Best Mocktails in San Francisco, CA
San Francisco's non-alcoholic scene is one of the country's deepest, anchored by two dedicated alcohol-free spots: Ocean Beach Cafe (billed as the city's first AF bar and bottle shop) in the Outer Richmond, and The New Bar, a fully zero-proof bottle shop and tasting bar in Cow Hollow. The real strength, though, is how seriously SF's world-class bars and restaurants take spirit-free: Michelin tasting menus build dedicated non-alcoholic pairings (Kiln, Anomaly, Nari), craft cocktail bars print real zero-proof lists (Bar Iris, Last Rites, ABV, Pacific Cocktail Haven, Trick Dog, True Laurel), Fort Point's Valencia beer hall pours its own NA beer, and spots like Copra, Palm House, Wildseed, and Fiorella round out a city where not drinking never means settling for a soda.
20 verified venues · 19 with named NA cocktails on menu
Named NA cocktails on the menu
These San Francisco venues list specific non-alcoholic cocktails on their published menus.
- ★★★★★?
Last Rites is a "Polynesian Noir" tiki bar that opened in San Francisco's Duboce Triangle in 2018 from Justin Lew and Ian Scalzo (the team also behind nearby Horsefeather). The room is built as a crashed-plane-in-the-jungle: a real airplane fuselage forms the bar, surrounded by banyan roots, stone booths, fire-breathing skull idols, fog, and storm effects. The cocktail program leans grown-up and rum-deep (150+ rums), skipping the blue-curaçao tiki clichés. Notably for a serious cocktail bar, it prints five named zero-proof drinks on the main menu at about $14 each — built on house-made "LR N/A Cask Spirit" and "N/A Cane Spirit" plus Pathfinder no-ABV spirit — so the alcohol-free cocktails get the same theatrical treatment as the full-proof ones. Named NA pours include the Golden Idol, Glass Ruby, Mocking Bird, Wrong Island, and El Peligosto. Wednesday bingo nights are a local draw.
Signature NA drinks- Golden Idol
- Glass Ruby
- Mocking Bird
- Wrong Island
- El Peligosto
- ★★★★★?
Nari is a one-Michelin-star contemporary Thai restaurant inside Hotel Kabuki in San Francisco's Japantown, from chef/owner Pim Techamuanvivit of Kin Khao. The name "Nari," a Thai word for "women," honors generations of Thai women who shaped the country's cuisine, and the kitchen filters traditional Thai cooking through California ingredients. The bar runs a small, deliberately edited "zero-proof cocktails" list that sits alongside the full cocktail and wine programs — five spirit-free drinks at $16 each, built on non-alcoholic spirits like Seedlip Grove and Pentire. Current named pours include the Unakarn (Seedlip Grove, shiso, lemongrass, tonic), the Suwan (Seedlip Grove, pomegranate, lime), the Nohra (Pentire Adrift, mint, lime, shiso), the Illa (Pentire, passionfruit, lemon, orgeat), and the dairy-forward Kusuma (mango-lassi, pandan, pineapple). It's a fine-dining destination, so reservations are recommended well in advance.
Signature NA drinks- Unakarn
- Suwan
- Nohra
- Illa
- Kusuma
- ★★★★★?
All-day Outer Richmond cafe and fully alcohol-free bar a block from Ocean Beach, with zero-proof cocktails and one of the country's largest non-alcoholic bottle-shop selections.
Signature NA drinks- Destroyer of Bad Vibes
- Good Buzz Daisy
- New Pear-Adigm
- Booze-free French 75
- ★★★★★?
The New Bar is San Francisco's dedicated alcohol-free bottle shop and tasting bar, the Cow Hollow outpost of the brand founded by Brianda Gonzalez, who opened the original Los Angeles location in July 2022. The SF store opened in March 2024 on Union Street, in the former home of plant shop The Sill. Everything sold is zero-proof: one wall holds non-alcoholic wines, ciders, and sparkling bottles, while the other side carries NA spirits, beer, aperitifs, bitters, mixers, and canned mocktails. The shop keeps 40–50 curated labels at a time — names like Ghia, Lyre's, De Soi, Wilderton, Three Spirit, Ritual Zero Proof, Seedlip, Athletic Brewing, and Kin Euphorics — and runs daily in-store tastings with staff who specialize in booze-free alternatives. Online ordering, in-store pickup, and local delivery are also offered.
Signature NA drinks- Ghia Le Spritz
- Lyre's Amalfi Spritz
- De Soi Purple Lune
- Three Spirit Livener
- ★★★★★?
Bar Iris is a high-end, Japanese-influenced craft cocktail bar in Russian Hill / Polk Gulch, opened in early 2022 as the sibling to chef David Yoshimura's Michelin-starred restaurant Nisei next door. Under bar manager Timofei Osipenko, the program leans on Japanese spirits and seasonal, often ten-plus-ingredient builds using ingredients like yuzu kosho, hojicha, calamansi, and Okinawan purple yam. Its non-alcoholic offering is unusually deep: most cocktails are available alcohol-free, and there's a standalone N/A cocktails menu. Named drinks that can be made zero-proof include the Ninjin Sour (carrot, yuzu kosho, coriander, lemon, amazake foam), the Okinawa (Okinawan yam, calamansi, li hing mui), and the Tsukemono Martini (sake lees brine, cauliflower tsukemono), alongside rotating seasonal builds. The SF Standard credits the bar with making "inclusiveness a guiding principle," and it earned a 2025 Pearl Recommended Bar recognition.
Signature NA drinks- Ninjin Sour
- Okinawa
- Tsukemono Martini
- Rhubarb
- ★★★★★?
ABV is a Mission District cocktail bar that opened in summer 2014, founded by Erik Reichborn-Kjennerud, Ryan Fitzgerald, and Todd Smith (a founding Bourbon & Branch bartender). It was named Imbibe Magazine's 2015 Bar of the Year and ranked #39 in the inaugural North America's 50 Best Bars (2022), the only San Francisco bar on that list. The menu is organized by base spirit, with dedicated "LOW ABV" and "0% ABV" sections that make the no/low offering a standing, structured part of the program rather than an afterthought. The non-alcoholic cocktails ($14) center on a house "n/a aperitif" and bright, fresh builds — the N/A Negroni (n/a aperitif, charred grapefruit tonic), Flightless Bird, Green Dream (tarragon, lemon, ginger, tonic), and Jumpstart (carrot, ginger, turmeric, lemon, soda) — alongside Lagunitas Hop Water and IPNA. ABV makes drinks to order and runs a late kitchen until midnight.
Signature NA drinks- N/A Negroni
- Flightless Bird
- Green Dream
- Jumpstart
- ★★★★★?
Palm House is a tropical bar-restaurant in Cow Hollow, set in a historic 1854 dairy farmhouse behind one of San Francisco's oldest palm trees and opened under the Palm House name in 2014. The Caribbean- and Hawaiian-leaning kitchen and tiki-influenced bar pair vacation-style food with a genuinely developed zero-proof program. The menu carries a dedicated "Free Spirited" mocktail list — the Virgin Islands (passion fruit, prickly pear, pineapple gomme), the Piñita Colada (coconut water, coconut puree, pineapple gomme, lime), Hibiscus Mate, and an N/A Michelada built on non-alcoholic lager — alongside a "Functional Refreshers" section of adaptogen, protein, and collagen drinks. Seasonal kombuchas and made-to-order NA slushies round it out, and Rationale Brewing non-alcoholic lager is poured. A lively neighborhood spot with drag brunch, trivia, and DJ nights.
Signature NA drinks- Virgin Islands
- Piñita Colada
- Hibiscus Mate
- N/A Michelada
- ★★★★★?
Wildseed is a 100% plant-based restaurant on the corner of Union and Buchanan in Cow Hollow, serving a Mediterranean-leaning menu of shareable plates, mezze, and pizzas. Its bar treats non-alcoholic drinks as a real category rather than an afterthought: a dedicated mocktail list and a "0% ABV" refreshments section appear right on the cocktail menu. Zero-proof builds lean on NA spirits and house ingredients — fresh juices, shrubs, kombuchas, and homemade extracts — including a Negroni AF (NA Ritual gin, melati amaro, house aperitivo, orange), a Love & Lavender (NA Ritual gin, lavender, butterfly pea tea, Wilderton citrus, fee foam), an NA Spicy Pineapple Margarita (jalapeño-infused NA tequila, pineapple, lime, Tajín), and a Serenity Spritz. Lower-effort options include Charcoal Lemonade, Koast Kombucha, house sodas, and cold-pressed juices, making it a dependable spot for an alcohol-free dinner out.
Signature NA drinks- Negroni AF
- Love & Lavender
- NA Spicy Pineapple Margarita
- Serenity Spritz
- ★★★★★?
Fiorella is a California-inflected Italian restaurant founded in 2015 by Boris Nemchenok and Brandon Gillis, who opened the original on Clement Street in the Richmond District before expanding to four San Francisco locations. The Inner Sunset branch at 1240 9th Ave serves wood-fired pizzas, house pastas, and seasonal Italian plates, plus a heated rooftop. Beyond the food, the Sunset location runs a genuine named non-alcoholic cocktail program: its official cocktail menu lists zero-proof drinks alongside the full bar, built on NA aperitivos and amari rather than simple sodas. Options include the Noperol Spritz (Giffard and Martini & Rossi NA aperitivos with Good Twin NA sparkling wine), the Like a Virgin (prickly pear essence, lime, mint, sparkling water), the Harvest Moon (Pathfinder NA amaro, lemon, honey, soda), an N/A Lucano Old Fashioned, and a Blackberry Cooler.
Signature NA drinks- Noperol Spritz
- Like a Virgin
- Harvest Moon
- N/A Lucano Old Fashioned
- ★★★★★?
Laszlo is the cocktail-bar sibling of Foreign Cinema, the Mission District restaurant that chef-partners Gayle Pirie and John Clark have run since 1999. Located right next door at 2526 Mission St and refreshed in 2016, Laszlo is a multi-level DJ and vinyl lounge — mezzanine booths, an extensive record collection, and live local musicians or vinyl DJs most nights — serving craft cocktails alongside small plates from the Foreign Cinema kitchen. Its drinks carry film- and song-themed names, and the menu includes a dedicated "spiritless selections" section of zero-proof cocktails plus low-ABV options. The non-alcoholic list rotates and often features collaborations with neighborhood bartenders next to Laszlo's own creations. Named zero-proof pours have included Closer to the Sun (citrus-spice with Aleppo chile), Dog with Sharper Teeth, Rebel Rouser, and Piece of My Heart.
Signature NA drinks- Closer to the Sun
- Dog with Sharper Teeth
- Rebel Rouser
- Piece of My Heart
- ★★★★★?
Nationally awarded Union Square cocktail bar with a dedicated non-alcoholic section of craft "spirit-free" drinks.
Signature NA drinks- Raisin da Roof
- Karl the POG
- Cactus Makes Perfect
- ★★★★★?
Kiln is a two-Michelin-star tasting-menu restaurant in San Francisco's Hayes Valley, opened in May 2023 by chef John Wesley and general manager Julianna Yang, both alumni of the Michelin-starred Sons & Daughters. Set in a converted Fell Street garage with 30-foot ceilings and a Sonoma olive tree at its center, the roughly 20-course menu leans Nordic, built on curing, drying, and fermentation. For non-drinkers, beverage director Vincent Balao — formerly of three-Michelin-star Atelier Crenn — created a dedicated spirit-free pairing ($135), offered alongside the wine and reserve pairings rather than as a substitute. It draws on housemade kombucha, seasonal shrubs, and amazake, plus Seedlip, Lyre's, and Proxies non-alcoholic wine. Named pours include the Why Yuzu Sour (yuzu, genmaicha, Seedlip Garden 108, Oro Blanco, kombu syrup, amazake foam), Verde Side, and Smoke & Mirrors.
Signature NA drinks- Why Yuzu Sour
- Verde Side
- Smoke & Mirrors
- ★★★★★?
Copra is a coastal South Indian restaurant that opened in 2023 in San Francisco's Fillmore / Lower Pac Heights neighborhood, led by Michelin-starred chef Srijith "Sri" Gopinathan, drawing on the cuisines of Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Alongside a full cocktail and wine program, Copra runs a serious zero-proof menu that mirrors its cocktail list, building drinks from the same Southeast Asian-leaning pantry — coconut yogurt, makrut lime, star anise, lemongrass, and orange blossom — rather than treating non-alcoholic options as an afterthought. Several of the zero-proof cocktails are built on non-alcoholic spirits including Wilderton Lustre and Vibrante NA vermouth. Named pours include the Orange Ruby (lemongrass, Wilderton Lustre, Vibrante, orange blossom, tonic, makrut lime), the Salty City (coconut yogurt, cucumber, salt, black garlic, lemon), and the Tiger's Eye (cinnamon, star anise, lemon, Wilderton Lustre, bittersweet aperitivo). The room is a tropical, design-forward space.
Signature NA drinks- Orange Ruby
- Salty City
- Tiger's Eye
- ★★★★★?
Rich Table is a Hayes Valley fine-dining mainstay opened in 2012 by married chefs Evan and Sarah Rich, both alumni of acclaimed kitchens, who built a name on market-driven California cooking. Now in its 13th year, it ranked #3 on the San Francisco Chronicle's 2025 Top 100 Bay Area Restaurants and anchors a growing family that includes RT Rotisserie and, as of January 2026, RT Bistro. Its drink program treats non-alcoholic guests as first-class: the current list carries dedicated "Non-Alcoholic Refreshers" and "Non-Alcoholic Milk Wash" sections of house cocktails built on NA spirits and house ingredients, alongside a non-alcoholic beer from nearby Best Day Brewing of Sausalito. Named zero-proof pours — like The Remedy (NA agave spirit, pineapple, carrot, ginger, lemon, bitters), the Strawberry Fauxgroni, and Pod Culture — rotate with the seasons, mirroring the same farm-driven philosophy as the food.
Signature NA drinks- The Remedy
- Strawberry Fauxgroni
- Pod Culture
- ★★★★★?
Acclaimed Mission cocktail bar whose rotating themed menus thread in inventive zero-proof drinks alongside its award-winning cocktails.
Signature NA drinks- Puppy Pose
- Wydah
- ★★★★★?
Acclaimed Mission cocktail bar from the Lazy Bear team, with a rotating non-alcoholic program built on house syrups, ferments, and zero-proof spirits.
Signature NA drinks- Bay Bay Bubbler
- Spice & Everything Nice
- ★★★★★?
Around-the-world-themed cocktail bar in SoMa from the Pacific Cocktail Haven team, with a small zero-proof cocktail section built on Lyre's spirits.
Signature NA drinks- Zero Here
- Sober Dragon
- ★★★★★?
Fort Point Valencia is the Mission District beer hall of Fort Point Beer Company, the San Francisco brewery founded in 2014 by cousins Tyler and Justin Catalana. The 22-tap flagship reopened at 742 Valencia St in February 2022 with color-saturated plaster walls, oak woodwork, neon art, and a casual SF-style seafood menu. What earns it a spot here: Fort Point is one of the few breweries pouring its own non-alcoholic line. In January 2025, after roughly three years of R&D, it launched NA versions of its two best-known beers — NA KSA, a light, crisp Kölsch-style ale, and NA Villager, a balanced San Francisco-style IPA — both under 0.5% ABV and brewed (not dealcoholized) with a Berkeley Yeast strain that minimizes alcohol conversion. The NA beers are sold at Fort Point's San Francisco locations, including this Valencia beer hall.
Signature NA drinks- NA KSA (Kölsch-style)
- NA Villager (IPA)
- ★★★★★?
Anomaly SF is an intimate tasting-menu restaurant on a quiet block in Lower Pacific Heights, opened by chef-owner Mike Lanham in January 2023 after nearly five years as a word-of-mouth pop-up, with the buildout funded partly via Kickstarter. Lanham — a Culinary Institute of America (Greystone) graduate who cooked at Spruce, the Michelin-starred Commis, and Bird Dog — calls his Georgia-rooted cooking "Southern-Inspired Modernism," and the restaurant earned a Bib Gourmand in the 2024 California Michelin Guide. General manager and beverage director Francis Kulaga runs a full non-alcoholic pairing alongside the multi-course tasting menu, priced comparably to the wine pairing (roughly $99). Rather than a fixed zero-proof list, Kulaga builds the pairing to each guest's taste across the courses, leaning on dealcoholized and spirit-free products including Free AF, Proxies, and Leitz Sparkling, with an option for a few standalone spirit-free cocktails.
Signature NA drinks- 12-course non-alcoholic pairing
More NA-friendly venues in San Francisco
These venues have NA programs but haven't published a specific mocktail menu we can quote — call ahead or ask your bartender.
What makes a great mocktail?
A great mocktail isn't just a cocktail with the alcohol removed. The best non-alcoholic drinks are designed from the ground up around the flavor profile, mouthfeel, and ritual of a craft cocktail — without leaning on alcohol as a shortcut.
The signal: named drinks on a published menu, fresh-pressed juices, house-made shrubs or syrups, bitters and tinctures for complexity, and increasingly an NA-spirits section (Lyre's, Seedlip, Ritual, Wilderton, and others) used the same way a cocktail bar uses gin or whiskey. The opposite: an off-menu "we can make something" with no specific drinks, defaulting to soda, juice, or sparkling water.
That distinction is why we rank venues by mocktail menu depth and NA Program Strength rather than treating every "mocktail option" as equal. A bar that lists three named NA cocktails on its printed menu is doing the work; a bar that says "we can probably do something" is not.
Frequently asked about mocktails in San Francisco
19 venues in San Francisco serve named non-alcoholic cocktails on their menu. Top picks include Last Rites, Nari, Ocean Beach Cafe.
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