Berkeley Go Club

Important note:
Now, the Berkeley Go Club is located at 2161 Shattuck suite 222, above Games of Berkeley, on the SE corner of the intersection of Shattuck and Center, directly across Shattuck from the downtown BerkeleyBART station, one block west of the Cal Campus; and also very near Berkeley High School, Berkeley Community College, and several language schools. Across the street, BART is open until 12:30am every night, and great many ACTransit lines stop right here.
There are some players here around 5 – 6 dan and an 8 dan professional comes in once a month to give game reviews and answer questions. I’m around 2d. The new space is close to bart but it is a bit smaller. There are now 6 – 8 boards set up instead of 10 – 12. I would call it cozy. There are many nice american and korean players here. There are also some from other countries.

Whether you call it Go, Igo, Weiqi, or Baduk, this is where you’ll meet other people to play. They welcome newcomers (including kids) and if you come on Sunday, you’ll probably get a game with Herb, who founded the club in the 1960s. There’s no cost for novice newcomers to play.
The club is in a funky old building that’s right next to Marmo, across the street from Ashby BART. The club itself is upstairs and in the back of the building.
Note that while the club has official hours, they sometimes open up a bit late, so don’t stress if you get there at Saturday at 3pm on the dot and it’s not open yet.
They have a great library of Go books, snacks for sale (at reasonable prices) and plenty of boards from 19×19 to 9×9. One of the kids is quite strong (possibly 2-​dan) and the strongest club player is 3– or 4-​dan. There are also players at my almost-​complete-​novice level up through single-​digit kyu.
The Go club welcomes all comers for 9×9 games at Games of Berkeley on Monday nights (6pm-​9pm).