Whereabouts is Philz?
Question · by picky_on_paseo · Member since Aug 2026 · 2 posts · 7w7 weeks ago
Coffee shop in Fremont, CA
4.4 · 1,317 reviewsOpens Tuesday at 4:30 AMOpens Tuesday at 4:30 AM
Laid-back local chain specializes in custom-blended coffees, plus teas, specialty drinks & pastries.
Eligible to offer 20% cashback to customers who shop here.OrbitBack
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Updated Sep 14, 2026Last activity 1 month ago, a question from picky_on_paseo.
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What Philz offers, what it costs, and what people come for.
Philz lists 6 services on its website. Here's each one, with how many reviews mention each.
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No code detected[Photo 4]When it's quiet, where to park, and what's nearby.
Monday or Tuesday, before 8 AM.
Busiest Saturday and Sunday from 11 AM to 4 PM.
Zaitoon is next door for south Indian Non-vegetarian food. Ike's Love & Sandwiches is a 1 minute walk for Sandwiches.
Nearby places from Google Maps, read Oct 25, 2026.
Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.
Closed now. Busiest Sat and Sun, 11 AM to 4 PM.
What reviews, press and directories say about Philz.
4.4from 1,317 reviews on Google
Philz Coffee stands out for its unique drink offerings but struggles with service consistency and long wait times. Philz Coffee in Fremont offers a mix of personalized coffee experiences and a community-oriented atmosphere, but many customers report long wait times and inconsistent service. While some enjoy the unique blends like the Mint Mojito Iced and Tantalizing Turkish iced coffee, others express frustration over delays and staff attitudes.
Listed on 6 of the 25 directories AI reads.
The AI Score is out of 100, read from 8 signals across search and AI.
29 Fremont avg
Signal and how much it countsPhilz
Every business is scored the same way, and nobody can pay for a better score.
Philz, as AI sees it. Blue signals help Philz, and red ones hold it back.
Claiming your page is free.
The page ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google read about Philz. The code version is exactly what their crawlers get.
Local AI Registry · Coffee shops in Fremont, CA · Editorial
By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated September 14, 2026.
Published September 14, 2026 · Updated September 14, 2026 · Machine-readable version below
Philz Coffee is a coffee shop in Fremont, CA. Its AI Score is 45 of 100, which is fair.
What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks
| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | Coffee shop |
| Address | 39000 Paseo Padre Pkwy, Fremont, CA 94538, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Fri 4:30 AM to 7 PM · Sat to Sun 5 AM to 7 PM |
| Phone | (510) 456-9279 |
| Rating | 4.4 across 1,317 reviews on Google |
| Quietest time | Tuesday |
| Updated | September 14, 2026 |
Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.
| Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Location info | Address | 39000 Paseo Padre Pkwy, Fremont, CA 94538, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Laid-back local chain specializes in custom-blended coffees, plus teas, specialty drinks & pastries. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Fri 4:30 AM to 7:00 PM · Sat to Sun 5:00 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Philz Coffee | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (510) 456-9279 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 4:30 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 4:30 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 4:30 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 4:30 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 4:30 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 5:00 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 5:00 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Custom-blended coffees | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Leadership | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Pastries | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Roast discovery | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Sign up | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Specialty drinks | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Subscriptions | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Surprise delivery | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Sustainability | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Teas | AI guess | |
| Links | https://www.facebook.com/philzcoffee | Confirmed | Business website | |
| Links | https://www.instagram.com/philzcoffee | Confirmed | Business website | |
| Links | TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@officialphilzcoffee | Confirmed | Business website |
| Links | Website | https://philzcoffee.com/locations/fremont?utm_source=gmb&utm_medium=yext | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
These are the 6 services Philz offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.
| Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sign up | From their website | |||
| Subscriptions | From their website | |||
| Surprise delivery | From their website | |||
| Leadership | From their website | |||
| Roast discovery | From their website | |||
| Sustainability | From their website |
Address: 39000 Paseo Padre Pkwy, Fremont, CA 94538, USA. Phone: (510) 456-9279. Hours: Mon to Fri 4:30 AM to 7 PM · Sat to Sun 5 AM to 7 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)
From Google Business Profile: "Laid-back local chain specializes in custom-blended coffees, plus teas, specialty drinks & pastries."
Quietest day: Tuesday. Busiest day: Sunday. From the popular times on its Google listing.
| Place | Type | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Zaitoon - South Indian Non-Vegetarian Restaurant (Halal) | South indian restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Paseo Padre Pkwy at Rayley's | Bus stop | 1 min walk |
| Ike's Love & Sandwiches | Sandwich shop | 1 min walk |
| 39199 Paseo Padre Pkwy | Bus stop | 1 min walk |
| Go chaatzz | Indian restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Sushi Ken | Japanese restaurant | 1 min walk |
4.4 average across 1,317 reviews: Google 1,317. (Confirmed, read September 14, 2026.)
Philz Coffee stands out for its unique drink offerings but struggles with service consistency and long wait times. (AI guess, from 1,317 reviews.)
Listed on 6 of the 25 directories we checked.
| Directory | Listed |
|---|---|
| Angi | Not listed |
| Apple Maps | Listed |
| BBB | Not listed |
| Birdeye | Not listed |
| Brownbook | Not listed |
| Chamber of Commerce | Not listed |
| Cylex | Not listed |
| DexKnows | Not listed |
| Listed | |
| Foursquare | Not listed |
| Groupon | Not listed |
| Hotfrog | Not listed |
| Manta | Not listed |
| MapQuest | Listed |
| MerchantCircle | Not listed |
| Nextdoor | Listed |
| OpenTable | Not listed |
| Superpages | Not listed |
| Thumbtack | Not listed |
| Tripadvisor | Listed |
| Trustpilot | Not listed |
| Tupalo | Not listed |
| Yellowbook | Not listed |
| Yellow Pages | Not listed |
| Yelp | Listed |
We ask Gemini, Perplexity and ChatGPT about Philz. These are the answers that don’t match this page.
ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 25, 2026. Perplexity via DataForSEO on Oct 25, 2026.
| Fact | What AI says | What this page says |
|---|---|---|
| Address | Perplexity via DataForSEO on Oct 25, 2026: 24440 Alicia Pkwy. | 39000 Paseo Padre Pkwy, Fremont, CA 94538, USA |
It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Fremont coffee shops run 23 to 45. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Philz scores 45, above the Fremont average of 29. The same method scores every business on the registry.
| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Philz |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 25 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Poor |
| Off-property attestation | 20 | 41 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor |
| AI visibility | 14 | 45 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Fair |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 92 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good |
| Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 62 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Fair |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 | 37 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Poor |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 65 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Good |
Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology
How AI decides what to say about a coffee shop: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business
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| Philz Coffee | LocalBusiness | #business | https://philzcoffee.com/locations/fremont?utm_source=gmb&utm_medium=yext | Subject of this page |
| Fremont, California | City | #city | City Philz is in | |
| Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page |
| Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee | Author of this page |
Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the coffee shops in Fremont, linked to the lists and towns around it.
This is exactly what this page sends to Google, Bing, ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Gemini. We publish it in the open for two reasons: so you can see nothing here is hidden or made up, and so any business or developer can copy it. Being a good local AI steward means the machine version says exactly what the human version says.
Sent before the page. They tell crawlers the canonical address and that a plain markdown copy exists.
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Title, description, canonical, robots and Open Graph tags. This is what shows in search results and link previews.
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# Philz Coffee, Fremont CA: Reviews Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/fremont/philz-coffee-fremont-ca. Free to reuse with a link back. By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-09-14. Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/fremont/philz-coffee-fremont-ca ## Photos -  -  -  -  -  ## In short Philz Coffee is a coffee shop in Fremont, CA. Its AI Score is 45 of 100, which is fair. What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks ## Key facts | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Type | Coffee shop | | Address | 39000 Paseo Padre Pkwy, Fremont, CA 94538, USA | | Hours | Mon to Fri 4:30 AM to 7 PM · Sat to Sun 5 AM to 7 PM | | Phone | (510) 456-9279 | | Rating | 4.4 across 1,317 reviews on Google | | Quietest time | Tuesday | | Updated | September 14, 2026 | ## All the details Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from. | Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Location info | Address | 39000 Paseo Padre Pkwy, Fremont, CA 94538, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Description | Laid-back local chain specializes in custom-blended coffees, plus teas, specialty drinks & pastries. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Hours | Mon to Fri 4:30 AM to 7:00 PM · Sat to Sun 5:00 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Name | Philz Coffee | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Phone | (510) 456-9279 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Monday | 4:30 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Tuesday | 4:30 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Wednesday | 4:30 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Thursday | 4:30 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Friday | 4:30 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Saturday | 5:00 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Sunday | 5:00 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Services | Service | Custom-blended coffees | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Leadership | From their website | Business website | | Services | Service | Pastries | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Roast discovery | From their website | Business website | | Services | Service | Sign up | From their website | Business website | | Services | Service | Specialty drinks | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Subscriptions | From their website | Business website | | Services | Service | Surprise delivery | From their website | Business website | | Services | Service | Sustainability | From their website | Business website | | Services | Service | Teas | AI guess | | | Links | Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/philzcoffee | Confirmed | Business website | | Links | Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/philzcoffee | Confirmed | Business website | | Links | TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@officialphilzcoffee | Confirmed | Business website | | Links | Website | https://philzcoffee.com/locations/fremont?utm_source=gmb&utm_medium=yext | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | ## Services and prices These are the 6 services Philz offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from. | Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Sign up | | | | From their website | | Subscriptions | | | | From their website | | Surprise delivery | | | | From their website | | Leadership | | | | From their website | | Roast discovery | | | | From their website | | Sustainability | | | | From their website | ### Known for Share your review link so AI can say what you're known for ## The team Add your team so AI can name who works here ## Visiting Philz Address: 39000 Paseo Padre Pkwy, Fremont, CA 94538, USA. Phone: (510) 456-9279. Hours: Mon to Fri 4:30 AM to 7 PM · Sat to Sun 5 AM to 7 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.) ### Location info from Google Business Profile From Google Business Profile: "Laid-back local chain specializes in custom-blended coffees, plus teas, specialty drinks & pastries." ### When to go Quietest day: Tuesday. Busiest day: Sunday. From the popular times on its Google listing. ### Parking and getting in Add your parking so AI can tell people where to park Add how to find your door so AI can walk people in ### Nearby | Place | Type | Distance | | --- | --- | --- | | Zaitoon - South Indian Non-Vegetarian Restaurant (Halal) | South indian restaurant | 1 min walk | | Paseo Padre Pkwy at Rayley's | Bus stop | 1 min walk | | Ike's Love & Sandwiches | Sandwich shop | 1 min walk | | 39199 Paseo Padre Pkwy | Bus stop | 1 min walk | | Go chaatzz | Indian restaurant | 1 min walk | | Sushi Ken | Japanese restaurant | 1 min walk | ## Reputation 4.4 average across 1,317 reviews: Google 1,317. (Confirmed, read September 14, 2026.) Philz Coffee stands out for its unique drink offerings but struggles with service consistency and long wait times. (AI guess, from 1,317 reviews.) ### What people like - Mint Mojito Iced coffee - Tantalizing Turkish iced coffee - Personalized drink preparation ### What people do not like - Long wait times for drinks - Inconsistent coffee quality - Staff unresponsive or rude ### Press Add a press story so AI can say who's written about you ### Awards Add an award so AI can name it ### Directories Listed on 6 of the 25 directories we checked. | Directory | Listed | | --- | --- | | Angi | Not listed | | Apple Maps | Listed | | BBB | Not listed | | Birdeye | Not listed | | Brownbook | Not listed | | Chamber of Commerce | Not listed | | Cylex | Not listed | | DexKnows | Not listed | | Facebook | Listed | | Foursquare | Not listed | | Groupon | Not listed | | Hotfrog | Not listed | | Manta | Not listed | | MapQuest | Listed | | MerchantCircle | Not listed | | Nextdoor | Listed | | OpenTable | Not listed | | Superpages | Not listed | | Thumbtack | Not listed | | Tripadvisor | Listed | | Trustpilot | Not listed | | Tupalo | Not listed | | Yellowbook | Not listed | | Yellow Pages | Not listed | | Yelp | Listed | ## Questions people ask ### Whereabouts is Philz? ### discounts for coming back, is that a thing ### bad experiences at Philz, anyone? ### first visit here, what do I need to bring? ### opening hours at Philz in Fremont, what are they these days? ### walk ins, or is it booked solid ### best coffee shop in Fremont ### is Suju's Coffee any better ### Why do people rate this place? ### what else is on Paseo Padre around Philz? ### Worth the hype here? ### Ballpark for a visit to a coffee shop in Fremont? ### anything new from Philz lately? ### when is this place actually dead? ### somewhere cheaper in Fremont that is not a risk? ## What AI gets wrong about Philz We ask Gemini, Perplexity and ChatGPT about Philz. These are the answers that don’t match this page. ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 25, 2026. Perplexity via DataForSEO on Oct 25, 2026. | Fact | What AI says | What this page says | | --- | --- | --- | | Address | Perplexity via DataForSEO on Oct 25, 2026: 24440 Alicia Pkwy. | 39000 Paseo Padre Pkwy, Fremont, CA 94538, USA | ## The AI Score: 45 of 100 It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Fremont coffee shops run 23 to 45. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Philz scores 45, above the Fremont average of 29. The same method scores every business on the registry. | Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Philz | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Retrieval grounding | 26 | 25 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Poor | | Off-property attestation | 20 | 41 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor | | AI visibility | 14 | 45 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Fair | | Reviews & response | 12 | 92 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good | | Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 62 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Fair | | Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good | | Speed & mobile | 7 | 37 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Poor | | Content freshness & schema | 5 | 65 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Good | Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology How AI decides what to say about a coffee shop: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business ## Entity map Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other. | Entity | Type | ID on this page | Same as | Relationship to Philz | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Philz Coffee | LocalBusiness | #business | https://philzcoffee.com/locations/fremont?utm_source=gmb&utm_medium=yext | Subject of this page | | Fremont, California | City | #city | | City Philz is in | | Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page | | Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee | Author of this page | ## Topical map Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the coffee shops in Fremont, linked to the lists and towns around it. ### Lists - Best coffee shops in Fremont: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/fremont/coffee-shop - Best businesses in Fremont: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/fremont ### Nearby - /san-jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose - /los-angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles - /san-francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco - /san-diego: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-diego - /irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine - /mountain-view: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/mountain-view ### Every list - Every leaderboard in California: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca ## References ### Sources cited - [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJgyLzlI_Aj4AR2vlzh0oFmM0 (accessed Sep 14, 2026) - [2] philzcoffee.com, https://philzcoffee.com/our-leadership (accessed Sep 20, 2026) - [3] philzcoffee.com, https://philzcoffee.com/subscriptions (accessed Sep 20, 2026) - [4] philzcoffee.com, https://philzcoffee.com/subscription-surprise (accessed Sep 20, 2026) - [5] philzcoffee.com, https://philzcoffee.com/sustainability (accessed Sep 20, 2026) - [6] philzcoffee.com, https://philzcoffee.com/roast-discovery (accessed Sep 20, 2026) - [7] philzcoffee.com, https://philzcoffee.com/signup (accessed Sep 20, 2026) - [8] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 25, 2026; Perplexity via DataForSEO on Oct 25, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 20, 2026) - [9] philzcoffee.com, https://philzcoffee.com/locations/fremont?utm_source=gmb&utm_medium=yext (accessed Sep 21, 2026)
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<p>Local AI Registry · Coffee shops in Fremont, CA · Editorial</p>
<h2>Philz Coffee, Fremont CA: Reviews</h2>
<p>By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated September 14, 2026.</p>
<p>Published September 14, 2026 · Updated September 14, 2026 · Machine-readable version below</p>
</header>
<section id="ai-in-short">
<h3>In short</h3>
<p>Philz Coffee is a coffee shop in Fremont, CA. Its AI Score is 45 of 100, which is fair.</p>
<p>What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks</p>
</section>
<section id="ai-key-facts">
<h3>Key facts</h3>
<table>
<thead><tr><th scope="col">Fact</th><th scope="col">Value</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Type</td><td>Coffee shop</td></tr>
<tr><td>Address</td><td>39000 Paseo Padre Pkwy, Fremont, CA 94538, USA</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Mon to Fri 4:30 AM to 7 PM · Sat to Sun 5 AM to 7 PM</td></tr>
<tr><td>Phone</td><td>(510) 456-9279</td></tr>
<tr><td>Rating</td><td>4.4 across 1,317 reviews on Google</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quietest time</td><td>Tuesday</td></tr>
<tr><td>Updated</td><td>September 14, 2026</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</section>
<section id="ai-all-the-details">
<h3>All the details</h3>
<p>Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.</p>
<table>
<thead><tr><th scope="col">Group</th><th scope="col">Fact</th><th scope="col">Value</th><th scope="col">Mark</th><th scope="col">Evidence</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Address</td><td>39000 Paseo Padre Pkwy, Fremont, CA 94538, USA</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Description</td><td>Laid-back local chain specializes in custom-blended coffees, plus teas, specialty drinks & pastries.</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Hours</td><td>Mon to Fri 4:30 AM to 7:00 PM · Sat to Sun 5:00 AM to 7:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Name</td><td>Philz Coffee</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Phone</td><td>(510) 456-9279</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Monday</td><td>4:30 AM to 7:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Tuesday</td><td>4:30 AM to 7:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Wednesday</td><td>4:30 AM to 7:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Thursday</td><td>4:30 AM to 7:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Friday</td><td>4:30 AM to 7:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Saturday</td><td>5:00 AM to 7:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Sunday</td><td>5:00 AM to 7:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Custom-blended coffees</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Leadership</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Pastries</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Roast discovery</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Sign up</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Specialty drinks</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Subscriptions</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Surprise delivery</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Sustainability</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Teas</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Links</td><td>Facebook</td><td>https://www.facebook.com/philzcoffee</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Links</td><td>Instagram</td><td>https://www.instagram.com/philzcoffee</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Links</td><td>TikTok</td><td>https://www.tiktok.com/@officialphilzcoffee</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Links</td><td>Website</td><td>https://philzcoffee.com/locations/fremont?utm_source=gmb&utm_medium=yext</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</section>
<section id="ai-services-and-prices">
<h3>Services and prices</h3>
<p>These are the 6 services Philz offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.</p>
<table>
<thead><tr><th scope="col">Service</th><th scope="col">Price</th><th scope="col">Price mark</th><th scope="col">Price evidence</th><th scope="col">Service mark</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Sign up</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Subscriptions</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Surprise delivery</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Leadership</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Roast discovery</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Sustainability</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h4>Known for</h4>
</section>
<section id="ai-the-team">
<h3>The team</h3>
</section>
<section id="ai-visiting-philz">
<h3>Visiting Philz</h3>
<p>Address: 39000 Paseo Padre Pkwy, Fremont, CA 94538, USA. Phone: (510) 456-9279. Hours: Mon to Fri 4:30 AM to 7 PM · Sat to Sun 5 AM to 7 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)</p>
<h4>Location info from Google Business Profile</h4>
<p>From Google Business Profile: "Laid-back local chain specializes in custom-blended coffees, plus teas, specialty drinks & pastries."</p>
<h4>When to go</h4>
<p>Quietest day: Tuesday. Busiest day: Sunday. From the popular times on its Google listing.</p>
<h4>Parking and getting in</h4>
<h4>Nearby</h4>
<table>
<thead><tr><th scope="col">Place</th><th scope="col">Type</th><th scope="col">Distance</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Zaitoon - South Indian Non-Vegetarian Restaurant (Halal)</td><td>South indian restaurant</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Paseo Padre Pkwy at Rayley's</td><td>Bus stop</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ike's Love & Sandwiches</td><td>Sandwich shop</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>39199 Paseo Padre Pkwy</td><td>Bus stop</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Go chaatzz</td><td>Indian restaurant</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Sushi Ken</td><td>Japanese restaurant</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</section>
<section id="ai-reputation">
<h3>Reputation</h3>
<p>4.4 average across 1,317 reviews: Google 1,317. (Confirmed, read September 14, 2026.)</p>
<p>Philz Coffee stands out for its unique drink offerings but struggles with service consistency and long wait times. (AI guess, from 1,317 reviews.)</p>
<h4>What people like</h4>
<ul>
<li>Mint Mojito Iced coffee</li>
<li>Tantalizing Turkish iced coffee</li>
<li>Personalized drink preparation</li>
</ul>
<h4>What people do not like</h4>
<ul>
<li>Long wait times for drinks</li>
<li>Inconsistent coffee quality</li>
<li>Staff unresponsive or rude</li>
</ul>
<h4>Press</h4>
<h4>Awards</h4>
<h4>Directories</h4>
<p>Listed on 6 of the 25 directories we checked.</p>
<table>
<thead><tr><th scope="col">Directory</th><th scope="col">Listed</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Angi</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Apple Maps</td><td>Listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>BBB</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Birdeye</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Brownbook</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Chamber of Commerce</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Cylex</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>DexKnows</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Facebook</td><td>Listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Foursquare</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Groupon</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hotfrog</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Manta</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>MapQuest</td><td>Listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>MerchantCircle</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Nextdoor</td><td>Listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>OpenTable</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Superpages</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Thumbtack</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Tripadvisor</td><td>Listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Trustpilot</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Tupalo</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Yellowbook</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Yellow Pages</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Yelp</td><td>Listed</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</section>
<section id="ai-questions-people-ask">
<h3>Questions people ask</h3>
<h4>Whereabouts is Philz?</h4>
<h4>discounts for coming back, is that a thing</h4>
<h4>bad experiences at Philz, anyone?</h4>
<h4>first visit here, what do I need to bring?</h4>
<h4>opening hours at Philz in Fremont, what are they these days?</h4>
<h4>walk ins, or is it booked solid</h4>
<h4>best coffee shop in Fremont</h4>
<h4>is Suju's Coffee any better</h4>
<h4>Why do people rate this place?</h4>
<h4>what else is on Paseo Padre around Philz?</h4>
<h4>Worth the hype here?</h4>
<h4>Ballpark for a visit to a coffee shop in Fremont?</h4>
<h4>anything new from Philz lately?</h4>
<h4>when is this place actually dead?</h4>
<h4>somewhere cheaper in Fremont that is not a risk?</h4>
</section>
<section id="ai-what-ai-gets-wrong">
<h3>What AI gets wrong about Philz</h3>
<p>We ask Gemini, Perplexity and ChatGPT about Philz. These are the answers that don’t match this page.</p>
<p>ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 25, 2026. Perplexity via DataForSEO on Oct 25, 2026.</p>
<table>
<thead><tr><th scope="col">Fact</th><th scope="col">What AI says</th><th scope="col">What this page says</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Address</td><td>Perplexity via DataForSEO on Oct 25, 2026: 24440 Alicia Pkwy.</td><td>39000 Paseo Padre Pkwy, Fremont, CA 94538, USA</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</section>
<section id="ai-score">
<h3>The AI Score: 45 of 100</h3>
<p>It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Fremont coffee shops run 23 to 45. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Philz scores 45, above the Fremont average of 29. The same method scores every business on the registry.</p>
<table>
<thead><tr><th scope="col">Signal</th><th scope="col">Weight</th><th scope="col">Score</th><th scope="col">What it measures</th><th scope="col">Philz</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Retrieval grounding</td><td>26</td><td>25</td><td>Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on.</td><td>Poor</td></tr>
<tr><td>Off-property attestation</td><td>20</td><td>41</td><td>Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability.</td><td>Poor</td></tr>
<tr><td>AI visibility</td><td>14</td><td>45</td><td>Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service.</td><td>Fair</td></tr>
<tr><td>Reviews & response</td><td>12</td><td>92</td><td>The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim.</td><td>Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Backlink & citation authority</td><td>8</td><td>62</td><td>Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.</td><td>Fair</td></tr>
<tr><td>Google Business Profile</td><td>8</td><td>90</td><td>Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first.</td><td>Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Speed & mobile</td><td>7</td><td>37</td><td>Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.</td><td>Poor</td></tr>
<tr><td>Content freshness & schema</td><td>5</td><td>65</td><td>Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.</td><td>Good</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology</p>
<p>How AI decides what to say about a coffee shop: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business</p>
</section>
<section id="ai-entity-map">
<h3>Entity map</h3>
<p>Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other.</p>
<table>
<thead><tr><th scope="col">Entity</th><th scope="col">Type</th><th scope="col">ID on this page</th><th scope="col">Same as</th><th scope="col">Relationship to Philz</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Philz Coffee</td><td>LocalBusiness</td><td>#business</td><td>https://philzcoffee.com/locations/fremont?utm_source=gmb&utm_medium=yext</td><td>Subject of this page</td></tr>
<tr><td>Fremont, California</td><td>City</td><td>#city</td><td></td><td>City Philz is in</td></tr>
<tr><td>Local AI Registry</td><td>Organization</td><td>#publisher</td><td>https://localairegistry.com</td><td>Publisher of this page</td></tr>
<tr><td>Steve Lee</td><td>Person</td><td>#author</td><td>https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee</td><td>Author of this page</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</section>
<section id="ai-topical-map">
<h3>Topical map</h3>
<p>Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the coffee shops in Fremont, linked to the lists and towns around it.</p>
<h4>Lists</h4>
<ul>
<li>Best coffee shops in Fremont: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/fremont/coffee-shop</li>
<li>Best businesses in Fremont: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/fremont</li>
</ul>
<h4>Nearby</h4>
<ul>
<li>/san-jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose</li>
<li>/los-angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles</li>
<li>/san-francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco</li>
<li>/san-diego: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-diego</li>
<li>/irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine</li>
<li>/mountain-view: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/mountain-view</li>
</ul>
<h4>Every list</h4>
<ul>
<li>Every leaderboard in California: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section id="ai-references">
<h3>References</h3>
<h4>Sources cited</h4>
<ul>
<li>[1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJgyLzlI_Aj4AR2vlzh0oFmM0 (accessed Sep 14, 2026)</li>
<li>[2] philzcoffee.com, https://philzcoffee.com/our-leadership (accessed Sep 20, 2026)</li>
<li>[3] philzcoffee.com, https://philzcoffee.com/subscriptions (accessed Sep 20, 2026)</li>
<li>[4] philzcoffee.com, https://philzcoffee.com/subscription-surprise (accessed Sep 20, 2026)</li>
<li>[5] philzcoffee.com, https://philzcoffee.com/sustainability (accessed Sep 20, 2026)</li>
<li>[6] philzcoffee.com, https://philzcoffee.com/roast-discovery (accessed Sep 20, 2026)</li>
<li>[7] philzcoffee.com, https://philzcoffee.com/signup (accessed Sep 20, 2026)</li>
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