# McCarthy's Irish Bar, San Francisco CA: Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/mccarthy-s-irish-bar-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/mccarthy-s-irish-bar-san-francisco-ca

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## In short

McCarthy's Irish Bar is an irish pub in San Francisco, CA. Its AI Score is 35 of 100, which is poor.

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


## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Type | Irish pub |
| Address | 46 W Portal Ave, San Francisco, CA 94127, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Sat 12 PM to 2 AM · Sun 10 AM to 2 AM |
| Phone | (415) 702-6227 |
| Rating | 4.5 across 156 reviews on Google |
| Quietest time | Wednesday |
| 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 | 46 W Portal Ave, San Francisco, CA 94127, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | We are a welcoming traditional Irish pub for locals and well-behaved tourists. Come catch a game or just come by for the craic, either way Cead Míle Fáilte! We love our regulars! | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Sat 12:00 PM to 2:00 AM · Sun 10:00 AM to 2:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | McCarthy's Irish Bar | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (415) 702-6227 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 12:00 PM to 2:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 12:00 PM to 2:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 12:00 PM to 2:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 12:00 PM to 2:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 12:00 PM to 2:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 12:00 PM to 2:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 10:00 AM to 2:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Beer | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Beer wine list | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Live sports broadcasts | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Social gatherings | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Wine | AI guess |  |
| Links | Facebook | https://facebook.com/mccarthysirishbarsf | AI guess | Our record |
| Links | Instagram | https://instagram.com/mccarthysirishbarsf | AI guess | Our record |
| Links | Website | https://www.mccarthysirishbarsf.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

These are the 1 service McCarthy's Irish offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.

| Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Beer wine list |  |  |  | From their website |


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## The team

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## Visiting McCarthy's Irish

Address: 46 W Portal Ave, San Francisco, CA 94127, USA. Phone: (415) 702-6227. Hours: Mon to Sat 12 PM to 2 AM · Sun 10 AM to 2 AM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "We are a welcoming traditional Irish pub for locals and well-behaved tourists. Come catch a game or just come by for the craic, either way Cead Míle Fáilte! We love our regulars!"


### When to go

Quietest day: Wednesday. Busiest day: Friday. From the popular times on its Google listing.


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| El Toreador | Mexican restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Peet's Coffee | Coffee shop | 1 min walk |
| Bursa | Mediterranean restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Hardware Coffee Co. | Cafe | 1 min walk |
| Noe Valley Bakery West Portal | Bakery | 1 min walk |
| Franco's Latin Table | Peruvian restaurant | 1 min walk |


## Reputation

4.5 average across 156 reviews: Google 156. (Confirmed, read September 9, 2026.)

Despite its welcoming vibe, McCarthy's struggles with service quality and safety issues, making it a hit-or-miss for visitors. (AI guess, from 156 reviews.)


### What people like

- Good vibes and atmosphere
- Cold beers and strong drinks


### What people do not like

- Rude and unresponsive staff
- Safety concerns for women
- Limited food options


### Press

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## Questions people ask


### what does this place actually get right?


### Do they post anywhere?


### points or member pricing at McCarthy's Irish, worth signing up?


### opening hours at McCarthy's Irish in San Francisco, what are they these days?


### does this place ever have cancellations


### best irish pub in San Francisco


### where exactly is McCarthy's Irish?


### bad experiences at McCarthy's Irish, anyone?


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


### anyone actually happy with this place?


### anything I should sort out before a first visit at McCarthy's Irish?


### anywhere cheaper than McCarthy's Irish in San Francisco that is still good?


### Coffee near this place on Portal?


### going rate for pubs locally, any idea


### is Johnny Foley's any better


## What AI gets wrong about McCarthy's Irish

We ask ChatGPT and Gemini about McCarthy's Irish. These are the answers that don’t match this page.

ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 9, 2026.

| Fact | What AI says | What this page says |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Address | ChatGPT, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 9, 2026: 46 West Portal Avenue | 46 W Portal Ave, San Francisco, CA 94127, USA |


## The AI Score: 35 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. San Francisco irish pubs run 33 to 66. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. McCarthy's Irish scores 35, below the San Francisco average of 51. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | McCarthy's Irish |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 50 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Fair |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 94 | 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 | 54 | 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 | 57 | 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 an irish pub: 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 McCarthy's Irish |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| McCarthy's Irish Bar | LocalBusiness | #business | https://www.mccarthysirishbarsf.com/ | Subject of this page |
| San Francisco, California | City | #city |  | City McCarthy's Irish 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 irish pubs in San Francisco, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best irish pubs in San Francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco/irish-pub
- 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:ChIJNVzjV-p9j4ARGvZLgdajefY (accessed Sep 9, 2026)
- [2] mccarthysirishbarsf.com, https://www.mccarthysirishbarsf.com/beer-wine-list (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [3] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 9, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 19, 2026)