Buckshot Bar and Gameroom

LOOOVEEEE this place. I have been coming here for years. They have skeeball, darts, pool, and shuffle board. It’s a shitty dive bar so expecting amazing service is kind of missing the point. Currently closed due to a vermin infestation — I’m a little surprised because there’s definitely enough taxidermy to serve as a sufficient warning to critters, but I can’t blame them because their mini corn dogs are amazeballs!

I wish I could have experienced this place before the plague got to it, quite literally. Unfortunately the Buck Shot is closed until further notice due to a vermin infestation as of yesterday (1÷13÷16). We took our game room needs to Happy Lounge down the street to throw darts, and was pleased to find a health score of 100.
You’ll have to get your taxidermy and skee ball on somewhere else until the vermin issue goes away. (Does that sort of issue go away?)

Bought a round for me and my buddies, 3 drinks totalling about $ 15 bucks including the tip. I go up to order another round of whiskeys and when I’m getting my cash out realize that I only had about $ 9 – 10 coming up short $ 2 – 3. I put my money on the bar and tell the bartender I’m a few short… The guy takes the cash and throws it in the tip jar and dumps the 3 drinks down the drain like some hotshot. I try to engage him and he walks away ignoring me and shaking his head. I was so pissed at that moment because I was about to ask my buddy to cover the rest of the tab before the bartender took my money and discarded the drinks. Anyway, to me thats just uncalled for and no way to treat anybody with that kind of arrogant lack of respect. I let it go at the time because I was liquored up and didn’t want to cause a scene on what was otherwise a decent night. From what I’ve heard a lot of the bartenders think they’re bigshots in that wannabe dive bar.

I never leave reviews and have to say this is the poorest service. They over charged us initially on drinks and we reminded them of happy hour. Kitchen food/​service was non-​existant. The nicest thing in the bar was the ice filled urinals in the restroom. One of the managers reminded us that a «dive bar» == terrible service. Please have a better time than we did.

Never been to a place with such terrible service. Cocktails are disgusting and the employees hate their lives. The bartender said if we expect good service we shouldn’t go to a dive bar. I’ve been to plenty of dive bars and had great service, so you shouldn’t be so rude just because you have a shitty job. Tater tots are the best part of this whole place. Do yourself a favor and choose one of the many other bars in the city.

I usually enjoy dive bars, and this one is ok. Shuffle board and ski-​ball are awesome. Not a fan of the black walls… makes it feel very dungeon-​like and seem smaller than it really is. Nice to have food available, but the bar-​food options weren’t my thing. Service was… uninterested.

Late night week day fun for sure! Went with my boyfriend for some random fun.
The people were cool and friendly. Drinks were good and affordable. The scene was very entertaining. Taxidermy was quite extreme but all in all a very cool collection! ! Lots of fun! Would do it again!

Nice music, good for group hangout and wide cocktail options! We went here to celebrate the birthday of my friend. They have several games available. The food was on average taste. Make sure to eat first before coming here.

Went here with my cousin and we loved playing the games! Bartenders were nice they let me charge my phone Had a great time.

Funny when I told my roommate I went to Buckshot and how the bar and kitchen staff were hella rude to my entire group coming in for a Sunday drink and grub, she rolled her eyes and said that’s «their thing.»
The place was completely empty at around 5pm on Sunday and while the bartender wasn’t really rude, just more annoyed by people being in the bar (I guess?), the kitchen staff fully ignored my boy Julian who stood by the kitchen window trying to order for a solid 10 minutes until finally giving up.
They have a lot of games and a photo booth and DJ booth on busy weekend nights, but this is not the place you would go to if you want any kind of decent service.

Come here if you like the following:
* Cheap drinks
* Mario Kart
* Shuffleboard
* Pool tables
* Darts
* Skee ball
* Transformer shrine
If not, go away.

Definitely has the dive bar feel. Came here after dinner with a group of friends because it was closest in proximity. The environment is strange, particularly the animal heads all over the walls. The dance floor is pretty tiny but it’s large enough to have a fun time. All of the music they played was old-​school pop & R&B.
The bathroom was also very tiny and didn’t appear to be that clean. The clientele was diverse and the place didn’t seem to attract any sketchy types. Overall it was an okay bar. I don’t think I would come back, though.

Unilocal said it was closed, but my friends and I decided to go see because they wanted food. For a place that was «closed», there was a ton of people inside. Honestly, this place was way too crowded for my liking, but I did have a good time (only because of the music the DJ was playing). Sometimes, when I need to escape from EDM, it’s nice to hear some r&b and hip hop! Especially when they play stuff from the 90s and early 2000s because then I become a little nostalgic. If I hadn’t just come from dinner, I’d probably take advantage of their food (which they serve until about midnight). My friends ordered some food, which thought was really good! This place also has skeeball and a dart board (as far as I saw). It’s a nice mix of everything with good music. But it is very divey and not for people who only like the club scene.
I think it’d be a fun place to chill and catch up with friends during the week, but Saturdays, I’d go to drink and dance.

Really cool spot. They’ve got one dart board, 2 skee-​ball machines, a pool table, a shuffle board table, some old school video games (some working, some not), and a tv that you can play some N64 games on! On Saturdays, they have a DJ that plays some dope 90’s and mostly early 2000’s hip hop. The dance floor gets full! I played some N64 for quite a bit (mario kart is my jam!).
There was a bearded bartender who was pretty much a jerk. I went to get someone else’s ID back from him when we were done w/​the shuffle board, but he gave me a dirty look and refused to give it back to me. This is good and normal for your typical situation, but I had just walked up to the bar with her not even 10 seconds before and we were a group of Asians in a bar that only had about 15 white people inside.
Another bad thing is that the crowd here wasn’t the best. It seems like a bunch of drunkies like to set aside their courtesy and push their way through the dance floor by either pushing you out of their way or backing in without any regard of anyone else. I got elbowed, shoved, pulled, and even given dirty looks by people who slammed into me!
This place is good until it gets packed, so I’d consider coming early. Also, it is cash only, so come prepared.

I normally love Buckshot, but lately the DJs have been the worst. On Friday ½ I have not yet seen one person dance given the 60s FM radio station. Terrible. Used to be my favorite bar in SF, largely due to the music, and they’ve just totally settled. Complacent. Awful. Lost several customers via this one post.

It’s like Buckshot knows me.
They know I like drink specials, and gigantic pours of whiskey.
They know I will always want chicken fried bacon.
They know I prefer good music to bad music.
They know I LOVE melting ice in a trough with my stream of urine.
They know I like games because asserting my dominance in SkeeBall and shuffleboard and pool is the only way I can assert any dominance, as I am not a dominant man.
The only thing they don’t seem to know is that covering up the entrance to a room with a sheet that has «Keep Out» either spray-​painted in red or written in blood is the surest way to get me to look in.
Also, they apparently have the largest private collection of taxidermy in California. As my pal Ace would say, «This is a lovely room of death.»
And I can’t wait to come back.

But like, for real. This joint is so comfortable being itself, that you just have to love it for what it is. A no-​frills, off-​the-​wall, but down to earth joint that seems to try so hard that it isn’t even trying at all. It’s not fancy, too terribly clean, and you won’t hear the word «mixology» mentioned in these walls.
Skee-​ball, friends. I showed a few pals the magic of the hurl here, and the machines didn’t let me down. There are games, and as a non-​drinker that’s a huge plus. I also hear rumor of bacony things, but having just had a big meal I wasn’t looking for food.
Dive in and play, sip with friends. Not a place you’ll find many of and I have to appreciate that.

The Buckshot will always be my go-​to for a good time. I particularly appreciate the décor (taxidermy for days), the food (which tastes amazing drunk or sober), and the music– based on the night of the week you might get Soul, Metal, Punk… just don’t ask the DJ to play your top 40 guilty pleasure pop song ‘cuz it won’t be well received.
Come for the ambiance and the occasional handsome bartender, stay for the skee-​ball, photo-​booth, and the bacon mac n’ cheese.

Cool bar with shuffleboard, pool table, two skeeballs and other fun stuff to be entertained with!
Bring cash because it’s easier that way here — especially if you are wanting to do some friendly competition with the skeeballs!
It’s a chill bar and you will have a fun time here just hanging out!

Meh is right.
It’s an eclectic place with the trappings of a dive bar though without the dive bar pricing when it comes to whiskey neat poured. That said, it is roomy, with multiple games — shuffle board, skeeball or whatever it is called, I’ve never played, and a jilted pool table that seriously needs repair or replacement.
The cash only is a drawback and it was only slightly amusing when the thoroughly uninterested bartender told me that Wiser’s, being a rye, cannot possibly be blended. Apparently he never read the label. No big whoop. So yeah, meh.

Divey neighborhood bar & gameroom perfectly sum up this place. Cheap drinks, non pretentious atmosphere, no hipster upgrades, and a kitchen for unhealthy bar bites. What’s there not to like?
Shuffleboard, pool table, and two skee-​ball lanes available for $ 1 per game. I’m surprised they’re able to host a skee-​ball tournament league with only two lanes but more power to them.
If I lived nearby I’d come around for the occasional drink or to pregame before heading further downtown.

Buckshot Bar and Gameroom (yes, darts, and a bunch of other paid for ones). lots of room to mingle or not with other people.
drink: PBR in tall can (3)
–better than bud, coors,
–lots of other drinks also
drips:
–cash only
–friendly bartender, wouldn’t have guessed it…
–parking not good around here.

0 stars for the vodka redbull, weak and tasted like it was mixed with toilet water.
5 stars for the sriracha candy bacon. Siracha + candy glaze + bacon, no explanation necessary.
Very divey hippie bar. I wasn’t nearly as awesome at darts as I’d imagined, but at least I didn’t accidentally ninja-​star anyone in the eye.
3 stars.