El Jalapeno Rojo

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Mexican restaurant in San Jose, CA

4.4 · 1,009 reviewsOpen until 11

El Jalapeno Rojo, located at 400 W San Carlos St in San Jose, is a beloved Mexican restaurant known for its flavorful burritos and reasonable prices. With a solid rating of 4.4 from over 1,000 reviews, it has become a go-to spot for locals seeking satisfying, not overly greasy meals. The drive-through option adds convenience for those on the move, making it a popular choice for patrons leaving nearby events. While the restaurant has received mixed feedback regarding service experiences, many customers appreciate the warmth and care that goes into the food, often describing it as made with love.

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

AI ScoreChatGPT and Gemini didn't mention El Jalapeno.Scored from 8 signals across search and AI.

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Services

What El Jalapeno offers, what it costs, and what people come for.

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Team

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Today9:30 AM to 11 PM

Reputation

What reviews, press and directories say about El Jalapeno.

4.4from 1,009 reviews on Google

This restaurant offers a drive-through and a few standout dishes, but customer service and food consistency are significant concerns. The experience at this Mexican restaurant is marred by inconsistent service and food quality. While some customers enjoy the drive-through convenience and specific dishes, others report uncomfortable interactions with staff and issues with order accuracy. Overall, the atmosphere feels strained, with mixed feelings about the food.

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Would go back80%80% of reviews give the visit 4 or 5 stars.Positive 80%, 4 or 5 stars · Neutral 4%, 3 stars · Negative 16%, 1 or 2 stars
The good
  • Drive-through convenience
  • Carne asada Super Burrito
  • Excellent quesadilla with carnitas
  • Wet burrito and chimichanga
The bad
  • Inconsistent food quality
  • Rude or unprofessional staff interactions
  • Incorrect orders and lack of attention to dietary requests
  • Small portion sizes

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How AI sees El Jalapeno

The AI Score is out of 100, read from 8 signals across search and AI.

34out of 100

30 San Jose avg

What the score is made of

Signal and how much it countsEl Jalapeno

  • Retrieval grounding 26%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.Does not apply
  • Off-property attestation 20%Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability.41
  • AI visibility 14%Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service.0
  • Reviews & response 12%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.79
  • Backlink & citation authority 8%Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.Does not apply
  • Google Business Profile 8%Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first.78
  • Speed & mobile 7%Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.Does not apply
  • Content freshness & schema 5%Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.Does not apply

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Local AI Registry · Mexican restaurants in San Jose, CA · Editorial

El Jalapeno Rojo, San Jose CA: Reviews

Steve Lee

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated October 26, 2026.

Published October 26, 2026 · Updated October 26, 2026 · Machine-readable version below

In short

El Jalapeno Rojo is a mexican restaurant in San Jose, CA. Its AI Score is 34 of 100, which is poor.

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

Key facts

FactValue
TypeMexican restaurant
Address400 W San Carlos St, San Jose, CA 95110, USA
HoursMon to Sat 9:30 AM to 11 PM · Closed Sun
Phone(408) 275-6299
Rating4.4 across 1,009 reviews on Google
UpdatedOctober 26, 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.

GroupFactValueMarkEvidence
Location infoAddress400 W San Carlos St, San Jose, CA 95110, USAConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoDescription400 W San Carlos St, San Jose, CA 95110ConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoHoursMon to Sat 9:30 AM to 11:00 PM · Sun ClosedConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoNameEl Jalapeno RojoConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoPhone(408) 275-6299ConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursMonday9:30 AM to 11:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursTuesday9:30 AM to 11:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursWednesday9:30 AM to 11:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursThursday9:30 AM to 11:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursFriday9:30 AM to 11:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursSaturday9:30 AM to 11:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursSundayClosedConfirmedGoogle Business Profile

Services and prices

Known for

The team

Visiting El Jalapeno

Address: 400 W San Carlos St, San Jose, CA 95110, USA. Phone: (408) 275-6299. Hours: Mon to Sat 9:30 AM to 11 PM · Closed Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)

Parking and getting in

Nearby

PlaceTypeDistance
San Carlos & DelmasBus stop1 min walk
San Carlos & DelmasBus stop1 min walk
iJAVA CafeCafe2 min walk
Woz & San CarlosBus stop3 min walk
Discovery Dog ParkDog park3 min walk
Children's Discovery MuseumLight rail station3 min walk

Reputation

4.4 average across 1,009 reviews: Google 1,009. (Confirmed, read October 26, 2026.)

This restaurant offers a drive-through and a few standout dishes, but customer service and food consistency are significant concerns. (AI guess, from 1,009 reviews.)

What people like

  • Drive-through convenience
  • Carne asada Super Burrito
  • Excellent quesadilla with carnitas
  • Wet burrito and chimichanga

What people do not like

  • Inconsistent food quality
  • Rude or unprofessional staff interactions
  • Incorrect orders and lack of attention to dietary requests
  • Small portion sizes

Press

Awards

Directories

Questions people ask

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The AI Score: 34 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. San Jose mexican restaurants run 26 to 44. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. El Jalapeno scores 34, above the San Jose average of 30. The same method scores every business on the registry.

SignalWeightScoreWhat it measuresEl Jalapeno
Retrieval grounding26Does not applyWhether 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 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.Poor
Reviews & response1279The 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 authority8Does not applyDomain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.
Google Business Profile878Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first.Good
Speed & mobile7Does not applyCore Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.
Content freshness & schema5Does not applyCrawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.

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

How AI decides what to say about a mexican 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.

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El Jalapeno RojoLocalBusiness#businessSubject of this page
San Jose, CaliforniaCity#cityCity El Jalapeno is in
Local AI RegistryOrganization#publisherhttps://localairegistry.comPublisher of this page
Steve LeePerson#authorhttps://localairegistry.com/team/steve-leeAuthor of this page

Topical map

Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the mexican restaurants in San Jose, linked to the lists and towns around it.

Lists

  • Best mexican restaurants in San Jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose/mexican-restaurant
  • 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

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Sources cited

  • [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJU3VEUq_Mj4ARhUrMF8lahIQ (accessed Oct 26, 2026)

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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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# El Jalapeno Rojo, San Jose CA: Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/el-jalapeno-rojo-san-jose-ca. Free to reuse with a link back.

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-10-26.

Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/el-jalapeno-rojo-san-jose-ca

## Photos

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## In short

El Jalapeno Rojo is a mexican restaurant in San Jose, CA. Its AI Score is 34 of 100, which is poor.

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


## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Type | Mexican restaurant |
| Address | 400 W San Carlos St, San Jose, CA 95110, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Sat 9:30 AM to 11 PM · Closed Sun |
| Phone | (408) 275-6299 |
| Rating | 4.4 across 1,009 reviews on Google |
| Updated | October 26, 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 | 400 W San Carlos St, San Jose, CA 95110, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | 400 W San Carlos St, San Jose, CA 95110 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Sat 9:30 AM to 11:00 PM · Sun Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | El Jalapeno Rojo | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (408) 275-6299 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 9:30 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 9:30 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 9:30 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 9:30 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 9:30 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 9:30 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

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## The team

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## Visiting El Jalapeno

Address: 400 W San Carlos St, San Jose, CA 95110, USA. Phone: (408) 275-6299. Hours: Mon to Sat 9:30 AM to 11 PM · Closed Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| San Carlos & Delmas | Bus stop | 1 min walk |
| San Carlos & Delmas | Bus stop | 1 min walk |
| iJAVA Cafe | Cafe | 2 min walk |
| Woz & San Carlos | Bus stop | 3 min walk |
| Discovery Dog Park | Dog park | 3 min walk |
| Children's Discovery Museum | Light rail station | 3 min walk |


## Reputation

4.4 average across 1,009 reviews: Google 1,009. (Confirmed, read October 26, 2026.)

This restaurant offers a drive-through and a few standout dishes, but customer service and food consistency are significant concerns. (AI guess, from 1,009 reviews.)


### What people like

- Drive-through convenience
- Carne asada Super Burrito
- Excellent quesadilla with carnitas
- Wet burrito and chimichanga


### What people do not like

- Inconsistent food quality
- Rude or unprofessional staff interactions
- Incorrect orders and lack of attention to dietary requests
- Small portion sizes


### Press

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### Awards

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### Directories

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## Questions people ask


### is there a rewards thing here


### anything new here lately?


### booking ahead here, how far do people go?


### do I need to fill anything in beforehand


### lunch near San Carlos, what is good


### budget options in San Jose, what is decent


### Why do people rate El Jalapeno?


### first time here, what is it actually like?


### El Jalapeno, any chance to get a table this week?


### what do people actually pay at restaurants around San Jose


### Sundays at El Jalapeno, are they open?


### people keep recommending this place, what for?


### opening hours at El Jalapeno in San Jose, what are they these days?


### where exactly is El Jalapeno?


### pricey at El Jalapeno, or about normal?


### best mexican restaurant in San Jose, CA


### which one, El Jalapeno or LA JACARANDA?


### bad experiences here, anyone?


### quietest day to hit El Jalapeno?


### anyone at El Jalapeno people keep going back to?


## The AI Score: 34 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. San Jose mexican restaurants run 26 to 44. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. El Jalapeno scores 34, above the San Jose average of 30. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | El Jalapeno |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 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. | Poor |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 79 | 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 mexican 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 El Jalapeno |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| El Jalapeno Rojo | LocalBusiness | #business |  | Subject of this page |
| San Jose, California | City | #city |  | City El Jalapeno 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 mexican restaurants in San Jose, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best mexican restaurants in San Jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose/mexican-restaurant
- 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:ChIJU3VEUq_Mj4ARhUrMF8lahIQ (accessed Oct 26, 2026)

The files every page on the registry shares, and how to copy this code for your own site, are here: https://localairegistry.com/developers

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  1. is there a rewards thing here Question by specials_rue, Oct 23, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/el-jalapeno-rojo-san-jose-ca/q/is-there-a-rewards-thing-here
  2. anything new here lately? Question by menus_bram, Oct 23, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/el-jalapeno-rojo-san-jose-ca/q/anything-new-here-lately
  3. booking ahead here, how far do people go? Question by no_rush_brunch_95110, Oct 21, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/el-jalapeno-rojo-san-jose-ca/q/booking-ahead-here-how-far-do-people-go
  4. do I need to fill anything in beforehand Question by spontaneous_brunch, Oct 21, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/el-jalapeno-rojo-san-jose-ca/q/do-i-need-to-fill-anything-in-beforehand
  5. lunch near San Carlos, what is good Question by patio_owl, Oct 19, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/el-jalapeno-rojo-san-jose-ca/q/lunch-near-san-carlos-what-is-good
  6. budget options in San Jose, what is decent Question by patio_sam, Oct 19, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/el-jalapeno-rojo-san-jose-ca/q/budget-options-in-san-jose-what-is-decent
  7. Why do people rate El Jalapeno? Question by curious_tess, Oct 16, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/el-jalapeno-rojo-san-jose-ca/q/why-do-people-rate-el-jalapeno
  8. first time here, what is it actually like? Question by takeout_clover, Oct 15, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/el-jalapeno-rojo-san-jose-ca/q/first-time-here-what-is-it-actually-like
  9. El Jalapeno, any chance to get a table this week? Question by commuter_sam, Oct 13, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/el-jalapeno-rojo-san-jose-ca/q/el-jalapeno-any-chance-to-get-a-table-this-week
  10. what do people actually pay at restaurants around San Jose Question by seconds_reed, Oct 9, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/el-jalapeno-rojo-san-jose-ca/q/what-do-people-actually-pay-at-restaurants-around-san-jose
  11. Sundays at El Jalapeno, are they open? Question by counter_noor, Oct 7, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/el-jalapeno-rojo-san-jose-ca/q/sundays-at-el-jalapeno-are-they-open
  12. people keep recommending this place, what for? Question by reading_reviews_on_carlos, Oct 5, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/el-jalapeno-rojo-san-jose-ca/q/people-keep-recommending-this-place-what-for
  13. opening hours at El Jalapeno in San Jose, what are they these days? Question by picky_corner_table, Oct 3, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/el-jalapeno-rojo-san-jose-ca/q/opening-hours-at-el-jalapeno-in-san-jose-what-are-they-these-days
  14. where exactly is El Jalapeno? Question by seconds_nell, Sep 28, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/el-jalapeno-rojo-san-jose-ca/q/where-exactly-is-el-jalapeno
  15. pricey at El Jalapeno, or about normal? Question by takeout_reed, Sep 25, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/el-jalapeno-rojo-san-jose-ca/q/pricey-at-el-jalapeno-or-about-normal
  16. best mexican restaurant in San Jose, CA Question by counter_ray, Sep 18, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/el-jalapeno-rojo-san-jose-ca/q/best-mexican-restaurant-in-san-jose-ca
  17. which one, El Jalapeno or LA JACARANDA? Question by holiday_sage, Sep 17, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/el-jalapeno-rojo-san-jose-ca/q/which-one-el-jalapeno-or-la-jacaranda
  18. bad experiences here, anyone? Question by undecided_may_95110, Sep 14, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/el-jalapeno-rojo-san-jose-ca/q/bad-experiences-here-anyone
  19. quietest day to hit El Jalapeno? Question by menus_mabel, Sep 9, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/el-jalapeno-rojo-san-jose-ca/q/quietest-day-to-hit-el-jalapeno
  20. anyone at El Jalapeno people keep going back to? Question by long_overdue_kit, Sep 4, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/el-jalapeno-rojo-san-jose-ca/q/anyone-at-el-jalapeno-people-keep-going-back-to

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