# Jon Jon's, San Jose CA: Reviews

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

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-10-30.

Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/jon-jon-s-san-jose-ca

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## In short

Jon Jon's is a barbecue restaurant in San Jose, CA. Its AI Score is 29 of 100, which is poor.

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


## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Type | Barbecue restaurant |
| Address | 1305 Old Oakland Rd, San Jose, CA 95112, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Thu 10 AM to 5 PM · Fri to Sat 10 AM to 7 PM · Closed Sun |
| Phone | (408) 297-5799 |
| Rating | 4.4 across 475 reviews on Google |
| Quietest time | Thursday |
| Updated | October 30, 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 | 1305 Old Oakland Rd, San Jose, CA 95112, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Humble walk-up trailer serving slow-smoked BBQ plates & sandwiches for lunch & dinner. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Thu 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM · Fri to Sat 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM · Sun Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Jon Jon's | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (408) 297-5799 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | BBQ plates | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | BBQ sandwiches | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Catering | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Dinner service | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Lunch service | AI guess |  |
| Links | Website | https://jonjonsbbq.us/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

These are the 1 service Jon Jon's offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.

| Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Catering |  |  |  | From their website |


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## The team

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## Visiting Jon Jon's

Address: 1305 Old Oakland Rd, San Jose, CA 95112, USA. Phone: (408) 297-5799. Hours: Mon to Thu 10 AM to 5 PM · Fri to Sat 10 AM to 7 PM · Closed Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "Humble walk-up trailer serving slow-smoked BBQ plates & sandwiches for lunch & dinner."


### When to go

Quietest day: Thursday. Busiest day: Friday. From the popular times on its Google listing.


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Oakland & Charles | Bus stop | 1 min walk |
| Danguz#1mexicanfoodllc | Mexican restaurant | 2 min walk |
| Oakland & Charles | Bus stop | 2 min walk |
| Burger King | Fast food restaurant | 4 min walk |
| Taco truck | Restaurant | 4 min walk |
| Tacos | Mexican restaurant | 5 min walk |


## Reputation

4.4 average across 475 reviews: Google 475. (Confirmed, read July 16, 2026.)

Jon Jon's is known for its tender brisket and ribs, but has faced criticism for inconsistent quality and service. (AI guess, from 475 reviews.)


### What people like

- Ridiculously tender brisket
- Fall-off-the-bone ribs
- Best baked beans ever
- Generous portion sizes


### What people do not like

- Inconsistent food quality
- Running out of menu items
- Poor customer service experiences


### Press

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### Awards

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### Directories

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## Questions people ask


### Any membership pricing at Jon Jon's?


### What special features does this place have?


### Worth the hype at Jon Jon's?


### Why do people rate Jon Jon's?


### walk ins, or is it booked solid


### quietest day to hit Jon Jon's?


### what time does this place actually open?


### last update from here was when?


### do I need to book Jon Jon's in San Jose or can I just turn up?


### how much is a first visit around here


### best barbecue restaurant in San Jose


### which one, this place or Mesquite and Oak?


### is there parking at Jon Jon's or is it street only?


### first visit at Jon Jon's, what do I need to bring?


### reviews all look glowing, what are the real complaints?


### somewhere cheaper in San Jose that is not a risk?


### planning a Sunday visit, is that a wasted trip


## What AI gets wrong about Jon Jon's

We ask ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini about Jon Jon's. These are the answers that don’t match this page.

ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 16, 2026.

| Fact | What AI says | What this page says |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Address | Perplexity, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 16, 2026: 3 Jackie's Place | 1305 Old Oakland Rd, San Jose, CA 95112, USA |


## The AI Score: 29 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. San Jose barbecue restaurants run 26 to 57. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Jon Jon's scores 29, below the San Jose average of 44. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Jon Jon's |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 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 | 33 | 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 | 16 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Poor |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 | 76 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Good |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 54 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Fair |

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

How AI decides what to say about a barbecue 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 Jon Jon's |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jon Jon's | LocalBusiness | #business | https://jonjonsbbq.us/ | Subject of this page |
| San Jose, California | City | #city |  | City Jon Jon's 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 barbecue restaurants in San Jose, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best barbecue restaurants in San Jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose/barbecue-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:ChIJew8Ad3DMj4ARDmKutCENYlg (accessed Jul 16, 2026)
- [2] jonjonsbbq.us, https://jonjonsbbq.us/catering/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [3] AI engine output: ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 16, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 18, 2026)