# The Willows, San Francisco CA: Reviews Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/the-willows-san-francisco-ca. Free to reuse with a link back. By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-09-09. 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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 | Sports bar | | Address | 1582 Folsom St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA | | Hours | Mon to Wed 11:30 AM to 1 AM · Thu to Fri 11:30 AM to 2 AM · Sat 11 AM to 2 AM · Sun 11 AM to 12 AM | | Phone | (415) 226-7768 | | Rating | 4.4 across 944 reviews on Google | | Quietest time | Monday | | 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 | 1582 Folsom St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Description | Gastropub grub pairs with craft beer & cocktails in a laid-back setting with billiards & pinball. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Hours | Mon to Wed 11:30 AM to 1:00 AM · Thu to Fri 11:30 AM to 2:00 AM · Sat 11:00 AM to 2:00 AM · Sun 11:00 AM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Name | The Willows | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Phone | (415) 226-7768 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Monday | 11:30 AM to 1:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Tuesday | 11:30 AM to 1:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Wednesday | 11:30 AM to 1:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Thursday | 11:30 AM to 2:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Friday | 11:30 AM to 2:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Saturday | 11:00 AM to 2:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Sunday | 11:00 AM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Services | Service | Billiards | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Cocktails | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Craft beer | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Gastropub food | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Pinball | AI guess | | | Links | Facebook | https://facebook.com/thewillowssf | AI guess | Our record | | Links | Instagram | https://instagram.com/thewillowssf | AI guess | Our record | | Links | Website | http://thewillowssf.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | ## Services and prices Add your services so AI can say what you offer ### Known for Share your review link so AI can say what you're known for ## The team Add your team so AI can name who works here ## Visiting The Willows Address: 1582 Folsom St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. Phone: (415) 226-7768. Hours: Mon to Wed 11:30 AM to 1 AM · Thu to Fri 11:30 AM to 2 AM · Sat 11 AM to 2 AM · Sun 11 AM to 12 AM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.) ### Location info from Google Business Profile From Google Business Profile: "Gastropub grub pairs with craft beer & cocktails in a laid-back setting with billiards & pinball." ### When to go Quietest day: Monday. Busiest day: Saturday. From the popular times on its Google listing. ### Parking and getting in Add your parking so AI can tell people where to park Add how to find your door so AI can walk people in ### Nearby | Place | Type | Distance | | --- | --- | --- | | Manora's Thai Cuisine | Thai restaurant | 1 min walk | | SOMA Hub Garage (Propark) | Parking garage | 1 min walk | | 1609 Folsom St Parking | Parking lot | 1 min walk | | V Cafe | American restaurant | 1 min walk | | Folsom St & 11th St | Bus stop | 2 min walk | | Eat Sushi Restaurant | Sushi restaurant | 2 min walk | ## Reputation 4.4 average across 944 reviews: Google 944. (Confirmed, read September 9, 2026.) The Willows features a lively game atmosphere but suffers from inconsistent service, particularly from certain bartenders. (AI guess, from 944 reviews.) ### What people like - Burgers and wings - Variety of entertainment options ### What people do not like - Rude bartenders, especially Josh - Long waits for food - Inconsistent service quality ### Press Add a press story so AI can say who's written about you ### Awards Add an award so AI can name it ### Directories Get listed in directories so AI can tell you're real ## Questions people ask ### any last minute tables at The Willows? ### rough idea what The Willows costs? ### killing time on Folsom, any ideas ### people keep recommending The Willows, what for? ### do I need to book The Willows in San Francisco or can I just turn up? ### bad experiences here, anyone? ### where does this place post updates ### the good stuff about The Willows, what is it? ### is there a rewards thing at The Willows ### first visit here, what do I need to bring? ### Ballpark for a visit to a bar in San Francisco? ### Busiest day at The Willows, anyone know? ### opening hours here, what are they these days? ### which one, The Willows or Golden Gate? ### Whereabouts is this place? ### somewhere cheaper in San Francisco that is not a risk? ### best sports bar in San Francisco ## The AI Score: 25 of 100 It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. San Francisco sports bars run 25 to 69. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. The Willows scores 25, below the San Francisco average of 41. The same method scores every business on the registry. | Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | The Willows | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 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 | 70 | 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 | 66 | 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 | 38 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Poor | | Content freshness & schema | 5 | 54 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Fair | Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology How AI decides what to say about a sports 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 Willows | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | The Willows | LocalBusiness | #business | http://thewillowssf.com/ | Subject of this page | | San Francisco, California | City | #city | | City The Willows 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 sports bars in San Francisco, linked to the lists and towns around it. ### Lists - Best sports bars in San Francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco/sports-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:ChIJFw3ArCd-j4AR5T85mhj6N5Y (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)