The Chieftain Irish Pub & Restaurant

Named after the first High King of Ireland, Brian Boru (c. 940-1014) and a more recent Irish Chieftain, Michael Collins who in Dec 1921 signed an Anglo-Irish treaty with Britain which was later ratified by Dail Eireann & the British House of Commons in January 1922, enacting the Irish Free State.

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  • Phone

    (415) 615-0916

  • Website

    thechieftain.com

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  • Type

    Irish Pub

Address

198 5th St (at Howard St) San Francisco , CA 94103 United States

Credit Cards Yes (incl. Discover & Visa)
Wi-Fi Yes
Outdoor Seating No
Restroom Yes
Menus Brunch, Lunch, Dinner, Happy Hour
Drinks Beer, Full Bar, Cocktails

Comments / 106


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Sarah Liz

A good fish-n-chip is hard to find. Batter is light and tasty, slightly on the soggy side and the cod broke apart into pieces. I will continue my mission to find the greatest fish n chips in SF.

Chris Hall

Very convenient to Moscone West. Nice people, intimate space (low capacity). Good selection of soccer matches on several TVs . Fish and chips was awesome (ask for curry on the side for with the fries ).

Mike Nadelman

Best Fish and Chips in the Bay Area. Skip the rest of the menu. Get there early to beat the game crowd. I had mine with cold glass of Magners Pear Cider on ice.

Armando Russi

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Russ Harlan

Great selection of draft beer and whiskey . Potato soup and brown bread hit the spot.

WhiskyAvenger

Fantastic Irish and Scotch Whisk(e)y selection.

Shina

You have to get the Irish potatoes nachos with the Lamb chili . So, so good. Also say hi to Dylan!

BBC AMERICA

With a proper rugby and football scene in place, if you're visiting SF during the 6 Nations Rugby Championship, this pub will show the early morning matches. The kitchen opens at halftime.

Dan Kim

Great vibe with live music and copious amounts of beer and greasy food. Simply amazing.

Jesper

Nice place, loud and crowdy though, so dont go there if u want a quiet evening. The smoked turky with avocado and pear chutney was really good.

Rachael Fouchier

Best turkey burger I have had, hands down and really super friendly service ! David at the bar was awesome.

Ryan K

Great small FRIENDLY pub . The owner is very nice and food is on point.

Darren Dickson

Not close to the best Irish bar in SF. The bar staff are not the friendliest and there are so many people sitting at the bar it's hard to get served.

Paul C.

Great beer selection , burgers are excellent, staff are fantastic.

Brian L

Straightforward cozy pub perfect for pints and conversation with friends.

Ellie Pines

Not as amazing as some told me, but definitely one of the better places for good beer and fish and chips .

Jonathan Kressaty

Wings . Not breaded , great sauce. Guinness on draft . Solid onion rings .

Keith

I like everything about this place aside from the acoustics . Hard for me to converse here.

Isadora Valadares

Quesadillas , nachos and the lamb burger are great. Crowds up on game nights.

Carlos Herrera

The fish n' chips are some of the best in the city .

Dave F.

Try the cberry special! 6 wings + cup of soup/chili. Perfect lunch .

MR

Everything....but the chicken burger is especially delicious.

StuFF mc

#WWDC Meetup :) the place to be many times during that week. This is where a lot of our VIPs are...

Jipsta

Super friendly staff , great energy and great food!

Audrey Watters

Most excellent shepherds pie -- with lamb , because ya know, shepherds pie doesn't make any sense at all when made with beef . that would be cowherd pie , or something. Yuck

Eugene Kim

Good Irish coffee , big TVs for sports

Hans De Leenheer

The waitresses are great here! But don't tip them personally 'cause that tip get's shared ;)

Megan Irvine

Spicy Irish potato bites - big balls of fried spicy cheesy mashed potato Goo - pure awesome.

Christopher Berry

Try the cberry special (6 wings and a cup of soup !)

Jeremy Ruppel

The cberry special here is the best in town .

Kris Vera-Phillips

Try the Journalist - #kvpinmybelly : Refreshing cocktail after juggling flaming chainsaws in control booth . Bring it on!

Scott Snyder

Awesome waitresses here at the Chief. Jenny, Emma, and Fiona ate wonderful, and a big part of why I and my buds always come back.

Sean Johnson

Shepherd’s Pie was very tasty.

polynesian metal

I always get the burger with extra crispy fries and a few mayonaisses.

polynesian metal

Order your fries extra crispy : perfect Everytime.

Nestor Navidad

Awesome Irish bar . The food is good.

Wilfred Wong

Beer , cocktails , and service.

Jerome Fried

Wow. The service here really SUCKS. Awesome setting. Decent food. Service is pretentious , slow, and entirely unattentive. If I owned this place, everyone is fired...

Chris Martin

Try the CBerry special!

Lester Jr

They have Leffe Blonde for 6$ only!!

polynesian metal

Great family style pub and use you can bring the devil spawn with you.

Carolina Menescal

I know they are in the kid's menu, but I just can't stay away from the chicken strips !!!

Dave Zissou

gets busy, in that memorable kind of way. good crowd as always

Karthik Rangarajan

Amazing portabella mushroom burgers . Best I've had in a while.

Michael Fogarty

They got a shitload of chargers and are happy to charge your phone. Just ask!

Michael Kirkland

Excellent whisky selection -- Irish and Scottish especially.

Michel Bosma

Nice and cozy bar

Eugene Aero

Location and atmosphere: 7.

Paula Calhoun Reibert

Love the Chieftain Burger

Stephanie Chenard

The nachos and wings are some of the better things to soothe frayed nerves from a long work day.

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