Knuckles Sports Bar
Category: Sports Bars [Edit]
Neighborhood: Fisherman's Wharf555 N Point Street
San Francisco, CA 94133 (415) 486-4346
- Hours:
Mon-Sun 10:30 a.m.-11:30 p.m. - Price Range: $$
- Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
- Outdoor Seating: Yes
- Happy Hour: Yes
- Alcohol: Full Bar
- Smoking: No
73 reviews
Neighborhood: Outer Sunset
"On the menu it reads: "Good Drinks, Good Food, Good Sports, Good Times." And that's what you'll get. Excellent (and clean, and well-lighted)…" read more »
16 Reviews for Knuckles Sports Bar
I wish there were more sports bars in SF. I sadly did not get Sunday Ticket the last 2 years so I am relegated to random bars to catch da Bears. They have a lot of TV's and the food's OK, it's just that it's pretty much in Fisherman's Wharf which makes me throw up a little bit.
Service was attentive and appropriate
Lots of screens and windows
Fish and Chips were a disappointment
Is there such a thing as dead tasting chips and batter that sucks the fun out of the fish and chip experience?
On this day in my opinion yes.
Came here a couple times to watch important games I didn't want fucked up by the bad mojo that seems to overcome my teams when I watch them at Rickey's. Right, you heard me, whether my teams win or lose is TOTALLY based on where I'm watching their games. Recognize.
Anyhow, Knuckles isn't bad for a bar located in Fisherman's Wharf (shudder) attached to a hotel (double shudder):
Cons-- food's at best pedestrian; the drinks are sort of average in pricing; and there's lots of tourists going in and out.
Pros-- there's lots of TV's; the staff is pretty friendly and forthcoming about finding your game; they really don't pressure you to keep ordering even if you're there for three hours and only sucking down diet cokes and one plate of nachos; and the bar has full windows, which makes the sunny room a nice change from the usual sports bar caves.
So, if you don't want much more than alcohol, greasy food and a decent selection of televisions Knuckles is a reasonable option to work into your sports bar rotation.
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Like a way-overpriced Denny's that threw up a sports bar.
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I have been here twice with two different out of towner's, and both times have been so-so. I seem to wake up the next day feeling like I consumed a huge amount of pork. Kinda gross. Good drinks.
Slow service, not very good food, expensive.
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The only time we go to Knuckles is when a coworker is leaving. Even if we like our coworker. Maybe because they'll take a reservation for 20 on a Friday. Or maybe because they have beer.
At my third such coworker-quitting-quasi-celebration on Friday, the best part of lunch was the car chase on the supersized tv over the bar. The menu is rough on vegetarians, even before the portabello sandwich arrives with lots of eggplant and no mushrooms. As a final insult, the fries suck--at a sports bar.
Oh right. It's a sports bar. Attached to the Hyatt. In the wharf. It's exactly as soulless and bland as you'd expect. At least they have beer.
Matt and niece were here at this predominant tourist sportsbar, which is connected with the Hyatt Hotel, to kill time and watch the Superbowl. Man, this place is packed full of sports spectators, mainly Chicago Bears fans, which they lost at the end. With many sportsbar in the city being filled to capacity everytime with huge sporting events, this place is no exceptions.
With the bar being overly-crowded, we finally got our drinks. Niece ordered a pair of Long-Island Iced Tea for herself. She decided to get two drinks all at once, because she doesn't want to deal with the hassle of getting the attention of the overworked bartenders who is assisting others. The bartender did a good job on her cocktails, because it was so strong and tasty for $7.00. After the two drinks, you have a idea on her "Happy" mood. Matt ordered a bottle Henry Weinhard Rootbeer. The $3.50 drink tasted good, and complimented well with the free peanuts in the shell.
After we left, the facility is full of trash and empty peanut shells among other debris. We might come here again on a quiet weeknight and try the food, in which is upon our interest in the future. The food has names after celebrities and athletes; which is cool.
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The only thing that saved this meal for me was our sweet little old asian waitress. I didn't understand a word she said but she kept my glass of Pepsi full.
So, round 3 of the Pulled Pork Sandwich San Francisco Tour. I really wanted to try the burger but instead I went for the PPS so I could add this place to my Yelp list. Their menu gives you the impression that they know and do BBQ well.
Ok... this was probably the worst PPS I've ever had. The pork wasn't pulled, it was dry, it was really sorta of chewy and gross. I had to lather the sandwich in BBQ sauce - supplied at the table - just to get this thing down. In the end I could only eat about half the sandwich.
BOO to Knuckles Pulled Pork Sandwich.
Ok, all that aside, they had lots of TVs, playing all sorts of sports so that was a plus. I would definitely go here again and try something else - just not the PPS.
Lots of good beer, check.
Greasy and tasty bar-food, check.
At least two dozen flat screens strategically placed to provide proper sports related sensory overload, check.
Decent place for a greasy bite and a cold beer. Only downside is that its connected to the hotel next-door which means lots of tourists but other than that, not too bad.
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As many said it before: typical sports bar, with the usual crowds, cold beer and bar food. The salads are fairly edible, but I strongly recommend to get desert anywhere but there.
One big bonus for the hungry business traveler is free Internet access through the Hyatt WiFi network.
Suck it, Knuckles. Somehow they screwed a garden salad up on me - on the real tip, I don't care who you are, it takes a special talent to eff up lettuce and miscellaneous vegetables tossed together.
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Cool place to hang out, get drunk and watch your favourite sport on multiple televisions. Staff is really nice and they have a great beer selection and the food is pretty good.
Standard food selection, touristy, spotty service, but I love throwing the peanut shells on the floor!
Lots of monitors to catch your favorite game, and it doesn't get too crowded.
Last Thursday I had a hankerin' for some pork products. I walked by Knuckles a few weeks earlier and saw that they had a number of BBQ items on the menu (Let's face it, SF is not known for BBQ). So we decided to try it. The pluses are that you can choose 1, 2, or 3 items (brisket, baby back ribs, smoked chicken, turkey breast, or pulled pork), with two sides and cornbread. The minuses are that the side dishes I tried sucked. I tried the pulled pork, baby back ribs, and some of my friend's BBQ brisket. All we're quite good - on par with Memphis Minnies. They were each very smoked (partly charred) and quite lean. I wasn't crazy about the BBQ sauce since I like "tangy" sauces and neither of their sauces was tangy. The cornbread was good and sweet, but the beans were lame, and the slaw was awful. They lost a whole star just because the slaw was brown and completely lacking in flavor - C'mon at least get the cole slaw right! Nonetheless I did get a huge plate of food and it wasn't too bad for the price.
Update: I went back to Knuckles to give it another try. This time both the bbq brisket and the pulled pork were really fatty and needed to be smoked a lot longer. I left half of it on my plate. Then I felt like sleeping for the rest of the day.
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This place is tourist central but if you don't care about being the youngest people at the bar and the only locals this is a pretty great place to watch a popular game. There are T.V.s everywhere in the bar, the food is decent and the pitchers are reasonably priced.
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