# Mesquite and Oak, San Jose CA: Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/mesquite-and-oak-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/mesquite-and-oak-san-jose-ca

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## In short

Mesquite and Oak is a barbecue restaurant in San Jose, CA. Its AI Score is 57 of 100, which is fair.

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


## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Type | Barbecue restaurant |
| Address | 856 N 13th St, San Jose, CA 95112, USA |
| Hours | Closed Mon · Tue to Fri 10 AM to 4 PM · Closed Sat · Sun 10 AM to 4 PM |
| Phone | (408) 418-3180 |
| Rating | 4.6 across 492 reviews on Google |
| Quietest time | Wednesday |
| 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 | 856 N 13th St, San Jose, CA 95112, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | We are open for lunch 5 days a week! We offer onsite BBQ catering and lots of custom catering options. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon Closed · Tue to Fri 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM · Sat Closed · Sun 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Mondays | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Mesquite and Oak | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (408) 418-3180 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Custom catering | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Lunch service | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Online orders | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Online orders new | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Onsite BBQ catering | AI guess |  |
| Links | Website | http://www.mesquiteandoak.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

These are the 1 service Mesquite and Oak offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.

| Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Online orders new |  |  |  | From their website |


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## The team

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## Visiting Mesquite and Oak

Address: 856 N 13th St, San Jose, CA 95112, USA. Phone: (408) 418-3180. Hours: Closed Mon · Tue to Fri 10 AM to 4 PM · Closed Sat · Sun 10 AM to 4 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "We are open for lunch 5 days a week! We offer onsite BBQ catering and lots of custom catering options."


### When to go

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


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Taqueria Lorena's | Mexican restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Giovanni's Pizza | Pizza restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Mariscos Costa Alegre | Mexican restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Mr. Shrimp Marisqueria y Birrieria Food Truck | Seafood restaurant | 2 min walk |
| Thien Thanh Com Thang | Vietnamese restaurant | 3 min walk |
| Chez Sovan | Cambodian restaurant | 3 min walk |


## Reputation

4.6 average across 492 reviews: Google 492. (Confirmed, read July 16, 2026.)

Mesquite and Oak stands out for its brisket and unique dishes like the Tejano sandwich, though service and food quality can vary. (AI guess, from 492 reviews.)


### What people like

- Brisket sandwich
- Dino rib
- Tejano sandwich
- Smoked links
- Potato salad


### What people do not like

- Inconsistent food quality
- Long wait times during busy hours
- Rude customer service experiences


### Press

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### Directories

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## Questions people ask


### is Smoking Pig any better


### do I need to book Mesquite and Oak in San Jose or can I just turn up?


### Ballpark for a visit to a restaurant in San Jose?


### best barbecue restaurant in San Jose


### Somewhere to park near Mesquite and Oak?


### Are there any special features at the restaurant?


### Downsides nobody puts in a five star review?


### what does Mesquite and Oak actually get right?


### where does this place post updates


### when is this place actually dead?


### same day tables, does that ever happen here


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


### worth it or not, what do the regulars say


### Open Mondays here?


### anything good on 13th to kill time near Mesquite and Oak?


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


### first visit at Mesquite and Oak, what do I need to bring?


## What AI gets wrong about Mesquite and Oak

We ask ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini about Mesquite and Oak. 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 | ChatGPT, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 16, 2026: 4 Jackie's Place | 856 N 13th St, San Jose, CA 95112, USA |
| Address | Perplexity, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 16, 2026: 3 Jackie's Place | 856 N 13th St, San Jose, CA 95112, USA |


## The AI Score: 57 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. Mesquite and Oak scores 57, above the San Jose average of 38. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Mesquite and Oak |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 50 | 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. | Fair |
| 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 | 67 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Good |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 81 | 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 | 53 | 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 Mesquite and Oak |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mesquite and Oak | LocalBusiness | #business | http://www.mesquiteandoak.com/ | Subject of this page |
| San Jose, California | City | #city |  | City Mesquite and Oak 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:ChIJVVU5qmLMj4ARAQWOGzUf3-A (accessed Jul 16, 2026)
- [2] mesquiteandoak.com, https://www.mesquiteandoak.com/online-ordering (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)