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Wokcano

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4.2 · 1,947 reviewsOpens today at 12 PM

Eligible to offer 20% cashback to customers who shop here.OrbitBack

25AI ScoreNamed in 0 of 20 answersChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 18, 2026.

ConfirmedVisitorAI guess

Sleek, modern outpost offering sushi, bento, cocktails & a wide range of Asian entrees.

Owned by no one, yet

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AI checked this page on Oct 18, 2026Last activity 1 month ago, a question from may_commuter_downtown_90017.

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Services

What Wokcano offers, what it costs, and what people come for.

Known for

Reviews not read yet, back on Scan Day.

The menu

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Team

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No one is named here yet. The owner can add who works here.

Today12 PM to 11 PM
ParkingNothing found

Busy times

Closed now. Busiest Thu and Fri, 5 to 8 PM.

Reputation

What reviews, press and directories say about Wokcano.

4.2from 1,947 reviews on Google

While Wokcano offers popular dishes like Emperor's beef and Young Chow Fried Rice, inconsistent service and food quality have led to a decline in customer satisfaction. Wokcano presents a mixed dining experience, with some patrons enjoying the vibrant atmosphere and attentive service, while others report significant issues with food quality and customer service. The restaurant's ambiance is described as modern and lively, but complaints about rude staff and long waits detract from the overall enjoyment.

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Would go back72%72% of reviews give the visit 4 or 5 stars. We assume a good visit means they'd go back.Positive 72%, 4 or 5 stars · Neutral 12%, 3 stars · Negative 16%, 1 or 2 stars
The good
  • Emperor's beef
  • Singapore noodles
  • Young Chow Fried Rice
  • Crispy Brussels sprouts
  • Spicy garlic edamame
The bad
  • Rude and unprofessional staff
  • Long waits for seating
  • Food quality inconsistent
  • Service complaints during busy hours
  • Issues with order accuracy

Press and awards

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What AI reads

The page ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google read about Wokcano. The code version is exactly what their crawlers get.

Local AI Registry · Asian restaurants in Los Angeles, CA · Editorial

Wokcano, Los Angeles: an asian restaurant in Los Angeles (2026 guide)

Steve Lee

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Former Google Search executive and former Microsoft executive, with 20+ years in digital.

Fact-checked against 3 sources · Published August 31, 2026 · Updated October 18, 2026 · Machine-readable version below

Owner review: not yet. Wokcano has not checked this page. Claim to review it

In short

Wokcano is an asian restaurant in Los Angeles, CA. Its AI Score is 25 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 Gemini and ChatGPT are saying, not confirmed by anyone). Every mark points to a reference at the end of this page.

Key facts

FactValue
TypeAsian restaurant
Address800 W 7th St, Los Angeles, CA 90017, USA
HoursMon to Thu 12 PM to 10 PM · Fri 12 PM to 11 PM · Sat 1 AM to 11 PM · Sun 1 AM to 10 PM
Phone(213) 623-2288
OwnerNothing found
Rating4.2 across 1,947 reviews on Google
Known forWokcano is best known for its lively atmosphere and diverse Asian menu, particularly its sushi offerings and popular happy hour deals, making it a favorite among locals.
PricesNothing found
Quietest timeSunday
ParkingNothing found
Last verifiedOctober 17, 2026, 7:39 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.

GroupFactValueMarkEvidence
Location infoAddress800 W 7th St, Los Angeles, CA 90017, USAConfirmedGoogle Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026
Location infoDescriptionSleek, modern outpost offering sushi, bento, cocktails & a wide range of Asian entrees.ConfirmedGoogle Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026
Location infoHoursMon to Thu 12:00 to 10:00 PM · Fri 12:00 to 11:00 PM · Sat 1:00 to 11:00 PM · Sun 1:00 to 10:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026
Location infoNameWokcanoConfirmedGoogle Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026
Location infoPhone(213) 623-2288ConfirmedGoogle Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026
HoursMonday12:00 PM to 10:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026
HoursTuesday12:00 PM to 10:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026
HoursWednesday12:00 PM to 10:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026
HoursThursday12:00 PM to 10:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026
HoursFriday12:00 PM to 11:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026
HoursSaturday1:00 AM to 11:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026
HoursSunday1:00 AM to 10:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026
ServicesServiceAsian entreesAI guessNothing found
ServicesServiceBentoAI guessNothing found
ServicesServiceCocktailsAI guessNothing found
ServicesServiceSushiAI guessNothing found
LinksFacebookhttps://www.facebook.com/wokcanoConfirmedBusiness website, checked Oct 17, 2026
LinksInstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/wokcanorestaurantConfirmedBusiness website, checked Oct 17, 2026
LinksWebsitehttps://www.wokcanorestaurant.com/ConfirmedGoogle Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026

Services and prices

Services not read yet, back on Scan Day.

Known for

Wokcano is best known for its lively atmosphere and diverse Asian menu, particularly its sushi offerings and popular happy hour deals, making it a favorite among locals.

The team

Nothing found

Visiting Wokcano

Address: 800 W 7th St, Los Angeles, CA 90017, USA. Phone: (213) 623-2288. Hours: Mon to Thu 12 PM to 10 PM · Fri 12 PM to 11 PM · Sat 1 AM to 11 PM · Sun 1 AM to 10 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile, checked August 31, 2026 at 10:25 PM.)

Location info from Google Business Profile

Business description, written by Wokcano on its Google Business Profile: "Sleek, modern outpost offering sushi, bento, cocktails & a wide range of Asian entrees."

When to go

Quietest day: Sunday. Busiest day: Friday. From the popular times on its Google listing.

Parking and getting in

Nothing found

Nearby

PlaceTypeDistance
Flower / 7thBus stop1 min walk
Flower St at 7th StBus stop1 min walk
818 West 7th Street Building ParkingParking lot1 min walk
Flower St & 7th StBus stop1 min walk
Anna's Fish Market DTLASeafood restaurant1 min walk
Flower St & 7th StBus stop1 min walk

Reputation

4.2 average across 1,947 reviews: Google 25. (Confirmed, read August 31, 2026.)

(AI guess, from 1,947 reviews.)

What people like

  • Singapore noodles
  • Young Chow Fried Rice
  • Crispy Brussels sprouts
  • Spicy garlic edamame

What people do not like

  • Rude and unprofessional staff
  • Long waits for seating
  • Food quality inconsistent
  • Service complaints during busy hours
  • Issues with order accuracy

Press

No press story about Wokcano found yet.

Awards

None named yet.

Directories

Directory listings not read yet.

Recent updates from Wokcano

Wokcano hasn't posted an update here yet.

Questions people ask

bad experiences at Wokcano, anyone?

No answer yet

anywhere cheaper than Wokcano in Los Angeles that is still good?

No answer yet

people keep recommending Wokcano, what for?

No answer yet

best asian restaurant in Los Angeles

No answer yet

which one, this place or King Buffet?

No answer yet

worth it or not, what do the regulars say

No answer yet

any last minute tables at Wokcano?

No answer yet

is there a socials account worth following

No answer yet

first visit here, what do I need to bring?

No answer yet

Somewhere to park near Wokcano?

No answer yet

are prices in Los Angeles higher than everywhere else

No answer yet

Busiest day at Wokcano, anyone know?

No answer yet

services here, what do people go in for?

No answer yet

what else is on 7th around Wokcano?

No answer yet

walk in at Wokcano in Los Angeles, or is it appointment only?

No answer yet

do regulars get anything here

No answer yet

opening hours here, what are they these days?

No answer yet

What AI gets wrong about Wokcano

We ask Gemini and ChatGPT about Wokcano. These are the answers that disagree with the record.

ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 18, 2026.

No capture has disagreed with the record yet.

The AI Score: 25 of 100

The AI Score measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Los Angeles asian restaurants run 25 to 34. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Wokcano scores 25, below the Los Angeles average of 31. The same method scores every business on the registry.

SignalWeightScoreWhat it measuresWokcano
Retrieval grounding260Whether 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 attestation2041Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability.Poor
AI visibility140Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service.Named in 0 of 20 answers that recommended anyone. 7 more named nobody, which is not a loss and is not scored.
Reviews & response1277The 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 authority859Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.Fair
Google Business Profile890Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first.Good
Speed & mobile7Not read yetCore Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.No reading has come back for this signal yet.
Content freshness & schema562Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.Fair

Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology

How AI decides what to tell you about an asian 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 an asian 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 Wokcano 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.

EntityTypeID on this pageSame asRelationship to Wokcano
WokcanoLocalBusiness#businesshttps://www.wokcanorestaurant.com/Subject of this page
Los Angeles, CaliforniaCity#cityNothing foundCity Wokcano is in
Local AI RegistryOrganization#publisherhttps://localairegistry.comPublisher of this page
Steve LeePerson#authorhttps://localairegistry.com/teamAuthor of this page

Topical map

Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the asian restaurants in Los Angeles, linked to the lists and towns around it.

Lists

  • Best asian restaurants in Los Angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles/asian-restaurant
  • Best businesses in Los Angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles

Nearby

  • /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
  • /palo-alto: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/palo-alto

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.

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 Wokcano. 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:ChIJwzfKrLbHwoARJrilSPACY_E (accessed Aug 31, 2026)
  • [2] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 18, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
  • [3] wokcanorestaurant.com, https://www.wokcanorestaurant.com/ (accessed Oct 17, 2026)

The code behind this page

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.

1. HTTP response headers

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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One connected graph. Every person and service has its own @id and links to the business, and a licensed person links to the license and the board that issued it.

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4. robots.txt

Invites every major AI crawler by name. Many sites block them. We want this page read and cited.

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Sitemap: https://localairegistry.com/sitemap.xml

5. sitemap.xml

Lists this page with the day it last changed, the same day the page says it was updated.

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6. llms.txt

A plain index for language models: what the site is, which pages to read first, and where the markdown copies live.

# Local AI Registry

> The public record of what AI assistants say about local businesses. Every entry checked, scored, and kept current.

Local AI Registry is the editorial, never-sponsored record of what local
businesses are known for, and whether AI assistants actually recommend them.
We score every local business the same way and rank them: website, reviews,
AI visibility, and more. Eight signals, one number from 0 to 100. The heaviest
is whether AI can retrieve you at all.

## Read these first

- [Local AI Registry](https://localairegistry.com): AI assistants now decide which local business to recommend.
- [Methodology](https://localairegistry.com/methodology): Eight signals, one number from 0 to 100.
- [Leaderboards](https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards): Browse AI Score leaderboards by state, city, and category.
- [About](https://localairegistry.com/about): The honest record of who AI recommends.
- [Pricing](https://localairegistry.com/pricing): Four levels of presence, from a free registry entry to being the answer AI gives first in your market.
- [Journal](https://localairegistry.com/journal): How AI assistants decide which local businesses to recommend, and what owners can do about it.

## Business pages

- [Sitemap](https://localairegistry.com/sitemap.xml): Every business page on the registry, with the day each was last updated.
- Every business page has a markdown copy at its own address with `.md` on the end. The copy holds the same facts, marks and sources as the page, in the page's order: the photos with their captions, the team and their licenses, the reviews summary, and the questions locals asked with the replies. The page names it in its head and its HTTP `Link` header.

7. Markdown copy of this page (wokcano-los-angeles-ca.md)

The article as plain text: the same headings, facts, marks and sources.

# Wokcano, Los Angeles: an asian restaurant in Los Angeles (2026 guide)

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/los-angeles/wokcano-los-angeles-ca. Free to reuse with a link back.

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Fact-checked against 3 sources. Updated 2026-10-18. Owner review: not yet.

Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/los-angeles/wokcano-los-angeles-ca

## Photos

- ![Photo 1](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmti84hzz02gaye6byh1an03c%2F0.jpg)
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## In short

Wokcano is an asian restaurant in Los Angeles, CA. Its AI Score is 25 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 Gemini and ChatGPT are saying, not confirmed by anyone). Every mark points to a reference at the end of this page.


## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Type | Asian restaurant |
| Address | 800 W 7th St, Los Angeles, CA 90017, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Thu 12 PM to 10 PM · Fri 12 PM to 11 PM · Sat 1 AM to 11 PM · Sun 1 AM to 10 PM |
| Phone | (213) 623-2288 |
| Owner | Nothing found |
| Rating | 4.2 across 1,947 reviews on Google |
| Known for | Wokcano is best known for its lively atmosphere and diverse Asian menu, particularly its sushi offerings and popular happy hour deals, making it a favorite among locals. |
| Prices | Nothing found |
| Quietest time | Sunday |
| Parking | Nothing found |
| Last verified | October 17, 2026, 7:39 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 | 800 W 7th St, Los Angeles, CA 90017, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 |
| Location info | Description | Sleek, modern outpost offering sushi, bento, cocktails & a wide range of Asian entrees. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Thu 12:00 to 10:00 PM · Fri 12:00 to 11:00 PM · Sat 1:00 to 11:00 PM · Sun 1:00 to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 |
| Location info | Name | Wokcano | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 |
| Location info | Phone | (213) 623-2288 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 |
| Hours | Monday | 12:00 PM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 |
| Hours | Tuesday | 12:00 PM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 |
| Hours | Wednesday | 12:00 PM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 |
| Hours | Thursday | 12:00 PM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 |
| Hours | Friday | 12:00 PM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 |
| Hours | Saturday | 1:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 |
| Hours | Sunday | 1:00 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 |
| Services | Service | Asian entrees | AI guess | Nothing found |
| Services | Service | Bento | AI guess | Nothing found |
| Services | Service | Cocktails | AI guess | Nothing found |
| Services | Service | Sushi | AI guess | Nothing found |
| Links | Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/wokcano | Confirmed | Business website, checked Oct 17, 2026 |
| Links | Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/wokcanorestaurant | Confirmed | Business website, checked Oct 17, 2026 |
| Links | Website | https://www.wokcanorestaurant.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 |


## Services and prices

Services not read yet, back on Scan Day.


### Known for

Wokcano is best known for its lively atmosphere and diverse Asian menu, particularly its sushi offerings and popular happy hour deals, making it a favorite among locals.


## The team

Nothing found


## Visiting Wokcano

Address: 800 W 7th St, Los Angeles, CA 90017, USA. Phone: (213) 623-2288. Hours: Mon to Thu 12 PM to 10 PM · Fri 12 PM to 11 PM · Sat 1 AM to 11 PM · Sun 1 AM to 10 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile, checked August 31, 2026 at 10:25 PM.)


### Location info from Google Business Profile

Business description, written by Wokcano on its Google Business Profile: "Sleek, modern outpost offering sushi, bento, cocktails & a wide range of Asian entrees."


### When to go

Quietest day: Sunday. Busiest day: Friday. From the popular times on its Google listing.


### Parking and getting in

Nothing found


### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Flower / 7th | Bus stop | 1 min walk |
| Flower St at 7th St | Bus stop | 1 min walk |
| 818 West 7th Street Building Parking | Parking lot | 1 min walk |
| Flower St & 7th St | Bus stop | 1 min walk |
| Anna's Fish Market DTLA | Seafood restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Flower St & 7th St | Bus stop | 1 min walk |


## Reputation

4.2 average across 1,947 reviews: Google 25. (Confirmed, read August 31, 2026.)

 (AI guess, from 1,947 reviews.)


### What people like

- Singapore noodles
- Young Chow Fried Rice
- Crispy Brussels sprouts
- Spicy garlic edamame


### What people do not like

- Rude and unprofessional staff
- Long waits for seating
- Food quality inconsistent
- Service complaints during busy hours
- Issues with order accuracy


### Press

No press story about Wokcano found yet.


### Awards

None named yet.


### Directories

Directory listings not read yet.


## Recent updates from Wokcano

Wokcano hasn't posted an update here yet.


## Questions people ask


### bad experiences at Wokcano, anyone?

No answer yet


### anywhere cheaper than Wokcano in Los Angeles that is still good?

No answer yet


### people keep recommending Wokcano, what for?

No answer yet


### best asian restaurant in Los Angeles

No answer yet


### which one, this place or King Buffet?

No answer yet


### worth it or not, what do the regulars say

No answer yet


### any last minute tables at Wokcano?

No answer yet


### is there a socials account worth following

No answer yet


### first visit here, what do I need to bring?

No answer yet


### Somewhere to park near Wokcano?

No answer yet


### are prices in Los Angeles higher than everywhere else

No answer yet


### Busiest day at Wokcano, anyone know?

No answer yet


### services here, what do people go in for?

No answer yet


### what else is on 7th around Wokcano?

No answer yet


### walk in at Wokcano in Los Angeles, or is it appointment only?

No answer yet


### do regulars get anything here

No answer yet


### opening hours here, what are they these days?

No answer yet


## What AI gets wrong about Wokcano

We ask Gemini and ChatGPT about Wokcano. These are the answers that disagree with the record.

ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 18, 2026.

No capture has disagreed with the record yet.


## The AI Score: 25 of 100

The AI Score measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Los Angeles asian restaurants run 25 to 34. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Wokcano scores 25, below the Los Angeles average of 31. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Wokcano |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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. | Named in 0 of 20 answers that recommended anyone. 7 more named nobody, which is not a loss and is not scored. |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 77 | 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 | 59 | 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 | 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 | 62 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Fair |

Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology


## How AI decides what to tell you about an asian 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 an asian 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 Wokcano 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 Wokcano |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Wokcano | LocalBusiness | #business | https://www.wokcanorestaurant.com/ | Subject of this page |
| Los Angeles, California | City | #city | Nothing found | City Wokcano 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 asian restaurants in Los Angeles, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best asian restaurants in Los Angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles/asian-restaurant
- Best businesses in Los Angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles


### Nearby

- /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
- /palo-alto: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/palo-alto


### 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 Wokcano. 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:ChIJwzfKrLbHwoARJrilSPACY_E (accessed Aug 31, 2026)
- [2] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 18, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [3] wokcanorestaurant.com, https://www.wokcanorestaurant.com/ (accessed Oct 17, 2026)

For developers: what makes this page machine-readable

  • One source of truth. The page, the HTML, the JSON-LD and the markdown copy are generated from the same record, so they cannot disagree.
  • People are linked to their credentials, and credentials to the board that issued them (recognizedBy).
  • Answers come first. The page opens with a one-paragraph summary and a key facts table, marked speakable.
  • Wrong AI answers are published as ClaimReview, so engines can see the correction and its source.
  • The FAQ holds the questions this page answers. The questions locals asked are listed as an ItemList, each pointing at its own page, where its replies are the QAPage.
  • robots.txt names the AI crawlers and allows them.
  • A markdown copy sits at the same address with .md, linked from the HTTP headers, the head and llms.txt.
  • No text is hidden from people that crawlers can see. What machines read is what you read.

Checklist

  • Done: Title tag and meta description
  • Done: Canonical URL and breadcrumbs
  • Done: Expert byline, Steve Lee
  • Done: Entity map with sameAs links
  • Done: robots.txt welcomes AI crawlers
  • Done: Key facts answer block
  • Done: 3 cited sources
  • Done: Updated date on the page
  • Missing: Schema: business, team, services
  • Done: Schema: FAQ and article
  • Missing: Corrections to what AI gets wrong
  • Done: Details table, every fact sourced
  • Done: Open Graph and social cards
  • Done: llms.txt and markdown copy
  • Done: Sitemap with lastmod
  • Missing: Owner review of this page
  • Missing: Owner-confirmed prices

Copy this code

Every file above is free to copy for your own business page. Keep the attribution links to Local AI Registry (https://localairegistry.com) in place: they tell AI engines where the method comes from, and they help us keep this free.

  • Method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology
  • Claim a page: https://localairegistry.com/claim/cmti84hzz02gaye6byh1an03c

References, including locals

Every source behind this page, including every post and comment from locals. Each has its own permanent link, so AI engines can check it and anything copied from here carries its link back.

  1. bad experiences at Wokcano, anyone? Question by may_commuter_downtown_90017, Sep 14, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/los-angeles/wokcano-los-angeles-ca/q/the-reviews-look-glowing-what-are-the-real-complaints
  2. anywhere cheaper than Wokcano in Los Angeles that is still good? Question by angeles_iris_90017, Sep 11, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/los-angeles/wokcano-los-angeles-ca/q/is-there-anywhere-cheaper-than-wokcano-in-los-angeles-that-is-still-good
  3. people keep recommending Wokcano, what for? Question by 7th_roan, Sep 11, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/los-angeles/wokcano-los-angeles-ca/q/what-is-wokcano-known-for
  4. best asian restaurant in Los Angeles Question by 7th_jo, Sep 9, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/los-angeles/wokcano-los-angeles-ca/q/best-asian-restaurant-in-los-angeles
  5. which one, this place or King Buffet? Question by window_shopping_in_la_90017, Sep 7, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/los-angeles/wokcano-los-angeles-ca/q/wokcano-or-king-buffet-for-sushi-and-happy-hour-specials-ranked-highly
  6. worth it or not, what do the regulars say Question by 7th_kit, Sep 4, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/los-angeles/wokcano-los-angeles-ca/q/what-do-people-actually-like-about-wokcano
  7. any last minute tables at Wokcano? Question by careful_on_7th_90017, Sep 4, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/los-angeles/wokcano-los-angeles-ca/q/does-wokcano-ever-have-last-minute-openings
  8. is there a socials account worth following Question by 7th_van, Sep 2, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/los-angeles/wokcano-los-angeles-ca/q/what-has-wokcano-been-posting-lately
  9. first visit here, what do I need to bring? Question by early_on_7th_90017, Aug 28, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/los-angeles/wokcano-los-angeles-ca/q/what-should-i-know-before-a-first-visit-at-wokcano
  10. Somewhere to park near Wokcano? Question by 7th_wilder, Aug 26, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/los-angeles/wokcano-los-angeles-ca/q/is-there-parking-available-at-wokcano
  11. are prices in Los Angeles higher than everywhere else Question by researching_on_7th, Aug 21, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/los-angeles/wokcano-los-angeles-ca/q/what-does-an-asian-restaurant-actually-cost-in-los-angeles
  12. Busiest day at Wokcano, anyone know? Question by 7th_ivy, Aug 18, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/los-angeles/wokcano-los-angeles-ca/q/what-is-the-quietest-day-to-book-at-wokcano
  13. services here, what do people go in for? Question by angeles_birdie_90017, Aug 14, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/los-angeles/wokcano-los-angeles-ca/q/does-wokcano-offer-any-special-features-or-promotions
  14. what else is on 7th around Wokcano? Question by 7th_clover, Aug 12, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/los-angeles/wokcano-los-angeles-ca/q/what-is-around-wokcano-on-7th
  15. walk in at Wokcano in Los Angeles, or is it appointment only? Question by quiet_on_7th_90017, Aug 7, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/los-angeles/wokcano-los-angeles-ca/q/does-wokcano-accept-reservations
  16. do regulars get anything here Question by 7th_otis, Aug 3, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/los-angeles/wokcano-los-angeles-ca/q/does-wokcano-take-rewards-points-or-membership-pricing
  17. opening hours here, what are they these days? Question by 7th_peach, Jul 31, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/los-angeles/wokcano-los-angeles-ca/q/what-are-the-operating-hours-for-wokcano
Use this page freely

Copy the code, the facts or the reviews. Keep the reference links so readers can check the source. Businesses can post a line like this on their own site:

<p>Read what our neighbors say about us on
<a href="https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/los-angeles/wokcano-los-angeles-ca">Local AI Registry</a>.</p>

Or a blog post: “Learn about our customers' experiences, verified by neighbors, on our Local AI Registry page.”

References

Change history
ConfirmedVisitor submittedAI guess

This is the evidence for every fact on this page, across Locals, Services, Team, Visit, Reputation and Updates. Each reference names the fact, the source, what kind of source it is, and the date it was checked, with a link and an archived copy so anyone can verify it. Visitor references are dated firsthand accounts. AI guesses record what an AI engine said on that date, not what is true.

  1. [1]VisitName, address, phone, hours and 2 other detailsGoogle Business Profile.Primary source · Accessed Aug 31, 2026 · https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJwzfKrLbHwoARJrilSPACY_E · No archived copy yet
  2. [2]Services4 servicesAI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 18, 2026.AI engine output · Accessed Sep 19, 2026 · https://localairegistry.com/methodology · No archived copy yet
  3. [3]VisitFacebook and instagramwokcanorestaurant.com.Primary source · Accessed Oct 17, 2026 · https://www.wokcanorestaurant.com/ · No archived copy yet