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Coffee shop in San Jose, CA
4.2 · 939 reviewsOpens today at 9 AMOpens today at 9 AM
Warm, wood-hued coffee shop serving European & Japanese-style cakes & pastries plus smoothies.
Eligible to offer 20% cashback to customers who shop here.OrbitBack
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What Caffe Bene offers, what it costs, and what people come for.
Caffe Bene lists 2 services on its website. Here's each one, with a plain description and how many reviews mention each.
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No code detected[Photo 4]When it's quiet, where to park, and what's nearby.
Monday or Tuesday, before 11 AM.
Busiest Sunday from noon to 5.
Lajevard Diner Cafe is next door for brunch. Faz Restaurants & Catering is a 1 minute walk for Mediterranean food.
Nearby places from Google Maps, read Oct 26, 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 Sun, noon to 5.
What reviews, press and directories say about Caffe Bene.
4.2from 939 reviews on Google
Caffe Bene is known for its good coffee but suffers from rigid customer service policies that detract from the overall experience. Caffe Bene offers a mixed experience, with some customers enjoying the quiet atmosphere for work and the quality of coffee, while others find the service policies overly strict and the staff unhelpful. Many reviews highlight a lack of flexibility in customer service, leading to a transactional feel rather than a welcoming environment.
Listed on 1 of the 22 directories AI reads.
The AI Score is out of 100, read from 8 signals across search and AI.
27 San Jose avg
Signal and how much it countsCaffe Bene
Every business is scored the same way, and nobody can pay for a better score.
Caffe Bene, as AI sees it. Blue signals help Caffe Bene, and red ones hold it back.
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The page ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google read about Caffe Bene. The code version is exactly what their crawlers get.
Local AI Registry · Coffee shops in San Jose, CA · Editorial
By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated October 31, 2026.
Published July 16, 2026 · Updated October 31, 2026 · Machine-readable version below
Caffe Bene is a coffee shop in San Jose, CA. Its AI Score is 27 of 100, which is poor.
What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks
| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | Coffee shop |
| Address | 181 E Tasman Dr #80, San Jose, CA 95134, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Sun 9 AM to 8 PM |
| Phone | (669) 284-9959 |
| Rating | 4.2 across 939 reviews on Google |
| Quietest time | Tuesday |
| Updated | October 31, 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.
| Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Location info | Address | 181 E Tasman Dr #80, San Jose, CA 95134, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Warm, wood-hued coffee shop serving European & Japanese-style cakes & pastries plus smoothies. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Sun 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Caffe Bene | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (669) 284-9959 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Catering | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Coffee | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | European-style cakes | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Japanese-style cakes | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Pastries | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Smoothies | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Whole cake | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Whole cake orders | AI guess | |
| Links | https://www.facebook.com/caffebene.sanjose | Confirmed | Business website | |
| Links | https://www.instagram.com/caffebene.sanjose | Confirmed | Business website | |
| Links | Website | http://caffebenesanjose.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Links | Yelp | https://www.yelp.com/biz/caffe-bene-san-jose | Confirmed | Business website |
These are the 2 services Caffe Bene offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.
| Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole cake | From their website | |||
| Catering | From their website |
Address: 181 E Tasman Dr #80, San Jose, CA 95134, USA. Phone: (669) 284-9959. Hours: Mon to Sun 9 AM to 8 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)
From Google Business Profile: "Warm, wood-hued coffee shop serving European & Japanese-style cakes & pastries plus smoothies."
Quietest day: Tuesday. Busiest day: Sunday. From the popular times on its Google listing.
| Place | Type | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Tasman & Zanker | Bus stop | 1 min walk |
| Lajevard Diner Cafe | Brunch restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Tasman and Zanker | Transit station | 1 min walk |
| Faz Restaurants & Catering - San Jose | Mediterranean restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Tasman & Zanker | Bus stop | 2 min walk |
| Baypointe - An Interim Park | Park | 5 min walk |
4.2 average across 939 reviews: Google 939. (Confirmed, read July 16, 2026.)
Caffe Bene is known for its good coffee but suffers from rigid customer service policies that detract from the overall experience. (AI guess, from 939 reviews.)
Listed on 1 of the 22 directories we checked.
| Directory | Listed |
|---|---|
| Alignable | Not listed |
| Angi | Not listed |
| Apple Maps | Listed |
| BBB | Not listed |
| Birdeye | Not listed |
| Brownbook | Not listed |
| Chamber of Commerce | Not listed |
| Cylex | Not listed |
| Not listed | |
| Foursquare | Not listed |
| Manta | Not listed |
| MapQuest | Not listed |
| MerchantCircle | Not listed |
| Nextdoor | Not listed |
| Superpages | Not listed |
| Thumbtack | Not listed |
| Tripadvisor | Not listed |
| Trustpilot | Not listed |
| Tupalo | Not listed |
| Yellowbook | Not listed |
| Yellow Pages | Not listed |
| Yelp | Not listed |
We ask Gemini, Perplexity and ChatGPT about Caffe Bene. These are the answers that don’t match this page.
ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 26, 2026. Perplexity, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 17, 2026. Perplexity via DataForSEO on Oct 26, 2026.
| Fact | What AI says | What this page says |
|---|---|---|
| Address | Perplexity via DataForSEO on Oct 26, 2026: 181 E. Tasman Drive | 181 E Tasman Dr #80, San Jose, CA 95134, USA |
It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. San Jose coffee shops run 22 to 41. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Caffe Bene scores 27, level with the San Jose average. The same method scores every business on the registry.
| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Caffe Bene |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 39 | 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 | 13 | 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 | 53 | 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 | 67 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Good |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 33 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Poor |
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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| Caffe Bene | LocalBusiness | #business | http://caffebenesanjose.com/ | Subject of this page |
| San Jose, California | City | #city | City Caffe Bene 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 Jose, linked to the lists and towns around it.
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.
Sent before the page. They tell crawlers the canonical address and that a plain markdown copy exists.
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# Caffe Bene, San Jose CA: Reviews Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/caffe-bene-san-jose-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/san-jose/caffe-bene-san-jose-ca ## Photos -  -  -  -  -  ## In short Caffe Bene is a coffee shop in San Jose, CA. Its AI Score is 27 of 100, which is poor. What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks ## Key facts | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Type | Coffee shop | | Address | 181 E Tasman Dr #80, San Jose, CA 95134, USA | | Hours | Mon to Sun 9 AM to 8 PM | | Phone | (669) 284-9959 | | Rating | 4.2 across 939 reviews on Google | | Quietest time | Tuesday | | 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 | 181 E Tasman Dr #80, San Jose, CA 95134, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Description | Warm, wood-hued coffee shop serving European & Japanese-style cakes & pastries plus smoothies. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Hours | Mon to Sun 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Name | Caffe Bene | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Phone | (669) 284-9959 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Monday | 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Tuesday | 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Wednesday | 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Thursday | 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Friday | 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Saturday | 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Sunday | 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Services | Service | Catering | From their website | Business website | | Services | Service | Coffee | AI guess | | | Services | Service | European-style cakes | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Japanese-style cakes | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Pastries | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Smoothies | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Whole cake | From their website | Business website | | Services | Service | Whole cake orders | AI guess | | | Links | Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/caffebene.sanjose | Confirmed | Business website | | Links | Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/caffebene.sanjose | Confirmed | Business website | | Links | Website | http://caffebenesanjose.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Links | Yelp | https://www.yelp.com/biz/caffe-bene-san-jose | Confirmed | Business website | ## Services and prices These are the 2 services Caffe Bene offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from. | Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Whole cake | | | | From their website | | Catering | | | | From their website | ### 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 Caffe Bene Address: 181 E Tasman Dr #80, San Jose, CA 95134, USA. Phone: (669) 284-9959. Hours: Mon to Sun 9 AM to 8 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.) ### Location info from Google Business Profile From Google Business Profile: "Warm, wood-hued coffee shop serving European & Japanese-style cakes & pastries plus smoothies." ### When to go Quietest day: Tuesday. Busiest day: Sunday. 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 | | --- | --- | --- | | Tasman & Zanker | Bus stop | 1 min walk | | Lajevard Diner Cafe | Brunch restaurant | 1 min walk | | Tasman and Zanker | Transit station | 1 min walk | | Faz Restaurants & Catering - San Jose | Mediterranean restaurant | 1 min walk | | Tasman & Zanker | Bus stop | 2 min walk | | Baypointe - An Interim Park | Park | 5 min walk | ## Reputation 4.2 average across 939 reviews: Google 939. (Confirmed, read July 16, 2026.) Caffe Bene is known for its good coffee but suffers from rigid customer service policies that detract from the overall experience. (AI guess, from 939 reviews.) ### What people like - Oatmilk Shakerado - Cortado with 2% milk - Spicy chicken sandwich ### What people do not like - Strict service policies - Rude or unhelpful staff - Inconsistent food quality ### Press Add a press story so AI can say who's written about you ### Awards Add an award so AI can name it ### Directories Listed on 1 of the 22 directories we checked. | Directory | Listed | | --- | --- | | Alignable | Not listed | | Angi | Not listed | | Apple Maps | Listed | | BBB | Not listed | | Birdeye | Not listed | | Brownbook | Not listed | | Chamber of Commerce | Not listed | | Cylex | Not listed | | Facebook | Not listed | | Foursquare | Not listed | | Manta | Not listed | | MapQuest | Not listed | | MerchantCircle | Not listed | | Nextdoor | Not listed | | Superpages | Not listed | | Thumbtack | Not listed | | Tripadvisor | Not listed | | Trustpilot | Not listed | | Tupalo | Not listed | | Yellowbook | Not listed | | Yellow Pages | Not listed | | Yelp | Not listed | ## Questions people ask ### Ballpark for a visit to a coffee shop in San Jose? ### cancellation list here, is there one ### bad experiences at Caffe Bene, anyone? ### walk in at Caffe Bene in San Jose, or is it appointment only? ### which one for Gift cards and breakfast catering, this place or Coffee & Water? ### last update from here was when? ### worth it or not, what do the regulars say ### parking at Caffe Bene, where does everyone put the car? ### what time does this place actually open? ### Booking a first visit at Caffe Bene, what happens? ### Anything this place is known for doing well? ### killing time on Tasman, any ideas ### Busiest day at Caffe Bene, anyone know? ### people keep recommending Caffe Bene, what for? ### best coffee shop in San Jose ### is San Jose expensive for this, or is it just here ### points or member pricing at Caffe Bene, worth signing up? ## What AI gets wrong about Caffe Bene We ask Gemini, Perplexity and ChatGPT about Caffe Bene. These are the answers that don’t match this page. ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 26, 2026. Perplexity, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 17, 2026. Perplexity via DataForSEO on Oct 26, 2026. | Fact | What AI says | What this page says | | --- | --- | --- | | Address | Perplexity via DataForSEO on Oct 26, 2026: 181 E. Tasman Drive | 181 E Tasman Dr #80, San Jose, CA 95134, USA | ## The AI Score: 27 of 100 It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. San Jose coffee shops run 22 to 41. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Caffe Bene scores 27, level with the San Jose average. The same method scores every business on the registry. | Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Caffe Bene | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 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 | 39 | 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 | 13 | 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 | 53 | 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 | 67 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Good | | Content freshness & schema | 5 | 33 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Poor | 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 Caffe Bene | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Caffe Bene | LocalBusiness | #business | http://caffebenesanjose.com/ | Subject of this page | | San Jose, California | City | #city | | City Caffe Bene 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 Jose, linked to the lists and towns around it. ### Lists - Best coffee shops in San Jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose/coffee-shop - Best businesses in San Jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose ### Nearby - /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 - /santa-clara: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/santa-clara ### 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:ChIJq6ftFAXJj4ARw13XXxiP_98 (accessed Jul 16, 2026) - [2] caffebenesanjose.com, https://caffebenesanjose.com/whole-cake (accessed Sep 18, 2026) - [3] caffebenesanjose.com, https://caffebenesanjose.com/catering (accessed Sep 18, 2026) - [4] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 26, 2026; Perplexity, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 17, 2026; Perplexity via DataForSEO on Oct 26, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 18, 2026) - [5] caffebenesanjose.com, http://caffebenesanjose.com/ (accessed Oct 26, 2026)
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<p>Local AI Registry · Coffee shops in San Jose, CA · Editorial</p>
<h2>Caffe Bene, San Jose CA: Reviews</h2>
<p>By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated October 31, 2026.</p>
<p>Published July 16, 2026 · Updated October 31, 2026 · Machine-readable version below</p>
</header>
<section id="ai-in-short">
<h3>In short</h3>
<p>Caffe Bene is a coffee shop in San Jose, CA. Its AI Score is 27 of 100, which is poor.</p>
<p>What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks</p>
</section>
<section id="ai-key-facts">
<h3>Key facts</h3>
<table>
<thead><tr><th scope="col">Fact</th><th scope="col">Value</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Type</td><td>Coffee shop</td></tr>
<tr><td>Address</td><td>181 E Tasman Dr #80, San Jose, CA 95134, USA</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Mon to Sun 9 AM to 8 PM</td></tr>
<tr><td>Phone</td><td>(669) 284-9959</td></tr>
<tr><td>Rating</td><td>4.2 across 939 reviews on Google</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quietest time</td><td>Tuesday</td></tr>
<tr><td>Updated</td><td>October 31, 2026</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</section>
<section id="ai-all-the-details">
<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>
<table>
<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>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Address</td><td>181 E Tasman Dr #80, San Jose, CA 95134, USA</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Description</td><td>Warm, wood-hued coffee shop serving European & Japanese-style cakes & pastries plus smoothies.</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Hours</td><td>Mon to Sun 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Name</td><td>Caffe Bene</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Phone</td><td>(669) 284-9959</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Monday</td><td>9:00 AM to 8:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Tuesday</td><td>9:00 AM to 8:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Wednesday</td><td>9:00 AM to 8:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Thursday</td><td>9:00 AM to 8:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Friday</td><td>9:00 AM to 8:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Saturday</td><td>9:00 AM to 8:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Sunday</td><td>9:00 AM to 8:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Catering</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Coffee</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>European-style cakes</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Japanese-style cakes</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Pastries</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Smoothies</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Whole cake</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Whole cake orders</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Links</td><td>Facebook</td><td>https://www.facebook.com/caffebene.sanjose</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Links</td><td>Instagram</td><td>https://www.instagram.com/caffebene.sanjose</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Links</td><td>Website</td><td>http://caffebenesanjose.com/</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Links</td><td>Yelp</td><td>https://www.yelp.com/biz/caffe-bene-san-jose</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</section>
<section id="ai-services-and-prices">
<h3>Services and prices</h3>
<p>These are the 2 services Caffe Bene offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.</p>
<table>
<thead><tr><th scope="col">Service</th><th scope="col">Price</th><th scope="col">Price mark</th><th scope="col">Price evidence</th><th scope="col">Service mark</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Whole cake</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Catering</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
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</table>
<h4>Known for</h4>
</section>
<section id="ai-the-team">
<h3>The team</h3>
</section>
<section id="ai-visiting-caffe-bene">
<h3>Visiting Caffe Bene</h3>
<p>Address: 181 E Tasman Dr #80, San Jose, CA 95134, USA. Phone: (669) 284-9959. Hours: Mon to Sun 9 AM to 8 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)</p>
<h4>Location info from Google Business Profile</h4>
<p>From Google Business Profile: "Warm, wood-hued coffee shop serving European & Japanese-style cakes & pastries plus smoothies."</p>
<h4>When to go</h4>
<p>Quietest day: Tuesday. Busiest day: Sunday. From the popular times on its Google listing.</p>
<h4>Parking and getting in</h4>
<h4>Nearby</h4>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Place</th><th scope="col">Type</th><th scope="col">Distance</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Tasman & Zanker</td><td>Bus stop</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Lajevard Diner Cafe</td><td>Brunch restaurant</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Tasman and Zanker</td><td>Transit station</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Faz Restaurants & Catering - San Jose</td><td>Mediterranean restaurant</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Tasman & Zanker</td><td>Bus stop</td><td>2 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Baypointe - An Interim Park</td><td>Park</td><td>5 min walk</td></tr>
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</table>
</section>
<section id="ai-reputation">
<h3>Reputation</h3>
<p>4.2 average across 939 reviews: Google 939. (Confirmed, read July 16, 2026.)</p>
<p>Caffe Bene is known for its good coffee but suffers from rigid customer service policies that detract from the overall experience. (AI guess, from 939 reviews.)</p>
<h4>What people like</h4>
<ul>
<li>Oatmilk Shakerado</li>
<li>Cortado with 2% milk</li>
<li>Spicy chicken sandwich</li>
</ul>
<h4>What people do not like</h4>
<ul>
<li>Strict service policies</li>
<li>Rude or unhelpful staff</li>
<li>Inconsistent food quality</li>
</ul>
<h4>Press</h4>
<h4>Awards</h4>
<h4>Directories</h4>
<p>Listed on 1 of the 22 directories we checked.</p>
<table>
<thead><tr><th scope="col">Directory</th><th scope="col">Listed</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Alignable</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Angi</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Apple Maps</td><td>Listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>BBB</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Birdeye</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Brownbook</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Chamber of Commerce</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Cylex</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Facebook</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Foursquare</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Manta</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>MapQuest</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>MerchantCircle</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Nextdoor</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Superpages</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Thumbtack</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Tripadvisor</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Trustpilot</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Tupalo</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Yellowbook</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Yellow Pages</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Yelp</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</section>
<section id="ai-questions-people-ask">
<h3>Questions people ask</h3>
<h4>Ballpark for a visit to a coffee shop in San Jose?</h4>
<h4>cancellation list here, is there one</h4>
<h4>bad experiences at Caffe Bene, anyone?</h4>
<h4>walk in at Caffe Bene in San Jose, or is it appointment only?</h4>
<h4>which one for Gift cards and breakfast catering, this place or Coffee & Water?</h4>
<h4>last update from here was when?</h4>
<h4>worth it or not, what do the regulars say</h4>
<h4>parking at Caffe Bene, where does everyone put the car?</h4>
<h4>what time does this place actually open?</h4>
<h4>Booking a first visit at Caffe Bene, what happens?</h4>
<h4>Anything this place is known for doing well?</h4>
<h4>killing time on Tasman, any ideas</h4>
<h4>Busiest day at Caffe Bene, anyone know?</h4>
<h4>people keep recommending Caffe Bene, what for?</h4>
<h4>best coffee shop in San Jose</h4>
<h4>is San Jose expensive for this, or is it just here</h4>
<h4>points or member pricing at Caffe Bene, worth signing up?</h4>
</section>
<section id="ai-what-ai-gets-wrong">
<h3>What AI gets wrong about Caffe Bene</h3>
<p>We ask Gemini, Perplexity and ChatGPT about Caffe Bene. These are the answers that don’t match this page.</p>
<p>ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 26, 2026. Perplexity, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 17, 2026. Perplexity via DataForSEO on Oct 26, 2026.</p>
<table>
<thead><tr><th scope="col">Fact</th><th scope="col">What AI says</th><th scope="col">What this page says</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Address</td><td>Perplexity via DataForSEO on Oct 26, 2026: 181 E. Tasman Drive</td><td>181 E Tasman Dr #80, San Jose, CA 95134, USA</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</section>
<section id="ai-score">
<h3>The AI Score: 27 of 100</h3>
<p>It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. San Jose coffee shops run 22 to 41. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Caffe Bene scores 27, level with the San Jose average. 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">Caffe Bene</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Retrieval grounding</td><td>26</td><td>0</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>Poor</td></tr>
<tr><td>Off-property attestation</td><td>20</td><td>39</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>13</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>53</td><td>Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.</td><td>Fair</td></tr>
<tr><td>Google Business Profile</td><td>8</td><td>90</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>67</td><td>Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.</td><td>Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Content freshness & schema</td><td>5</td><td>33</td><td>Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.</td><td>Poor</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 Caffe Bene</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Caffe Bene</td><td>LocalBusiness</td><td>#business</td><td>http://caffebenesanjose.com/</td><td>Subject of this page</td></tr>
<tr><td>San Jose, California</td><td>City</td><td>#city</td><td></td><td>City Caffe Bene 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 Jose, linked to the lists and towns around it.</p>
<h4>Lists</h4>
<ul>
<li>Best coffee shops in San Jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose/coffee-shop</li>
<li>Best businesses in San Jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose</li>
</ul>
<h4>Nearby</h4>
<ul>
<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>
<li>/santa-clara: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/santa-clara</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>
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<li>[1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJq6ftFAXJj4ARw13XXxiP_98 (accessed Jul 16, 2026)</li>
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