#105Global
Pacific Cocktail Haven
San Francisco, USA · Asian-Pacific cocktail bar · North America
Near Union Square, Pacific Cocktail Haven explores Asian and Pacific flavours through cocktails made with ingredients such as pandan, calamansi and black sesame. The bar has a wood-lined interior and an open-air courtyard.
Description source · Checked 2026-09-09
Plan Your Visit
550 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA 94102, United StatesUnion Square / Nob Hill
Check before visiting. Sources disagree about hours; confirm the latest details with the venue.
- Style
- Asian-Pacific cocktail barChecked 2026-09-09 · Source
- Booking
- First come, first served; no ordinary reservations. Full buyouts are handled separately.Checked 2026-09-30 · Source
- Menu
- The owner’s current /menu route publishes itemized cocktail and other drink sections.Checked 2026-09-30 · Source
Hours and menus can change. Check the venue’s latest details before visiting.
The score & its evidence
Seven signals. One score.
49.7 / 100
The composite combines the seven weighted signals and the published adjustments. The chart shows each signal before weighting.
Read the full calculation- Guest ratings
- 75.6
- World's 50 Best
- 8.7
- Top 500 Bars
- 61.0
- Spirited Awards
- —None found · Checked; no qualifying signal found; contributes zero
- Regional Recognition
- 85.2
- Serious press
- 13.3
- Social Vibes
- 56.7
Weights: Guest ratings 23% · World's 50 Best 12% · Top 500 Bars 10% · Spirited 12% · Regional Recognition 18% · Press 10% · Social Vibes 15%
Missing evidence, confirmed none and evidence outside a scoring window each contribute zero. We do not redistribute their fixed weight to other signals.
Social Vibes
Score read updated:
Sentiment score
81/ 100
Historical 81/100 and high confidence retained. This check qualifies source attribution, not proprietary calibration or a representative current sample.
Score context
Three editorial guides describe Pacific Cocktail Haven’s Asia-Pacific ingredients, cocktails and informed service. Virginia Miller wrote both the May 2025 Time Out guide and June 2026 Bon Appétit guide; Eater’s guide was updated July 2026. These citations are not three independent customer samples.
Guest sources checked:
Guest score details
What the cited sources say
- Editorial guides praise creative cocktails and warm service
Cautions and context
- Eater describes a busy bar; this is the guide’s observation
This read cites editorial or award context. Those links are distinct from guest accounts; only the reviewed links in Reviews & press count toward Press.
Editorial citations in this read
- timeout.comTime Out — Virginia Miller, editorial source · 1 May 2025 visible
Critic city guide; award narrative not guest evidence.
- sf.eater.comEater — Andrew Calisterio, with additional reporting by Dianne de Guzman; editorial guide · Updated 16 July 2026 visible; original 12 October 2015 metadata
Updated city guide, not original 2015 visit or customer consensus. Eater credits Andrew Calisterio, with additional reporting by Dianne de Guzman.
- bonappetit.comBon Appétit — Virginia Miller, editorial source · 8 June 2026
Same critic as Time Out, not independent customer samples; shared authorship disclosed.
Crowd signal
Google 4.6★ across 1,041 reviews.
View on Google · Checked . Ratings and review counts can change.
Awards
Results from the three global systems scored separately in our formula.
World’s 50 Best
Top 500 Bars
Regional Recognition
Regional and national lists, local awards and bartender peer picks considered for this room's Regional Recognition score. The strongest result from each program and year scores; assessed guides use the latest accepted dated status once.