Overall the club itself was decent. Even though theres usually a SUUUUUUPER long line and I got hate crimed by a white dude I still had a great time. I got pretty good service at the bar considering it was unbelievably busy. The music is okay - pretty generic top 40 stuff sometimes.

First night out in SF and this place was lots of fun! We came for some house music downstairs and it started out mellow around 10 and got packed by 11:30, had to go out for some fresh air a couple of times. The bartender that served us was awesome. The photobooth was super fun. We danced the night away and met some eccentric peeps. There is also a really cool speakeasy close by which is now my fav place for food and drinks.

Staff are really nice, and work their booties off. The upstairs vibe is chill, with soft lighting - suitable for conversations. The downstairs is bumping, and has a decent dance floor. First venue Ive been to in the city which books awesome DJs (who pick good tracks + know how to beat match). Clientele seem to be humans who actually want to dance, which is refreshing.

They have a nice patio so you can cool off, and FREE TACOS when you get hungry!!! The best thing is that they have different themes all the time so it doesnt get old. Ill definitely be coming back to this place. Get yourself on the guest list and come check out the place for yourself!

They have a bar upstairs and a dance floor / club downstairs. There are some good house DJs that play downstairs and it stays open until 4am on weekends, but usually there is a $20 cover.

Amazing venue with great sound. The Staff is friendly. Drinks arent badly priced for the city. Cover is normally free for the upstairs and minimally priced for the downstairs. Allways has a great crowd

Ive been charged 20$ to get in and then they did not let me order anything. When I asked to get my money back they said I should have known the law. I dont trust this place. And you shouldt either.

We seriously had the BEST bartender on Wednesday Aug 1st! He was fun, energetic, kind, and a true mixologist! He made the bar a night to remember. Best pisco sour in San Francisco

SF’s premier spot for killer tunes and the best liquid concoctions. DK all the way

We seriously had the BEST bartender on Wednesday Aug 1st! He was fun, energetic, kind, and a true mixologist! He made the bar a night to remember. Best pisco sour in San Francisco

Pretty decent night club. Has two distinct floors and experiences. On the street level, there are two bars and a small dacing floor. Entrance is free to access these areas. There is a basement where you have to pay 20 dollars cash to have access to it. They have a bar and a larger dancing floor. There is a DJ and a theme party going on. Pretty cool experience with all the decorations and everyone dancing around.

ExpensiveGood serviceThe crowd- depands on the dayMusic was amazing!

Amazing venue with great sound. The Staff is friendly. Drinks arent badly priced for the city. Cover is normally free for the upstairs and minimally priced for the downstairs. Allways has a great crowd

Such an amazing place with such amazing people!! I was very impressed by Bobby, one of the bartenders from Monarch, who was talented enough to be able to create delicious, authentic cocktails when I asked for something special. Good vibes only! Loved it!

Good attitudes found here.

Really good place to have fun. Place is small and almost always packed. The food and drinks are pricey. The music and crowd are different time to time, DJ to DJ.

Staff were really nice, upstairs have soft lights and chill music. But downstairs were just an energy bomb with high techno music. Artists were very talented and knew how to adapt dancing people.

They have a nice patio so you can cool off, and FREE TACOS when you get hungry!!! The best thing is that they have different themes all the time so it doesnt get old. Ill definitely be coming back to this place. Get yourself on the guest list and come check out the place for yourself!

4.1 average is very accurate rating for here I thinkNice bar. The club in the basement is fine. Not spectacular. The DJ when I was there was good

Super fun bar/club. After we drink some delicious cocktails we went downstairs for an amazing night.

Cool bar upstairs.Even cooler basement.

Great place. Miss it

If you haven’t stopped by, you’re missing out. Really cool staff, great music, and delish drinks. Area sketchy so stay inside. J/K...no really.

Only go to monarch on Tuesday, for the best Taco Tuesday in all of San Francisco. Has techno ish music playing and cheap yet amazing tacos. The food for Taco Tuesdays are fresh every Tuesday, and let me tell you the Tacos are loaded with goodness, and made with love of the food...

Staff are really nice, and work their booties off. The upstairs vibe is chill, with soft lighting - suitable for conversations. The downstairs is bumping, and has a decent dance floor. First venue Ive been to in the city which books awesome DJs (who pick good tracks + know how to beat match). Clientele seem to be humans who actually want to dance, which is refreshing.

While Monarch is best known as a dance venue, I say skip the evening lines and sidle up to the bar after work for happy hour for $3 pints. Thats right, $3. Everything on tap, $3. At that price you can afford to buy a round or two for your friends and still be able to pay your rent.

I highly recommend the upstairs. Cool vibe, excellent cocktails, and I loved the aerial performance. The basement was not great, though. The music the night I went was extremely repetitive techno and house, nothing progressive or creative at all. The bathrooms were also way seedier than youd expect for a place with such a nice upstairs bar. Its possible it was just not my taste, but it started to feel like the $20 to get into the basement was a trap to make sure you didnt leave once you found out how boring it was down there.

Only go to monarch on Tuesday, for the best Taco Tuesday in all of San Francisco. Has techno ish music playing and cheap yet amazing tacos. The food for Taco Tuesdays are fresh every Tuesday, and let me tell you the Tacos are loaded with goodness, and made with love of the food.

Stopped in for a drink the other day but ended up checking out the club below. One of the most interesting sound systems Ive seen before. Almost antique looking speakers that sound amazing. The bar usually gets some great house djs playing here. Its a smaller venue so it can get packed.

One of the best sound systems in San Francisco and booking all the right acts to show it off. Fast bar staff, circus performances and a photobooth. Theres something for everybody. Also it is on 6th st so hide your valuables if you drive there.

Great venue. Play dance music. Great split between lounge and dance floor. Feels completely like a different place.

I went there on Friday and I’ve had a good night until the end when they gave me the wrong credit card. Luckily I found the guy and gave him his card back the next day but I wasn’t able to get back mine. I tried to call them, leave messages send e-mails on the informations they gave and I never got any answer so I had to get a new credit card. I went there on Friday and I got a few drinks and on the receipt It was 48$ and I remember that I’ve bought drinks for that price. On Monday I check my bank account and I see that they added 12 more dollars so they ignored my contact and used my card to take more money 3 days after I left my cart there. I never complain or write for nothing but this is not honest at all and I will call my bank to take those 12$ back and pay only for what I bought no more, no less.

This is an insanely beautiful art deco space-- covered in swirling gold patterns above the bar, lights coming out of a tuba from the ceiling, has a giant circular gap in the wall where a Lyra hoop hangs, fancy lanterns and flocked wallpaper...its just gorgeous. Its what you want the inside of all bars to look like and puts other places to shame.

This club is located in of the worst parts of town. Getting in and out of the venue without being bothered by homeless people is nearly impossible. They have a great sound system and is fun to dance to house music. Drinks are expensive. They do a Taco Tuesday special with a full menu and drinks at a good price. Just be prepared to deal with the rough crowded when coming or leaving. If you do park in the area do not leave anything valuable in the car.

Great place to forget it all and just vibe. Chill top floor, hypnotizing basement dance floor.

I had to witness a horrific night when the 500 lb bouncer harassed my 100 lb girlfriend. It was super painful to watch my friend terrified like that and this big bald dude made A scene out of nothing. He lifted my tiny friend up in the air and shook her in the public and yelled at her face. Unskilled, unethical, no manner and no respect for women. Do you not have any sense of sizes like how big you are? You do not need that much energy to say No to a tiny girl.8 of us had already purchased tickets for the night. We are all educated young professionals who just wanted to celebrate our friends Masters degree at Monarch. But bouncer accused our couple girlfriends were trouble because they were drunk. They minded their own businesses and waited in the line like other people who were there. They were not drunk enough to cause any trouble.Always enjoyed my time there, but not anymore after what happened that night. And I am telling this to everyone I know.I read some yelp reviews, sounds like it is not his first time that he went nuts on other people. I wish I could give 0 star if I had an option.I hope Monarch management addresses this persons unethical attitude to their customers.

I never plan to come here but when accidentally appear here,.its ways a lot of fun. Upper floor and basement are completely different places with different atmosphere. Its cool to change vibe by going back and forwardOh. And photobooth so much fun and memories

Good music. Poor service and abusive wardrobe policy.

Free photo booth. Literally you can take as many photos as you want and they print them for you. That is something I have never seen at any other bar, ever. Therefore, I give Monarch five stars by default. I will continue to go back just for that feature! Loved it!

You must come here on Tuesday! Its Taco Tuesday! Alfredo makes all the food himself and everything he touches turns to gold. No joke the food is ridiculous and very reasonably priced. Amazing DJs playing as well. Starts around 6pm and goes till the food runs out! Important note, cash only for food but card/cash for drinks at the bar.

Just a greasy joint with some greasy music.

Interesting djs cool sound. Snobby door people and rude bartenders. I love clubs. I love the music this place books. But hate going here.

The atmosphere was brilliant even for a 50 year old. The wife and I danced all night to the techno rave music. Reasonably priced with the added bonus of an acobatic dancer! Felt totally safe whilst I was there with a good mix of clientele. If I visit SF again the monarch is a place I will defiantly go back to and would urge anyone visiting to give it a try.

Came here and danced my feet off. The crowd is great and not rowdy. Everyone seems to just want to enjoy the music and drinks. We left very tipsy and happy.

Fantastic sound system in the basement, reasonably priced drinks. Great talent comes through. Location is a bit sketch, but I havent actually had any problems coming here.

One of the best house music venues in SF! Owners are all long time members of the SF music scene so you can trust the sound, lighting, and the talent booked here are all top quality. Only challenge is the neighborhood, but besides that its a killer spot for a night of dancing!

One of the best Soundsystem and staff in s.f. Very little attitude. Atmosphere is really well done upstairs. Downstairs is like your old-school rave cave with an all concrete bar.

Excellent use of space. 2 bars. Dj in the basement. Live entertainment.

Very cool place. Downstairs was kinda crazy so I stayed on the main level and the bartender there was outstanding.

Out group was knocked out for no legitimate reason. When asked to security answers we are about to close but the club has still 1 more hour of open time

Would give them a 3.8 (lol) to be technical. Small vintage feel upstairs bar and dance room with a downstairs dancing floor with a $25 cover the night I went. I was probably a little over the average crowd age, been there done that... it was all right. House music is house music but a little too redundant. African-American bouncer was super friendly. Two gender-neutral restrooms ground level were cool but a bit too dark and not taken care of as the night went by - had to deal with increasing puddles.

It would be ok place if everyone there wasnt trying to pick pocket you or steal your jacket if you set it down man it was unbelievable I dont know if people go there to have fun or to try and rip each other off pretty creepy place not a very friendly environment

Great little venue right there in SOMA. Its an upscale-ish bar up top with a small and intimate music venue in the basement. It has easily one of the best sound systems in the city so if a DJ you like is playing here I wouldnt hesitate to go see them. It can get a bit hot downstairs but nothing too crazy, overall I would say a solid venue to see an artist you enjoy and not a bad place to check out on any given Friday/Saturday night.

Went with my bf, great vibes, dim lighting, pricy drinks though. We danced a lot on the smallish dance floor but many different sections to explore in there. ALSO, free photo booth, WOW!

Smaller venue, the bathroom was small and limited and music was not bad. Good seating and decent drinks on the main floor.

RACISTS! Stay awayI only bother writing a review in exceptional cases & this club is fitting of this criteria. This clubs security hosts unreasonable racist and power hungry bouncers. On reflection I noticed they were kicking Asian people out & make up false accusations for justification. My friend (who is American Chinese) used what she thought was the gender neutral bathroom. As the bouncer saw her in what he claims was actually the men’s, without questioning her he threw her out. As he was pushing my friend out I kept asking what was happening as she was my ride home but he kept ignoring me & pushing me back. He wouldn’t tell me what was going on and after much persistence aggressively turned around & said are you in or outside with her. I said I needed to at least go outside to speak to her to which he immediately responded with my snatching my full double g&t, handing it to a colleague and instructing them to throw it outside on the ground. I responded that this was a highly unreasonable response and asked where I’d find the manager. When I walked to the front he was already standing there with the manager looking very flustered. He’d clearly realized his actions were unreasonable for if they were not he’d not feel obligated to sheepishly attempt to defend them.When I complained to management the bouncer who had chucked her out in front of us kept nervously stating ‘what girl uses the “gender neutral bathroom” unless they’re taking coke’ and then changed his story claiming he’d in fact actually seen her snorting illegal substances which was a complete fabrication (I said he could literally test her). Whilst I was positing what had happened the manager kept looking at me & stating to his colleague over his shoulder ‘I’ve got your back man’. This is clearly something that happens here a lot & management had no interest in hearing the complaint. FYI it was 1.40am (we’d entered at 1.30) and the club shut at 2 - no one will be starting drugs with 20 minutes to go.The reason it appears they try close up promptly by chucking people out is that there literally were a line of 3 police cars & bouncers continuously throwing non-violent tipsy people out claiming they were all on drugs. We also met some Korean American girls outside who told us the same thing had happened to them on a previous night there. As we stood there we saw them kicking out a Chinese girl for doing lines of coke. What is extremely ironic is that inside there were people gurning their faces off and none of whom were kicked out. I believe that it appears as though they’re more concerned by those who drank than those on drugs as the drunkards are the ones to usually be more unreasonable and messy.Very disappointed as having just paid 20 we were in there for little over 10 minutes.My suggestion to the owner:Invest in new non-racist security members & some more female loos as 1 toilet (as apparently gender neutral loos are off limits to us) is not sufficient.FYI if people are taking drugs they’ll try be inconspicuous, so guilty girls won’t be in the men’s.

If you are going to charge $20.00 per person, you better have better DJs than you did tonight. Music was awful on both levels.

Classy/Funky Upstairs, Modern Techno/Party downstairs. Perfect.

Its a classier bar, and they have a hanging hook that an acrobatic gogo dancer dances in sometimes. The real dance floor is in the basement and the bouncer makes up prices to get in. It was $10 and then my friends checked 10 minutes later and it was $20. Pretty small areas, not great for groups.

I absolutely loved it, best Long Island iced I ever had. Winter two nights in a row this last holiday weekend and I got to see my favorite dj mixer Mark Farina. Total Size of place some what small.... But the women were sexy!

Bartender double charged me and then lied when confronted about it. Was very rude to me and my wife regarding the whole thing. There are better bars with better service in the area

Depending on the night this place could be really awesome. Id always recommend checking out the artist online on Monarchs website. Usually really good house music.

Great drinks at the bars up tip and fun dancing down below. The bartenders are the best here, just say hey. Most nights have a theme or a weekly thing thats going on. Taco Tuesday and Smoked Out Wednesdays are bomb.

Cool venue. Chill vibe upstairs and great dance floor downstairs but the music has been meh the three times Ive been.

Great cocktails at the upstairs lounge with a very relaxed atmosphere. Downstairs is an entirely different experience. The one and only VOID sound system is mind blowing. This place is a real diamond in the rough on the 6th street corridor. Great amazing hour specials as well.

Worst experience we have ever had. Rude, lying staff. Plenty of other clubs in the area and Id recommend going there instead. Double charged me and made my wife cry with how rude they were.

Has a great vintage vibe to it. Good sound and free water cups!

One of the rudest crowds I’ve ever dealt with. Very pushy. I can only speak for the basement though. One star redeemed for the amazing sound system.

Nice parties

Best taco Tuesday EVER!!!!!

This is a fantastic bar.

Overly priced for sure, music is great for sure and probably the ambience too but honestly, the vibe is not there. There are way better places in downtown San Francisco.

Pretty bougie place. Nice decor and all that. But! In order to hang out with the cool kids downstairs, you got to pay cover. I guess they try to keep out the ghetto people since it is off 6th and mission. Didnt really like the music and the scene. Its a pass for me.

Always have a blast when I come here. Im not much of a drinker but they make great drinks and always have bomb music (Most of the time a live DJ playing Some type of House music). Dont forget to check out Taco Tuesdays!

Dance floor in the lower level. Good music. Two bars.

So many good shows here, even better when you get tickets ahead of time. Paying at the door can be pricey.

I go at least once a week for Taco Tuesdays 5:30-9:30 djs and music. JJ Shay and Dizkoalition are my faves. I dance til Im wrecked. Its great. Tacos and house music make for a good night out right at the beginning of the work week. Go!

Great spot to chill and see live music in the basement. Really well built, great ventilation, basement doesnt get stuffy and has clearly marked exits.

Steamfunk bar? Interesting decor and vibe in this small but friendly space.

Funky dance place. Really great cocktails and taco Tuesday was awesome.

Amazing house music downstairs. Love the mix of people there!

Upstairs is great, downstairs cant tell we were at a private event but it isnt as well decorated and the vibe was distinctly teenagers converted garage

Classy bar with aerial performances on top floor. Basement with Techno and Deephouse DJs on the weekend. Good crowds, nice staff.

Upstairs is nice, but downstairs is where this place shines. The sound system fits the basement perfectly; its not too big of a space, but still has loungey areas away from the dancefloor. Make sure to come on a night that matches your tastes.

Interesting decor and drinks are reasonable. The bar is a bit unique compared to other establishments in SF

Great atmosphere, great music, great drinks. had a great birthday here! :)

Good sound downstairs, good food taco Tuesday up, and places to sit. I like it here.

The good thing about this club is the audio. The people not much. The artists are very good. It gets very crowded upstairs and downstairs. If you are looking for a loungey place to talk, this is not the place to go.

Amazing Void sound system, perfect size, intimate club.

Good location for a private event. Two levels, three bars, good bartenders.

Location isnt the best and venue is small, but the bartender was great and the cocktail list was inventive and tasty.

Nice atmosphere. Good entertainment. Pricey drinks but they are good.

Decent Soundsystem but the crowd visiting is often too much techbro crowd. Definitely too much talking on the dancefloor going on.

What a fine location; I dont know how I missed that one during all these years. Very cozy bar and a neat little dancefloor below.

Really cool cocktail lounge with a tiny dance floor on the main floor and a larger jam packed dance club downstairs thats open until 4 AM. This place gets seriously poppin after 11 PM on weekends and it maintains a good volume balance thats high energy but also conducive to conversation.

The bar is very nice, the nightclub is for house and Electronic music lovers!

Great tacos for 2 bucks. Good happy hour. awesom djs. Taco tues

Nice decor and great lights club for EDM music. I came here last night with a couple of girlfriends to dance and I liked the layout with good seating area at the corner. The music was on point if you like EDM music.Parking was easy but be sure to read the parking signs!

One of the best sound systems in SF. If you like house music/electronic/etc its a great place to go dancing. The bar upstairs has a cool steampunk feel to it and they make surprisingly good (for a club) cocktails.

Great place. Nice and intimate.