This place is a place. In that it exists. And some people go there.
Also, it smells like a Shop-Vac that hasn't been emptied of sawdust water in 3 years got spilled on some pressboard, and they decided to let it air dry. Unfortunately, it's dark and dank in there, so that mess bled into the government office-grade industrial carpeting, and took forever to dry. Yeah, that's the smell.
But, hey. It's cheap! Low-key! Has a pool table and dart boards! And best of all, the graffiti in the men's room is kinda funny!
I know the bartender Christine since end of 2005, and she left about in 2007, I'm glad she back here to work, I love her, She is hella cool and super friendly.Also is a responsible person.
Unfortunately...something changed in lately. Why is there so much anger ? I AM HERE IS FOR FUN , WANNA TO HAVE GOOD TIME ! Damnmit,,,Life is so fxking short ! Just let it go let it go let it go....please....
Yes...5 stars ! I'm still keeping it have 5 star...Cause I had good time, good memories @ Eagles Drift In...I really don't want it change...
Cool local dive bar if you live around the area. The felt on the pool table is lacking care, but the cues are all straight. Also a huge darts bar. They have 3-4 dart boards.
The drinks here are as stiff as a wooden pirate leg. Ordered a stoli soda and the bartender topped it off with more vodka after the soda. My kinda bartender. ^_^
The jukebox selection is money. Not really a whole lot more that you can ask from a dive bar.
You ever have one of those days, where you don't want to talk to anyone but don't want to be alone at the same time, and you feel like getting drunk? This is the place to do it.
The Eagle Drift lounge is basically a place where you can drink your drink and not get bothered by the current scene of wannabes and hipsters. This is the place to take a loud off. Yeah it may not look pretty but go to the Castro if your looking for pretty. Shut up and drink
I am glad I moved to this area and I have to say that it is nice to have a place to go to on my day off. I am a bartender here in San Francisco and this is a place I enjoy going to.
The Wednesday night bartender (we can not give names on Yelp) is real cool. He is always nice to everyone (even when I noticed a few jerks in the bar) and will always ask how your day went.
If you live in the area and your not an Ahole this is a cool place to be.
This is the best bar in the city.
It definitely does not seam like it at first glance. Most bad reviews on here seem to be from people who have only been here once, and/or are not from the neighborhood
So, as somebody from the 'set I'll make my case for eagles.
First and foremost, it's genuine, the bartenders are real people with real lives who one can relate with. They are friendly and are friends with most of the customers. Sure if you walk in here one time they don't pretend like they love you, but who wants that? Go to dragon lounge and have them pretend they are your best buddy.
Secondly, the crowed! You get people in here from all walks of life. There are Asians here, even though this isn't an Asian bar. There are hipsters here, even though this bar isn't 'organic'. There are hipppies and collage students, lawyers and  coke-heads, Irish and Jews. One can come here with dirty clothing, nobody judges. There are no clan members going to lynch anybody, as some rewires tend to think.
Thirdly, ( combinations of the previous two) NO SCEAN, and that's a good thing.
Even if you are not from this neighborhood you will appreciate this if you visit a couple of times. There is no way that you won't make friends here . This is the cheers of the sunset. I'm not kidding. Everybody knows your name. Some people come all the way from treasure island.
If you are from the sunset  then come meet your neighbors . I guarantee you will see familiar faces. This is where you go when you feel lonely, this is where you go to talk to people when you have nobody to talk to. This is a great bar.
A bar that is great because of people, not gimmicks!
No class, homogeneity, horrible service and tacky decor make me want to burn this place to the ground.
Location: Horrible location that you can only get to by driving. Why would anyone who does not live in the area want to come to this disease whole? Oh yea, work events...
Space: I was afraid Klansmen were going to sneak up from under the bar and lynch me. There were eagles everywhere, and a pool table and darts...enough said. Although, there was something almost charming about how quintessentially dive-bar-like it looked.
Ambience: I feel like I've stepped out of San Francisco and into some sort of bikers dive bar in Arizona. Really homogenous group of people, kinda of scary. Luckily I was there with my  crew, which are all pretty awesome. That and a couple of drinks will make all sorrows go away.
Service: He was rude and told me he did not know how to make a classic martini. A-hole. Why would some one hire some one who does not know how to make a classic drink?
Drinks: Horrible. Absolutely atrocious. Homebody could not fucking make a simply ass, fucking classic martini. WTF?! I had to get vodka on ice. Nasty ass vodka, too.
Overall: Whatever, I don't have to return to this place ever again. But if you're near the area, call a cab and go some where worth your while.
This is a local bar for local peoples. Equipped with darts (and a darts championship from the looks of last night) and a pool table, it looks like a really good low key neighbourhood dive bar. Pretentiousness can leave by the main door here, because this place clearly has no truck with it - hipsters, rockers, punks, stylistas, whatever - you can bring your dad here for a pint. We camped out by the bar, chewed the fat, drank a bit and eventually staggered out into the Sunset fog. Definitely not somewhere I would rush over to from SOMA, but definitely a place I would go if I were in the 'hood again. As close as I have gotten to a Brit-style pub in a long time, and that is not a bad thing.
Cash only.
Is every other reviewer on here huffing paint? Â This place gargles suck juice. Â I mean, it's not so bad as it is just lame. Â Chew on this action:
Pros:
-eagle paraphernalia: Â there's a tremendous amount of it, and it's all quite endearing and patriotic. Â There are portraits, statues, ...statues, portraits, statraits, portues... all sorts of them. Â Glorious.
-you can ask for a set of darts, and they'll all like give them to you so you can like go play darts. Â God bless America.
Cons:
-ONE slowass of a bartender on a Friday and/or Saturday night? Â This place was astonishingly busy the last two times I went, and the same douche of a bartender was pouring drinks each night at the pace of a drunk sloth. Â
-I hope you like playing darts, because the pool table will be UNUSABLE unless you want to challenge the bros with cargo shorts and sleeveless shirts for the next game. Â If you didn't look like such a gigantic twat, I might actually consider it, but until then, this will remain as another bar with a pool table I can only stare at woefully.
-The crowd: the most awkwardly diverse mix of underage college kids (it's really fucking obvious... I mean, the bartender, although alone, wouldn't take so long to pour my beer if he didn't have 2 appletinis and a long island iced tea to make first) and incredibly awkward middle-aged rockers and burnouts that look like they've been spending the last 30 years baking under the sun at Lynyrd Skynyrd concerts. Â End result: why the f would I want to hang out with any of these people? Â
The drinks are priced okay, but you can find that anywhere. Â Yes, you can play darts, but how the fuck does that make it "THE place to play darts in SF"? Â Are there seriously no other places to do that in the city? Â And if there are, could they possibly suck more than Eagle's Drift?
Come here if you want to seduce underage girls or if you just beat your wife and you need a place to drink whiskey.
For a bar that seems serious about their darts I have not been in here a single time when anyone is playing them. Which is a good thing, because I would probably get my eye poked out walking in front of them, since two drinks in it is quite possible for even the most experienced of drinkers to catch a buzz.
Not that I am a drunk or anything. I am not, I swear. There really are stuffed birds and a customer or two with one janky eye that is indeterminably looking at either the biker in the corner or the college kids doing shots or searching longingly for something other than country or classic rock on the jukebox (but likely not the latter).
Anyhow, this is a short step from being a dive, especially with the scant tap selection, but the dart boards are too well maintained and the college kids will still give it a go on the weekends so it lacks that Je ne sais quoi to make it a real dive.
Even so, this is a fine place to get drunk and perhaps talk to a career drunk with a vision problem..... or a stuffed bird.
The first time I came here we walked in at about 9 or 10 on a Saturday night and there wasn't a soul in sight--not even a bartender--and the placed smelled like weed. The decor looked like it hadn't been updated in 25+ years, easy, and much of it is constructed largely of lacquered driftwood. There is a jukebox, possibly of the interweb variety. Pool table and darts. These are all pluses in my book.
The bartender, who emerged from a back room a little later, was a woman (barmaid?), roughly in her 50's, who came off as one of those slightly burned-out but still wise old hippies (and was the likeliest source of the weed smell) who have a neverending supply of patience and good advice. We were there for a birthday and the drunker  and louder people got, I could practically hear her thinking "These kids call this a party? They should have been on that camping trip with the Hell's Angels in '74."  She had a timeworn yet avuncular vibe to her (is it appropriate to describe a woman as 'avuncular'? Well I just did, so tough titty), which is the exact type of person who should be tending bar in my opinion.
When things were really hopping at the peak of the night, there were at least six (6) other people in the bar besides us.
This is a Bud-in-a-bottle and shot-of-Jack type place, nothin' fancy. In fact it laughs in the face of fancy. It is a tackyish bar in a blah neighborhood and I love every second of it.
In the immortal words of John Ashcroft, "Let the eagle soar."
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This place is great. Â I've been wanting to check it out ever since I moved into the neighborhood, but didn't have a chance until last night.
Like everyone else has said, this place is a total dive bar. Â That's a big part of its appeal, honestly.
We sat at the bar and just soaked in all of the conversations that were going on around us. Â Brilliant stuff, couldn't make it up if I tried. Â Kind of dead for a Saturday night, though.
It's all about Patty the weekend bartender!
One day my not-yet-boyfriend-who-is-now-my-current-boyfriend and I went in for a get to know you drink.
It was me, him, Patty, old dude drinking a beer at the bar, and dog on a Sunday night.
After a couple drinks we notice that Patty and this dude completely left the bar and went to the back room.
What for you may ask? It could have been a myriad of possibilities. Drugs? maybe. Sex? maybe. Money laundering? unlikely.
So yes, she left two patrons at the bar by themselves for at least 20 minutes. Oh and not to mention the dog.
Just one reason why I love this place.
Kinda dark...check...Tacky...kinda....darts...oh yeah....pool table....yes maam.....beer...duh.....how could i not give this place 5 stars.....I grew up just a couple of blocks from here and if you were raised in the sunset youuve more than likely been in here.....bartenders FREAKIN AWESOME....the kind of ladys you wanna see runnin a local truck stop. my kind of girls actually..they wont take any lip from anyone and Ive seen the smallest of em throw a big ole guy right out on his keister......dont come in if youre looking to have a glass of white wine and discuss the latest stock market tips...do come in if you wanna take down a cold one, tell stories of your last fight  over the smoke of your marlboro or just BS with a bunch of locals.....HELL YES COME ON IN
Review Source:It aint no Dragon Lounge. But it's comfortable. Kinda like the Pop Inn, but without karaoke. The darts area has pass-through windows so you can order your drinks without interrupting your game. They have league darts and billiards too! Their jukebox music selection is pretty diverse. They even have those sappy songs that make you want to puke, but I like.
Review Source:If you play dart, drink liquor, and smoke cigarettes, this is the place for you. Â In fact, if you play pool, drink liquor, and smoke cigarettes, this is the place for you. Â In fact, you can even skip the darts playing and pool playing. Â If you drink liquor and smoke cigarettes, this is the place for you. Â I started coming here about six years ago when I started playing darts. Â Back then, it had a diverse crowd - the old school drunks, the darts players, the neighborhood kids playing pool, and even musicians from the Conservatory, down the street. Â Over the years, things have happened, the Conservatory has relocated, a smoking ban went into effect, but hardcore drinking and darts playing is still a regular habit. Â
If you're hungry, Eagle's is bookended by a pretty good Japanese restaurant, and a very good hamburger joint. Â If you need cash, there's Washington Mutual across the street, and a Bank of America ATM two blocks down. Â If you need your oil changed (during regular business hours) the Pennzoil 10 minute oil change is right next door. Â Drop off your car, then head in for a couple of belts. Â But not more than that, lest you blow a .08 for San Francisco's finest.
I have a lot of friends who like to go to "dive bars." Â But here's the thing, if the "dive bar" you go to takes credit cards, it's not a dive bar. Â If the "dive bar" you go to serves a lot of Bailey's Irish Creme, it's not a dive bar. Â If they have a "Trivia Night," "Ladie's Night," or serve Swedish Meatballs during Happy Hour, it's not a dive bar. Â Nothing like that at Eagles.
If it's the kind of place you take your parents, it's not a dive bar.
Eagles is a dive bar, but the best kind. Â A serious drinker's bar, with good bartenders, (Jason and Jeremy especially), CHEAP drinks, a lively clientele, and above all, a good, strong, sense of self.
I love this place. Â It's my favorite bar in the city.
There is absolutely NOTHING going on at The Drift.
Pool table is always available, games are 50 cents, bunch of old guys at the bar, dart boards, red carpeting (a must for any dive bar without wood/plywood floors). Â
I'm taking off a star because of this lame "pool league/dart league" BS that goes down there at times. Â People, come on, it's like 5 people, it's not a "league."
Patty and Danielle (bartenders) are awesome and hilarious characters and remind me of where I grew up. Â Know you know something about me.
Eagle's, how do I love thee? Â You have pool, darts, an awesome jukebox, and an equally awesome bartender....
I have to admit, the first itme I came here I was a little wary. Â A good bar...on Noriega? Perish the thought. Â
I always go with the same group of people and always leave with a few more or a few less..depending on how good the night was. Â Good times have been had here and the bar is nice and chill.
If you are looking for a chic bar with lots of people and a dance floor, this is the wrong place. Â BUT, if what you want is a great neighborhood bar where 'everybody knows your name', then by all means, you've come to the right place...
Clearly, darts is the Eagle's raison d'etre, so if you're feeling like a game with your buddies, look no further. Â I was kind of hoping to catch a pro's game in action but no luck. Â Seems like there's plenty of organized tournaments though; I can only imagine it gets pretty hoppin' in here then.
Even if darts aren't your thing, Eagle's is enjoyable as a retro, north-country kind of bar, what with the wood paneling and eagle statues everywhere. Â If the name makes you think of the Eagles lodge (a popular Northwest alternative to the Elks lodge), well, the decor's not far off. Â Right up there on the "forget you're in San Francisco" list--wait, did someone just fire up "Close to the Edge" on the jukebox? Â Never mind.
This Irish/Asian fusion bar...wait....it is'nt Irish or Asian?...Are you sure it's in Sunset?
I know. It's hard to believe. But yes you actually wont hear an Irish accent here. I hate to sound racist but I don't think Irish is a race so it must be ok.
Decent drink prices drowned out a bad selection of beers but with stiff drinks and 50cent pool (the change not the rapper) you can have a really good time.
There's a good crowd of friendly locals to keep you company and I don't even like darts.
Plus, If you're cool and you live north of Eagle's then you have to add at least one star for the simple fact that the drunk ride home is all downhill and that...that...is a beautiful thing.
Overall a decent place to meet up with some of your local sunsetters and shoot the shit, shoot some darts and do some shooters. (I don't actually like shooters but it fit in the illiterate alliteration)
My boyfriend and I stopped at the Eagle's Drift in hopes of experiencing the stiff drinks mentioned in previous reviews. We ordered two jack and cokes, and they were not nearly as strong as we had anticipated. Maybe we looked funny or undeserving of a good jack and coke, but it was disappointing. The eagle crap was interesting, the bartender was nice, but I don't know if I would go back.
Review Source:What can I say? The Eagle's Drift Inn is a small-town dive stuck in a big city. The bartenders are friendly, the booze is atrocious, the jukebox is a car wreck between the '70s and the '90s, and the grafitti in the bathroom was largely scrawled by illiterates...and that's all part of the charm.
I'll get a shot and a beer (and another shot and another beer, and another shot, and another beer, etc. etc.) at this place any ol' time. Decent dart boards, but don't think you'll get a casual game going on the weekends.
*Binoculars held to their eyes, mouths slightly agape, shallow breathing can be heard*
"Just be patient, we should see it any moment" was whispered by their guide.
A gasp erupted from the cores of all observers...at long last, the sight they had been waiting for became visible...an awesome display of nature...the Eagle's Drift In.
*Binoculars turn into darts - aimed at a well-lit bulls-eye, lips remain slightly parted as he leans over the pool table attempting a difficult shot. Pint glasses are an easy reach away. Led Zeppelin plays on the juke box.*
Perfect spot for a mellow evening.
The only thing that would make the scene better would be a Taqueria Cancun within walking distance.
I'm from San Diego. Â Not my favorite place in the world but it sure does have it's share of dive bars.
After moving to SF I was in a desperate search for a dive bar. Â A good old stinky bar complete with a crappy cocktail selection and local regulars and darts! I was lucky enough to find a rock star dive bar close to home and it was at that moment that I no longer missed anything about San Diego.
Bartenders are awesome too! Jeremy, Jason, Patty, Tango, and Danielle....They all pretty much rock. Â
ALSO, it is rare to leave this place and not be completely drunk out of your mind. Â Eagle's will suck you in....that's not a bad thing. Â Prepare yourself for drunken debauchery!!!!
I came here last night for a drink with an old friend and while the beer selection was lacking, it was a nice neighborhood bar.
They have a lotta dart boards and a pool table which is pretty nice to find in a bar this size.
I will definately come back, its fairly low key and it doesn't smell bad :)
I used to live two blocks away from Eagle's, and in my year-long tenure at 19th and Pacheco, I can say with certainty that I've never left here with my vision or motor skills intact.
This is the sort of dive where you can expect to see most of the same people every time you go, the bartender knows your name, and there's horribly good bad music blaring from the jukebox at most times.
This is also the type of bar that believes that a "whiskey and coke" means "much whiskey, little coke" and prides itself on the fact that most of the locals will fuck you up playing darts.
This place exists as an enabler to the entire mid-Sunset neighborhood. If you want to get real drunk, real fast, go here.
I've been back several times since I moved, and every time I feel a twinge of nostalgia. If I could have taken this bar with me, I would have. Alas... no.
Five Star Dive bar all the way, which in case you don't already know is the very best kind of bar. Â When you're object is to not drink alone instead of getting laid by anorexics this is the place. Â The regulars are great and the bartenders rock, too bad Christine had to leave. Â My drunken bird even loves this place, she's officially a legend at the Eagle. Â I can't wait until finals are over so I can close the place up again.
Review Source:Dear Eagle's Drift in,
 First of all I like that you belong to someone named "Eagle". Second of all I like the layout of your bar. Third of all, I like that your cocktails are usually served to me in pint glasses.
 If I ever want to get drunk, really fast, and stay drunk for a really long time, this is where I come. The only bad part is that I would have to either drive (DON'T DRINK & DRIVE) 20 minutes, take a $40 cab ride, or spend 2 hours on MUNI to get to you. So the getting drunk fast thing kind of loses its meaning. But, if I'm near by, I'm definitely stopping in. You make me feel like I am stopping into my alcoholic grandpa's house after 10:00pm. He's already sloshed, the lights are mostly out, he has a lit cigarette in his hand and 5 pre-made, extra strong, highballs ready and waiting. He would play darts with me but he's too drunk to stand up.
 I do feel very comfortable in there, it's never too crowded, unless all of my friends are there at one time. Drinks are great, prices are right, bathroom is accessible, you can play darts, art darts, or pool, whatever. You aren't going here for a night on the town. You are going here to get super twisted and just hang out. Eagle will let you know that when you walk in the door.
Once upon a time, at an intersection far, far away in the Sunset District. Â There was a girl who was trapped in a window less dungeon surrounded by paper ,extension cords, phones and a firewall. Â She was being subjected to all types of torture for a solid year...her life was signed away to the WAMU evil king. Â Shit talking, manipulation, bureaucratic bullshit was thrown at her at all day long (well 9-5 really). Â The only refuge she had was across the street. Â An oasis in the vast wasteland of 19th and Noriega...Eagle's Drift in Lounge.
This place saved my sanity, my patience, dammit I must say...this place saved my life. Â I drank, vented, drank, vented and drank some more. Â Played darts and pool, then drank some more. Â Â Damn those drinks are strong....*hiccup*....I miss you EDL!!! Â I will NEVER go there again though, seeing as that area triggers Pavlov's dogs style anxiety attacks and stress headaches.
Maybe it's the company you find here, maybe it's the stiff drinks, maybe it's the fact that I always get laid after visiting Eagles... I don't know, but I effing LOVE this place! The bartenders are sweet as sunshine and they play darts. Next time you're there, give me a call. My number is written on the men's room wall. *muah*
Review Source:This is a REAL dive bar. Â Not someplace like the 500 club. Â The people that come in here are drunks. Â Real drunks. Â If you are into watching old men playt darts this is the place. Â If you are into strangers talking to you about personal shit, this is the place.
If you want to feel more at home than you do in your living room, this is the place for you.
See you thre.
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