DrinkBernal Heights

The Royal Cuckoo

A new cocktail bar serving outstanding Manhattans and other more unusual concoctions in a setting that feels like an old hunting lodge. A must if you like sipping bourbon and other aperitifs to old-timey music.

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Address: 3202 Mission St
Getting there: at Valencia
Website: theroyalcuckoo.com (opens in a new tab)

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Listing from Wikivoyage: San Francisco/Bernal Heights, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Updated 27 Sept 2026. Something wrong? Tell us.

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