# The Buena Vista, San Francisco CA: Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/the-buena-vista-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/the-buena-vista-san-francisco-ca

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## In short

The Buena Vista is a bar in San Francisco, CA. Its AI Score is 32 of 100, which is poor.

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


## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Type | Bar |
| Address | 2765 Hyde St, San Francisco, CA 94109, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Thu 9 AM to 11 PM · Fri 9 AM to 12 AM · Sat 8 AM to 12 AM · Sun 8 AM to 11 PM |
| Phone | (415) 474-5044 |
| Rating | 4.6 across 8,282 reviews on Google |
| Quietest time | Thursday |
| 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 | 2765 Hyde St, San Francisco, CA 94109, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Opened in 1916, this corner spot serves its signature Irish coffee alongside American staples. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Thu 9:00 AM to 11:00 PM · Fri 9:00 AM to 12:00 AM · Sat 8:00 AM to 12:00 AM · Sun 8:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | The Buena Vista | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (415) 474-5044 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 9:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 9:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 9:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 9:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 9:00 AM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 8:00 AM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 8:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | American food | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Bar service | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Irish coffee | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Irish coffee story | From their website | Business website |
| Links | Facebook | https://facebook.com/197193286969015 | AI guess | Our record |
| Links | Instagram | https://instagram.com/thebuenavistasf | AI guess | Our record |
| Links | Website | http://www.thebuenavista.com/home/home.html | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

These are the 1 service The Buena Vista offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.

| Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Irish coffee story |  |  |  | From their website |


### Known for

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## The team

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## Visiting The Buena Vista

Address: 2765 Hyde St, San Francisco, CA 94109, USA. Phone: (415) 474-5044. Hours: Mon to Thu 9 AM to 11 PM · Fri 9 AM to 12 AM · Sat 8 AM to 12 AM · Sun 8 AM to 11 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "Opened in 1916, this corner spot serves its signature Irish coffee alongside American staples."


### When to go

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


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Beach St & Hyde St | Transit station | 1 min walk |
| Lanikai BBQ Tea House | Hawaiian restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Cafe de Casa | Cafe | 1 min walk |
| Grandeho's Kamekyo | Japanese restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Hyde St & Beach St | Transit station | 1 min walk |
| Greetings from San Francisco Mural by Victor Ving | Tourist attraction | 1 min walk |


## Reputation

4.6 average across 8,282 reviews: Google 8,282. (Confirmed, read September 9, 2026.)

While renowned for its Irish coffee, The Buena Vista struggles with service consistency and customer treatment. (AI guess, from 8,282 reviews.)


### What people like

- Famous Irish coffee
- Delicious garlic fries
- Best espresso martini
- Impeccable service


### What people do not like

- Rude or unprofessional staff
- Long waits for service
- Inconsistent food quality
- Poor handling of takeout orders


### Press

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### Awards

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### Directories

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## Questions people ask


### is there a socials account worth following


### Busiest day at The Buena Vista, anyone know?


### what else is on Hyde around this place?


### Worth the hype at The Buena Vista?


### best bar in San Francisco


### cheaper than The Buena Vista in San Francisco without it being sketchy?


### pricey at The Buena Vista, or about normal?


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


### first visit at The Buena Vista, what do I need to bring?


### Why do people rate The Buena Vista?


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


### do regulars get anything here


### walk in at The Buena Vista in San Francisco, or is it appointment only?


### The Buena Vista, any chance to get a table this week?


### torn between this place and Hawaii West?


### prices round here, anyone got a number


### Downsides nobody puts in a five star review?


## The AI Score: 32 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. The Buena Vista scores 32, above the San Francisco average of 31. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | The Buena Vista |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 50 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Fair |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 81 | 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 | 70 | 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 |  | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. |  |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 34 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Poor |

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 The Buena Vista |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The Buena Vista | LocalBusiness | #business | http://www.thebuenavista.com/home/home.html | Subject of this page |
| San Francisco, California | City | #city |  | City The Buena Vista 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

- [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJ-ZbR8Dd-j4ARw7-UmpB7Ks8 (accessed Sep 9, 2026)
- [2] thebuenavista.com, https://www.thebuenavista.com/home/irishcoffee.html (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)