# Harlan Records, San Francisco CA: Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/harlan-records-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/harlan-records-san-francisco-ca

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## In short

Harlan Records is a cocktail bar in San Francisco, CA. Its AI Score is 28 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 | 18 Harlan Pl, San Francisco, CA 94108, USA |
| Hours | Mon 2 PM to 12 AM · Tue to Fri 2 PM to 1:30 AM · Sat 4 PM to 1:30 AM · Sun 4 PM to 12 AM |
| Phone | (415) 400-4083 |
| Rating | 4.7 across 401 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 | 18 Harlan Pl, San Francisco, CA 94108, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Cocktails & Music Harlan Records is built around the idea to "listen more", inspired by our personal connection with music, local heritage, Japanese listening bars and the intangible effect of good spirits and great company. Uniquely located near San Francisco's Jazz and Blues music scene of the 50's and 60's where Union Square was the epicenter. Coalesced by vintage high fidelity to achieve the truest sound of the time resonates through a vintage Thorens TD124 powered by a McIntosh 2210 amp and JBL L100 and Sony SS-7300 speakers to fill the space. Drawing locals and tourists alike, Harlan Records features full-sides of long play vinyl records in a comfortable urban environment and a cocktail program inspired by classic recipes. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon 2:00 PM to 12:00 AM · Tue to Fri 2:00 PM to 1:30 AM · Sat 4:00 PM to 1:30 AM · Sun 4:00 PM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Harlan Records | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (415) 400-4083 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 2:00 PM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 2:00 PM to 1:30 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 2:00 PM to 1:30 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 2:00 PM to 1:30 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 2:00 PM to 1:30 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 4:00 PM to 1:30 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 4:00 PM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Cocktail service | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Contact reservations | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Live music | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Selectors collectors | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Vinyl record listening | AI guess |  |
| Links | Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/harlanrecordssf | Confirmed | Business website |
| Links | Website | http://www.harlanrecords.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

These are the 2 services Harlan Records offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.

| Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Contact reservations |  |  |  | From their website |
| Selectors collectors |  |  |  | From their website |


### Known for

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## The team

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## Visiting Harlan Records

Address: 18 Harlan Pl, San Francisco, CA 94108, USA. Phone: (415) 400-4083. Hours: Mon 2 PM to 12 AM · Tue to Fri 2 PM to 1:30 AM · Sat 4 PM to 1:30 AM · Sun 4 PM to 12 AM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "Cocktails & Music Harlan Records is built around the idea to "listen more", inspired by our personal connection with music, local heritage, Japanese listening bars and the intangible effect of good spirits and great company. Uniquely located near San Francisco's Jazz and Blues music scene of the 50's and 60's where Union Square was the epicenter. Coalesced by vintage high fidelity to achieve the truest sound of the time resonates through a vintage Thorens TD124 powered by a McIntosh 2210 amp and JBL L100 and Sony SS-7300 speakers to fill the space. Drawing locals and tourists alike, Harlan Records features full-sides of long play vinyl records in a comfortable urban environment and a cocktail program inspired by classic recipes."


### When to go

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


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Le Central | French restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Scott’s Chowder House | Seafood restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Amorino Gelato - San Francisco | Ice cream shop | 1 min walk |
| Posh Bagel | Bakery | 1 min walk |
| Café de la Presse | French restaurant | 1 min walk |
| TBD izakaya | Japanese restaurant | 1 min walk |


## Reputation

4.7 average across 401 reviews: Google 401. (Confirmed, read September 9, 2026.)

Harlan Records stands out for its unique blend of cocktails and music, but struggles with service consistency and noise levels. (AI guess, from 401 reviews.)


### What people like

- Creative and beautifully made cocktails
- Great tunes and lively ambiance
- Intimate atmosphere with thoughtful design


### What people do not like

- Loud environment makes music hard to hear
- Rude or unresponsive staff
- Inaccurate billing practices reported


### Press

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### Awards

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### Directories

Listed on 0 of the 26 directories we checked.

| Directory | Listed |
| --- | --- |
| Alignable | Not listed |
| Angi | Not listed |
| Apple Maps | Not listed |
| BBB | Not listed |
| Birdeye | Not listed |
| Brownbook | Not listed |
| Chamber of Commerce | Not listed |
| Cylex | Not listed |
| DexKnows | Not listed |
| Facebook | Not listed |
| Foursquare | Not listed |
| Groupon | Not listed |
| Hotfrog | Not listed |
| Manta | Not listed |
| MapQuest | Not listed |
| MerchantCircle | Not listed |
| Nextdoor | Not listed |
| OpenTable | Not listed |
| Superpages | Not listed |
| Thumbtack | Not listed |
| Tripadvisor | Not listed |
| Trustpilot | Not listed |
| Tupalo | Not listed |
| Yellowbook | Not listed |
| Yellow Pages | Not listed |
| Yelp | Not listed |


## Questions people ask


### Booking at Harlan Records in San Francisco, how does it work?


### discounts for coming back, is that a thing


### reviews all look glowing, what are the real complaints?


### anyone actually happy with this place?


### are prices in San Francisco higher than everywhere else


### do I need to fill anything in beforehand


### Whereabouts is this place?


### trying to avoid the rush, which day is quiet


### anything good on Harlan to kill time near Harlan Records?


### rough idea what Harlan Records costs?


### picking between the two, is Pacific Cocktail the safer bet?


### last update from here was when?


### what does Harlan Records actually get right?


### is San Francisco expensive for this, or is it just here


### walk ins, or is it booked solid


### best cocktail bar in San Francisco


### opening hours here, what are they these days?


## The AI Score: 28 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. Harlan Records scores 28, below the San Francisco average of 31. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Harlan Records |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 29 | 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 | 14 | 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 | 65 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Good |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 | 85 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Good |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 74 | 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 Harlan Records |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Harlan Records | LocalBusiness | #business | http://www.harlanrecords.com/ | Subject of this page |
| San Francisco, California | City | #city |  | City Harlan Records 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:ChIJ-Y4uYaqBhYARqH5-U8RufZg (accessed Sep 9, 2026)
- [2] harlanrecords.com, https://www.harlanrecords.com/contact-reservations (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [3] harlanrecords.com, https://www.harlanrecords.com/selectors-collectors (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [4] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 29, 2026; ChatGPT and Perplexity via DataForSEO on Oct 29, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [5] harlanrecords.com, http://www.harlanrecords.com/ (accessed Oct 29, 2026)