Five Points - San Jose

4.3 (13)

$31 to $50

Cocktail Bar

169 W Santa Clara St, San Jose, CA 95113-1707

About this restaurant

Great for creative cocktails
Great for happy hour
Lively

Five Points is one of downtown San Jose's premiere cocktail bar. Dark woods, gold finishes and vintage antiques. Live entertainment five nights a week. Semi-Private and private rooms. Outdoor seating. Mentioned by San Francisco Eater, Thrillist, Yelp, Metro News and Mercury News.

• "Top Notch Cocktail Bar Around the South Bay" — San Francisco Eater
• "It feels like it has decades of history in its walls" — Mercury News
• "An instant favorite" — Metro News
• "Dedicated to honoring old-school drinking culture with a cocktail menu full of modern takes on vintage favorites" Thrillist.com
• "Most Visited Cocktail Bar in Downtown San Jose" — Lyft
• "They bring a little bit of old school New York to downtown San Jose" — bigseventravel.com
• "Try a hint of dangerously good whiskey at Five Points Bar" — Wanderlog.com

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Additional information

Dining style
Casual Dining
Price
$31 to $50
Cuisines
Cocktail Bar, American
Hours of Operation
Mon–Wed, Sun 4:00 pm–1:00 am Thu–Sat 4:00 pm–2:00 am
Website
https://www.fivepointssj.com/
Dress code
Casual Dress

Location
169 W Santa Clara St, San Jose, CA 95113-1707
Area
San Jose
Parking Details
None
Additional
Bar/Lounge, Beer, Cocktails, Dancing, Full Bar, Late Night, Wheelchair Access, Wine

Reviews

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Reviews from people who have dined at Five Points - San Jose.

4.3

(13)

4.1Food
4.2Service
4.4Ambience
4.1Value

Noise • Moderate

13 Reviews

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lizB
San Francisco Bay Area12 reviews
3.0
Dined on 4 December 2022
1. Overall 3
2. Food 3
3. Service 2
4. Ambience 1
They sat 6 of us at a table for 4. Drinks were small and pricey. Food was good but service took a while. Looks like the early (6pm) staff were not ready to open up yet. It is mostly a bar so that was expected.
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OpenTable Diner
San Francisco Bay Area17 reviews
5.0
Dined on 26 October 2022
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
We brought another couple that had never been to 5 points We had a Great Time, Service was excellent! Then we headed over to our Sharks Match! Great Evening Thanks!
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Khali
San Francisco Bay Area1 review
5.0
Dined on 16 October 2022
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
I went here with my parents before a sharks game, it was the perfect spot to hang out eat grab a drink and kill some time.
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OpenTable Diner
New York City1 review
1.0
Dined on 7 May 2022
1. Overall 1
2. Food 1
3. Service 1
4. Ambience 2
terrible service. food came more than an hour late and was cold and tasteless. the music was so loud we couldn’t even hear ourselves think. we got out as fast as we could. thankfully our waitress and the manager agreed to not charge us for the food, showing some decency.
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OpenTable Diner
San Francisco Bay Area1 review
4.0
Dined on 13 January 2022
1. Overall 4
2. Food 4
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Good first date experience for me on whiskey Wednesday (half price select whiskeys) the bartender gave great cocktail recommendations to my date. Cool old fashioned whiskey bar vibes. Not very busy on Wednesday in dry January but still fun.
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JohnB Gold
San Francisco Bay Area3 reviews
4.0
Dined on 28 November 2021
1. Overall 4
2. Food 4
3. Service 4
4. Ambience 5
Great place to hang out and have a good time. Music was great and was not too crowded.
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Dadoftwinzca Gold
San Francisco Bay Area2 reviews
1.0
Dined on 9 November 2021
1. Overall 1
2. Food 1
3. Service 1
4. Ambience 3
They were so backed up we had to leave without eating
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CharlesD
San Francisco Bay Area12 reviews
3.0
Dined on 7 November 2021
1. Overall 3
2. Food 3
3. Service 4
4. Ambience 2
It was a Saturday night before a Sharks game so it got crowded around 6 and noisey. Food was good, I had the impossible burger and my partner had the caesar salad with beef. Beef was cooked exactly as requested. Burger was good but the bun it came on was 50% the size of the patty and dark brown/black in color. When it first came to the table I though the top of the bun was missing and this was a mushroom cap on top! lol It was good though. The only bummer was that the entree menu linked to on Open Table did not match what was offered, the actual selection was much smaller than listed on OT.
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CristinaM Gold
San Francisco Bay Area136 reviews
2.0
Dined on 24 October 2021
1. Overall 2
2. Food 3
3. Service 2
4. Ambience 2
I thought this would be a good place to talk with a friend and have a cocktail and appetizer. My cocktail was fancy and very good, and the calamari was excellent (think it comes from same kitchen as Farmer's Union). However it was VERY loud- they actually had a DJ playing -but just house beats that nobody was actually dancing to- so it was difficult to have a conversation. Server never checked on us and I had to go to the bar to get another drink. Looks like the back patio was nice, had it not been cold and raining that would have been a better option.
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OpenTable Diner Gold
San Francisco Bay Area2 reviews
1.0
Dined on 3 July 2021
1. Overall 1
2. Food 1
3. Service 1
4. Ambience 1
They didn’t honor our reservation, said they actually stopped at 9, so we went to Miniboss they arcade bar down the street
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