Smuggler's Cove opened in San Francisco in 2009 and built its reputation on serious rum and exotic cocktails rather than a novelty tiki gloss. The bar brings together one of the deepest rum selections in the country, drinks that trace more than three centuries of rum history, and a dark, theatrical room filled with vintage tiki artifacts and nautical detail.
Martin Cate's bar remains one of the most influential modern tiki destinations in the United States, but it still works first as a place to settle in for a proper drink. If you want a San Francisco stop that leans hard into rum, craft, and immersive atmosphere, Smuggler's Cove earns its standing.