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4.0 of 5 stars.
I am always down for Lone Palm, yet sometimes I don't understand why it's not more 'poppin'... after all, they always play dope background music and lord knows everyone looks good in candlelight....
yelp.com - user review - 10/15/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
From our rooms we can hear everyone leaving the Lone Palm, so we had to check it out. It has the 80's Miami Vice Deco thing going on which is unique. The crowd isn't a typical Mission crowd- its more...
yelp.com - user review - 10/15/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Nothing special...just another neighborhood bar.
yelp.com - user review - 10/10/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
OK, so this place sort of kicks ass. Its a really hard one to describe.You'd think a place called "lone palm" with a single palm tree out front in a zit-on-your-ass area of the mission (a place you...
yelp.com - user review - 10/07/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This place has an odd Miami Vice vibe going on, like it was a leftover set from the show stuck in the '80s. But that's not exactly a knock. I like it. I like that dogs can hang out and roam, and that...
yelp.com - user review - 08/18/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This is a great place to have as many martinis as possible.
yelp.com - user review - 07/18/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
very subdued place. good vibes here. a nice place to meet with a friend or a mistress and have a quiet conversation. no rowdy punks to be found. plenty of mirrors inside to see how much better u look...
yelp.com - user review - 07/12/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I feel like I've just stepped into a film noir.Everyone looks so nice by candlelight. Make mine a whisky sour."Get me to that bus stop and forget you ever saw me. If we don't make it to the bus...
yelp.com - user review - 07/10/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The Lone Palm is a solid 4-star lounge. The joint has a classy -- but not pretentious -- vibe. The bartenders are friendly, and most have a solid grasp on the art of mixology. They make a fantastic...
yelp.com - user review - 06/21/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This place is really cool and unique, and sort of hidden on an otherwise residential block in the Noe/Mission border region. It's not quite a bar, not quite a lounge, and definitely feels like a...
yelp.com - user review - 06/17/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Perhaps I should give this bar 3 stars, on account of the fact that, not too long after exiting its premises and taking a bus from the Mission to Potrero Hill, I found myself face-down on the sexy San...
yelp.com - user review - 06/08/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
A true gem. This was one of the first bars I visited in SF. Now that I live here I went back to see if it had changed. Not a bit. White tablecloths, BUGLES in bowls on the tables. The friendly...
yelp.com - user review - 05/23/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
my mini-me's favorite dive bar in san francisco...i just don't get it...the white table cloths..... why??? it bothers me because i can't stop wondering why they use white table cloths....the only...
yelp.com - user review - 04/19/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I first came to know of the Lone Palm when the Mythbusters called it out as one of their favorite joints in their Weekly Yelp interview. Without that, I could have continued living merely blocks away...
yelp.com - user review - 04/13/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Many subtle details go into making the Lone Palm a 4-star spot. First, it definitely qualifies as a LOUNGE, not just another bar. For the gentlemen and scholars who prefer to sip their Old Fashioneds...
yelp.com - user review - 04/05/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Very cool lounge with a classic feel. After about 4 or 8 drinks, starts to feel like a David Lynch movie. Also big ups on the ample free goldfish nibbles. One complaint is that gets a little too...
yelp.com - user review - 04/01/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I'm kind of surprised this place averages out at four stars. It's a decent enough bar, but to be frank, it's pretty low on character and just feels like a typical bar. You can't really argue with...
yelp.com - user review - 03/29/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Fun dive bar. Always an eclectic crowd. Love stopping here for a post-dinner drink on our walk home.
yelp.com - user review - 03/22/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I like this bar. It's actually one of the few places in the mission where I could go with a date.Not super crowded during the weekend nights, cheap drinks (3 vodka drinks for $17) and a nice...
yelp.com - user review - 03/15/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Interesting place. I like the fact that they're trying to fancy up a little dive bar with their little white tablecloths. . .made me feel like it was ok that I was a little overdressed for this...
yelp.com - user review - 03/14/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I like that they have white table cloths - cute. Seems like a regular o'l bar to me other than the white table cloths. But I think I have this feeling about a lot of bars. Would I go back? Sure,...
yelp.com - user review - 03/10/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
This bar is smelly and full of similar looking hippie douche bags. I can love the environment but this bar just makes me wanna vomit
yelp.com - user review - 03/08/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
My first experience with the Lone Palm was an odd mix. In the end, it won me over.I walked in and immediately felt like throwing up. The place was completely packed and there was just some odd aroma...
yelp.com - user review - 03/08/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
There are bars, and there are bars where memories happen. The Lone Palm is one of the latter.It's very classic: tables with tablecloths, attractive low lighting, plenty of stools, great bartenders,...
yelp.com - user review - 03/01/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I came here for one reason, and one reason only:I heard a rumor that this bar is frequented by the Myth Busters gang, and is one of their favorite bars to occasionally bust myths in.That immediately...
yelp.com - user review - 02/26/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
i have been reading all of the posts on this bar and it is making me angry. Did someone actually complain about the smokers outside? You transplants should of seen this neighborhood 10, 20 years ago!...
yelp.com - user review - 02/21/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
The white table cloths and candles tell a story. This is a place for intimate conversations, for falling in love, and for chilling out with people you like.I came in on a recon mission, I wanted to...
yelp.com - user review - 02/19/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
They have white tablecloths here, which tells you all you need to know about the atmosphere--mellow and sophisticated (but, gratefully, not pretentious). Just be careful when standing up that said...
yelp.com - user review - 02/10/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Another great dive bar for a Friday night. Good, fun vibe with a mix of a lot of different people. Can get a little crowded after about 10:00p, so if you can snag a table - do it. My only complaint...
yelp.com - user review - 01/26/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
My favorite dive with a vibe. Great place to meet up before trolling the Mission for din-din on a Friday night. Love the goldfish cheezoid snacks with a cosmo. The bartender makes great cocktails, but...
yelp.com - user review - 01/09/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Eh it could be cheaper but their is something about this bar that is so beach town dive trying to class it up that makes the Lone Palm a winner. I remember one night I was headed there and my roomie...
yelp.com - user review - 01/05/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Oh Lone Palm.......What can I say? The first time I went there I got drugged. The second time, last night, was for a friend's birthday that ended in spilled drinks, random people not associated with...
yelp.com - user review - 12/14/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
This bar is everything that is wrong with LA in SF...believe it or not! Overpriced wine and it took the waitress 20 minutes to get my order, she ignored me so hard that I ended up leaving after just...
yelp.com - user review - 12/12/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Love this bar for the retro Miami Vice neon lights, the perfect size half bottles of Moet, sweet bartender, a lone palm tree in the front and a total lack of conformity to whats trendy today.
yelp.com - user review - 12/02/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Kind of stinky... I don't know what that smell was, but it drove me out of there pretty quick.
yelp.com - user review - 11/27/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Nice chill spot to have a drink with friends. Don't know what else to say about it, but I'd definitely go here again.
yelp.com - user review - 11/25/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Great vibe, great diversity of people, great lady bartenders (on Fridays at least) and a nice spot to plant yourself if you're looking for an anonymous type of place (i.e. date or business drinks). I...
yelp.com - user review - 11/24/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Really don't get to visit Lone Palm enough, since it's not close to my place. But when I do, I always enjoy myself. Where else can you enjoy cheap beer and cocktails under the 'shade' of a fake palm...
yelp.com - user review - 11/18/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Lone Palm is simply great. The bartender makes *excellent* drinks- and actually knows what you are talking about when you want a sidecar, Manhattan, old-fashioned, etc. There are many tables in this...
yelp.com - user review - 11/09/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
You won't be alone here. You can get good drinks and it's cozy inside.
yelp.com - user review - 11/01/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
So yea, I live in Ingleside. However, I claim this as my neighborhood bar. Hands down my favorite place in the City. Everything in that place is classy without being pretentious. The fucking urinal in...
yelp.com - user review - 10/11/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I've been to this place twice and both times it was a pretty good time. It wasn't too crowded and the music was good. I only had beer here, but the prices of those weren't bad. The crowd was...
yelp.com - user review - 10/01/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
To the bartender who cleared my drink even though it was 3/4 full when there were other empty glasses to be taken away from our table and then threw a crumpled up dollar bill at my friend: WHY? You...
yelp.com - user review - 09/22/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
the lone palm's exterior is a physical manifestation of the old cliche that you shouldn't judge a book by its cover. the lone palm combines diviness with cleanliness and a solid menu to satisfy a...
yelp.com - user review - 09/19/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Was meeting friends at 22nd and Guerrero at some bar, didn't they didn't tell me which one, so I posted up with a newspaper about 10 minutes early w/ a newspaper and enjoyed the sun. I was in front...
yelp.com - user review - 09/17/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
The problem with this place is threefold.1st: overpriced drinks2nd: this is a straight bar, yet almost all of the patrons are guys.3rd: this bar has no doorman and there tends to be fights outside...
yelp.com - user review - 08/29/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Too many wonderful, terrible things have gone down at that one little tucked-into-a-corner hightop round table. Like handjobs.Ginger pours the best Plymouth gin and tonic. Everything else has been...
yelp.com - user review - 08/24/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
So we were walking up 22nd to get a drink on Valencia when I run into a friend I haven't seen since in a bit. Dae: Hey what's up, you want to get a drink and catch up? Me: Ummm....points at other...
yelp.com - user review - 08/21/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
It looks pretty divey but they have white linen table cloths and rose water in the bathroom. That's pretty damn classy to me. They also had free food the night I was there. I didn't eat it and I...
yelp.com - user review - 08/12/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
white linen covered....individual candle lighting per table seating...but, bar ordering..mission district bar....less crowded...group seating plenty.....decent bar, but curious to why so lax 'n'...
yelp.com - user review - 08/11/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
this place used to be a lot better.
yelp.com - user review - 08/10/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
best dirty vodka martinis ever! this is a change from your average mission bar with a decor almost reminiscent of new jersey jewish house circa 1992ish. additionally, there is a strange sculpture on...
yelp.com - user review - 08/02/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
so you're going on a date and you need a bar that looks nice, is in a good neighborhood, has nice drinks and snacks, AND you dont want to run into anyone you know? this is the place!gets a little...
yelp.com - user review - 07/24/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I liked the vibe and the cocktail was yummy. The service was average. Would go back there.
yelp.com - user review - 07/17/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
i'm not sure if it's due to their recent write ups in style and culture magazines or if they're simply allowing certain things fall to the wayside, but the lone palm has been letting me down lately....
yelp.com - user review - 07/07/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
With so many bars in the city and having to put in so much darn effort to dress up, dress down, attitude up, hipster nonchalance in, flirt out, or bat eyelashes for the occasion, I almost gave up on...
yelp.com - user review - 06/15/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is my favorite bar in the city, hands down. Kind of a cross between a romantic date night supper club and a neighborhood good vibe place. Both of our last visits scored the group of two tables...
yelp.com - user review - 06/09/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is where professional bartenders and professional drinkers put in WORK.I'm out of my depth here as I run a 24 hour service and don't want to be .085 , but if I said "fuck it, fuck 'em!" Then...
yelp.com - user review - 06/06/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
This used to be a swanky place with great drinks and an unpretentious atmosphere. The decor is still fabulous and the clientele is still good but the bartenders have gone downhill. The last time I...
yelp.com - user review - 06/02/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Lone Palm! Yes! Finally! A bar that serves stiff drinks and has some questionable clientelle, yet classes it up with white tablecloths! It definitely walks the fine line between dive bar and classy...
yelp.com - user review - 05/27/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
What a cool little joint.So yesterday on my mini bar crawl tour of SF, my new friend and I came here to throw back a few. The place was empty, but luckily for us the bartender was a cool chicky and...
yelp.com - user review - 05/27/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Great neighborhood bar!Don't let the entryway fool you, past the curtain is not the wizard, but a quaint and classy bar that has white table cloths and candles which add to the ambiance.I'll admit to...
yelp.com - user review - 05/25/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I lived less than half a block from the Lone Palm for five months and somebody had to point it out to me - I had no clue it even existed.And I am so glad it was pointed out and I went in and it rocked...
yelp.com - user review - 05/17/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I am surpised that I have not written a review of this place. I have been going to this bar for many years. It's a great date place. The bar can get really crowded. It's great when you can find a...
yelp.com - user review - 05/05/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Came here on a Tuesday night. Eclectic and funky crowd - alot of them wearing hats and one chick with a clown purse. Inexpensive drinks - but made very weak. I had 2 Belvedere Cape Cods and was...
yelp.com - user review - 05/02/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I am a lone palm.I used to really really really love this place , I dont hate it now by any means but it lost a something in the last few years. maybe its that you cant smoke inside anymore. maybe its...
yelp.com - user review - 04/26/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I liked this place. The other reviews said this place was really classy but I wasn't really feeling it. The tables had white table cloths on them and there weren't any bar fights breaking out but I've...
yelp.com - user review - 04/23/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
decor is nice its off the beaten path of the mission which is nice but both times i have been here the bartenders have been super rude to not only myself but other people around me trying to order...
yelp.com - user review - 04/20/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The lone palm is my favorite bar spot yet. No, it's not a dive bar so I guess I am going against my natural instincts but.. I love this place so much it has me wearing vintage hats again. It is...
yelp.com - user review - 04/16/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
If I were ever going to do a Craigslist Casual Encounter, I would pick this bar to meet him/them for a drink first, and break the ice.** The Lone Palm is classy, in a cougar wearing faux fur and...
yelp.com - user review - 04/14/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Lone Palm, I just wanted to say... I'm sorry I haven't patronized you more. Especially while living two blocks away. Crikey. I really have no excuse, except maybe I'm intimidated by how CIVILIZED the...
yelp.com - user review - 04/10/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Lively crowd when you're looking for some nightlife and hanging out with Nikki the hot bartender with brains to match when things are slow. What's not to love?
yelp.com - user review - 03/28/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
A little casablanca meets cocktail meets the south pacific. this bar has an understated sophistication yet casual atmosphere, its cool, its chill and you will come back. weekends after 9pm are...
yelp.com - user review - 03/25/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I really liked this place - aside from the fact that the demographic was obviously older than me and my crew. I went on a friends recommendation and was pleased with the art deco interior and tables...
yelp.com - user review - 03/17/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The Lone Palm is one of the best places to go to have a drink and a conversation. The volume level of music and crowd noise is balanced, which allows you to hear your friend sitting across from you...
yelp.com - user review - 03/17/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I wish this place would get better air circulation inside. I mean I know I am a fat guy who warms up better than most, but this place is ridiculous. I've had to leave twice because it is too...
yelp.com - user review - 03/03/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
You have to love a bar where the bartenders (both attractive women) wear lederhosen. And for no apparent reason. Sassy.Good neighborhood bar. Sleazy neon scares away the upscale people. Hot damn.
yelp.com - user review - 03/01/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
For the bartender that played the excellent head game w/that Curran B guy down there somewheres!
yelp.com - user review - 02/27/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I'll give you the one star back if you take out the wall sconce at the far end of the bar. You know the one, the one that's like dressing room lighting in a dark bar, the one bright wall sconce that...
yelp.com - user review - 02/22/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
"hey there pretty lady...my name is Tubbs...my partner Crockett is just parking the Trans Am, he'll be right in."
yelp.com - user review - 02/10/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I love Lone Palm. Its within stumbling distance of my parent's house (convenient for those trips home ouch), dark (convenient because I can't be arsed to put on makeup at home), and doesn't play...
yelp.com - user review - 02/07/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
*4/19/08 Update:* Bumping up a star 'cause the bartender was friendly and super-efficient the last time I went. Big improvement.-------------------------------------------------Great bar with nice...
yelp.com - user review - 02/04/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Didn't read the reviews before I headed out the door, so I was expecting a "lounge" a found a high dive. Have to agree on the "ultra-low-key-that-it-looks-like-a-dive" comment. BUT, I do have ONE...
yelp.com - user review - 02/03/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Right across the street from my apartment. It's part the decor, it's part the bartenders, and a lot of the other lone palmers that get to go walk across the street for a drink every now-and-then. If...
yelp.com - user review - 01/30/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
It's off the beaten path (the beaten path being 16th Street), which is nice, but it's completely forgettable, which is not so nice. Douchebaggy clientele earns it the name, "Medjool 2" from one of my...
yelp.com - user review - 01/28/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Very cool little out of the way bar, with interesting lighting, art and an excellent sound system playing some very cool, mostly old acoustic music on a rainy Friday afternoon. This place could easily...
yelp.com - user review - 01/27/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This place is so great. It's only a few blocks from my house and everybody's got some bias to good places close to them, but it shines without that.Great beer, cool art deco decor, used to be a speak...
yelp.com - user review - 01/24/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
My favorite local watering hole, clean but still divey and out of the way. Always friendly service and only once in a while is it too crowded. My only complaint is that they need a jukebox...
yelp.com - user review - 01/17/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I've been to the Lone Palm a couple of times and always seem to enjoy myself but this past Saturday I couldn't help but notice that my drinks tasted, eh, kind of nasty. I ordered Stoli/soda three...
yelp.com - user review - 01/07/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Ah... Lone Palm, 45 steps from my apartment - yeah, I counted (note to weirdos: you don't know in which direction, so don't even try to figure it out).My local bar in Vermont had a constant rotation...
yelp.com - user review - 01/07/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Cozy, affordable, and a block off the well-beaten path. Tablecloths and friendly service give Lone Palm more class than its average patron. 35 humans in this place make it 35 degrees (celsius). The...
yelp.com - user review - 01/02/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I like the extra large glasses for the draft beer and the bartenders were swamped but still friendly. The music was pretty great, surprisingly, as it started out with some 80s and then spanned...
yelp.com - user review - 12/30/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Seeing as every review of this place calls it romantic or a great first date spot you would expect that you would walk in and see couples hiding in the corners, their martinis casually cast aside in...
yelp.com - user review - 12/23/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Wow. This place is gorgeous. (I'm a sucker for Art Deco.) (Yes, really. Stop giggling.)It dresses itself up with small round tables with white tablecloths, but actually manages not to feel snooty...
yelp.com - user review - 12/20/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Great little bar, deco styled, good vibe, neighborhood-y, and nice bartender. Just far off enough from Mission and loungish enough to be quaint rather than another Mission Street hipster dive.It is...
yelp.com - user review - 12/20/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I am really conflicted about this place.As a bar, it is great. The pours are stiff and on price. The bartenders are friendly and attentive (and hot). The vibe is neighborhoody and divey, while being a...
yelp.com - user review - 12/19/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
swanky local dive - I guess it's kind of a dive.It's a cool place, not too far from my house.It's fun and there is typically a lively fun crowd on the weekends.Drink prices are average and the pours...
yelp.com - user review - 12/16/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Every now and again, I like to hang out by myself -- the Lone Palm is great for that -- not a place where I'd get hit on or fear the clientele -- and often, I'd talk to a nice person or two who also...
yelp.com - user review - 12/16/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
i had a fun time at this place. the crowd was super friendly and everyone was easy to talk to. it was a bit small so i was kind of uncomfortable but after some drinks i hardly noticed.
yelp.com - user review - 12/13/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
W O WGiving a dive bar the highly coveted 4 stars from me.I came here on the advice of my date, since our long walk along Chrissy Field turned into dinner at Regent Thai, and inevitably ended up here...
yelp.com - user review - 12/10/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
If there is anything California really does best, it's the dive bar. I have sampled many dives all the way from New York to Texas to Los Angeles, and I think the Lone Palm embodies all the ingredients...
yelp.com - user review - 12/04/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Great Art Deco vibe and the drinks are well priced. It can get a little crowed in the small joint but a great first date spot.Oh no one of my trade secrets are out!
yelp.com - user review - 12/01/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
good, mellow crowd, good mellow atmosphere, good mellow drinks.
yelp.com - user review - 11/18/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Fun place to grab a drink, but awfully crowded on a random Friday night. The scene is casual and very local Mission-esque. The decor is a trip. 3-D statues of women on the walls provides interesting...
yelp.com - user review - 11/18/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
San Francisco is thousands and thousands of Lone Palms.. Thirtysomethings masquerading as Twentysomethings, sending smoke signals to the other desert palms, waiting for a ship to rescue them and...
yelp.com - user review - 11/17/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
A local neighborhood bar with white tableclothes, candles, a full bar, great music and always a good crowd. Sometimes there are bowls of nuts, which I don't eat cause that's gross. Bathrooms are...
yelp.com - user review - 11/16/2007
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I used to like this place but I'm withholding most of its stars because of the bitchy bartender. I went there on a recent Friday and ordered a ginger ale for my brother and a Maker's Mark for my...
yelp.com - user review - 11/11/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I've been here five or six times over the last four years, and only last night did I notice that there is a large PALM TREE in front of the entrance. Go figure.I like this place. Midcentury decor...
yelp.com - user review - 11/08/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
What a great little place for a super cocktail. cute little neon sign, small residential street, always some good peanuts at the bar, and pretty good drinks (ok, not the BEST, but not bad). if you...
yelp.com - user review - 10/21/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
A kickass neighboorhood bar, sadly not in my neighborhood. Nothing special, which is awesome. If that last sentence hit a chord with you, then you know what I mean, and you'll be visiting soon....
yelp.com - user review - 10/20/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
On a typical Saturday. We had drinks at Lone Palm. The set up: a tall bar, several round tables with white dressings. This place has got romance. So why did my stomach feel like an uneasy bucket?...
yelp.com - user review - 10/14/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This seems like a pretty cool place. I am not a hipster so I can't be called aging. RUDE! Clean lines, simple and very casual. The drinks are very good. You have to ask for the Large. The bartenders...
yelp.com - user review - 10/03/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The name is appropriate since it's hotter than the Sahara in here. The beer just "tastes" that much colder.Let's wash the pee off our hands before digging into the free bowls of goldfish, okay?
yelp.com - user review - 09/27/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
It's like a bastardized LA dive stereotype dropped into the Mission somewhere near the nightly SF fog line. It's very feaux-Art Deco which is cool. White tablecloths, a candle, some goldfish, and the...
yelp.com - user review - 09/26/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
At first glance and in the daylight, it appears to be a complete dive bar. So not true. LP is a great neighborhood lounge, with a great ambiance, kind, competent bartenders and listenable music. The...
yelp.com - user review - 09/20/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Hey, can someone turn on the AC, it's getting HOT in here! Spent last Friday tackling this bar with a posse upwards of 20 people, the bar was a little overwhelmed to say the least. The drinks seemed...
yelp.com - user review - 09/17/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
A Hollywood dive bar in the Mission.This place would be a perfect setting for a Gwen Stefani music video. I picture her bursting into the bar from the bathroom area done up like Marilyn...
yelp.com - user review - 09/13/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
there is nothing i love more than a neighborhood bar.i thank the gods on a regular basis for giving me the world's best neighborhood bar, right on my block. ok, so i'm a little biased, but it truly...
yelp.com - user review - 09/09/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This is an exercpt from a previous review, which has never happened to me at the Lone Palm:"Order yourself a vodka gimlet, gracefully sidle into one of the booths or tables laden with white...
yelp.com - user review - 09/07/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Yeah my liver loves it.It's the neighborhood bar where everyone knows your name.
yelp.com - user review - 09/06/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Good mix of people, cute atmosphere with bar seating, tables, and booths. The pyro in me always appreciates candlelight, which was prominent. I wasn't very fond of the female bartender that served us...
yelp.com - user review - 09/04/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
A refreshing break from the formulaic irony-laden hipster bars in the vicinity - no ironic black velvet paintings or stuffed mooseheads in sight. Just a sexy noirish classic Miami/LA vibe and good...
yelp.com - user review - 08/30/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
A nice place to take a date if you want a one-on-one conversation with them.Not so great on the cocktail selection, but just make sure you have good company!
yelp.com - user review - 08/30/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Disclaimer: I've been away from the bar scene due to pregnancy - I mean I know it's ok to have a glass of wine every now and then, but really now, if I caved every time someone told me that when I...
yelp.com - user review - 08/16/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Tiny bar off of Guerrero. Cute, packed, and drinks aren't too expensive. It seems like a chill place. A good mix of people.
yelp.com - user review - 08/12/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I love going into a bar and having a major sense of deja vu. When I first moved here I was unemployed and a tad downtrodden, so a lot of my memories of bars and restaurants come with a bittersweet...
yelp.com - user review - 08/06/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is a great neighborhood bar. I love that you can meet someone for a drink, actually sit down, and enjoy a conversation too. What a great idea!
yelp.com - user review - 08/04/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
With so many amazing Yelpers hanging here, how could it not be cool?Some work friends brought me here to blow of steam from a project that has temporarily gone to 'heck in a heck basket'. It was...
yelp.com - user review - 07/23/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is one of those rare bars in SF that feels just cool enough to be a place you want to show off to your friends and not cool enough to attract the people who ONLY eat/sleep/fuck/drink at the COOL...
yelp.com - user review - 07/20/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Me: Hello! What kind of lagers do you have?Barkeep: Huh? Uh...I don't know. That's a weird question. Why are you asking such weird questions?!Me: Uh.Barkeep: ... (staring)Me: Uh, I guess I'll take...
yelp.com - user review - 06/22/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
My last visit was an extremely crowded Saturday night with some pals. The scotch we ordered was some of the most paltry pours I've ever paid for outside of a ball park with those auto-narc pour...
yelp.com - user review - 06/19/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
It's a nice place for after dinner drinks or to meet on the weeknights, but the weekends are too crowded and hot. The bartenders normally play great music and are always pretty nice. Not too bad.
yelp.com - user review - 06/18/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Huh, how have I not reviewed the LP yet?This one will be short. This is the bar I am looking to retire and eventually die in. (See Eddie Rickenbaker review)It's perfect.
yelp.com - user review - 06/13/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Love it here and I have no idea why I never hit it up more often. It is one of the only bars in my 'hood that I do not feel has been invaded. Come to think of it this bar has all the attributes YOU...
yelp.com - user review - 06/13/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Hard to park, but it is a product of its environment. Anyway, if you are drinking Manhattans, you should not be driving. Excellent local hangout with friendly and knowledgeable bar staff. AND they...
yelp.com - user review - 06/10/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I really liked this bar. Really, really liked it. It sort of felt like I was in the middle of a movie I didn't understand, but the drinks were good and the bathroom was so unexpectedly lovely I just...
yelp.com - user review - 06/05/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I remember the days when I'd go to the Lone Palm to smoke cigarettes. It always caught me as strange that of all the bars in the Mission the one with the white tablecloths allowed you to smoke inside....
yelp.com - user review - 05/31/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
the mission bar that's not crawling with annoying hipsters. good pours on the drinks, good vibe.
yelp.com - user review - 05/27/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
i had a fabulous makers manhattan (very well made i might add) and some cheese goldfish. its a bit pricey for my taste but then again i did order a manhattan so what could i expect. pints were about...
yelp.com - user review - 05/01/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Looks great from the outside and from the inside. Drinks are a good price and the bartenders are usually easy on the eyes. I lived near here and should have gone more. It's a perfect neighborhood...
yelp.com - user review - 05/01/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Is it tablecloths that make this place a lounge? Every time I've been here I've seen some drunk start a fire with the Lone Palm's idiotic table cloths. THEY DON'T SERVE FOOD! There is no cocktail...
yelp.com - user review - 04/24/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I am not 100% sure what is up with the white tablecloth vibe, but I definitely liked Lone Palm.Masturbation jokes aside, the place is a good place to bring a date. Its quiet, the drinks are strong,...
yelp.com - user review - 04/08/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
The bartender here made me a great margarita. The scene is a bit strange and the tables don't do much for the claustrophobia. There were loud, drunk people in there so I don't blame the bartenders...
yelp.com - user review - 03/25/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
When my friend from LA came to visit, I took him here for a drink. Little did I realize that the place itself has a very strong LA vibe, between the palm tree motifs, the art deco, the white...
yelp.com - user review - 03/20/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Good beer selection, friendly bartenders, full liquor selection. Think 50's nightclub. If your local and over the valencia cordor I'll see ya there.
yelp.com - user review - 03/18/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
A dive bar that doesn't smell of stale beer. I love it. In fact, I'd venture to say it's not so much a dive bar, than a ultra low-key lounge complete with white tablecloths and candles. It's perfect...
yelp.com - user review - 03/11/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
My favorite bar to go to on an odd weekday night. Sometimes I feel like I'm in that painting 'nighthhawks'. The bartenders are really nice, but sometimes they really fuck up the drinks. Order the...
yelp.com - user review - 03/05/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This is one of the few places in the mission where one can get together with a group of friends, sit at a table (that has tablecloths) and talk. Although off and on, it got quite noisy and was...
yelp.com - user review - 02/25/2007
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2.0 of 5 stars.
really wanted to check out this place since there r lotsa good reviews here on yelp. i like cool unpretentious neighborhood bars so finally went there with a friend last Thursday night. it was all...
yelp.com - user review - 02/20/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
My favorite place to drink. I was introduced to Lone Palm during the same time as my stint w/Eagle's. This was when there was smoking in the Lone Palm. I love introducing people to this place as a...
yelp.com - user review - 02/09/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
It just is.
yelp.com - user review - 02/07/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I love how the outside looks like it was once a swank club in the middle of Miami during the 1980's. I have an equal affinity for the feel and candle lighting of the inside. The prices aren't bad...
yelp.com - user review - 02/07/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Recently met friends here for a couple drinks and really liked the vibe. Its dark, has palms and is a fun bar!
yelp.com - user review - 02/05/2007
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Lone Palm is my friend Calvin's nickname so I had to go inside.This place gets packed and makes the air temp. a sweaty, B.O.-inducing 90 degrees. Was there music? I can't remember. Drinks were well...
yelp.com - user review - 02/04/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
#1 date bar in the Mission. Do not bring a buddy here lest you seduce him.
yelp.com - user review - 02/03/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Late night on a saturday night, this is a great place to finish off with a few drinks. It's not too crowded, mostly a neighborhood bar of late 20 and 30somethings.
yelp.com - user review - 01/21/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Wow. The kind of place i would never go to unless someone knew about it. Verdict ~ seems like a good date place because it's rather intimate. music was good at times and okay at times. laid back...
yelp.com - user review - 01/21/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Whats not to love about Lone Palm? After a long week at work, I met up with two friends of mine for a night out. We decided to give Lone Palm a shot and had a drink there before moving on for dinner....
yelp.com - user review - 01/14/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I love this bar. I live close to many bars and this is by far, my favorite. It is perfect for any occasion. Had a mellow Saturday night watching movies on the couch and my man comes home from work...
yelp.com - user review - 01/13/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
i'd been wanting to check this place out for a while, you know, cause of the name and all. its really just a low-key dimly lit dive bar that goes that one step further and places little candles and...
yelp.com - user review - 01/08/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is my favorite bar in SF.I can't find anything to complain about whatsoever.... Everything in this place makes me feel at home... I might even say that I have never had a bad afternoon or night...
yelp.com - user review - 01/02/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I like the play on words in the name, otherwise I found it unremarkable.There was a really cute bartender who kept messing up on my order, but thats ok, I didn't seem to mind.
yelp.com - user review - 12/31/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Okay, all the other yelpers who are calling this bar a dive bar have obviously never made their way down the 16th Street corridor of the Mission. In my humble dive-bar lovin' opinion the Lone Palm is...
yelp.com - user review - 12/28/2006
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I left this bar unimpressed. I suppose I should've predicted that from the beginning. I got to the bar first and my friends were running a bit late. I hung out outside and a local befriended me....
yelp.com - user review - 12/24/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
The lone palm is hilarious! ...but it would be cooler if all the old-ish creepy dudes had an all out fight 'til the death with all the ridiculously dressed old-ish hip girls. I'll drink to that!
yelp.com - user review - 12/21/2006
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I saw the good reviews on yelp, and realized that this place was half-a-block away from my friends house. A few minutes later, the crew had agreed to the plan - which involved grabbing a few drinks...
yelp.com - user review - 12/20/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Gather 'round, my children and learn that "The Lone Palm" was once, 'The Mirage". I lived right up the street in the "Pink Palace" (now green) and my friend Jerry took me down to the Mirage to...
yelp.com - user review - 12/19/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
My fav mission bar because it regularly has the fewest ironic mission coolsters and bridge n' tunnelers (whatever, I know I'm from Oakland). Also, many people are in their thirties here. I like being...
yelp.com - user review - 12/19/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Love the Lone Palm. It's small, but not too crowded, sort of a throw-back-to-the-40's ambiance, yet with a hip underlay. Not LA hip, and not overtly hip, but understated. I'm all about lighting, so...
yelp.com - user review - 12/17/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I really like Lone Palm, but the place has become very popular over the years, and it's often packed. Several bartenders there can't make a vodka gimlet. That said, it's a great low-key place to...
yelp.com - user review - 12/07/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
reminds me of what old hollywood would be like if i knew what old hollywood was actually like. the room was filled with cloth covered tables to sit down at and there was not a lot of standing around a...
yelp.com - user review - 12/02/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
My brain, inside the Lone Palm:"Ok, dude, relax. Just relax... Stroll on in. Be cool, be cool. Oh my gawd. I am such an adult. Look, adults all around me. Wow, so this is what it's like being...
yelp.com - user review - 11/19/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Nice neighborhood dive to grab a quiet drink with friends. It's a few blocks away from the better known watering holes in the Mission, so it stays relatively uncrowded.
yelp.com - user review - 11/19/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I think what enraptured me about this place was the overall crazy mixed vibe it had going on. It was like equal parts urban hipster, with a dash of old folks, and a sprinkling of geeks like me. Add to...
yelp.com - user review - 11/18/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Sometimes, all I need in life is a quick and kind bartender, an ice cold sidecar, some low lights, and a couple drinking buddies with whom to share the gossip and war stories of the week. Lone Palm...
yelp.com - user review - 11/12/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
great noir, seen-but-not-to-be-scene type of place....decent drinks, although the last time i was there....yikes, i really hate to say it, but i'm pretty sure my grey goose martini was hampered down a...
yelp.com - user review - 11/11/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
My new favorite bar. Very low key (at least on the Tuesday I was there), classy, tasty drinks, bar nuts, great tunes played at the perfectly talk overable level. Yay - great bar!
yelp.com - user review - 11/08/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I actually heard of this bar by reading reviews on Yelp! I thought it sounded like a fun place and I gave it a try. I like it. It's a good place to go for a drink after work. It wasn't packed but...
yelp.com - user review - 10/28/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
this is the only mission bar i will step into on a friday or saturday night. this place has a real comfy feel and the bar tenders are attentive. no bad tude here.
yelp.com - user review - 10/23/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Lovely place; I went here last night with a friend and it was better than I expected. The bar tender was very nice and attentive; the music was enjoyable and not too loud. Well, the volume did get...
yelp.com - user review - 10/21/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Always playing 80s music and the bar is lit with neon -- is it a throwback, or was it contemporary two decades ago and stuck to its formula until it became popular again?White table clothes, a crowd...
yelp.com - user review - 10/20/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Are you in the mood to visit a low-key, unpretentious bar with funky decor and affordable drinks? Then take thy alcoholic self to the Lone Palm and prepare to enjoy a pleasant trip to...
yelp.com - user review - 10/17/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This is a cool place but I went here on a Saturday night. It was really crowded and hard to even move. Luckily we grabbed a table so once we sat down it was nice. I'd like to try coming back here...
yelp.com - user review - 10/11/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
A perfect bar. A perfect martini.
yelp.com - user review - 10/07/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Lone Palm is one of those random bars where anything might happen at any moment and most of it good. All that and it's low-key, too. I had an epiphany at this place one night after a Kentucky Derby...
yelp.com - user review - 10/05/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Lone Palm is a third place. Do you know what a third place is? Google it.I love Lone Palm. It's warm, it's real, it's a great place to meet friends or make new friends.But beware -- only cool...
yelp.com - user review - 10/02/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I really wanted to like this place but for some reason or another I just couldn't do it. It's almost art deco (which is a style I love) but it kind of gets thrown off with parts of the decor that just...
yelp.com - user review - 09/22/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
the perfect place to carry on an affair.
yelp.com - user review - 09/21/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I love the fact that I live a few doors down from the Lone Palm. If I've had a few too many, I can just stagger home.The Lone Palm is a nice, unpretentious bar that draws a mixed (gay and straight)...
yelp.com - user review - 09/21/2006
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1.0 of 5 stars.
I used to like this place until they fired the best bartender they ever had - Cy. A real cool cat - sophisticated deejay playing a wide variety of underground gems , showing cool videos, witty...
yelp.com - user review - 09/20/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The chinese got it right with the round table thing (aside from it being a natural fit with a round lazy susan). Nothing like a round table to make people feel close. And the Lone Palm has a...
yelp.com - user review - 09/18/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
everyone has a favorite neighborhood bar and i'm so effing proud to say that lone palm is mine... and yes, if you want to stalk me, this is where you can find me about twice a week, but you're buying...
yelp.com - user review - 09/09/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The Lone Palm. So much to say.Imagine walking in, already somewhat intoxicated. Almost immediately, one of my friends is freaking out because the tables have white tablecloths on them. He can't handle...
yelp.com - user review - 09/06/2006
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2.0 of 5 stars.
As mentioned in other reviews, I do not like bars. I do not like paying more money to drink in a place where I can't talk to the people I am with and I can't control the volume or content of the...
yelp.com - user review - 08/30/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Ah, those were the days. Satin evening gowns with rhinestone brooches, fedoras and trench coats. Bogey and Bacall. White table cloths with flickering candles in the center. Soak up the glamour and...
yelp.com - user review - 08/28/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I mean, what do you even say that does justice to the Lone Palm?? The bartenders are gorgeous and sexy, the interior elements are gorgeous and sexy, and Hangar One Mandarin Blossom and soda with a...
yelp.com - user review - 08/26/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
On weeknights this bar is one of the finest noir bars in the city. You can sip your cocktail (this is a grownup cocktail sort of place, as others have noted), scowl to yourself under the brim of your...
yelp.com - user review - 08/26/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The Lone Palm is almost certainly one of my favorite San Francisco bars, mainly because it's a classy, quiet, and relaxing place to have a drink and actual conversation with friends. It's really...
yelp.com - user review - 08/16/2006
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first I had an impression it is a bar but when I went there I found flowers to sell and they were sellinf pretty fresh flowers but the prices were very high though I never found such fresh and good looking...
citysearch.com - user review - 08/07/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Great place for an illicit rendezvous
yelp.com - user review - 08/06/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Came here with a friend and one of her friends after seeing a show at the GAMH. The night was going welland I was having pretty good converstation with my friend's friend. Then one of her male...
yelp.com - user review - 07/24/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
This is a a bit off the path, but a nice place to come with a small group of friends or someone special for an after-dinner drink. The candle-light gives the whole place a romantic glow.
yelp.com - user review - 07/24/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
It looked like the tables were too close together, and yet they all comfortably seated at least three people; The white tableclothes seemed like they'd be a problem at first glance, but they were...
yelp.com - user review - 07/15/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
It was chill, not too trendy friendly crowd. The male bartender was generous with the drinks :)The dj wasn't doing that great of a job spinning.If I were in the neighborhood, I'd be back if I needed...
yelp.com - user review - 07/15/2006
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1.0 of 5 stars.
I watched the chick behind the bar pour my drink, so I do know she at least attempted to get some sort of alcohol in there. Funny when I tasted it there was no liquor. Not "no" as in "a little," but...
yelp.com - user review - 07/12/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I'll have to agree with the previous reviewer's comment about Phillip K. Dick and this bar: it has a just slightly "off" feel to it, in a dark, yet good way.Its dark, but not too dark: your table lit...
yelp.com - user review - 07/02/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
beside having tastefully dubious name and a namesake lonely palm outside this place kicks ass.Reason one, when piss drunk, I'm only couple of knee-bruises away from this home from here. compared to 5...
yelp.com - user review - 06/28/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
it's dark, it's nondescript. don't ask me why but lone palm weirds me out...
yelp.com - user review - 06/20/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I swear I had written a review on the Palm months ago. I can even remember what the review talked about...or maybe I just dreamt about yelping it. Deserving of both a real yelp and a dream-life one,...
yelp.com - user review - 06/16/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
They revamped the airport completely now it looks just like a night club.Everyone's excited and confused.He he. This place is really fun with it's neon lit bar and white cloth covered tables......
yelp.com - user review - 06/14/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I give the Lone Palm 4 stars 'cause there are really a lot worse bars you could be in.I don't give it 5 'cause there are better. Still its got white tablecloths and soothing lighting, and that goes a...
yelp.com - user review - 06/13/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
do NOT, i repeat...do NOT get overly excited when you go to the restroom...ladies....and find that the establishment has kindly provided you with hand lotion to lather up with after you wash your...
yelp.com - user review - 06/12/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I liked the chill atmosphere and not-so-inflated prices. However, the management reeeeeaally might want to rethink the white tablecloth-plus-votive thing -- maybe it was just me, the klutz, but I...
yelp.com - user review - 06/11/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
It's seems like the kinda place where married men go to meet up with their mistresses. Dim, kinda quiet, subdued, with small tables and candles. I liked it better when they allowed you to smoke....
yelp.com - user review - 06/07/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
After attending a particularly bad party and trying to to improve the situation by drinking way too much Jack Daniels rather than doing something intelligent like going somewhere else, I woke up with...
yelp.com - user review - 05/22/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I don't know why I get David Lee Roth's "I'm Just a Gigolo" stuck in my head when I come to the Lone Palm. Go figure.
yelp.com - user review - 05/22/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
A great place to sip grapefruit and gin and channel your inner Philip Marlowe. Keep your back to the wall, your hat brim low, and watch out for dames on the make.
yelp.com - user review - 05/20/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Almost TOO swanky, if that's possible. A great place to bring out-of-towners. Above average martinis.
yelp.com - user review - 05/14/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
In the 90's my style was 75% Cuban grandpa which lends itself to the 40's noir style of this spot. The Lone Palm was also the last place I fell asleep standing up. Actually, to be truthful it was more...
yelp.com - user review - 05/10/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I have been here twice and I am still undecided. It's not a place to meet people as much as it is to come and hang in your own group. I think the seating leads to that kind of experience. It's...
yelp.com - user review - 05/01/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Lone Palm is a great change from the typical SF bar experience. It has the atmosphere of a Cuban jazz club, with its paintings of palm trees and small round tables covered with white tablecloths....
yelp.com - user review - 04/22/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
On the weekends this place has a lively and stylish Mission crowd. But, this place really earns its keep during the slower weekdays when this place becomes the best bar in town to hang out with...
yelp.com - user review - 04/19/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Kina cool, a dignified adult lounge for young people in the noe/castro edge of the Mission. As people point out this is a classy joint without any gimmick or over-the-top camp, circa 70s or 80s....
yelp.com - user review - 04/16/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
driving through the mission, we thought we might not be able to find this place, but luckily we saw what we were looking for: a single palm tree next to a neon sign. this place is exactly what I...
yelp.com - user review - 04/11/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This spot is a bit out of the way over on 22nd. Since there isn't any thing night-life-ish nearby, that does a lot to minimize the Random Riff-Raff (tm) that walks in here. That's what everyone means...
yelp.com - user review - 04/04/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
A little stiff, but a place you can meet friends and actually chat it up. I would avoid this place on the weekends it is too busy, thus taking away from the one reason I go there. To be able to sit...
yelp.com - user review - 03/30/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
A neat place to take a friend or a date for drink... You can hold a conversation here since the music isn't annoyingly loud... The white tablecloth covered tables, candles, and neon lights set the...
yelp.com - user review - 03/27/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The Lone Palm qualifies as another of my favorite bars in SF. You can actually have a converstation here. it has a very 40's feel to it...dark, mysterious, and sophisticated. love the movies they...
yelp.com - user review - 03/17/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Free goldfish! Ok that's not the only thing going for this not really mission feel within the mission place. But it's a highlight. The decor is eclectic and fun. My martinis were strong...and...
yelp.com - user review - 03/13/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
i'm amending my review AGAIN. the more i go to lone palm, the more i LOVE it. the room often has a very cozy aroma of bourbon....AND the dude who may have charged me for the water actually sent me...
yelp.com - user review - 03/12/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
One of my favorite places in the city to get a drink. Great, chill atmosphere, wonderful martinis and other mixed drinks. Rarely horribly crowded, which is a huge plus given the rest of the Mission...
yelp.com - user review - 03/06/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Good for what it is, but they don't stock a very wide variety of liquors, and you don't get the sense that this is the sort of place where you could order something complicated and have it done well,...
yelp.com - user review - 03/03/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Kind of pricey drinks, but fantastic bartenders. A refuge away from the chaos of Valencia & Mission Street. You used to be able to smoke in here, but I think they got in trouble for that and have...
yelp.com - user review - 02/28/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I gotta say that this is a great "date bar", even though I took a wildly attractive, high-maintenance woman here for a drink once and things went awry (not on the fault of the bar). It's is a lousy...
yelp.com - user review - 02/16/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Best Bar Ever. I love this place and it's not just b/c it is one of the closest to my house. This is actually a perfect first date bar. It is dark enough, the drinks are strong enough, and if you get...
yelp.com - user review - 02/12/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Small tables, strong drinks, dim lighting. It's impossible to revert to San Francisco cliques when your chair is rubbing against your neighbor.
yelp.com - user review - 02/01/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
this place has got a great retro feel to it. on the small side, but a great place to catch up / hang out with a buddy.
yelp.com - user review - 01/26/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Love this place! Reminds me of home... a dark and mysterious little Art Deco night club nestled in Miami. It's the only place where a palm tree really fits in this town! All they need is a jazzy...
yelp.com - user review - 01/23/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is one of SF's greatest bars. Great lighting, good for conversation, and people behave like adults in here. I like.
yelp.com - user review - 01/13/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
i always feel very david lynch blue velvet in here. is this just me? i really like this place and the bartenders are all very nice and just a little bit creepy. in a good way. i always get...
yelp.com - user review - 01/08/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The way she crossed and uncrossed those mile long legs had the drunks all worked up, and I was wiping the beads of sweat off my forehead. Lips that could cut a man or cure him, depending on the flash...
yelp.com - user review - 12/18/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Lone Palm is one of my favorite bars in the city. The dim candlelit setting makes it a great place for a romantic first date. Gets a little crowded during the weekends, but during the weekdays it's...
yelp.com - user review - 12/14/2005
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Quirky and oddly done up inside. Looks like a dive from outside, but actually isn't. Had to update this - they're sort of a martini bar, both in style and in selection of alcohols, but the mixing...
yelp.com - user review - 11/30/2005
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4.0 of 5 stars.
my guy friends tell me this is the place you take your date when you want to seal the deal. they say it never fails. i've only been here with friends, but i can see that they are probably right.
yelp.com - user review - 11/29/2005
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Any bar name that connotes masturbation deserves at least 3 stars. The fact that I've never gotten any action here at all makes it a decent predictor as well, so there's your other star. Excellent...
yelp.com - user review - 11/19/2005
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Lone Palm. Quality free matches, decent drinks, flattering candle light, and bartenders that don't act like you should be kissing their ass in order for you to beg for a drink. Right down the street...
yelp.com - user review - 10/20/2005
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Unpretentious bar with a mixed crowd. I feel so young here. Not a bad spot to sit down for a couple drinks and chat. Gets really crowded around the bar area, but what do you expect of the weekends...
yelp.com - user review - 09/18/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Perhaps the best noir bar in SF. Go here for an intimate talk, or a small gathering of maximum 4 people. It's pretty small. Best on a weekday night. The bartenders are good at more than making drinks:...
yelp.com - user review - 07/21/2005
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3.0 of 5 stars.
went here with a friend from finland last year. she got really drunk and loved it. i thought it was ok. maybe because it was a quiet night there, or maybe i was just in a bad mood... who knows. i...
yelp.com - user review - 05/10/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
When you were thirteen, this is the kind of bar you imagined that your really cool older cousin hung out in. Probably the kind of place Phillip K. Dick would have frequented if he were a child of the...
yelp.com - user review - 05/06/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I spent the best New Year's Eve of my life here and it's mostly a blur. For this, I am giving it 5 stars.
yelp.com - user review - 04/10/2005
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Lone palm indeed, blue lit, good drinks and a slightly gruff hipster crowd, the kind of place I always imagine people go when they are having an affair.
yelp.com - user review - 03/15/2005
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Great place for drinks -- bit of a Cuban feel.
yelp.com - user review - 12/07/2004
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The Lone Palm is great for after-work drinks, and has a very comfortable, non-pretentious atmosphere.
citysearch.com - user review - 10/20/2003
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the lone palm is the first bar that I visited upon my arrival in SF. I have become a bit of a regular because: The bartenders are great. Friendly. Generous. Funny. The crowd is SO diverse, there is someone for...
citysearch.com - user review - 03/05/2003
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You can't go wrong with the Lone Palm. Nice staff, good drinks, cozy atmosphere!
citysearch.com - user review - 10/28/2002
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I always have a good time when friends and I visit Lone Palm. It has a wonderful mix but can get very crowded on Fridays and Saturdays.
citysearch.com - user review - 06/13/2002
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I don't know about you, but as a non-beer drinker, I'm always really bummed when my shot o' Merlot comes in one those dinky little juice glasses. I'm a grownup, darn it--bring me my wine in a wine glass! Well,...
citysearch.com - user review - 05/15/2002
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