Cheb I Sabbah - with the phenomenal release of La Kehna, this club has turned you in a asian underground deejay guru. Spinning Karsh Kale to Midival Punditz, Bally Sagoo to Talvin Singh, every Wednesday night at SF Underground, Cheb I 'jee' is a boon to the Lower Haight music scene. I'm a regular now. And so is someone else ;-) read more

My one experience here was a great one - Thursday night was the new "Let it Grow" even that will become a weekly thing - featuring grassroots Hip Hop and Live Art all night long. ... check out the walls in the back, painted to perfection by local artistic talent. Come early... even if you dont' its only a $5 cover for some SICK DJing and art. http://www.undergroundsf.com/ http://www.myspace.com/undergroundsf read more

What unites hippy chicks seeking instant nirvana and pretty boys seeking instant hook ups ? Underground SF where the pretty boys go to the gay lecious Drunk and Horny Saturdays while the hippy chicks(among others)go to dance to the celebrity world music dj cheb I sabah on wednesdays. Per yelp's management's guidelines, I hereby disclose my vested interest due to my long term friendship with chebi sabah. I possess the unique distinction of making him infuriated when I fell asleep while driving him back from Sierra Nevada world music festival after a weekend of SUBSTANCE tial abuse and (sleep) depravity. Underground SF is where the biblical prophesy of Mark( Seek and thy shall receive) comes true. You only need to choose the right night for your longings to be fulfilled. read more

They have gay nights twice a month - it's either the 1st and 3rd Saturday, or the 2nd and 4th. Honestly, who keeps track of these things? The crowd is grittier and less pretentious than what you find at those barfy Castro bars (I'm looking at you, Boy Bar). On my first visit, I ran into not one but TWO long-lost friends. Clearly this place attracts the right kind of people. The bathroom is both filthy and kind of exposed, with the crapper next to the sink and only a curtain to hide you. There's a secluded alley next to the building. Fortunately this isn't the kind of joint where people are bothered by semi-public urination. I don't remember how much drinks were but not expensive. I like this place, I just wish it was more gay. read more

I've only been there once with some friends but it was a great time. I couldn't walk when I left and I couldn't get out of bed the next day but it was worth it. I would definitely go back and definitely recommend it. Cool dancing and nice looking and eclectic crowd. Drinks are strong. read more

I went there for the Killswitch happy hour, which is now every Friday from 6-10 pm, and I must say I had a good time. If your into electronic music this is a good place to be, the residents DJ Javaight and dCOY know their tech-house and minimal and maintain a good vibe that lends itself to dancing or just hanging out and chatting with your friends. The bartender there was nice and they do have cheap drinks, $4 Margaritas, $3 Stella Artois, and of course, $1 PBRs. Its a nice place to start off the weekend. read more

What's great about this place is that they aren't afraid of filling those extra little nitches - They have an amazing Reggae night with one of the best DJs in the city...as well as a Disco night every first Saturday which totally packs the house. The Hip Hop nights are great because the large dance floor and amazing sound system really pump you up. :-) The bar is fully stocked and they are open to making you whatever you want...which is a nice change from those bartenders who look at you sideways when you ask for something complicated. Lots of beers on tap and drink specials up the wazzooo... All the peeps who come here are also totally amazing and nice. I've made lots of random friends there. It's just the kinda place that OOozes fun and entertainment. I'm never left disappointed. read more

Oh, how I love an honest to goodness neighborhood, dive bar! While not in my neighborhood and way nicer than many a dive I've seen, SF Underground is the puurrrfect spot for some drinks and grooves with a chill crowd on a Friday evening. Why Friday evening, you ask? Well, I'm a sucker for Friday happy hour. And Killswitch happy hour on Fridays is just right. I'll see you there darlings! P.S. Major props for the absolutely decent sound system. It's shake your ass sound! Thank you, thank you! read more

To be straightforward, I've only been here once. But it was fun and a good crowd, good music. I found a credit card, driver's license, and $25 in cash on the floor while I was dancing, and decided to be a freakishly good Samaritan and return it all. The bartender that took it from me just grabbed it and then moved on, but the other bartender offered to buy me a drink for my good deed :) Anyway, it was a fun place for a night out. read more

In all honesty the only time I came here was for Drunk & Horny and by then I had already done a few rounds at what used to be Bar on Castro. All I remember was cheap drinks, a very un-castro gay crowd, bumpin' music, hot boys and dropping something very important on the ground. Would like to go back and check it out in a more sober state of mind. read more

Crowded! Dang! While this place can be fun, it's so hit and miss. Lately it's been ok, but last weekend it was dead. DEAD! But I will say that it's cool when you want to go dancing, and you have a tall friend with you, and he's like "Get on the box and dance" and you're like "I can't...there's people's drinks on the box." and he just levels them all on the floor. That's some fucking classic shit. [Oh...sorry if that was one of your drinks...] read more

This club is a nice get-a-way from the usual destination that we all know of. What I like about this club is first the clash of 80's and 70's music. The decor takes you back to a simple time in life when knowing, what someone did or where they lived never enter the conversation. I love the mix of the crowd. hip-hop boys,local boys,gutter- punk boys,foreign boys,emo boys, girls, and older guys with tight t-shirts acting like boys. The toilets could use alittle work thou. But it's in the haight so what you expect lol You can get it all right here! Drinks are great, staff is friendly!!!! I love the night Drunk and Horny I think I got laid there too. You may get laid there too! read more

If you're going out with your favorite coworker where would you go? Uh, Underground SF, DUH. We went for drunk and horny night. I'll spare you the details, but the company I was keeping was definitely drunk and surely horny. Kinda bummed by the fact that I was in a bar with ALL boys and NONE of them were checking me out. And if they were... they were checking to see if I was a "real" girl. Gay bars + Caitlin = look, but don't touch... but at least there's a LOT to look at read more

I think I would have given this place 5 stars about 5 years ago when I first moved to SF and my weekends consisted of druken sweaty debauchery with my gaggle of gays. As I am now older and no longer frequent the End Up, Undergound SF isn't really for me anymore. I had a good time hanging with my friend Greg in the way back, perched on a stool watching the crowds come and go. The miniature dance floor was RIDICULOUS. I fought through it to pee once. It was literally piss poor planning on where the pisser is. While I have no qualms about peeing behind a flimsy sheer in the darkness of a blacklight, i'm sure the crowd, who already are not fans of the vagina, did not want to witness, so I was grateful to the guy in line behind me who was cool enough to stand guard in front of the sheer. "Kisses!" he smiled and kissed my cheek when I left. I loved that. read more

I went here on a Friday night around 1:00, which is so late by SF standards that I'll try to overlook the fact that there were like ten people there, none of them cute. But the prices are insane for what this place is. I paid $8 for a shot of Makers Mark after already getting charged a cover, which is like what you'd pay at Clock Bar only, feh, you're at Underground. And it is dark and unpleasant. read more

I went there pretty drunk already. the space is kinda small but I like that it's pretty crowded. The inside looks better than the outside. I thought it was pretty sketch from the neon pink sign, but it's better inside. There wasn't anything that special about this place, but I'll go here if I don't have anything else to do. read more

Underground is a cool bar; the guy who runs it also tends bar some times (and also owns My Place in SoMa), and is a sweet guy. it's a small space, and a bit divey/edgy; much like the Lower Haight. there's an open space in the back for sheltered smoking. i give it 5 stars is because the barstaff are friendly and hard-working, and because i love the Drunk & Horny party that happens there every saturday. read more

Only okay for entertainment value. While I was there, the music included: Mandy Moore, Spice Girls, N'Sync (twice), Britney, Christina, Hanson, Ace of Base, and Natalie Imbrugila. My friend went to the bathroom and said someone had a huge bag of cocaine and was offering it to people. Also, they had one woman who served as a dancer, the DJ, and a bartender. read more

Great venue for local live music on Wednesday nights! The hotspot for indie music in the Lower Haight. Great staff, cheap drinks, great atmosphere. New ownership has seen the place transformed for the better - clean bathrooms, clean bar, great smoking patio. read more

Underground vibes here! Techno beats, nice people, and awesome drinks! I really like the place! Can't wait to back again! read more

I'm down with underground stuff. Really. But this place.... $3 to go into a room that looks like a transformed garage and smells like it hasn't been mopped in a year. I'm not even kidding- we left because of the smell. I didn't know it was a gay bar till I started writing my review. I didn't notice it that night when I came with my boyfriend and his [straight] roommates. I didn't drink but the guys said the drinks were the "cheapest, most disgusting ones we've ever had." They left their gin & tonics practically untouched. So why am I giving this place more than 1 star? The scene. The regulars seemed to have a lot of fun-- we were there for some 50s style dance party-- and all knew each other. Everyone was friendly and it felt like a party in someone's basement. So verdict? If we walk by and it's free, I'll go again. But $3 for 20 minutes ain't worth it. read more

Somehow, my memories tell me that I had a great time at this place, but then I remember that I had to pay 5 dollars to get in, that the place was waaaaayyyyyy too crowded, like insecure-nobody-gets-out-of-here-if-a-fire-breaks-out crowded, and that I never managed to get a drink because it was impossible to get to the bar... and suddenly it doesn't feel like it was that great anymore. The music, however, was great. Or so I recall. And I'm sure on a weekday it might live up to the hype. During the weekends, though, just go to Nikies for a mean Mango Mojito. Really. read more

Another crappy gay bar in San Francisco. What is it about this city? I thought it was supposed to be "the gay city." You'd think with such a reputation it'd pay to be gay here. Unfortunately not, instead we get crowded closet sized bars that stink. Always -too- crowded. The dance floor is small. Theres only one bathroom and its on the dance floor. The smoking room is a joke. read more

music was unbelievably amazing the night I went! Thats where the 2 stars came from... Pounding bass beats made me wanna shake my groove thing! crowd: all looked like they shopped at american apparel, and color coordinated their outfits with each other... lots of hipster mustaches and "too cool for school" attitudes bartenders: WEAK SHIT!! worst pour of my life, and they both had really bad hair and black matching muscle shirts on. at least those beefcakes didnt have mustaches. dont plan on going back anytime soon ps: sparks promoter was already out of promo drinks before 10:30 and they were advertised as being free till midnight... booooooo read more

Every Saturday Underground SF is transformed into "Drunk and Horny". The atmosphere of this bar/club nestled in lower Haight is a far cry from the pretentious, bubble gum pop clubs that scatter the Castro. While those establishment are fine in doses D&H is all around a good time. The boys are hot (esp the go-go boys who come on around 11:30), the drinks are strong, and a good variety of music. The only downside is that it is a small venue and gets so crowded around eleven that you are bumping and squeezing into people to get around. Note this can be a good think if you know how to properly navigate the crowds. (Hint squeeze in between the hottest boys so you can get your feel on) =) D&H is an all around good time as has yet to lose the energy it had the first night it opened when I went. read more

Nice layout, with a pretty sweet dance floor. The back patio is always swell, at least when they open it. Decent prices on drinks too. I've never seen it on a night where I wasn't going for a specific event, so who knows the vibe otherwise. read more

I'm giving this place 3 stars because it can go either way depending on what is going on there on a given night. They get great local DJs and the crowd will really vary depending on the party. I was there for WORK last Thursday...it was really good, On the plus side: -The DJs were dope, Loose Shus (Luzius?) AWESOME! -The sound IS really good in this place -Rsvp'd online +4, we all got in for free -Ordered 2 drinks, got 4 drinks...dude what? --BEGIN SCENE-- "Barkeep!!! wha happan?" "2-4-1 well drinks before 11." "2 more vodkas, rocks! chop chop!" --END SCENE-- I didn't really boss around the bartenders, cause those guys make large stiff drinks and slang 'em for cheap!! Great in my book!! On the (potential) minus side: -The place is pretty small. -It is certainly a dive (if you google map it the street view picture has a homeless guy sleeping in front of the place, ISYN). -It gets really hot, sweaty and crowded. I say "potential," because: -It's small, BUT it has a dance floor and gets some good DJs -It's a dive, BUT I like dives (it's a good dive) -It gets hot sweaty, and crowded, BUT...sometimes...when the bass is pumping, and people are all hammered (like 1am-ish), hot, sweaty, and crowded is a good thing! Look online, see what's going on before you go and you might just get a 5 STAR NIGHT out of a 3 STAR BAR. read more

I've been here a couple of times. Each time I'm not that impressed. I don't like to pay covers, especially not for bars like this... and yet I gave in and paid because enough of my friends were already inside. The last time I was there (March 6th) the music was SO LOUD that we couldn't stand it. It actually hurt my ears... and I'm not the type of person that covers their ears when a fire engine drives by. We left after only being there for a couple of songs. Seriously, my ears were ringing for about 30 minutes after we left. no thank you read more

This bar sucks. It is dirty and you run the risk of getting shot when you go outside. The smoking area in the back is sort of cool, but that's it. The bar is a dump. Go there at your own risk. read more

been here many times too see some awesome atmospheric D&B when it was called the Top w Blame & Mike B! also tons of times for other events, friendly folks at the bar! now a forthcoming event Worldly is happening! featuring awesome World Electronica featuring amazing talent that breaks all boundaries located off the legendary Haight Street def worth checking out u cant miss as there is occasionaly something happening here! also thurs is Bubble great night for dancing!! Tues d&B read more

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If you like small, neighborhood bars with a rockin' dancefloor soundsystem this is your place! Check the night. They have really specific things going on. The night I went had an array of great DJs and a couple live electronica acts. It was a great night and a good crowd. Check it out! read more

$8 cover and then 25 minutes just to close out and get my credit card back, then the bartender gives me attitude? Not to mention the beer was room temperature and the place was 90 degrees. No thanks. read more

Cool, small, dirty. That pretty much sums it up. The ladies room was (and probably always is) repulsive; piss, wetness, and ammonia fumes. Made me wish I had tongs. But the bigger offense: no mirror. Get out! Drinks aren't expensive, the bartender is nice, and there's a grungy little dance floor next to the dj's booth. Post Script: had no idea about this bar's sexual orientation. Wtf!? Did I go on straight night? I saw nary a gay guy. The bartender's tight, like really fucking tight tank top shoulda tipped me off. My gaydar must be bent. read more

I'm giving this business 1 star because they are constantly littering fliers all over the city and on my car. Please STOP. This club needs to find to find a better marketing strategy. No one sees their car spammed with crap and thinks hmmm after I'm done picking up all these annoying fliers off my car I'm really going to want to spend money at this establishment. The street I just walked on was covered with these all over the ground. read more

hee hee hee. I like the DnB nights. Who the hell is the female dj there? I always forget her name but she so tears it up . She is my goddess. Good times. read more

Underground SF is one of the last real SF dance bars of the OG UG SF! Keep it real Underground SF! Be ready for grit and kinda messy bathrooms! ;) Love you Underground SF - aka The Top! :) Mwah! xoxo... read more

I was in town Friday night from Santa Cruz looking to dance to some good electronic music. I really detest your average "club" and the snooty attitudes that come with it. This place was everything I wanted!! Good techno and a safe, judge free atmosphere. My friend who never dances felt comfortable to be himself. Thank you!!! read more

A slice of "old" San Francisco, alive and thriving! Stay the hell away if you're expecting whatever bullshit they're playing on the radio or anything resembling bottle service (and the BS sense of entitlement that comes with it). If you wanna get sweaty and rave all night this is the joint. read more

Went here with a mixed group of str8/gay and it was cool. $5.00 cover charge seemed crazy as I havent paid a cover in ages. It was 90's something or another but I was pretty wasted upon arrival so I just had a long island that was really expensive but strong as F*CK. The crowd was rowdy but not in the pushing you down kind of way. I had a good time and met some cool folks. read more

There was a go-go boy wearing a giant panda head. Five stars.