Bartenders are friendly and take care of you. Â Drinks are well made. Â The overall ambiance is welcoming and a bit in the alternative side. Â People have referred to it as "dark" Â but this has to do just with the lighting, not the overall energy. I have met several interesting patrons with great life-stories to share. Â There is room for improvement in the video-selection for the TVs, not everyone watches sports. Â Also room for improvement with the music selection. Â Sometimes is good, and sometimes not so. Â I am glad that this place is part of the neighborhood.
Review Source:Really great gay, dive bar in the heart of the Haight. We were staying in town for pride and this was a street over- so we stopped in and were pleasantly surprised. it was nice to be away from all the crowds but still among family. good beer, nice bartenders, cool place to hang out- what more do you want in a dive bar!
Review Source:I should premise this review by saying I'm a fan of dive bars. This place is dark, a little seedy, older crowd kind of place where you just sit with friends and get some drinks without having to wait in line or getting bumped all over the place. If I lived in Haight, I'd probably be a regular.
Oh and don't even think of bringing a Castro queen here!
My girlfriend and I made this our first stop last Monday after a morning of walking the streets. A2pm arrival, I started with a Bloody to die for.Great patons at the end of the bar and a few haunted stories about the guy in the picture when you walk into the front door. Great bartender that played requests off his Ipad. We left and came back at 6 before his shift was over and he bought us our first round. Cool place,we will be back.
Review Source:Robert's the best! Other bartenders hubs and I have met, Anthony are Shando were pretty nice, too. Sometimes they'll have movies playing on tv, sometimes sports games, music videos were on one night as well.
Midori Sours $5, AMFs $7.50, Dirty Shirleys $4. The drinks were all pretty damn strong! If you like your drinks nice and strong, Trax is the place! They also have peanuts and chips $1 each if you get hungry.
Bathroom's decent usually although sometimes the toilet seat's unattached.
Free pool! $1 touchscreen games
Love the music! I've heard top 40s, punk, alternative and 80s hits, new wave, dark wave, indie.
Bonus points for free-wifi named Unprotected Cex and a little container of condoms by seating across from the bar. Comfy, fun neighborhood bar where you can always chill and have a drink with cool cats.
OMFG Trax, you da bess!
Adorable and attentive bartenders, cheap drinks and the perfect blend of weirdos. This place is awesome. A gay man I've only known for about 2 mins bought my friend and I 4 shots each and on top of that I had 3 beers.
It was St. Patrick's day, so the owner/manager handed out Irish sandwiches to everyone in the bar. It was the most precious thing I've ever seen! ^_^
I am thankful because that sandwich helped me keep it together after 7 drinks.
I'm rarely in the Haight but will definitely be back!
Getting a beer before a tattoo may not be the best idea...but to calm our nerves and also to kill some time before getting tatted across the street, my friend and I dropped by Trax for a brew.
Trax is an aweosme gay bar located on Haight street. The bar is pretty big and there is plenty of space for larger groups. The drinks are cheap and it is dark in the bar- perfect place to make out with someone.
But my favorite part for sure are those large weird plastic panels you need to push through to get into the bar- it's like an adventure to get your beer.
Well- not really but I like to think of it that way. lol
Trax Bar is the spot! Â I always make a visit to the Haight-Ashbury when I visit SF, and I always end up drunk at Trax Bar. Â Anthony is the man and I love to get him to drink with me. Â He makes drinks dirty and cheap and he also knows some good obscure drinks that I am now a big fan of. Â And if you haven't had his bloody mary, you are missing out. Â I don't even really like bloody mary's but I have had quite a few, and his is simply incredible. Â Great blend of flavors and the spice comes on slow and strong! Â It's listed as a gay bar, and if you look around you'll figure that out, but it is in no way off-putting to anybody and I didn't even really realize it until after the first few times I came here. Â It's simply a fun dive with a cool atmosphere, great crowd, and rad bartender.
Review Source:This place was decorated super cute for Christmas with upside down Christmas trees. Just the FYI - When I checked in it said Gay Bar, but who cares, the beer was good, the bartender was nice, the music was chill and the pool table was all we needed for a good time. I would defnitely stop by again if I was in the area.
Review Source:With shots like that and $2 beers on Tuesdays, what's not to love?! Exactly.
The bar tender was nice and friendly. Great looking dive bar with an odd selection on tap. There's no crap beer on tap. Trumer pils, stella etc. Makes this place a great find. Music is decent enough, lots of tvs. The plastic strips on your way in are a little off putting.
Scratch that. The bartender's AWESOME. Talks great shit, and is who he is. He went on a tirade about hipsters. Sorry hipsters... oh wait, no I'm not. Â Hard to argue with that.
Don't know why this would matter, but it is a gay bar.
Meanwhile, I accidentally left my umbrella there and sure enough two days later they had it in the back. I highly recommend heading back.
This place was one hell of a welcomed surprise on a Saturday afternoon. Not only was our service courteous, quick, and warm, the drinks are cheap and strong. The crowd here is fun and lively, the beer and liquor selection isn't huge but accommodates fine tastes as well as those after a bargain.
I have found my perfect Haight bar. Say hi to Anthony, he's on top of it.
Their $5 Bitchin' Bloody Mary is brilliant, and delicious. Like spicy tomato hot sauce vegetable salad with vodka.
I know, I know. My description is not the best, but trust me. It's legit. Anyone who fills their drinks 3/4 of the way with booze is a friend of mine.
Also, they have nice window seats so you can drunkenly leer at the sexy "faux" bums that hang out in the Haight. Not that I would ever do that of course. Definitely not. Not this Jillian.
I just recently started going to this bar a couple months ago. I like the atmosphere, the drink specials and the location. It's more casual than the Castro bars I go to. Even when there aren't specials the drinks are very affordable.
The bar staff for the most part is great, with an exception or two. The bartender on Monday night is extremely friendly and fast. He remembers me every time I come in and what my drink(s) of choice are. No matter how busy it may be on Monday night, I never have to wait long for a drink. He always makes my boyfriend and I feel welcome.
The only complaint I have is the bartender on Saturday night. I've come in a couple times, and even when it's not busy it takes forever to get a drink.
Overall one of my new favorite local bars! Thanks Trax!
We were on our way to brunch today and I had to pee something fierce.
Mama noticed the "Bitchin Bloody Marys" sign and we went in.
Needed a key for the 'customers only' bathroom so I had a shot of Jack.
Mama had a Bloody Mary.
It was pretty fuckin' bitchin'!
I'll be back for another of those someday!
Went here for the first time yesterday, the sign for $3 (YES $3 hello recession drinking) margaritas in celebration of cinco de mayo is what got me. The bartender was great, I think his name was Robert? I think that tells you how my night went. I started the night there and ended it there and Robert remembered me!
Fun music, ridiculously strong drinks. I need to come here on Saturday. My liver is anticipating 9pm-10pm.
It's a gay bar but kind of subtle about it besides the rainbows on the placemat. It's usually empty on weeknights besides $2 Tuesdays. (YES EVEN ON GUINNESS!)
It really doesn't get any better than Trax. Â Still my favorite bar in all of San Francisco.
My usual time is Saturday night. Â But I do love to pop in when aimlessly roaming the Haight and grab a quite drink and listen to some amazing tunes. Â Jessica T. is right, Trax plays an amazing assortment of music. Â Great taste. Â I'm partial to The Mamas and the Papas, and listening to Bill tell the story about how Mama Cass couldn't sing until she fell off a ladder and hit her head and then suddenly was able to sing like a bird. Â Love that BIll.
Come here on Saturdays for one of the best drinks specials I've ever heard of, Progressive Saturdays. Â From 9-10 all well drinks are $1, from 10-11 they're $2; and from 12-closing they're a mere $3. Â Can't beat that.
I haven't reviewed Trax yet??
I love Trax! I have never had a bad time here. This is hands-down, my favorite Haight bar (sorry, awesome bartenders at Gold Cane. I love you too!).
The clientele will not bother you or hit on you. But they will dance with you and ooo and ahhh over your new bag, or your earrings. Teehee!
The drinks are dirt cheap and strong. They also have a really rocking Halloween party each year. Sometimes you get to watch cute dudes make out. Woohoo!
The bartenders are also quite a master team. They remember your name and are all cuties.
If you are woman in a relationship who wants to go out, get wasted, have fun, and check out a sea of hot ass without anyone getting the wrong idea, this is the place to be.
So I came in here not knowing it was a gay bar, but was intrigued by the $3 margaritas for happy hour. The funnier part was that I still didn't figure it out after looking at the rainbow clock, the rainbow bar mat, the requisite super stiff but tasty drink, or the rainbow sticker on the door. However, the wang in a cocktail glass? Yep. That worked. I'm so damn dense sometimes.
Classic dive bar here folks. Red lighting, a pool table, a chill crowd, and decent tunes make this a neat hang out spot for happy hour. Oh yeah, and solid $3 margaritas right smack in the middle of upper haight knock this up a star (I think happy hour goes till 7 on weekdays?). I'll be back when I'm sick of walking and could use a pick me up. BTW, insider's tip - the key to the bathroom is kept by the bar, attached to a plunger. That's right, just like at the gas station. It'll save you a 5 minute wait staring a the bathroom door knocking incessantly and wondering just what someone really is doing in there (like I was :)).
My hot date and I decided to stop here on a shopping trip through the Haight.* We were in for a shot of jager and out within minutes on a late Sunday afternoon. Â (Thanks Jessica T.!)
The bartenders were really friendly, including the tall flaming one with his no-sleeve t-shirt. His greet and goodbye was a nice and unexpected service perk that I didn't appreciate until it actually happened at a bar. Â Why aren't more bars gay?
* who doesn't like shopping buzzed? no hate mail, unless you hate shopping sober.
If you're looking for a perfect way to pass a rainy or bleak Sunday afternoon - come to Trax.
The bartender has a phenomenal collection of old school soul, rock, and Motown records - including everything from the Beatles to Patsy Cline, which he plays with a smile throughout the day.
And with a pool games at a dollar a piece, you can just shoot away, while grooving with your cue stick to Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
It's pure San Francisco magic.
Just be wary of their five dollar Bloody Mary's - my pool companions were chugging water by the glassful - due to their overly spicy drinks.
I am pretty sure this is the last and only gay bay in the Haight.
My friends and I like to stop here before heading to Hobson's down the street. You really can't beat $1 drinks from 9-10 and $2 drinks from 10-11! Score! The bartenders are always friendly and make a pretty strong drink. They have a cool mirror that runs along the wall opposite of the bar. We've had some fun drunkin picture moments with that mirror. I am pretty sure a lot of people don't know its gay bar. But who cares maybe it's better that way.
Anywho, Trax always makes for a great start to the night. Just watch out those $2 drinks will sneak up on you later!
Hey, do you know how fabulous Rachel F. is? Â Oh, Joe C. told you? Â He does that alot, it's kind of cute, really.
ANYHOW, so a bunch of us gathered here to celebrate all that is Rachel F. Â
While Ali, Ali's date in the mirror, Angelo and I waited for the guest of honor, we got to really check out this place. Â And this place was really cool. Â Where else can you drink WHILE watching the world's heaviest man get driven around on a flatbed truck on t.v. WHILE watching tourists point at something in the doorway?
Nowhere. Â As I was avoiding the alcohol that night, I could not tell you the quality of the drinks, but that bartender ROCKED it, even after all of us showed up.
Toast one to Rachel F.!
Its been a while since I've been out drinking in the city. I can't blame it on anything other than just being too lazy to do the drive from San Jose. JZ and I went to Trax to help Rachel.F celebrate her 21st birthday. It was real fun meeting some of you sassy SF yelpers but no, I will not talk slower and no, I will not wear a kilt.
Trax is your typical haight bar. Its not glamorous but its fun and welcoming. The bar staff were great. Especially Mr Tall Smiley Barman. They were exceptional at remembering my previous rounds, which changed radically each trip. I think they put magic sober-dust in the Guinness, because I just could not get drunk and believe me - I tried really hard. My only complaint would be having to wait in line for the one and only bathroom, even though I did enjoy watching the patrons play a quick game of  "squeeze as many lesbians in a toilet as possible".
Got here early on Sunday eve for Ms. Rachel F.'s bday (Holla! Happy Bday darlin!). Quite a fun celebration. Since I was already in the neighborhood for a day party, I had Pam B. meet me early for dinner, then drinks.
Trax was pretty empty but when I walked in, this smokin' HAWT blond was totally checking me out!! I knew it was a gay bar and I was feeling extra flirty. So I sit down, and she sits with me! OMG. I'm totally getting hit on by this chick! So I lean over to say something, right as she leans to me, and wouldn't you know we both said "Hi" at the same time! Jinx! You owe me a coke! OMG we're like twins. This is so funny... Oh wait... You are a mirror. DAMMIT. I'm so blond sometimes. (shhh! don't tell anyone but I totally took her home with me!)
Anyways, they keep their wall of mirrors really clean so the place looks huge but it's not. It's tiny.
You need a key for the bathroom (like a true haight st. bar should). While it was clean, it smelled SOOOOO strongly like piss. It's unisex so when you sit on the toilet the urinal is like nose level. NOT GOOD.
People here are friendly. There are the inevitable tourists who have no idea it's a gay bar - so fun to play with them. Drinks are strong.
ps- your welcome Joe C.
How can I not love this place? Last night, a guy sitting by himself at the bar told me as I sat down..."You're pretty" and not in a 'I just want to get in your pants so I'll flatter you with lies' kind of way. He was being genuinely appreciative and it was oh so flattering and kind of made my already pretty awesome night.
I've been here a handful of times now, and each time I walk out with stories to tell. The bartenders rule, drinks are cheap and strong, and although it's technically a gay bar, there is a wide array of different types here on any given night.
I've been hit on by gay men, gay couples, and bi-curious women here, not to mention a certain highly intoxicated sweet older gentleman. And you wonder why I love this place?
My 3 favorite things about Trax:
3. Beer is 2.50 on Tuesdays! Â Where else can you get a pint of Big Daddy for that price?
2. The touch screen game, which my roomie and I glue ourselves to for a little erotic photo hunt and a little tai-play and a little wordster...whoever "Bttmbois" is, we are gunning for you! Â Watch your ass!
and....
1. BILL! Â Bill is so completely awesome! Â He plays the best music videos EVER. Â And, as a gift to me, he played "Oh Sheila"!!!! Â In addition to his awesome videos, he's also the coolest guy around and we are lucky to have him.
Hellamuthafuckincheap! Â oh, and Jack the bartender is also hellamuthafuckin' FABULOUS! Â Thanks for being a sweetie!
Jager (sp?) shots are $4.25. Â Which is cheap for Jager, since most bars charge up to twice that much for a shot. Â And it's super-duper COLD! Â
Y'alls just need to get here. :P
Let it be known (should all you *newbie* fans not have READ MY OTHER 300 REVIEWS) that I LOVE gay bars. Absolutely LOVE THEM.
I'm a sucker for fabulous gay men, and so when Joe took me here after Magnolia I was pleasantly surprised. Super divey, so I could dig the vibe.
The bartender served us up some beers, and off we went to the pool table.
The next 10 games we played-- I ran the table a couple of times until I started fucking up on really, really easy shots, and next thing you know I'm losing and people are still letting me play out of pity. But irregardless, I still got to play.
I had a game with this Irish guy that allowed me to show off some skillz, but he won. Twice. Said something about "being able to play with someone who was good for once."
Except it's been months since I picked up a cue stick, and I got lucky. A lot.
Next time I come, I'm kicking all of your asses. Just sayin.
Went here for Gregor's Bon Voyage after not having been here for about 10 years and you know what? Nothing has changed! Still a great dive-y gay bar, with a pretty chill clientle, cute bartenders and still only one bathroom (i'm SO sorry ladies).
My drinks were nice and strong, the bartender was just flirty enough and I met some great Yelpers there. We were obviously the life of the bar, so when things got a bit late, we decided to move on, but for a happy hour experience, it was everything I could have hoped for and remembered.
I bet if I came back in 10 more years it would probably be just the same.
For years, I went here without any clue that it was a gay bar. Â The reason I started becoming a patron here is because I stopped in one day while shopping and it was the first bar here in the city that served Stella before it became a hipster beer. Â I lived in England for a while and it's known as "wifebeater" there because mainly the football hooligans drink it similar to the way Budweiser is the standard of all ex-convicts. (p.s- I also love Budweiser) Â Anyway, so I took many of my male friends here, and one day my friend Phil comes up to me and says, "Hey dude, I hope you realize you've been taking me to a gay bar all this time." and I was like, "huh?"
So the next time I went in, I guess I missed all the tell-tale signs. The large rainbow neon in front, the lack of female patrons, the overly sweet older men that frequented it and the insanely cheap drink specials. Â Oh well.
I think I've become immune to gayness (gay-mune?) because I live around the corner from this place, I've been a few times, and it was only the very last time that I was there that I finally got it. OH DAMN...this is a gay bar....sweet!
So I'm talking to these two guys, one is a makeup artist for a travelling production of some musical, the other lives in SF and has a dog smaller than my head, then it hits me...I'm ruining their game. Time to pack up and go home.
Sweet drink specials, cheap!
Allow me to break it down for a minute about Trax: The Everyman's Gay Bar. Â Trax was the first bar I went to in San Francisco, and I never looked back. Â It represents Haight street at its most real (along with the Gold Cane).
Of particular note is their Saturday drink special: 9-10 $1 wells; 10-11 $2 wells; 11-12 $3 wells. Â This event has paved the way for many an infamous "Trax Saturday", in which a well-intenioned pre-game turns into everyone completely FACED by midnight, because it's 9:57 and drinks are about to increase in price by 100%, so we better get five right now.
Seriously folks, this is the spot. Â Leave your sucka-ass friends at Hobson's and go get your Traxxx on. Â Holla.
This place is a gay bar (not that there's anything wrong with that) - Â in fact it is the only gay bar on Haight Street. Â That's a nice quality in a bar. Â It's a little grungy, a little funky, a little divey, and generally a good place to go for a little anonymity.
It's also VERY close to my house, which is a nice quality in a bar.
Update: Â then there was the night we ran into two gorgeous French girls there . . . omg.
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