OMG! Was in San Francisco for a Valentine's Day getaway w my bride. I set her up w a 2 hour SPA session & needed to do something "manly" nearby. Stumbled upon the Family Billiard bar via a yelp search. Had the best time ever. Cici was the Swiss Army knife who checked me in @ issued me a table, poured a few beers for me & tripled as the cook. The food, ambiance & 10 to 12 pool tables in the joint were outstanding. I will visit Family Billiards again during a future trip to the city. Cici needs a raise. Their Shrimp & fries combo meal was "on point"!!! read more

Family Billiards is a cool place in the cool city of San Francisco! Smiling parking attendant guided our car to the designated spot for disabled people. Two nice hostesses welcomed us at the front door and made a rather pleasant first impression. The bar had choices of food and beverage, the room appeared very clean and the music was just right for us. One hostess was particularly attentive about our choice of table and described such details as pocket sizes and table sizes and also pointed at Brunswick and Diamond brands in the room. We played a nine foot table which was in a very good condition. There was comfortable enough space between tables and we enjoyed the game and the atmosphere. People around the room were nice and friendly. This is really a family place. read more

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The lady working here on Sunday night is extremely rude and 99% certain was being racist. Extremely snappy like no one fed her all day, and only profiled my family members asking if we had bought a table before using restroom. She also kept inquiring if another lady of the same ethnicity had been with my group when I clarified our group number multiple times. She needs to learn customer service -- while talking to another customer, very loud saying that she's from North Carolina. Either a bad day or bad attitude, but honestly looked like it was both. I won't type it all out here but there's more too. read more

Place was great to start, tables are nice & staff is friendly. It's pricey though, $24/hr for 2 people. Here's where it went wrong though: they have soup but no where does it state there's mushroom in it...which is a highly popular allergy. Besides that, place is cool and an enjoyable time read more

Family Billiards - Pool Halls Near Me - San Francisco, California

Love and cherish this establishment. Me and the homies played here in our late teens back in the 80s and 90s. I wish them well in the future and look forward to playing/practicing there soon. read more

The memberships (daytime until 6, evenings on weekdays) are good deals if you want to hone your skills. Good happy hour specials. Definitely check ahead of time on weekdays for tournaments in the evenings. read more

Excellent place to rent out for family gatherings, corporate events, or any party. Facilities are clean, and the pool tables and poles are in good condition. The food was surprisingly very good! And Excellent Beer selections. Would highly recommend! Jukebox sounds the whole place! read more

Family Billiards - Pool Halls Near Me - San Francisco, California

Love family billiards! They have great deals for playing pool and we went as a group of 4 which was $24 per hour I believe. Pretty decent if you ask me! This place is also nicer than most of the other billiard joints I have gone to in the city. The tables are really nice and new and they even ask that you use the rag when you break to ensure the table doesn't get damaged. The balls are also so well polished that me and my friends were not used to how smoothly they glided across the pool table. We were shocked that because of the lack of friction, our usual shots that would be making it in were not! There's also a lot of professional players here practicing so you know that it is a great place to go to. I always see people who are serious about billiards pull up with their own equipment and even the gloves and practice the same few shots over and over. read more

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Cool place, plenty of tables and the prices are pretty affordable. Not a super intimidating scene either which is always nice. I had the chicken strips and they were solid. read more

They are still the same family billiards from 30 years ago , lol! Chill pool hall where you can come with friends , grab some beer , some finger food, listen to some music, and play a couple/few rounds of pool. There might be a wait on Friday or Saturday nights. read more

Super cool billiards hall which was a walking distance from my buddies place. Loved how big it was inside and how well maintained the tables were. The felt was immaculate and loved that they provided you with a cloth to prevent burn damage on the felt when breaking. I always love a place that takes care of their stuff. read more

Very nice place a lot of beautiful people come to play they stop in our store. We are next-door Mission Organic Center. We are very happy that we are neighbors. Good service. read more

Family Billiards is the best pool/billiard hall in SF, hands down. + dope staff + surprisingly good beer selection + jukebox you can control from your phone One of my favorite spots in the city :,) read more

we had a huge family event and rented the venue for the night, that was amazing. The family made sure we had everything we needed, plenty of snacks, food, beverage. The took family pictures of us and encouraged our young ones as well when they were trying to make a shot. The music selection was good we were dancing and playing pool, it was a two for one. For a fun family event, I would truly recommend this venue Thanks again to the owners, the family! read more

Super chill spot. They got a TouchTunes machine so you can queue up favorite songs. The staff are friendly. Definitely a fun vibe. They got beer and other drinks and some food too. Definitely recommend. $20 an hour for two people. read more

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Fantastic place the guy at the front is soooooooo sweet we love him He is always great and attentive great customer service I love going there to play read more

Great place if you want to come and play some pool with some friends. Came with around 7-8 of my friends and had some great 2v2 games. Easy to order the set, get a table, and play. There are drinks there as well so great for late night hangouts and to spur up that competition with friends. They seem to be asian owned too. read more

This place is named "Family Billiards", and it's not clear from the website that you need to be 18 or over to play here. Sounds like I'm not the only one who showed up with my kid only to discover this from the sign on the front door. I went back and looked at their website, and it does turn out that if you scroll all the way down to the absolute bottom of their home page, there is a note that you have to be 18+. I'm more than ok with a business restricting patrons to 18+, but plenty of arcades with billiard tables are open to people below 18, and this place is named "family billiards". So, family billiards, please communicate the age restriction upfront so people don't make a trip out only to get disappointed. To be clear, the one star is a review of my experience, which as you can tell from above wasn't good. But it actually sounds like this is a decent place if you're over 18, so if none of this applies to you, you may end up having a really good time. read more

Real billiards room with leagues, tournaments, and open play for all levels. Free parking, beer, and food too. Open late. Also have cues for sale and cue repair. Well cared for tables includes 16 full sizetables(9ft) and 1 Diamond Barbox (7ft). read more

You pay per person. There's plenty of tables so you don't have to wait. But it always smells like cigarette smoke since they let people smoke right next to the entrance read more

Been here twice a nice place too shoot pool. I recommended that you bring your own pool stick they have very low quality sticks.But this pool hall has a very nice vibe to it about.I would recommend this place to all. read more

Family Billiards - Pool Halls Near Me - San Francisco, California

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Our gang arrives at Jillian's to shoot pool but to our dismay we find a private party was about to pop off and thus, we got kicked out. Undeterred we stroll over to Thirsty Bear as they have some tables but wait, wedding reception, no pool for us. *sigh* It was looking like a pool-less day for our crew but no, NO. We were determined. We all met up JUST to shoot pool and shooting pool is what we intended to do. Do you hear me gods of pool?? WE WILL NOT BE STOPPED! A 10 minute walk and 20 minute bus ride later, we arrive at Family Billiards. I had never been, didn't know what to expect. What I found was a good old fashion pool hall, no strings attached. No private parties, no wedding receptions, JUST POOL. Very nice tables, a fairly common price of around $10-$15 per hour, and CHEAP ASS BEER. Yeaaaaa, happy hour here is ANY draft beer, $2.50. No I didn't have a typo there, I said $2.50. Stella, Anchor Steam, New Castle.... TWO FITTY! No joke, if you want to play pool I recommend just coming here straight away. Sure it's no handy down town location but take it from people who wasted 45 minutes down town trying to shoot pool, you're better off just taking the 38 out here in the first place and get what you're looking for. Thanks for saving our day! PS- One more time, New Castle for $2.50!!!! I love you Family Billiards... read more

I miss Great Entertainer - but this place would do for now. Went here on a Friday night with the co-workers to blow some steam and chug a few Guinness. It also doubled as a sending off party for one of our co-worker - who is moving to Atlanta. The guy working the counter, (I believe he was the manager) was very friendly, funny, cool and accommodating. He made us feel relaxed and felt like we could have been regulars. The prices are pretty decent and are charged per hour. For about 2 1/2 hours worth of game, we got charged $29.00....you do the math. They have plenty of Guinness and made sure they kept em coming. We didn't mind and the lady working the counter was quite the looker. For snacks, they mostly had finger food and we opted for the calamari rings - which did the job since all of us were hungry. I haven't played pool in years so I was rusty and played like crap. I did manage to run three in a row but that was the highlight of the night. I was more lucky than good since we won three in a row but I'm not taking any credits for that. It could have been a 5 star rating but I gotta take one off because they lacked some good music selections on their jukebox and their speakers could have been a little louder. But overall...a good place to play pool, hang out, chug a few pints or Guinness and have fun. I'll be back. read more

Nice spot to play billiards. Clean bathrooms. They make you break the ball on top of a little square felt cloth. I know there were at least 13 pool tables cause we had pool #13 near the back. I like that they had benches and seats there for you to sit as you wait for your turn if you are part of a group. We came around 9 pm on a Friday night and it was $20/hr. What was interesting was that the balls come out from the side of the table rather than landing in a pocket holder. We didn't see any sticks on the side of the table but they were perched alongside the wall. Only dislike I have is that since the pool tables were close together, sometimes you might end up having to wait for someone over at the next table to make their shot since you might poke them with your pool stick. They have a FiveStars rewards program so collect your points for a free game in the future. read more

I've been coming to family ever since I was in high school. Anyone who wants to go play pool, I would suggest family. Family is the only pool hall I know in San Francisco (if there are any other pool halls in san francisco, please let me know.) They have about 20ish tables?! and would suggest going early during the weekends. Theres definitely a rush and if you miss it, you might have to wait 1 - 2 hours to get another table. I love how they have a bar you can sit at, drink some booze while waiting for a pool table. Also, a juke box, where you can feed money into the system to listen to music. They also serve bar food and you can order it upfront or from a waitress that walks around. My favorite beer to order is the Snake Bite,. pear cider topped with guiness = HEAVEN! That's all I look forward to when my friends want to come play pool. I just sit and order SNAKE BITES all night long! I will be back ! read more

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Things that never change - Since they don't have a proper kitchen that's separated from the poll hall area with no ventilation, their fryer for food is near the cashier area. Just spending an hour here will make your clothes smell like days old deep fried grease. Things that changed - It's too bad Larry doesn't work here anymore. It seems like something is missing now since he's not there anymore. I think that would be good customer service. read more

I came here on an unexpectedly on a Friday night around 8pm, and really enjoyed my night. There were about 8-10 pool tables. And when I went there, they were filled. By the time I left, there was a crowd at the bar, and still a couple empty pool tables. Chun was the bartender serving me drinks and I just wanted to mention that Chun went above and beyond in serving not only me, but everyone there that night by personally delivering every order, wether it was a drink or food. Every time he passed me, he always made me laugh, or gave me really helpful pool advice. Thank u Chun for really topping my first experience at Family Billiards. read more

After all of these years, I still wonder why this place is called Family Billiards. Sure, it's not your seedy type of pool hall (it's still relatively dark though), but I have yet to see a family play pool here! The tables are full sized, but their condition leaves you kind of wanting - a bit beat up and the felt has seen its share of better days. Also, I used to wonder if the tables in the front played differently than the ones in the back since some seemed to have more forgiving pockets than others. After reading some of these other reviews, it makes me feel so much better to know that I wasn't driving myself crazy thinking the tables were playing tricks on me (it would also be my reason for sucking so badly on some trips here...yeaaaaaahhhh...). They have bench seating on the walls, as well as some chairs scattered throughout. The workers/servers are friendly, and you can gorge yourself on a variety of snacks and beer while you watch. Their hours are pretty long too...we came here once after a NYE party and they were still open when we left at 4am! Street parking in the area can be a little hit and miss, but they do have an upstairs lot (entrance around the corner) so you should be able to grab a spot up there. I still like the atmosphere of Thalassa in Berkeley better, but Family is a solid spot for the City. read more

Pretty decent option if you want to grab a few beers, eat some fried food and shoot some pool. The garlic fries were awesome and plentiful. The guy at the front desk was pretty funny. Crowd seemed pretty decent and well behaved. read more

Yay for hellza pool tables, garlic fries, beer, and a jukebox with a fun range of songs. They stop serving food and drinks around 10 or 11pm, I believe...so better stock up before then. I prefer Thalassa in Berkeley just cause they have more drink varieties and it's closer to where I live but Family's is the next best thing if I'm in SF. They have staff bring u drinks and food :) Great service! Street parking can be tough....so park upstairs :) Lets shoot some POOL!! (Can I get a handicap....?) read more

Came here last week and this week. Came during the day on a weekday. Last week when I came when it opened it was pretty empty. Today I got here around 1.30pm. It was more crowded but with plenty of tables opened. I was the only chick there. The tables is nice. Sometimes I felt like I was a bit close to the players at the other tables. Never tried the food and I cannot understand what is said over the mic. Good place to just play pool. read more

I like to come to Family because of the facility. Unlike many other billiards, Family maintain their tables well. Also, not only drinks, they serve snacks too. Parking is easy to find around the area or you can park at their lot which enter at the side of the building. Weekdays not too crowded. read more

Friendly and chill place for billiards. Tables are true but minor felt stains. Little cue stick interference from adjoining tables. I thought their table rates were reasonable. Never had to wait for table. Lots of drinks available, have seen food but did not try. No pressure to buy. More or less constant music. I request tables away from speakers. There are good players here but no sketchy characters that I have experienced; been coming for five years. I am not a female but the place and clientele seem safe. Bathrooms kept reasonably clean. Still minus a point because entrance looks a little trashy which could be easily addressed. Interestingly it's on a section of Geary not so often used so I have found metered parking in front a number of times. read more

$13 for an hour of pool for 2 and one bud light seems like a good deal. Game 1 - he won fair and square Game 2 - he won by default. he had about 5 balls left and all I had to do was hit the 8 ball in. I freakin hit the white ball in and lost. i almost had it. Game 3 - I won by default. I was still pissed from the last game, stomping and pouting after every shot. the victory wasn't satisfying. Rematch. read more

Awesome place to go.open till very late at night... They serve beer and Great onion wings!!!! Great for groups. Definitely recommend if you like pool. read more

Family Billiards - Pool Halls Near Me - San Francisco, California

Casual, simple spot to shoot pool and hang. Love the jukebox where you can play the tunes of your choice

This place is always too busy and parking sucks. That being said, when you actually get in its pretty cool. I have a similar experience with the crowd - "pool sharks, packs of asian teens" - Never been unpleasant though read more

The pool tables are in okay condition but I've seen better-maintained ones. It wasn't crowded but we came a little late so I think we missed the big groups. My friend says he would usually have to wait in line to get a table but that wasn't the case when we went. Everybody pretty much goes to shoot pool while having a beer or two. I noticed a cute girl working at the bar... Anyways, there were some people chasing their cue balls around the place, but I assume that doesn't happen too often. The pricing isn't too bad, too. I think it was around $12 for an hour for 4 people. The parking on the rooftop doesn't have enough lighting. After we were done playing, we went to our car on the rooftop. There was a lot of parking left. Our car was in the dark so who knows what or who could have jumped out to scare us... read more

Great place, open late, good beer at good prices! My favorite neighborhood spot to play pool - damn the chain venues with their hyped prices! read more