Great Quirky-Themed Venues In San Francisco

Serving Asian cuisine, the Tonga Room is a tiki-themed bar and restaurant located in the Fairmont Hotel. Built in 1929, there is a pool stretching 75 feet in the center with a live band floating in the middle on a small island. Periodically, a light waterfall will surround the band. There are also tiki-themed drinks and a dance floor at the end of the water. The Tonga Room is a great place to meet up with friends for a drink and some dancing.

For excellent tea and fanciful décor, look no further than Lovejoy’s Tea Room. Lovejoy offers a royalty tea experience with delicious scones, sandwiches and more. The walls are aligned with teapots, saucers, books, and other various knick-knacks. The wooden furniture is mismatching, and floral tablecloths and sometimes doilies cover the tables.

Urban Putt is a both a restaurant and an indoor mini-golf course. On one side, customers can enjoy a meal and some drinks, and on the other, they can play a 14-hole round of mini-golf, the mini-golf holes each have a different quirky theme. Don’t be steered away because of the line, as it moves fairly quickly. After eight at night, Urban Putt becomes solely 21-and-up venue and continues serving drinks.

AsiaSF looks like a typical restaurant except for the Chinese red runway bar where the servers perform hourly. The Ladies of AsiaSF are waitresses, performers, and transgender. Once the customers are done eating and the performance is over, they can just go downstairs to continue the fun in AsiaSF’s nightclub.

Originally, this venue was used for a cannabis club, but now The Social Study is a small coffee house by day, serving Four Barrel coffee, and an eccentric bar by night. Old-school books are scattered, and one bright blue leather wall holds fold-out individual seating. At night, The Social Study offers a small selection of wines and beers, projects movies onto the wall, and has a live DJ, on most nights.

El Mansour is a Moroccan-themed restaurant in the Outer Richmond, complete with low seating, round mosaic tables, and colorful tapestry. Servers start with bringing the customers a water basin and towel to wash their hands. Then food is served with customers eating with their hands. Meanwhile, the belly dancers perform several numbers and customers are welcomed to join in at the end.

West of Pecos is a restaurant and bar with a Southwestern flair accompanied by animal skins on the wall, a long horn skull, their own cocktail menu, and saloon doors. The restaurant serves Tex-Mex cuisine and is open for brunch on the weekends.

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