# The Canton, Petaluma CA: Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/petaluma/the-canton-petaluma-ca. Free to reuse with a link back.

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-10-31.

Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/petaluma/the-canton-petaluma-ca

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## In short

The Canton is a chinese restaurant in Petaluma, CA. Its AI Score is 49 of 100, which is fair.

What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks


## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Type | Chinese restaurant |
| Address | 951 Lakeville St, Petaluma, CA 94952, USA |
| Hours | Closed Mon · Tue to Fri 11 AM to 2:30 PM and 4 AM to 8:30 PM · Sat to Sun 4 AM to 8:30 PM |
| Phone | (707) 778-8000 |
| Rating | 4.6 across 121 reviews on Google |
| Updated | October 31, 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 | 951 Lakeville St, Petaluma, CA 94952, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | 951 Lakeville St, Petaluma, CA 94952 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon Closed · Tue to Fri 11:00 AM to 2:30 PM, 4:00 to 8:30 PM · Sat to Sun 4:00 to 8:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Mondays | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | The Canton | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (707) 778-8000 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 11:00 AM to 2:30 PM and 4:00 AM to 8:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 11:00 AM to 2:30 PM and 4:00 AM to 8:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 11:00 AM to 2:30 PM and 4:00 AM to 8:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 11:00 AM to 2:30 PM and 4:00 AM to 8:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 4:00 AM to 8:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 4:00 AM to 8:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

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### Known for

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## The team

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## Visiting The Canton

Address: 951 Lakeville St, Petaluma, CA 94952, USA. Phone: (707) 778-8000. Hours: Closed Mon · Tue to Fri 11 AM to 2:30 PM and 4 AM to 8:30 PM · Sat to Sun 4 AM to 8:30 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Wingstop | Chicken wings restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Subway | Sandwich shop | 1 min walk |
| Papa Murphy's \| Take 'N' Bake Pizza | Pizza restaurant | 1 min walk |
| McDonald's | Fast food restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Lakeville Hwy & Caulfield (Lucky'S Shopping Center | Bus stop | 2 min walk |
| Lucky | Grocery store | 2 min walk |


## Reputation

4.6 average across 121 reviews: Google 121. (Confirmed, read July 16, 2026.)

The Canton is a family-owned restaurant known for its pot stickers and garlic eggplant, though service and food quality can vary. (AI guess, from 121 reviews.)


### What people like

- Pot stickers
- Wontons
- House Special garlic eggplant
- Mongolian beef
- Shrimp & Sno Peas


### What people do not like

- Inconsistent service quality
- Long wait times for food
- Some dishes lacking flavor


### Press

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### Awards

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### Directories

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## Questions people ask


### what else is on Lakeville around The Canton?


### do I need to book The Canton in Petaluma or can I just turn up?


### any last minute tables at The Canton?


### Are there any special features here?


### Why do people rate The Canton?


### picking between the two, is Hunan Village the safer bet?


### anything new from The Canton lately?


### points or member pricing here, worth signing up?


### people keep recommending The Canton, what for?


### anyone tell me what a first visit here involves


### Are the hours on Google right for this place?


### is there parking at The Canton or is it street only?


### bad experiences here, anyone?


### planning a Monday visit, is that a wasted trip


### anywhere cheaper than The Canton in Petaluma that is still good?


### best chinese restaurant in Petaluma


### going rate for restaurants locally, any idea


## The AI Score: 49 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Petaluma chinese restaurants run 49 to 64. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. The Canton scores 49, below the Petaluma average of 56. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | The Canton |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | Does not apply | 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. |  |
| Off-property attestation | 20 | 40 | 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 | 33 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 81 | 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 | Does not apply | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. |  |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 78 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 | Does not apply | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. |  |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | Does not apply | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. |  |

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

How AI decides what to say about a chinese restaurant: 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 The Canton |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The Canton | LocalBusiness | #business |  | Subject of this page |
| Petaluma, California | City | #city |  | City The Canton 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 chinese restaurants in Petaluma, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best chinese restaurants in Petaluma: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/petaluma/chinese-restaurant
- Best businesses in Petaluma: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/petaluma


### 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:ChIJfa5_clSxhYARapTCzE8yfVw (accessed Jul 16, 2026)