# The Old Ship Saloon, San Francisco CA: Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/the-old-ship-saloon-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-old-ship-saloon-san-francisco-ca

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## In short

The Old Ship Saloon 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 | 298 Pacific Ave, San Francisco, CA 94111, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Sat 11 AM to 2 AM · Sun 10 AM to 1 AM |
| Phone | (415) 788-2222 |
| Rating | 4.5 across 931 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 | 298 Pacific Ave, San Francisco, CA 94111, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Landmark saloon, converted from a 19th-century sailing ship, dispensing draft beer & pub grub. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Sat 11:00 AM to 2:00 AM · Sun 10:00 AM to 1:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | The Old Ship Saloon | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (415) 788-2222 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 11:00 AM to 2:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 11:00 AM to 2:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 11:00 AM to 2:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 11:00 AM to 2:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 11:00 AM to 2:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 11:00 AM to 2:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 10:00 AM to 1:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Draft beer | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Pub grub | AI guess |  |
| Links | Website | https://www.oldshipsaloonsf.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

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## The team

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## Visiting The Old Ship Saloon

Address: 298 Pacific Ave, San Francisco, CA 94111, USA. Phone: (415) 788-2222. Hours: Mon to Sat 11 AM to 2 AM · Sun 10 AM to 1 AM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "Landmark saloon, converted from a 19th-century sailing ship, dispensing draft beer & pub grub."


### When to go

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


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Yo Yo's | Japanese restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Battery St & Broadway | Bus stop | 1 min walk |
| Cassava San Francisco | Cafe | 1 min walk |
| Gambino's New York Subs | Sandwich shop | 2 min walk |
| 768 Sansome St. | Parking lot | 2 min walk |
| Tacos San Buena | Mexican restaurant | 2 min walk |


## Reputation

4.5 average across 931 reviews: Google 931. (Confirmed, read September 9, 2026.)

While the Old Ship Saloon boasts a rich history and a solid menu, inconsistent service and staff attitudes can detract from the experience. (AI guess, from 931 reviews.)


### What people like

- Clam chowder
- Sweet potato fries
- Burger with Beyond patty
- Chicken mole nachos


### What people do not like

- Rude or unresponsive staff
- Long waits for service
- Food served in warm glasses
- Inconsistent service quality


### Press

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## Questions people ask


### Why do people rate The Old Ship Saloon?


### people keep recommending this place, what for?


### pricey at The Old Ship Saloon, or about normal?


### Whereabouts is The Old Ship Saloon?


### The Old Ship Saloon, any chance to get a table this week?


### which one, this place or Hawaii West?


### points or member pricing at The Old Ship Saloon, worth signing up?


### what time does The Old Ship Saloon in San Francisco actually open?


### cheaper than The Old Ship Saloon in San Francisco without it being sketchy?


### best bar in San Francisco


### anything new here lately?


### killing time on Pacific, any ideas


### Booking a first visit here, what happens?


### is there a common complaint here


### Busiest day at The Old Ship Saloon, anyone know?


### Ballpark for a visit to a bar in San Francisco?


## 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 Old Ship Saloon 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 Old Ship Saloon |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 |  | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. |  |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 90 | 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 | 63 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Fair |
| 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 Old Ship Saloon |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The Old Ship Saloon | LocalBusiness | #business | https://www.oldshipsaloonsf.com/ | Subject of this page |
| San Francisco, California | City | #city |  | City The Old Ship Saloon 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
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- /mountain-view: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/mountain-view
- /santa-clara: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/santa-clara


### Every list

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## References


### Sources cited

- [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJC9wG8l-AhYARfSw_a7FX_VM (accessed Sep 9, 2026)
- [2] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 9, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 19, 2026)