Raven Bar

Its aite

This club was okay EXCEPT for the terrible experience we had with one of the security guards at the entrance. He was this short Hispanic looking guy with a beanie. I don’t remember his name so that’s why I gave a description. Anyway, this guy had apparently never seen an ID from Kentucky before so he immediately thought my friend’s ID was a fake. The picture was a little faded because the ID is old but you can still clearly see it is her. The worst part about the whole experience was the unnecessary rude comments he made to her and he escalated the situation so quickly. She was calm and nice the entire time but this guy immediately gave her attitude and was rude to all three of us as we tried to explain to him that her ID is valid. Instead of asking us for any other form of identification and explaining to us why he could not accept her current ID, he went on to say he was going to confiscate her ID and then he made a snide judgement towards her for not have a passport. He said, “ how do you not have a passport! Everyone has a passport”. This is when I interjected and told him that NOT everyone has a passport because to be able to travel is a luxury and why would someone have a passport if they can’t travel. This comment infuriated me because my friend has been living in poverty for years so she never dreamed of being able to go out of the country which is why she never got a passport, so on top of him making her feel bad for that he also continued to be rude and make unnecessary comments like these. Another security guard finally took over and we had to show them a birth certificate scan just so they would let her in and even after all of that they didn’t apologize for their rude behavior AND as we were finally going inside the short security guard made another comment saying we didn’t need a stamp to enter because they “wouldn’t forget us”, as if we were the problem. Honestly, we were about to leave to another club altogether because of this childish unprofessional AHOLE. I really hope they fire him because his treatment towards us was way off and completely unnecessary. Just to avoid this guy, we are never going back to this place. There are plenty of other clubs in SF, so pls avoid this place if you want to avoid an unpleasant experience like this one and potentially having your ID confiscated for no reason.

Raven Bar was fun 10 years ago, and it's still fun now! BEST dance club I know that plays 90s and early 2000s music. My girlfriends and I had a great time, met and made new friends, and we will definitely be back!

The bouncers just stand by and watch a guy punch a girl

The drinks were diluted and the security was very rude. Disappointed.

Mediocre music and it was really crowded. Everyone kept pushing each other and we had to pay $20 to get in on a Friday night.