how far out is this place booking right now?
Question · by menus_wren · Member since Sep 2026 · 3 posts · 1w11 days ago
Chinese restaurant in San Jose, CA
4.3 · 300 reviewsOpen today until 8 PMOpen until 8
Welcoming option serving hefty plates of Chinese standards, including sweet-&-sour pork & chow mein.
Eligible to offer 20% cashback to customers who shop here.OrbitBack
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What Golden Buddha 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.
Domino's Pizza is next door for pizza delivery.
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.
What reviews, press and directories say about Golden Buddha.
4.3from 300 reviews on Google
Golden Buddha is known for its generous portions but faces criticism for inflated prices and variable food quality. Golden Buddha offers a nostalgic dining experience with a mix of loyal patrons and newcomers. However, many customers express disappointment over rising prices and inconsistent food quality, leading to a mixed atmosphere where some enjoy the large portions while others feel let down by the taste and service.
The AI Score is out of 100, read from 8 signals across search and AI.
38 San Jose avg
Signal and how much it countsGolden Buddha
Every business is scored the same way, and nobody can pay for a better score.
Golden Buddha, as AI sees it. Blue signals help Golden Buddha, and red ones hold it back.
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The page ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google read about Golden Buddha. The code version is exactly what their crawlers get.
Local AI Registry · Chinese restaurants in San Jose, CA · Editorial
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
Golden Buddha is a chinese restaurant in San Jose, CA. Its AI Score is 44 of 100, which is poor.
What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks
| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | Chinese restaurant |
| Address | 2768 Aborn Rd, San Jose, CA 95121, USA |
| Hours | Closed Mon · Tue to Fri 3 AM to 8 PM · Sat to Sun 12 PM to 8 PM |
| Phone | (408) 238-0926 |
| Rating | 4.3 across 300 reviews on Google |
| Updated | October 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.
| Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Location info | Address | 2768 Aborn Rd, San Jose, CA 95121, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Welcoming option serving hefty plates of Chinese standards, including sweet-&-sour pork & chow mein. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon Closed · Tue to Fri 3:00 to 8:00 PM · Sat to Sun 12:00 to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Mondays | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Golden Buddha | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (408) 238-0926 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 3:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 3:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 3:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 3:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 12:00 PM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 12:00 PM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Chow mein | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Dine-in | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Sweet and sour pork | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Takeout | AI guess | |
| Links | https://facebook.com/golden-buddha-chinese-restaurant | AI guess | Our record | |
| Links | Website | http://www.golden-buddha-sanjose.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
Address: 2768 Aborn Rd, San Jose, CA 95121, USA. Phone: (408) 238-0926. Hours: Closed Mon · Tue to Fri 3 AM to 8 PM · Sat to Sun 12 PM to 8 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)
From Google Business Profile: "Welcoming option serving hefty plates of Chinese standards, including sweet-&-sour pork & chow mein."
| Place | Type | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Domino's Pizza | Pizza delivery | 1 min walk |
| FolaFela Nigeria Restaurant and African Store | Restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Peacock Indian Cafe | Indian restaurant | 1 min walk |
| TacoMania | Mexican restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Aborn & White | Bus stop | 1 min walk |
| Papas and Eggs | Breakfast restaurant | 1 min walk |
4.3 average across 300 reviews: Google 300. (Confirmed, read October 26, 2026.)
Golden Buddha is known for its generous portions but faces criticism for inflated prices and variable food quality. (AI guess, from 300 reviews.)
It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. San Jose chinese restaurants run 24 to 56. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Golden Buddha scores 44, above the San Jose average of 38. The same method scores every business on the registry.
| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Golden Buddha |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 25 | 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 | 40 | 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 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | ||
| Reviews & response | 12 | 92 | 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 | 58 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Fair |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 31 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Poor |
Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology
How AI decides what to say about a chinese 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
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| Golden Buddha | LocalBusiness | #business | http://www.golden-buddha-sanjose.com/ | Subject of this page |
| San Jose, California | City | #city | City Golden Buddha 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 chinese restaurants 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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# Golden Buddha, San Jose CA: Reviews Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/golden-buddha-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/golden-buddha-san-jose-ca ## Photos -  -  -  -  -  ## In short Golden Buddha is a chinese restaurant in San Jose, CA. Its AI Score is 44 of 100, which is poor. What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks ## Key facts | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Type | Chinese restaurant | | Address | 2768 Aborn Rd, San Jose, CA 95121, USA | | Hours | Closed Mon · Tue to Fri 3 AM to 8 PM · Sat to Sun 12 PM to 8 PM | | Phone | (408) 238-0926 | | Rating | 4.3 across 300 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 | 2768 Aborn Rd, San Jose, CA 95121, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Description | Welcoming option serving hefty plates of Chinese standards, including sweet-&-sour pork & chow mein. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Hours | Mon Closed · Tue to Fri 3:00 to 8:00 PM · Sat to Sun 12:00 to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Mondays | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Name | Golden Buddha | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Phone | (408) 238-0926 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Monday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Tuesday | 3:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Wednesday | 3:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Thursday | 3:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Friday | 3:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Saturday | 12:00 PM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Sunday | 12:00 PM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Services | Service | Chow mein | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Dine-in | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Sweet and sour pork | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Takeout | AI guess | | | Links | Facebook | https://facebook.com/golden-buddha-chinese-restaurant | AI guess | Our record | | Links | Website | http://www.golden-buddha-sanjose.com/ | 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 Golden Buddha Address: 2768 Aborn Rd, San Jose, CA 95121, USA. Phone: (408) 238-0926. Hours: Closed Mon · Tue to Fri 3 AM to 8 PM · Sat to Sun 12 PM to 8 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.) ### Location info from Google Business Profile From Google Business Profile: "Welcoming option serving hefty plates of Chinese standards, including sweet-&-sour pork & chow mein." ### 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 | | --- | --- | --- | | Domino's Pizza | Pizza delivery | 1 min walk | | FolaFela Nigeria Restaurant and African Store | Restaurant | 1 min walk | | Peacock Indian Cafe | Indian restaurant | 1 min walk | | TacoMania | Mexican restaurant | 1 min walk | | Aborn & White | Bus stop | 1 min walk | | Papas and Eggs | Breakfast restaurant | 1 min walk | ## Reputation 4.3 average across 300 reviews: Google 300. (Confirmed, read October 26, 2026.) Golden Buddha is known for its generous portions but faces criticism for inflated prices and variable food quality. (AI guess, from 300 reviews.) ### What people like - Large portion sizes - Sweet and sour pork - Fried wontons - Combo fried rice - Mongolian beef ### What people do not like - High prices compared to menu listings - Inconsistent food quality - Unfriendly service - Charges for takeout containers ### 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 ### how far out is this place booking right now? ### do regulars get anything here ### walking in for a first visit, what happens ### any last minute tables at Golden Buddha? ### never been, is it walk in or appointment only ### Golden Buddha or New Hwong? ### Coffee near Golden Buddha on Aborn? ### planning a Monday visit, is that a wasted trip ### what time does Golden Buddha in San Jose actually open? ### people keep recommending this place, what for? ### address for Golden Buddha, anyone have it? ### rough idea what Golden Buddha costs? ### On a budget in San Jose, is this place the one? ### anything new here lately? ### best chinese restaurant in San Jose, CA ### Downsides nobody puts in a five star review? ### are prices in San Jose higher than everywhere else ### when is this place actually dead? ### worth it or not, what do the regulars say ### who should I ask for at Golden Buddha? ## The AI Score: 44 of 100 It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. San Jose chinese restaurants run 24 to 56. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Golden Buddha scores 44, above the San Jose average of 38. The same method scores every business on the registry. | Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Golden Buddha | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Retrieval grounding | 26 | 25 | 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 | 40 | 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 | | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | | | Reviews & response | 12 | 92 | 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 | 58 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Fair | | Content freshness & schema | 5 | 31 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Poor | Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology How AI decides what to say about a chinese 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 Golden Buddha | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Golden Buddha | LocalBusiness | #business | http://www.golden-buddha-sanjose.com/ | Subject of this page | | San Jose, California | City | #city | | City Golden Buddha 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 chinese restaurants in San Jose, linked to the lists and towns around it. ### Lists - Best chinese restaurants in San Jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose/chinese-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:ChIJWdkYOHQtjoARl8S5Fw0QGzE (accessed Oct 26, 2026) - [2] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 26, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Oct 26, 2026)
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<p>Local AI Registry · Chinese restaurants in San Jose, CA · Editorial</p>
<h2>Golden Buddha, San Jose CA: Reviews</h2>
<p>By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated October 26, 2026.</p>
<p>Published October 26, 2026 · Updated October 26, 2026 · Machine-readable version below</p>
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<h3>In short</h3>
<p>Golden Buddha is a chinese restaurant in San Jose, CA. Its AI Score is 44 of 100, which is poor.</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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<tr><td>Type</td><td>Chinese restaurant</td></tr>
<tr><td>Address</td><td>2768 Aborn Rd, San Jose, CA 95121, USA</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Closed Mon · Tue to Fri 3 AM to 8 PM · Sat to Sun 12 PM to 8 PM</td></tr>
<tr><td>Phone</td><td>(408) 238-0926</td></tr>
<tr><td>Rating</td><td>4.3 across 300 reviews on Google</td></tr>
<tr><td>Updated</td><td>October 26, 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>2768 Aborn Rd, San Jose, CA 95121, USA</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Description</td><td>Welcoming option serving hefty plates of Chinese standards, including sweet-&-sour pork & chow mein.</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Hours</td><td>Mon Closed · Tue to Fri 3:00 to 8:00 PM · Sat to Sun 12:00 to 8:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Mondays</td><td>Closed</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Name</td><td>Golden Buddha</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Phone</td><td>(408) 238-0926</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Monday</td><td>Closed</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Tuesday</td><td>3:00 AM to 8:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Wednesday</td><td>3:00 AM to 8:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Thursday</td><td>3:00 AM to 8:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Friday</td><td>3:00 AM to 8:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Saturday</td><td>12:00 PM to 8:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Sunday</td><td>12:00 PM to 8:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Chow mein</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Dine-in</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Sweet and sour pork</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Takeout</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Links</td><td>Facebook</td><td>https://facebook.com/golden-buddha-chinese-restaurant</td><td>AI guess</td><td>Our record</td></tr>
<tr><td>Links</td><td>Website</td><td>http://www.golden-buddha-sanjose.com/</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</section>
<section id="ai-services-and-prices">
<h3>Services and prices</h3>
<h4>Known for</h4>
</section>
<section id="ai-the-team">
<h3>The team</h3>
</section>
<section id="ai-visiting-golden-buddha">
<h3>Visiting Golden Buddha</h3>
<p>Address: 2768 Aborn Rd, San Jose, CA 95121, USA. Phone: (408) 238-0926. Hours: Closed Mon · Tue to Fri 3 AM to 8 PM · Sat to Sun 12 PM to 8 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)</p>
<h4>Location info from Google Business Profile</h4>
<p>From Google Business Profile: "Welcoming option serving hefty plates of Chinese standards, including sweet-&-sour pork & chow mein."</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>Domino's Pizza</td><td>Pizza delivery</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>FolaFela Nigeria Restaurant and African Store</td><td>Restaurant</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Peacock Indian Cafe</td><td>Indian restaurant</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>TacoMania</td><td>Mexican restaurant</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Aborn & White</td><td>Bus stop</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Papas and Eggs</td><td>Breakfast restaurant</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</section>
<section id="ai-reputation">
<h3>Reputation</h3>
<p>4.3 average across 300 reviews: Google 300. (Confirmed, read October 26, 2026.)</p>
<p>Golden Buddha is known for its generous portions but faces criticism for inflated prices and variable food quality. (AI guess, from 300 reviews.)</p>
<h4>What people like</h4>
<ul>
<li>Large portion sizes</li>
<li>Sweet and sour pork</li>
<li>Fried wontons</li>
<li>Combo fried rice</li>
<li>Mongolian beef</li>
</ul>
<h4>What people do not like</h4>
<ul>
<li>High prices compared to menu listings</li>
<li>Inconsistent food quality</li>
<li>Unfriendly service</li>
<li>Charges for takeout containers</li>
</ul>
<h4>Press</h4>
<h4>Awards</h4>
<h4>Directories</h4>
</section>
<section id="ai-questions-people-ask">
<h3>Questions people ask</h3>
<h4>how far out is this place booking right now?</h4>
<h4>do regulars get anything here</h4>
<h4>walking in for a first visit, what happens</h4>
<h4>any last minute tables at Golden Buddha?</h4>
<h4>never been, is it walk in or appointment only</h4>
<h4>Golden Buddha or New Hwong?</h4>
<h4>Coffee near Golden Buddha on Aborn?</h4>
<h4>planning a Monday visit, is that a wasted trip</h4>
<h4>what time does Golden Buddha in San Jose actually open?</h4>
<h4>people keep recommending this place, what for?</h4>
<h4>address for Golden Buddha, anyone have it?</h4>
<h4>rough idea what Golden Buddha costs?</h4>
<h4>On a budget in San Jose, is this place the one?</h4>
<h4>anything new here lately?</h4>
<h4>best chinese restaurant in San Jose, CA</h4>
<h4>Downsides nobody puts in a five star review?</h4>
<h4>are prices in San Jose higher than everywhere else</h4>
<h4>when is this place actually dead?</h4>
<h4>worth it or not, what do the regulars say</h4>
<h4>who should I ask for at Golden Buddha?</h4>
</section>
<section id="ai-score">
<h3>The AI Score: 44 of 100</h3>
<p>It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. San Jose chinese restaurants run 24 to 56. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Golden Buddha scores 44, above the San Jose average of 38. 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">Golden Buddha</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Retrieval grounding</td><td>26</td><td>25</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>40</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></td><td>Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service.</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Reviews & response</td><td>12</td><td>92</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>58</td><td>Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.</td><td>Fair</td></tr>
<tr><td>Content freshness & schema</td><td>5</td><td>31</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 chinese 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</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 Golden Buddha</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Golden Buddha</td><td>LocalBusiness</td><td>#business</td><td>http://www.golden-buddha-sanjose.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 Golden Buddha 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 chinese restaurants in San Jose, linked to the lists and towns around it.</p>
<h4>Lists</h4>
<ul>
<li>Best chinese restaurants in San Jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose/chinese-restaurant</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>
<ul>
<li>[1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJWdkYOHQtjoARl8S5Fw0QGzE (accessed Oct 26, 2026)</li>
<li>[2] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 26, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Oct 26, 2026)</li>
</ul>
</section>
</article>
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