# APPE Izakaya, Huntington Beach: a japanese restaurant in Huntington Beach (2026 guide) Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/huntington-beach/appe-izakaya-huntington-beach-ca. Free to reuse with a link back. By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Fact-checked against 3 sources. Updated 2026-09-01. Owner review: not yet. 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Its AI Score is 24 of 100, which is poor. Every fact on this page carries one of three marks: Confirmed (from their website, Google Business Profile, review sites, licensing boards, or measured by Local AI Registry), Visitor submitted (added by a person, with a date and how they know), or AI guess (what AI engines like ChatGPT are saying, not confirmed by anyone). Every mark points to a reference at the end of this page. ## Key facts | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Type | Japanese restaurant | | Address | 200 Main St #109, Huntington Beach, CA 92648, USA | | Hours | Mon to Thu 12 PM to 9 PM · Fri to Sat 12 PM to 10 PM · Sun 12 PM to 9 PM | | Phone | (657) 301-2545 | | Owner | Nothing found | | Rating | 4.7 across 52 reviews on Google | | Known for | APPE Izakaya is best known for its authentic Japanese comfort food, particularly ramen and yakitori, served in a welcoming atmosphere that feels like home. | | Prices | Nothing found | | Quietest time | Nothing found | | Parking | Nothing found | | Last verified | September 19, 2026, 11:12 AM | ## 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 | 200 Main St #109, Huntington Beach, CA 92648, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 | | Location info | Description | Welcome to APPE Izakaya a cozy Japanese-style restaurant where good food and good company come together we're serving Ramen,Rice bowl, sizzling Yakitori skewers & a lot of small plates like a crispy Karaage, Shrimp tempura, Buta Kakuni, Edamame, Takoyaki etc. Enjoy with draft cold beer or smooth Sake and lively atmosphere as you explore the true taste of Japan. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 | | Location info | Hours | Mon to Thu 12:00 to 9:00 PM · Fri to Sat 12:00 to 10:00 PM · Sun 12:00 to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 | | Location info | Name | APPE Izakaya | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 | | Location info | Phone | (657) 301-2545 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 | | Hours | Monday | 12:00 PM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 | | Hours | Tuesday | 12:00 PM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 | | Hours | Wednesday | 12:00 PM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 | | Hours | Thursday | 12:00 PM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 | | Hours | Friday | 12:00 PM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 | | Hours | Saturday | 12:00 PM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 | | Hours | Sunday | 12:00 PM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 | | Services | Service | App | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 19, 2026 | | Services | Service | Buta kakuni | AI guess | Nothing found | | Services | Service | Draft beer | AI guess | Nothing found | | Services | Service | Edamame | AI guess | Nothing found | | Services | Service | Karaage | AI guess | Nothing found | | Services | Service | Ramen | AI guess | Nothing found | | Services | Service | Rice bowl | AI guess | Nothing found | | Services | Service | Sake | AI guess | Nothing found | | Services | Service | Shrimp tempura | AI guess | Nothing found | | Services | Service | Takoyaki | AI guess | Nothing found | | Services | Service | Yakitori skewers | AI guess | Nothing found | | Links | Website | https://www.appeizakaya.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 | ## Services and prices These are the 1 service APPE Izakaya offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from. | Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | App | | | | Confirmed | ### Known for APPE Izakaya is best known for its authentic Japanese comfort food, particularly ramen and yakitori, served in a welcoming atmosphere that feels like home. ## The team Nothing found ## Visiting APPE Izakaya Address: 200 Main St #109, Huntington Beach, CA 92648, USA. Phone: (657) 301-2545. Hours: Mon to Thu 12 PM to 9 PM · Fri to Sat 12 PM to 10 PM · Sun 12 PM to 9 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile, checked August 31, 2026 at 11:19 PM.) ### Location info from Google Business Profile Business description, written by APPE Izakaya on its Google Business Profile: "Welcome to APPE Izakaya a cozy Japanese-style restaurant where good food and good company come together we're serving Ramen,Rice bowl, sizzling Yakitori skewers & a lot of small plates like a crispy Karaage, Shrimp tempura, Buta Kakuni, Edamame, Takoyaki etc. Enjoy with draft cold beer or smooth Sake and lively atmosphere as you explore the true taste of Japan." ### When to go Busy times not read yet, back on Scan Day. ### Parking and getting in Nothing found ### Nearby | Place | Type | Distance | | --- | --- | --- | | The Focaccia House | Sandwich shop | 1 min walk | | Huntington Beach | Tourist attraction | 1 min walk | | Pho Bulous | Vietnamese restaurant | 1 min walk | | Pardon My Cheesesteak | American restaurant | 1 min walk | | Champagnes Kitchen | American restaurant | 1 min walk | | Coach's Mediterranean Grill | Restaurant | 1 min walk | ## Reputation 4.7 average across 52 reviews: Google 25. (Confirmed, read August 31, 2026.) APPE Izakaya stands out for its homemade dishes and friendly service, making it a beloved local spot for Japanese comfort food. (AI guess, from 52 reviews.) ### What people like - Tonkotsu ramen - Spicy edamame - Chicken teriyaki - Filet mignon skewers - Fried calamari ### What people do not like - Inconsistent quality of yakitori - Long waits for food - Some dishes overpriced for quality ### Press No press story about APPE Izakaya found yet. ### Awards None named yet. ### Directories Directory listings not read yet. ## Recent updates from APPE Izakaya APPE Izakaya hasn't posted an update here yet. ## Questions people ask ### first visit at APPE Izakaya, what do I need to bring? No answer yet ### are prices in Huntington Beach higher than everywhere else No answer yet ### what time does this place actually open? No answer yet ### Why do people rate APPE Izakaya? No answer yet ### Worth the hype at APPE Izakaya? No answer yet ### is there a rewards thing at APPE Izakaya No answer yet ### Booking at APPE Izakaya in Huntington Beach, how does it work? No answer yet ### cancellation list here, is there one No answer yet ### ordering here online, does that actually work? No answer yet ### anything good on Main to kill time near this place? No answer yet ### picking between the two, is Matsu the safer bet? No answer yet ### best japanese restaurant in Huntington Beach No answer yet ### On a budget in Huntington Beach, is APPE Izakaya the one? No answer yet ### where does this place post updates No answer yet ### Somewhere to park near APPE Izakaya? No answer yet ### Downsides nobody puts in a five star review? No answer yet ## What AI gets wrong about APPE Izakaya We ask ChatGPT about APPE Izakaya. These are the answers that disagree with the record. ChatGPT, read by Local AI Registry on Aug 31, 2026. No capture has disagreed with the record yet. ## The AI Score: 24 of 100 The AI Score measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Huntington Beach japanese restaurants run 24 to 50. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. APPE Izakaya scores 24, below the Huntington Beach average of 34. The same method scores every business on the registry. | Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | APPE Izakaya | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Retrieval grounding | 26 | 0 | 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 | 0 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Nobody at all was recommended in the 1 answer we hold, so there is nothing to score. | | Reviews & response | 12 | 78 | 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 | 44 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Poor | | Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good | | Speed & mobile | 7 | Not read yet | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | No reading has come back for this signal yet. | | Content freshness & schema | 5 | 71 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Good | Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology ## How AI decides what to tell you about a japanese restaurant When you ask ChatGPT, Gemini or Google about a local business, the AI doesn't visit it. It reads what's already written about it: the business's website, its Google Business Profile, review sites, news stories and directories like this one. Then it repeats what those sources agree on. That's why AI gets small facts wrong. If Yelp says a place is open Mondays and the website says it isn't, the AI has to pick one. The table above shows the answers that disagree with the record today. The more sources agree, and the more specific they are, the more confidently AI recommends a business. A review that names who helped and what they did tells an AI far more than one that says "great place." ## How to choose a japanese restaurant in California, with or without AI A few checks take ten minutes and tell you more than any rating. - Check that the hours and phone number match on Google, Yelp and the business's own website. Mismatches are how people end up at a locked door. - Read reviews that name a person and what they did. Vague praise is easy to fake. - Look for recent reviews and recent posts. A page nobody has touched in a year may not match the business today. - Ask for the price before you go, and ask what it includes. - Where the work needs a license, ask whose license it is and look it up with California. ## How to read the marks on this page - Confirmed (solid circle): from a known source. The business website, its Google Business Profile, review sites like Yelp, Healthgrades and RealSelf, a licensing board, or measured by Local AI Registry. - Visitor submitted (hollow circle): added or corrected by a person, with the date and how they know, like a phone call or a visit. - AI guess (hollow triangle): what AI engines are saying right now. Nobody has confirmed it. ## About the author Steve Lee is the founder and CEO of Local AI Registry and sets its editorial standards. He is a former Google executive in Search and a former Microsoft executive, with more than 20 years in digital: search, local discovery, and how people find businesses online. He is based in Irvine. - Expertise: search at Google and Microsoft, AI search, answer engine optimization, generative engine optimization, local SEO, structured data and entity mapping. - Industry: medical aesthetics, injectables, med spa operations and marketing. - Disclosure: Local AI Registry sells services to business owners, including APPE Izakaya if it claims this page. That does not change what this page says. Every fact carries its source. ## 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 APPE Izakaya | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | APPE Izakaya | LocalBusiness | #business | https://www.appeizakaya.com/ | Subject of this page | | Huntington Beach, California | City | #city | Nothing found | City APPE Izakaya is in | | Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page | | Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team | Author of this page | ## Topical map Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the japanese restaurants in Huntington Beach, linked to the lists and towns around it. ### Lists - Best japanese restaurants in Huntington Beach: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/huntington-beach/japanese-restaurant - Best businesses in Huntington Beach: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/huntington-beach ### Nearby - /los-angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles - /san-francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco - /san-jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose - /san-diego: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-diego - /irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine - /fresno: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/fresno ### Every list - Every leaderboard in California: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca ## Frequently asked questions ### What is AI search optimization for local business? Getting a business named when a neighbor asks ChatGPT, Gemini, or Perplexity for a recommendation. Some call it AI SEO, some call it generative engine optimization. Traditional SEO fights for ten blue links; this fights for the one answer an assistant says out loud. The AI Score on this page measures the eight signals that drive it. ### What is Local AI Registry? The public record of how AI sees local business. We score every business we list by one published method, we keep the questions people ask about it in one place, and we never sell rank. Looking up any business here is free. ### How does this page help a business get recommended by AI? Assistants read public pages before they answer. This one states what the business does, what people ask about it, and what the Record answers, in one place a machine can read. Correcting what is wrong here changes what an assistant repeats next. ### Who writes the answers here? Registry AI writes the first answer under every question, from the Record and the public sources named beneath it. Neighbors write the rest under pseudonyms. A registered owner can reply as the business, and their reply says so. ### I own APPE Izakaya. How do I fix something or rank higher? Register the page. It is free, it takes about five minutes, and it lets you correct the Record and reply as the business. Nothing on this page is for sale, so the only thing that moves the score is the work. ## References ### Sources cited - [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJZwBEQAAh3YAR6wltLurw9G0 (accessed Aug 31, 2026) - [2] appeizakaya.com, https://appeizakaya.com/app (accessed Sep 19, 2026) - [3] AI engine output: ChatGPT, read by Local AI Registry on Aug 31, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 19, 2026)