Branch, San Francisco CA: Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/bourbon-and-branch-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/bourbon-and-branch-san-francisco-ca

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## In short

Bourbon & Branch is a cocktail bar in San Francisco, CA. Its AI Score is 38 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 | 501 Jones St, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Wed 6 PM to 12 AM · Thu to Sat 6 PM to 2 AM · Sun 6 PM to 12 AM |
| Phone | (415) 346-1735 |
| Rating | 4.5 across 1,746 reviews on Google |
| Quietest time | Sunday |
| 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 | 501 Jones St, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Reservations are required at this swanky, dimly lit unmarked bar known for handcrafted cocktails. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Wed 6:00 PM to 12:00 AM · Thu to Sat 6:00 PM to 2:00 AM · Sun 6:00 PM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Bourbon & Branch | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (415) 346-1735 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 6:00 PM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 6:00 PM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 6:00 PM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 6:00 PM to 2:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 6:00 PM to 2:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 6:00 PM to 2:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 6:00 PM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Handcrafted cocktails | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Libations | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Library room access | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Private events | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Reservations | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Russells room | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Russell's room access | AI guess |  |
| Links | Facebook | https://facebook.com/bourbonandbranch | AI guess | Our record |
| Links | Instagram | https://instagram.com/bourbonandbranchsf | AI guess | Our record |
| Links | Website | http://www.bourbonandbranch.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

These are the 2 services Bourbon & Branch offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.

| Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Russells room |  |  |  | From their website |
| Libations |  |  |  | From their website |


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## The team

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## Visiting Bourbon & Branch

Address: 501 Jones St, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA. Phone: (415) 346-1735. Hours: Mon to Wed 6 PM to 12 AM · Thu to Sat 6 PM to 2 AM · Sun 6 PM to 12 AM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "Reservations are required at this swanky, dimly lit unmarked bar known for handcrafted cocktails."


### When to go

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


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Chutney Restaurant | Indian restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Best Parking LLC | Parking garage | 1 min walk |
| Jones St & O'Farrell St | Bus stop | 1 min walk |
| Halal Wings Plus | Chicken wings restaurant | 1 min walk |
| McQuade's Celtic Chutneys | Restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Red Chilli Halal | Pakistani restaurant | 1 min walk |


## Reputation

4.5 average across 1,746 reviews: Google 1,746. (Confirmed, read September 9, 2026.)

Bourbon & Branch stands out for its extensive selection of craft cocktails and bourbon, but service inconsistencies and staff demeanor can detract from the experience. (AI guess, from 1,746 reviews.)


### What people like

- Scotch flight recommendations
- Pinkerton and Kate Warne cocktails
- Frank Lloyd Wright cocktail
- Extensive bourbon and whiskey selection
- Skilled bartenders like Eusebio and Danny


### What people do not like

- Long waits for service and drinks
- Rude or unhelpful staff interactions
- Musty smell in the venue
- Confusion over entry procedures


### Press

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### Awards

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## Questions people ask


### killing time on Jones, any ideas


### what time does this place actually open?


### the good stuff about Bourbon & Branch, what is it?


### does Bourbon & Branch ever have cancellations


### quietest day to hit Bourbon & Branch?


### Worth the hype at Bourbon & Branch?


### first visit here, what do I need to bring?


### which one, Bourbon & Branch or Pacific Cocktail?


### going rate for bars locally, any idea


### address for this place, anyone have it?


### pricey at Bourbon & Branch, or about normal?


### best cocktail bar in San Francisco


### where does this place post updates


### budget options in San Francisco, what is decent


### membership, worth it or not


### bad experiences here, anyone?


### Booking at Bourbon & Branch in San Francisco, how does it work?


## The AI Score: 38 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. San Francisco cocktail bars run 25 to 48. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Bourbon & Branch scores 38, above the San Francisco average of 30. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Bourbon & Branch |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 100 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Good |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 80 | 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 | 60 | 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 | 49 | 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 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 Bourbon & Branch |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bourbon & Branch | LocalBusiness | #business | http://www.bourbonandbranch.com/ | Subject of this page |
| San Francisco, California | City | #city |  | City Bourbon & Branch 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:ChIJaZ68K5CAhYARBLiNrwnNReA (accessed Sep 9, 2026)
- [2] bourbonandbranch.com, https://www.bourbonandbranch.com/libations (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [3] bourbonandbranch.com, https://www.bourbonandbranch.com/russellsroom (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [4] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 9, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 19, 2026)