# Lotus and Lime, San Jose CA: Reviews

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

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-07-16.

Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/lotus-and-lime-san-jose-ca

## Photos

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## In short

Lotus and Lime is an asian fusion restaurant in San Jose, CA. Its AI Score is 31 of 100, which is poor.

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


## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Type | Asian fusion restaurant |
| Address | 949 Ruff Dr, San Jose, CA 95110, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Fri 8 AM to 12 AM · Sat to Sun 10 AM to 11 PM |
| Phone | (669) 231-1513 |
| Rating | 5.0 across 8 reviews on Google |
| Quietest time | Wednesday |
| Updated | July 16, 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 | 949 Ruff Dr, San Jose, CA 95110, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | South East Asian inspired menu bringing unique flavors of ginger, tamarind and a house made chili crunch. The freshest ingredients selected to maintain a balanced meal. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Fri 8:00 AM to 12:00 AM · Sat to Sun 10:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Lotus and Lime | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (669) 231-1513 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 8:00 AM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 8:00 AM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 8:00 AM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 8:00 AM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 8:00 AM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 10:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 10:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Asian fusion dining | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Catering | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Nutrition | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Nutritional information | AI guess |  |
| Links | Instagram | https://instagram.com/eatlotusandlime | AI guess | Our record |
| Links | Website | https://www.lotusandlime.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

These are the 2 services Lotus and Lime offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.

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


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## The team

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## Visiting Lotus and Lime

Address: 949 Ruff Dr, San Jose, CA 95110, USA. Phone: (669) 231-1513. Hours: Mon to Fri 8 AM to 12 AM · Sat to Sun 10 AM to 11 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "South East Asian inspired menu bringing unique flavors of ginger, tamarind and a house made chili crunch. The freshest ingredients selected to maintain a balanced meal."


### When to go

Quietest day: Wednesday. Busiest day: Tuesday. From the popular times on its Google listing.


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Fatty’s Teriyaki | Asian restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Global Spice Kitchens | Indian restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Hana Hou Hawaiian BBQ & Local Food | Hawaiian restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Kin Thai Express | Restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Pingus Mexican Grill | Mexican restaurant | 1 min walk |
| The Calicut Method | Restaurant | 1 min walk |


## Reputation

5.0 average across 8 reviews: Google 8. (Confirmed, read July 16, 2026.)

Lotus and Lime stands out for its commitment to fresh, healthy ingredients and personalized customer service, even in delivery orders. (AI guess, from 8 reviews.)


### What people like

- Fabulous salads
- Fresh ingredients
- Healthy, addictive southeast Asian fare


### Press

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## Questions people ask


### any last minute tables at Lotus and Lime?


### opening hours here, what are they these days?


### Booking at Lotus and Lime in San Jose, how does it work?


### are prices in San Jose higher than everywhere else


### anyone been to both here and D-D Delight?


### Somewhere to park near Lotus and Lime?


### the good stuff about Lotus and Lime, what is it?


### walking in for a first visit, what happens


### where does this place post updates


### do regulars get anything here


### ordering here online, does that actually work?


### best asian fusion restaurant in San Jose


### what does Lotus and Lime actually get right?


### anywhere cheaper than this place in San Jose that is still good?


### when is this place actually dead?


### killing time on Ruff, any ideas


## What AI gets wrong about Lotus and Lime

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

ChatGPT and Perplexity, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 23, 2026. 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 23, 2026: 211 S 1st St | 949 Ruff Dr, San Jose, CA 95110, USA |


## The AI Score: 31 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Asian fusion restaurants on the registry run 23 to 74. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Lotus and Lime scores 31. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Lotus and Lime |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 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 | 33 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 82 | 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 | 54 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Fair |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 79 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 | 52 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Fair |
| 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 an asian fusion 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 Lotus and Lime |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Lotus and Lime | LocalBusiness | #business | https://www.lotusandlime.com/ | Subject of this page |
| San Jose, California | City | #city |  | City Lotus and Lime 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 asian fusion restaurants in San Jose, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best asian fusion restaurants in San Jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose/asian-fusion-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:ChIJN3O9burLj4ARw2X9UnHK8JQ (accessed Jul 16, 2026)
- [2] lotusandlime.com, https://lotusandlime.com/catering (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [3] lotusandlime.com, https://lotusandlime.com/nutrition (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [4] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Perplexity, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 23, 2026; Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 16, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 18, 2026)