# 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 - ![Photo 1](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmvpia3454dycyese9mmfr3n6%2F0.jpg) - ![Photo 2](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmvpia3454dycyese9mmfr3n6%2F1.jpg) - ![Photo 3](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmvpia3454dycyese9mmfr3n6%2F2.jpg) - ![Photo 4](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmvpia3454dycyese9mmfr3n6%2F3.jpg) - ![Photo 5](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmvpia3454dycyese9mmfr3n6%2F4.jpg) ## 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 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 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 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 | | --- | --- | --- | | 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 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 ### 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)