# Vesuvio Cafe, San Francisco CA: Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/vesuvio-cafe-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/vesuvio-cafe-san-francisco-ca

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## In short

Vesuvio Cafe is a cocktail 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 | Cocktail bar |
| Address | 255 Columbus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94133, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Thu 11 AM to 1 AM · Fri to Sat 11 AM to 2 AM · Sun 11 AM to 1 AM |
| Phone | (415) 362-3370 |
| Rating | 4.6 across 2,014 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 | 255 Columbus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94133, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Visitors & locals alike toast Kerouac et al. amid Beat-era memorabilia at this North Beach icon. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Thu 11:00 AM to 1:00 AM · Fri to Sat 11:00 AM to 2:00 AM · Sun 11:00 AM to 1:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Vesuvio Cafe | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (415) 362-3370 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 11:00 AM to 1:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 11:00 AM to 1:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 11:00 AM to 1:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 11:00 AM to 1:00 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 | 11:00 AM to 1:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Art | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Averna gimlet | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Averna spritz | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Bibita | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Bolero so what | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Cindy now | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Citizens jazz | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Cocktail service | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Dark metals | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Di prima | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Gaucho | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Giffard aperitif spritzer non alcoholic | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Gin sberg | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Halloween party | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | House boulevardier | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | House collins | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | House paloma | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Jalapeno margarita | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Kelley stoltz anna hillburg | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Links | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Live music events | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Meredith edgar moondaze | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Mezcal negroni | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Monster treasure swiftumz | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Monte mule | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Non-alcoholic drinks | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | People | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Re seraphin ufo baby | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Rexroth | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Sign out | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Strawberry 75 | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Vesuvio americano | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Words | From their website | Business website |
| Links | Website | http://www.vesuvio.com/index2.html | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

These are the 30 services Vesuvio offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.

| Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| House collins |  |  |  | From their website |
| Words |  |  |  | From their website |
| Art |  |  |  | From their website |
| Dark metals |  |  |  | From their website |
| Meredith edgar moondaze |  |  |  | From their website |
| House paloma |  |  |  | From their website |
| Averna gimlet |  |  |  | From their website |
| Mezcal negroni |  |  |  | From their website |
| Averna spritz |  |  |  | From their website |
| Monster treasure swiftumz |  |  |  | From their website |
| Bolero so what |  |  |  | From their website |
| Cindy now |  |  |  | From their website |
| Monte mule |  |  |  | From their website |
| People |  |  |  | From their website |
| Re seraphin ufo baby |  |  |  | From their website |
| Bibita |  |  |  | From their website |
| Citizens jazz |  |  |  | From their website |
| Sign out |  |  |  | From their website |
| Vesuvio americano |  |  |  | From their website |
| Strawberry 75 |  |  |  | From their website |
| Rexroth |  |  |  | From their website |
| Giffard aperitif spritzer non alcoholic |  |  |  | From their website |
| Di prima |  |  |  | From their website |
| Gin sberg |  |  |  | From their website |
| Gaucho |  |  |  | From their website |
| House boulevardier |  |  |  | From their website |
| Halloween party |  |  |  | From their website |
| Kelley stoltz anna hillburg |  |  |  | From their website |
| Jalapeno margarita |  |  |  | From their website |
| Links |  |  |  | From their website |


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## The team

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## Visiting Vesuvio

Address: 255 Columbus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94133, USA. Phone: (415) 362-3370. Hours: Mon to Thu 11 AM to 1 AM · Fri to Sat 11 AM to 2 AM · Sun 11 AM to 1 AM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "Visitors & locals alike toast Kerouac et al. amid Beat-era memorabilia at this North Beach icon."


### When to go

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


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Columbus Ave & Broadway | Bus stop | 1 min walk |
| Jack Kerouac Alley | Tourist attraction | 1 min walk |
| Sushi Chef | Sushi restaurant | 1 min walk |
| The Zodiac Mural | Tourist attraction | 1 min walk |
| Jamra Pizzeria & Grill | Pizza restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Broadway & Columbus Ave | Bus stop | 1 min walk |


## Reputation

4.6 average across 2,014 reviews: Google 2,014. (Confirmed, read September 9, 2026.)

While Vesuvio Cafe is celebrated for its historic charm and drink options, inconsistent service and staff attitudes detract from the experience. (AI guess, from 2,014 reviews.)


### What people like

- Campari soda
- Breakfast Martini
- Live music in the alley


### What people do not like

- Rude bartenders
- Unpleasant interactions with bouncers
- Slow service at the bar


### Press

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### Awards

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### Directories

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## Questions people ask


### quietest day to hit Vesuvio?


### what time does this place actually open?


### best cocktail bar in San Francisco


### rough idea what Vesuvio costs?


### do I need to book Vesuvio in San Francisco or can I just turn up?


### going rate for bars locally, any idea


### Any membership pricing at Vesuvio?


### lunch near Columbus, what is good


### walking in for a first visit, what happens


### bad experiences at Vesuvio, anyone?


### cheaper than this place in San Francisco without it being sketchy?


### anything new from Vesuvio lately?


### is Pacific Cocktail any better


### where exactly is this place?


### Vesuvio, any chance to get a table this week?


### people keep recommending Vesuvio, what for?


### the good stuff about this place, what is it?


## The AI Score: 32 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. San Francisco cocktail bars run 25 to 48. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Vesuvio scores 32, above the San Francisco average of 31. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Vesuvio |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 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 | 59 | 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 | 50 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Fair |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 76 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Good |

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

How AI decides what to say about a cocktail 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 Vesuvio |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Vesuvio Cafe | LocalBusiness | #business | http://www.vesuvio.com/index2.html | Subject of this page |
| San Francisco, California | City | #city |  | City Vesuvio 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 cocktail bars in San Francisco, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best cocktail bars in San Francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco/cocktail-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:ChIJT2cmiPSAhYARwyhb3VgcriM (accessed Sep 9, 2026)
- [2] vesuvio.com, https://vesuvio.com/words/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [3] vesuvio.com, https://vesuvio.com/drink-menu/averna-gimlet/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [4] vesuvio.com, https://vesuvio.com/drink-menu/averna-spritz/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [5] vesuvio.com, https://vesuvio.com/drink-menu/bibita/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [6] vesuvio.com, https://vesuvio.com/previous-calendar-events/bolero-so-what/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [7] vesuvio.com, https://vesuvio.com/previous-calendar-events/cindy-now/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [8] vesuvio.com, https://vesuvio.com/previous-calendar-events/citizens-jazz/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [9] vesuvio.com, https://vesuvio.com/drink-menu/strawberry-75/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [10] vesuvio.com, https://vesuvio.com/drink-menu/vesuvio-americano/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [11] vesuvio.com, https://vesuvio.com/art/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [12] vesuvio.com, https://vesuvio.com/previous-calendar-events/dark-metals/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [13] vesuvio.com, https://vesuvio.com/uncategorized/di-prima/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [14] vesuvio.com, https://vesuvio.com/previous-calendar-events/gaucho/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [15] vesuvio.com, https://vesuvio.com/drink-menu/giffard-aperitif-spritzer-non-alcoholic/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [16] vesuvio.com, https://vesuvio.com/drink-menu/gin-sberg/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [17] vesuvio.com, https://vesuvio.com/previous-calendar-events/halloween-party/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [18] vesuvio.com, https://vesuvio.com/drink-menu/house-boulevardier/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [19] vesuvio.com, https://vesuvio.com/drink-menu/house-collins/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [20] vesuvio.com, https://vesuvio.com/uncategorized/house-paloma/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [21] vesuvio.com, https://vesuvio.com/drink-menu/jalapeno-margarita/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [22] vesuvio.com, https://vesuvio.com/previous-calendar-events/kelley-stoltz-anna-hillburg/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [23] vesuvio.com, https://vesuvio.com/links/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [24] vesuvio.com, https://vesuvio.com/previous-calendar-events/meredith-edgar-moondaze/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [25] vesuvio.com, https://vesuvio.com/uncategorized/mezcal-negroni/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [26] vesuvio.com, https://vesuvio.com/previous-calendar-events/monster-treasure-swiftumz/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [27] vesuvio.com, https://vesuvio.com/drink-menu/monte-mule/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [28] vesuvio.com, https://vesuvio.com/people/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [29] vesuvio.com, https://vesuvio.com/previous-calendar-events/re-seraphin-ufo-baby/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [30] vesuvio.com, https://vesuvio.com/drink-menu/rexroth/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [31] vesuvio.com, https://vesuvio.com/sign-out/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [32] AI engine output: ChatGPT, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 12, 2026; Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 9, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 19, 2026)