# Royal Exchange Restaurant, San Francisco CA: Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/royal-exchange-restaurant-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/royal-exchange-restaurant-san-francisco-ca

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## In short

Royal Exchange Restaurant is a bar & grill 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 | Bar & grill |
| Address | 301 Sacramento St, San Francisco, CA 94111, USA |
| Hours | Mon 11 AM to 8:30 PM · Tue to Fri 11 AM to 9:30 PM · Closed Sat to Sun |
| Phone | (415) 956-1710 |
| Rating | 4.3 across 760 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 | 301 Sacramento St, San Francisco, CA 94111, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Pub grub, lots of beers on tap & TVs tuned to sports highlight this popular Financial District bar. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon 11:00 AM to 8:30 PM · Tue to Fri 11:00 AM to 9:30 PM · Sat to Sun Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Royal Exchange Restaurant | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (415) 956-1710 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 11:00 AM to 8:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 11:00 AM to 9:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 11:00 AM to 9:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 11:00 AM to 9:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 11:00 AM to 9:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Beers on tap | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Party | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Party hosting | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Pub grub | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Sports TV | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Test carousel | From their website | Business website |
| Links | Facebook | https://facebook.com/royalexchange | AI guess | Our record |
| Links | Instagram | https://instagram.com/royalexchange | AI guess | Our record |
| Links | Website | https://www.royalexchange.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

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

| Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Party |  |  |  | From their website |
| Test carousel |  |  |  | From their website |


### Known for

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## The team

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## Visiting Royal Exchange

Address: 301 Sacramento St, San Francisco, CA 94111, USA. Phone: (415) 956-1710. Hours: Mon 11 AM to 8:30 PM · Tue to Fri 11 AM to 9:30 PM · Closed Sat to Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "Pub grub, lots of beers on tap & TVs tuned to sports highlight this popular Financial District bar."


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Folklore | American restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Bluestone Lane Front Street Coffee Shop | Coffee shop | 1 min walk |
| Schroeder's | German restaurant | 1 min walk |
| One Embarcadero Center - Lot #74 | Parking garage | 1 min walk |
| Parking sfo | Parking lot | 1 min walk |
| Peet's Coffee | Coffee shop | 1 min walk |


## Reputation

4.3 average across 760 reviews: Google 760. (Confirmed, read September 9, 2026.)

The Royal Exchange is a classic pub with a strong happy hour scene, but service and food quality can be hit or miss. (AI guess, from 760 reviews.)


### What people like

- Steak Nachos
- Soft pretzel
- Fish and chips
- Happy hour deals
- Variety of beers on tap


### What people do not like

- Unpleasant service from staff
- Inconsistent food quality
- Long waits for food
- High prices with added fees
- Locked doors before closing time


### Press

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### Directories

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## Questions people ask


### anyone been on a Saturday, were they trading


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


### bad experiences at Royal Exchange, anyone?


### people keep recommending Royal Exchange, what for?


### pricey at Royal Exchange, or about normal?


### what else is on Sacramento around Royal Exchange?


### walk in at Royal Exchange in San Francisco, or is it appointment only?


### anything I should sort out before a first visit here?


### Why do people rate Royal Exchange?


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


### which one, this place or Brickhouse?


### On a budget in San Francisco, is Royal Exchange the one?


### best bar & grill in San Francisco


### Whereabouts is this place?


### is there a rewards thing at Royal Exchange


### Royal Exchange, any chance to get a table this week?


### Do they post anywhere?


## The AI Score: 25 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. San Francisco bar & grills run 25 to 37. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Royal Exchange scores 25, below the San Francisco average of 32. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Royal Exchange |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 79 | 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 | 57 | 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 | 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 & grill: 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 Royal Exchange |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Royal Exchange Restaurant | LocalBusiness | #business | https://www.royalexchange.com/ | Subject of this page |
| San Francisco, California | City | #city |  | City Royal Exchange 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 bar & grills in San Francisco, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best bar & grills in San Francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco/bar-and-grill
- 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:ChIJY-YkpGGAhYARyWegtC5v6w4 (accessed Sep 9, 2026)
- [2] royalexchange.com, https://www.royalexchange.com/party (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [3] royalexchange.com, https://www.royalexchange.com/test-carousel (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [4] AI engine output: ChatGPT, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 11, 2026; Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 9, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 19, 2026)