# 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. 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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)