Left Door
Restaurant · Union Street
1905 Union St, San Francisco, CA 94123
Highlights
Left Door in Cow Hollow is a swanky, hidden speakeasy with luxe cocktails, velvet couches, chic vibes, and indulgent bites like wagyu and caviar.
Left Door in Cow Hollow is a swanky, hidden speakeasy with luxe cocktails, velvet couches, chic vibes, and indulgent bites like wagyu and caviar.
"Bus Stop Saloon is a long-running neighborhood favorite but that doesn’t mean it can’t manage to surprise the locals still. The Bus Stop team opened Left Door just upstairs, but with a completely different look and feel from the street-level bar below. Expect to sip on one of six martinis or another classic cocktail, while sitting in what feels like your fanciest friend of a friend’s living room. As is befitting a classy place, caviar service is available — as well as a smaller, more manageable caviar bump — along with a limited raw bar, charcuterie board, and more." - Paolo Bicchieri
"New Year’s Eve cocktail party with a welcome cocktail, charcuterie, caviar bumps, and a Champagne toast. Ideal for a dressy vibe without the mess." - Dianne de Guzman
"This swanky new speakeasy is hiding on the second story above Bus Stop Saloon. It looks like a fabulous living room filled with floral wallpaper, tufted couches, and oh yes, a black marble fireplace. If that doesn’t warm you up, the martini menu with half a dozen options plus olive pairings should do the trick." - Becky Duffett, Eater Staff
"Next door to the Bus Stop Saloon in Cow Hollow is a pair of unmarked doors to what looks like an apartment building—except these include a bouncer out front. Ascend the stairs and step into a cocktail lounge that’s full of bubble velvet couches, chandeliers, and enough gold accents to make Versailles look minimalist. You’ll find people wearing flashy dresses and freshly dry-cleaned sports coats lounging next to painted portraits that look straight out of an exhibit at the Legion of Honor. To match the atmosphere, the drinks and food have a bit of extravagance. Cocktails with ingredients like jasmine rice-infused tequila, aloe liqueur, and Okinawa brown sugar and bar bites such as a Valrhona mousse choco taco, $65 aged wagyu bites, and $12 bumps of caviar. Walk-ins are subject to availability, so plan ahead, make a reservation, and pull out your gala outfit (or, more realistically, the flashiest piece in your wardrobe). " - julia chen 1, lani conway, patrick wong, ricky rodriguez
"Left Door is from the people who run the Bus Stop sports bar (it’s located right above), but the two places couldn’t be any more different. Stepping into the Cow Hollow cocktail lounge, a cross between a Parisian house party and a fashion gala, feels like being let into a secret world—so pull out your gala outfit (or, more realistically, the flashiest piece in your wardrobe). Upstairs you’ll find well-dressed people lounging on velvet couches surrounded by portraits that look straight out the Louvre. The cocktails are fun, and the extravagant bar bites like the valrhona mousse choco taco are excellent snacks. But let’s be real, you’re here to see and be seen inside one of the city's coziest spaces. " - julia chen 1, ricky rodriguez, patrick wong, lani conway
