Are the hours on Google right for PLANTATION Coffee Roastery in San Carlos?
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Coffee shop in San Carlos, CA
4.2 · 303 reviewsOpens today at 5:30 AMOpens today at 5:30 AM
Surf-themed shop offering a variety of ice cream & toppings, as well as shakes & ice cream pies.
Eligible to offer 20% cashback to customers who shop here.OrbitBack
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What PLANTATION Coffee Roastery offers, what it costs, and what people come for.
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No code detected[Photo 4]When it's quiet, where to park, and what's nearby.
Monday or Friday, before 7 AM.
Busiest Monday and Friday from 10 AM to noon.
The Cask Wine Bar is next door for wine. West Park Bistro is next door for American food. Frank D. Harrington Park is a 1 minute walk for a park. Mama Coco Cocina Mexicana is a 1 minute walk for Mexican food.
Nearby places from Google Maps, read Sep 20, 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 Mon and Fri, 10 AM to noon.
What reviews, press and directories say about PLANTATION Coffee Roastery.
4.2from 303 reviews on Google
Plantation Coffee Roastery stands out for its family-run charm but struggles with service consistency and coffee quality. Plantation Coffee Roastery offers a cozy, family-run atmosphere where customers enjoy both coffee and ice cream. Reviewers appreciate the outdoor seating and the friendly interactions with staff, although some have noted instances of rudeness from the owner.
The AI Score is out of 100, read from 8 signals across search and AI.
35 San Carlos avg
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PLANTATION Coffee Roastery, as AI sees it. Blue signals help PLANTATION Coffee Roastery, and red ones hold it back.
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The page ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google read about PLANTATION Coffee Roastery. The code version is exactly what their crawlers get.
Local AI Registry · Coffee shops in San Carlos, 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
PLANTATION Coffee Roastery is a coffee shop in San Carlos, CA. Its AI Score is 46 of 100, which is fair.
What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks
| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | Coffee shop |
| Address | 784 Laurel St, San Carlos, CA 94070, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Fri 5:30 AM to 4 PM · Sat 6 AM to 4 PM · Closed Sun |
| Phone | (650) 592-3710 |
| Rating | 4.2 across 303 reviews on Google |
| Quietest time | Thursday |
| Updated | September 14, 2026 |
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| Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Location info | Address | 784 Laurel St, San Carlos, CA 94070, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Surf-themed shop offering a variety of ice cream & toppings, as well as shakes & ice cream pies. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Fri 5:30 AM to 4:00 PM · Sat 6:00 AM to 4:00 PM · Sun Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | PLANTATION Coffee Roastery | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (650) 592-3710 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 5:30 AM to 4:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 5:30 AM to 4:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 5:30 AM to 4:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 5:30 AM to 4:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 5:30 AM to 4:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 6:00 AM to 4:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
Address: 784 Laurel St, San Carlos, CA 94070, USA. Phone: (650) 592-3710. Hours: Mon to Fri 5:30 AM to 4 PM · Sat 6 AM to 4 PM · Closed Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)
From Google Business Profile: "Surf-themed shop offering a variety of ice cream & toppings, as well as shakes & ice cream pies."
Quietest day: Thursday. Busiest day: Saturday. From the popular times on its Google listing.
| Place | Type | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| The Cask Wine Bar | Wine bar | 1 min walk |
| West Park Bistro | American restaurant | 1 min walk |
| PRANZI | Italian restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Stamp Bar & Grill | Bar & grill | 1 min walk |
| Spasso | Italian restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Mama Coco Cocina Mexicana | Mexican restaurant | 1 min walk |
4.2 average across 303 reviews: Google 303. (Confirmed, read September 14, 2026.)
Plantation Coffee Roastery stands out for its family-run charm but struggles with service consistency and coffee quality. (AI guess, from 303 reviews.)
It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. San Carlos coffee shops run 23 to 46. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. PLANTATION Coffee Roastery scores 46, above the San Carlos average of 35. The same method scores every business on the registry.
| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | PLANTATION Coffee Roastery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 42 | 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 | 25 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor |
| 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 | 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 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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| San Carlos, California | City | #city | City PLANTATION Coffee Roastery 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 San Carlos, linked to the lists and towns around it.
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# PLANTATION Coffee Roastery, San Carlos CA: Reviews Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-carlos/plantation-coffee-roastery-san-carlos-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/san-carlos/plantation-coffee-roastery-san-carlos-ca ## Photos -  -  -  -  -  ## In short PLANTATION Coffee Roastery is a coffee shop in San Carlos, CA. Its AI Score is 46 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 | 784 Laurel St, San Carlos, CA 94070, USA | | Hours | Mon to Fri 5:30 AM to 4 PM · Sat 6 AM to 4 PM · Closed Sun | | Phone | (650) 592-3710 | | Rating | 4.2 across 303 reviews on Google | | Quietest time | Thursday | | 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 | 784 Laurel St, San Carlos, CA 94070, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Description | Surf-themed shop offering a variety of ice cream & toppings, as well as shakes & ice cream pies. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Hours | Mon to Fri 5:30 AM to 4:00 PM · Sat 6:00 AM to 4:00 PM · Sun Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Name | PLANTATION Coffee Roastery | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Phone | (650) 592-3710 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Monday | 5:30 AM to 4:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Tuesday | 5:30 AM to 4:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Wednesday | 5:30 AM to 4:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Thursday | 5:30 AM to 4:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Friday | 5:30 AM to 4:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Saturday | 6:00 AM to 4:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Sunday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | ## Services and prices Add your services so AI can say what you offer ### 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 PLANTATION Coffee Roastery Address: 784 Laurel St, San Carlos, CA 94070, USA. Phone: (650) 592-3710. Hours: Mon to Fri 5:30 AM to 4 PM · Sat 6 AM to 4 PM · Closed Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.) ### Location info from Google Business Profile From Google Business Profile: "Surf-themed shop offering a variety of ice cream & toppings, as well as shakes & ice cream pies." ### When to go Quietest day: Thursday. Busiest day: Saturday. 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 | | --- | --- | --- | | The Cask Wine Bar | Wine bar | 1 min walk | | West Park Bistro | American restaurant | 1 min walk | | PRANZI | Italian restaurant | 1 min walk | | Stamp Bar & Grill | Bar & grill | 1 min walk | | Spasso | Italian restaurant | 1 min walk | | Mama Coco Cocina Mexicana | Mexican restaurant | 1 min walk | ## Reputation 4.2 average across 303 reviews: Google 303. (Confirmed, read September 14, 2026.) Plantation Coffee Roastery stands out for its family-run charm but struggles with service consistency and coffee quality. (AI guess, from 303 reviews.) ### What people like - Great coffee and pastries - Delicious chocolate peanut butter blended drink - Family-friendly environment with a kiddy corner ### What people do not like - Inconsistent coffee quality, often described as burnt - Rude interactions with the owner - Long waits during busy hours ### Press Add a press story so AI can say who's written about you ### Awards Add an award so AI can name it ### Directories Get listed in directories so AI can tell you're real ## Questions people ask ### On a budget in San Carlos, is PLANTATION Coffee Roastery the one? ### picking between the two, is Groovy Goose the safer bet? ### Are the hours on Google right for PLANTATION Coffee Roastery in San Carlos? ### going rate for coffee shops locally, any idea ### what does this place actually get right? ### lunch near Laurel, what is good ### where does this place post updates ### best coffee shop in San Carlos ### is there a rewards thing at PLANTATION Coffee Roastery ### rough idea what PLANTATION Coffee Roastery costs? ### planning a Sunday visit, is that a wasted trip ### trying to avoid the rush, which day is quiet ### Whereabouts is PLANTATION Coffee Roastery? ### worth it or not, what do the regulars say ### cancellation list here, is there one ### bad experiences here, anyone? ## The AI Score: 46 of 100 It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. San Carlos coffee shops run 23 to 46. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. PLANTATION Coffee Roastery scores 46, above the San Carlos average of 35. The same method scores every business on the registry. | Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | PLANTATION Coffee Roastery | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 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 | 42 | 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 | 25 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor | | 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 | 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 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 PLANTATION Coffee Roastery | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | PLANTATION Coffee Roastery | LocalBusiness | #business | | Subject of this page | | San Carlos, California | City | #city | | City PLANTATION Coffee Roastery 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 San Carlos, linked to the lists and towns around it. ### Lists - Best coffee shops in San Carlos: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-carlos/coffee-shop - Best businesses in San Carlos: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-carlos ### 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:ChIJ90haqRyij4ARzlh8h8fpOb8 (accessed Sep 14, 2026)
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<p>Local AI Registry · Coffee shops in San Carlos, CA · Editorial</p>
<h2>PLANTATION Coffee Roastery, San Carlos 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>
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<h3>In short</h3>
<p>PLANTATION Coffee Roastery is a coffee shop in San Carlos, CA. Its AI Score is 46 of 100, which is fair.</p>
<p>What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks</p>
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<h3>Key facts</h3>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Fact</th><th scope="col">Value</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Type</td><td>Coffee shop</td></tr>
<tr><td>Address</td><td>784 Laurel St, San Carlos, CA 94070, USA</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Mon to Fri 5:30 AM to 4 PM · Sat 6 AM to 4 PM · Closed Sun</td></tr>
<tr><td>Phone</td><td>(650) 592-3710</td></tr>
<tr><td>Rating</td><td>4.2 across 303 reviews on Google</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quietest time</td><td>Thursday</td></tr>
<tr><td>Updated</td><td>September 14, 2026</td></tr>
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<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>
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<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>
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<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Address</td><td>784 Laurel St, San Carlos, CA 94070, USA</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Description</td><td>Surf-themed shop offering a variety of ice cream & toppings, as well as shakes & ice cream pies.</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Hours</td><td>Mon to Fri 5:30 AM to 4:00 PM · Sat 6:00 AM to 4:00 PM · Sun Closed</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Name</td><td>PLANTATION Coffee Roastery</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Phone</td><td>(650) 592-3710</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Monday</td><td>5:30 AM to 4:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Tuesday</td><td>5:30 AM to 4:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Wednesday</td><td>5:30 AM to 4:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Thursday</td><td>5:30 AM to 4:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Friday</td><td>5:30 AM to 4:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Saturday</td><td>6:00 AM to 4:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Sunday</td><td>Closed</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
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<h3>Services and prices</h3>
<h4>Known for</h4>
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<section id="ai-the-team">
<h3>The team</h3>
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<section id="ai-visiting-plantation-coffee-roastery">
<h3>Visiting PLANTATION Coffee Roastery</h3>
<p>Address: 784 Laurel St, San Carlos, CA 94070, USA. Phone: (650) 592-3710. Hours: Mon to Fri 5:30 AM to 4 PM · Sat 6 AM to 4 PM · Closed Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)</p>
<h4>Location info from Google Business Profile</h4>
<p>From Google Business Profile: "Surf-themed shop offering a variety of ice cream & toppings, as well as shakes & ice cream pies."</p>
<h4>When to go</h4>
<p>Quietest day: Thursday. Busiest day: Saturday. 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>The Cask Wine Bar</td><td>Wine bar</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>West Park Bistro</td><td>American restaurant</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>PRANZI</td><td>Italian restaurant</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Stamp Bar & Grill</td><td>Bar & grill</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Spasso</td><td>Italian restaurant</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Mama Coco Cocina Mexicana</td><td>Mexican restaurant</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</section>
<section id="ai-reputation">
<h3>Reputation</h3>
<p>4.2 average across 303 reviews: Google 303. (Confirmed, read September 14, 2026.)</p>
<p>Plantation Coffee Roastery stands out for its family-run charm but struggles with service consistency and coffee quality. (AI guess, from 303 reviews.)</p>
<h4>What people like</h4>
<ul>
<li>Great coffee and pastries</li>
<li>Delicious chocolate peanut butter blended drink</li>
<li>Family-friendly environment with a kiddy corner</li>
</ul>
<h4>What people do not like</h4>
<ul>
<li>Inconsistent coffee quality, often described as burnt</li>
<li>Rude interactions with the owner</li>
<li>Long waits during busy hours</li>
</ul>
<h4>Press</h4>
<h4>Awards</h4>
<h4>Directories</h4>
</section>
<section id="ai-questions-people-ask">
<h3>Questions people ask</h3>
<h4>On a budget in San Carlos, is PLANTATION Coffee Roastery the one?</h4>
<h4>picking between the two, is Groovy Goose the safer bet?</h4>
<h4>Are the hours on Google right for PLANTATION Coffee Roastery in San Carlos?</h4>
<h4>going rate for coffee shops locally, any idea</h4>
<h4>what does this place actually get right?</h4>
<h4>lunch near Laurel, what is good</h4>
<h4>where does this place post updates</h4>
<h4>best coffee shop in San Carlos</h4>
<h4>is there a rewards thing at PLANTATION Coffee Roastery</h4>
<h4>rough idea what PLANTATION Coffee Roastery costs?</h4>
<h4>planning a Sunday visit, is that a wasted trip</h4>
<h4>trying to avoid the rush, which day is quiet</h4>
<h4>Whereabouts is PLANTATION Coffee Roastery?</h4>
<h4>worth it or not, what do the regulars say</h4>
<h4>cancellation list here, is there one</h4>
<h4>bad experiences here, anyone?</h4>
</section>
<section id="ai-score">
<h3>The AI Score: 46 of 100</h3>
<p>It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. San Carlos coffee shops run 23 to 46. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. PLANTATION Coffee Roastery scores 46, above the San Carlos average of 35. 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">PLANTATION Coffee Roastery</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Retrieval grounding</td><td>26</td><td>Does not apply</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></td></tr>
<tr><td>Off-property attestation</td><td>20</td><td>42</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>25</td><td>Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service.</td><td>Poor</td></tr>
<tr><td>Reviews & response</td><td>12</td><td>77</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>Does not apply</td><td>Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Google Business Profile</td><td>8</td><td>78</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>Does not apply</td><td>Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Content freshness & schema</td><td>5</td><td>Does not apply</td><td>Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.</td><td></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 PLANTATION Coffee Roastery</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>PLANTATION Coffee Roastery</td><td>LocalBusiness</td><td>#business</td><td></td><td>Subject of this page</td></tr>
<tr><td>San Carlos, California</td><td>City</td><td>#city</td><td></td><td>City PLANTATION Coffee Roastery 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 San Carlos, linked to the lists and towns around it.</p>
<h4>Lists</h4>
<ul>
<li>Best coffee shops in San Carlos: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-carlos/coffee-shop</li>
<li>Best businesses in San Carlos: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-carlos</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:ChIJ90haqRyij4ARzlh8h8fpOb8 (accessed Sep 14, 2026)</li>
</ul>
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