# Shelby’s Rooftop, San Francisco CA: Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/shelby-s-rooftop-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/shelby-s-rooftop-san-francisco-ca

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## In short

Shelby’s Rooftop is a bar in San Francisco, CA. Its AI Score is 33 of 100, which is poor.

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


## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Type | Bar |
| Address | 250 4th St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Thu 6:30 AM to 1:45 PM and 3 PM to 12 AM · Fri 6:30 AM to 1:45 PM and 3 PM to 1 AM · Sat 6:30 AM to 1:45 PM and 4 PM to 1 AM · Sun 6:30 AM to 1:45 PM and 4 PM to 12 AM |
| Phone | (650) 302-5079 |
| Rating | 4.1 across 671 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 | 250 4th St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | San Francisco's rooftop bar and event venue on the 12th floor of the Canopy by Hilton in SoMa. Panoramic views of Oracle Park, the Bay Bridge, and the SF skyline. Craft cocktails, dinner, and weekend brunch with views. DJ-driven nightlife, private events, and corporate gatherings for groups of all sizes. Whether you're planning a date night, rooftop brunch, or a private event downtown, Shelby's delivers an elevated experience above the city. Located in SoMa, minutes from Union Square. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Thu 6:30 AM to 1:45 PM, 3:00 PM to 12:00 AM · Fri 6:30 AM to 1:45 PM, 3:00 PM to 1:00 AM · Sat 6:30 AM to 1:45 PM, 4:00 PM to 1:00 AM · Sun 6:30 AM to 1:45 PM, 4:00 PM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Shelby’s Rooftop | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (650) 302-5079 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 6:30 AM to 1:45 PM and 3:00 PM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 6:30 AM to 1:45 PM and 3:00 PM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 6:30 AM to 1:45 PM and 3:00 PM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 6:30 AM to 1:45 PM and 3:00 PM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 6:30 AM to 1:45 PM and 3:00 PM to 1:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 6:30 AM to 1:45 PM and 4:00 PM to 1:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 6:30 AM to 1:45 PM and 4:00 PM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Bar en la azotea | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Bar sur le toit | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Brunch et evenements | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Brunch lunch | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Brunch y eventos | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Corporate gatherings | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Craft cocktails | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Dinner | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | DJ-driven nightlife | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Elements | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Espa ol es | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Fran ais fr | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Photos | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Private events | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Private events 1 | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Rooftop bar | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Ruftoppu baa | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | See menu | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Statements policies | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Statements policies 1 | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Weekend brunch | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Wuding jiuba | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Zhcn | From their website | Business website |
| Links | Facebook | https://facebook.com/shelbysrooftop | AI guess | Our record |
| Links | Instagram | https://instagram.com/shelbys_rooftop | AI guess | Our record |
| Links | Website | https://www.shelbysrooftopsf.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

These are the 18 services Shelby’s Rooftop offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.

| Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Brunch et evenements |  |  |  | From their website |
| Bar en la azotea |  |  |  | From their website |
| Photos |  |  |  | From their website |
| Rooftop bar |  |  |  | From their website |
| Brunch lunch |  |  |  | From their website |
| Private events |  |  |  | From their website |
| Private events 1 |  |  |  | From their website |
| Statements policies |  |  |  | From their website |
| See menu |  |  |  | From their website |
| Brunch y eventos |  |  |  | From their website |
| Ruftoppu baa |  |  |  | From their website |
| Statements policies 1 |  |  |  | From their website |
| Zhcn |  |  |  | From their website |
| Bar sur le toit |  |  |  | From their website |
| Elements |  |  |  | From their website |
| Espa ol es |  |  |  | From their website |
| Fran ais fr |  |  |  | From their website |
| Wuding jiuba |  |  |  | From their website |


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## Visiting Shelby’s Rooftop

Address: 250 4th St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. Phone: (650) 302-5079. Hours: Mon to Thu 6:30 AM to 1:45 PM and 3 PM to 12 AM · Fri 6:30 AM to 1:45 PM and 3 PM to 1 AM · Sat 6:30 AM to 1:45 PM and 4 PM to 1 AM · Sun 6:30 AM to 1:45 PM and 4 PM to 12 AM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "San Francisco's rooftop bar and event venue on the 12th floor of the Canopy by Hilton in SoMa. Panoramic views of Oracle Park, the Bay Bridge, and the SF skyline. Craft cocktails, dinner, and weekend brunch with views. DJ-driven nightlife, private events, and corporate gatherings for groups of all sizes. Whether you're planning a date night, rooftop brunch, or a private event downtown, Shelby's delivers an elevated experience above the city. Located in SoMa, minutes from Union Square."


### 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 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Canopy by Hilton San Francisco SoMa Parking (Propark) | Parking | 1 min walk |
| Bean Bar Cafe | Coffee shop | 1 min walk |
| Yerba Buena/ Moscone | Light rail station | 1 min walk |
| Yerba Buena/Moscone Station | Transit station | 1 min walk |
| Yerba Buena/ Moscone | Light rail station | 1 min walk |
| 4th St & Folsom St | Bus stop | 1 min walk |


## Reputation

4.1 average across 671 reviews: Google 671. (Confirmed, read September 9, 2026.)

Despite its stunning views, Shelby's Rooftop struggles with service consistency and high prices, making it a mixed experience for diners. (AI guess, from 671 reviews.)


### What people like

- Great views of the city
- Saffron pasta
- Deviled eggs
- Chicken sandwich


### What people do not like

- Long waits for service
- Reservations not honored
- Overpriced drinks
- Inattentive staff
- Slow food delivery


### Press

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### Awards

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### Directories

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## Questions people ask


### Whereabouts is this place?


### Why do people rate Shelby’s Rooftop?


### last update from here was when?


### best bar in San Francisco


### people keep recommending Shelby’s Rooftop, what for?


### does this place ever have cancellations


### what else is on 4th around this place?


### Are the hours on Google right for this place?


### Booking at Shelby’s Rooftop in San Francisco, how does it work?


### anything I should sort out before a first visit at Shelby’s Rooftop?


### points or member pricing at Shelby’s Rooftop, worth signing up?


### pricey at Shelby’s Rooftop, or about normal?


### when is this place actually dead?


### cheaper than Shelby’s Rooftop in San Francisco without it being sketchy?


### going rate for bars locally, any idea


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


### Shelby’s Rooftop or Hawaii West?


## The AI Score: 33 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. San Francisco bars run 24 to 55. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Shelby’s Rooftop scores 33, above the San Francisco average of 31. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Shelby’s Rooftop |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 |  | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. |  |
| 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 | 55 | 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 | 88 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Good |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 78 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Good |

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

How AI decides what to say about a 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 Shelby’s Rooftop |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Shelby’s Rooftop | LocalBusiness | #business | https://www.shelbysrooftopsf.com/ | Subject of this page |
| San Francisco, California | City | #city |  | City Shelby’s Rooftop 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 bars in San Francisco, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

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

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- [17] shelbysrooftopsf.com, https://www.shelbysrooftopsf.com/es/photos-1/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
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- [22] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 9, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 19, 2026)