is there a day here that is not slammed
Question · by menus_roan · Member since Sep 2026 · 6 posts · 1w10 days ago
Chinese restaurant in San Jose, CA
4.1 · 190 reviewsOpens today at 8 AMOpens today at 8 AM
New Hwong Kok, located at 2854 S White Rd in San Jose, is a beloved spot for those craving authentic Cantonese dim sum. With a rating of 4.1 from nearly 200 reviews, patrons often praise the delicious offerings, including the highly recommended crab rangoon and combination bao. While the food shines with freshness and variety, some customers have noted inconsistencies in service and hygiene. Despite these hiccups, many return for the great flavors and affordable prices, making it a popular choice for takeout, especially during gatherings and potlucks.
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What New Hwong offers, what it costs, and what people come for.
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The business is at 2854 S White Rd. Surya Indian Cuisine is next door for Indian food. Evergreen Donut is next door for donuts. Fast Pizza is next door for pizza.
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 New Hwong.
4.1from 190 reviews on Google
New Hwong Kok is known for its variety of dim sum, but faces significant criticism for inconsistent food quality and service issues. Customers describe a mixed experience at this dim sum spot, with some enjoying the takeout efficiency while others express frustration over food quality and service. The atmosphere is noted as lacking, leading many to prefer takeout over dining in.
The AI Score is out of 100, read from 8 signals across search and AI.
37 San Jose avg
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New Hwong, as AI sees it. Blue signals help New Hwong, and red ones hold it back.
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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
New Hwong Kok is a chinese restaurant in San Jose, CA. Its AI Score is 56 of 100, which is fair.
What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks
| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | Chinese restaurant |
| Address | 2854 S White Rd, San Jose, CA 95148, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Sun 8 AM to 7 PM |
| Phone | (408) 270-1088 |
| Rating | 4.1 across 190 reviews on Google |
| Updated | October 26, 2026 |
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| Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Location info | Address | 2854 S White Rd, San Jose, CA 95148, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | 2854 S White Rd, San Jose, CA 95148 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Sun 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | New Hwong Kok | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (408) 270-1088 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
Address: 2854 S White Rd, San Jose, CA 95148, USA. Phone: (408) 270-1088. Hours: Mon to Sun 8 AM to 7 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)
| Place | Type | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Surya Indian Cuisine | Indian restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Evergreen Donut | Donut shop | 1 min walk |
| Fast Pizza | Pizza restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Taste of South Asia | Grocery store | 2 min walk |
| Carl's Jr. | Fast food restaurant | 2 min walk |
| Aota House | Vietnamese restaurant | 2 min walk |
4.1 average across 190 reviews: Google 190. (Confirmed, read October 26, 2026.)
New Hwong Kok is known for its variety of dim sum, but faces significant criticism for inconsistent food quality and service issues. (AI guess, from 190 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. New Hwong scores 56, above the San Jose average of 37. The same method scores every business on the registry.
| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | New Hwong |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | ||
| Reviews & response | 12 | 76 | 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 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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| New Hwong Kok | LocalBusiness | #business | Subject of this page | |
| San Jose, California | City | #city | City New Hwong 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.
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# New Hwong Kok, San Jose CA: Reviews Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/new-hwong-kok-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/new-hwong-kok-san-jose-ca ## Photos -  -  -  -  -  ## In short New Hwong Kok is a chinese restaurant in San Jose, CA. Its AI Score is 56 of 100, which is fair. What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks ## Key facts | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Type | Chinese restaurant | | Address | 2854 S White Rd, San Jose, CA 95148, USA | | Hours | Mon to Sun 8 AM to 7 PM | | Phone | (408) 270-1088 | | Rating | 4.1 across 190 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 | 2854 S White Rd, San Jose, CA 95148, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Description | 2854 S White Rd, San Jose, CA 95148 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Hours | Mon to Sun 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Name | New Hwong Kok | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Phone | (408) 270-1088 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Monday | 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Tuesday | 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Wednesday | 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Thursday | 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Friday | 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Saturday | 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Sunday | 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM | 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 New Hwong Address: 2854 S White Rd, San Jose, CA 95148, USA. Phone: (408) 270-1088. Hours: Mon to Sun 8 AM to 7 PM. (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 | | --- | --- | --- | | Surya Indian Cuisine | Indian restaurant | 1 min walk | | Evergreen Donut | Donut shop | 1 min walk | | Fast Pizza | Pizza restaurant | 1 min walk | | Taste of South Asia | Grocery store | 2 min walk | | Carl's Jr. | Fast food restaurant | 2 min walk | | Aota House | Vietnamese restaurant | 2 min walk | ## Reputation 4.1 average across 190 reviews: Google 190. (Confirmed, read October 26, 2026.) New Hwong Kok is known for its variety of dim sum, but faces significant criticism for inconsistent food quality and service issues. (AI guess, from 190 reviews.) ### What people like - Combination bao - Siu mai - Crab Rangoon ### What people do not like - Food quality inconsistent - Long waits for service - Dirty utensils and straws ### 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 ### booking ahead here, how far do people go? ### killing time on White, any ideas ### is there a day here that is not slammed ### genuinely, what is good about this one ### bad experiences here, anyone? ### best chinese restaurant in San Jose, CA ### pricey at New Hwong, or about normal? ### going to New Hwong on Saturday, what should I expect ### where exactly is New Hwong? ### what time does New Hwong in San Jose actually open? ### people keep recommending this place, what for? ### does New Hwong ever have cancellations ### torn between New Hwong and China Chen? ### do they do Saturdays ### anything I should sort out before a first visit here? ### Street parking near here, any good? ### anyone at New Hwong people keep going back to? ### somewhere cheaper in San Jose that is not a risk? ### membership, worth it or not ### how much is a first visit around here ## The AI Score: 56 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. New Hwong scores 56, above the San Jose average of 37. The same method scores every business on the registry. | Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | New Hwong | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 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 | | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | | | Reviews & response | 12 | 76 | 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 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 New Hwong | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | New Hwong Kok | LocalBusiness | #business | | Subject of this page | | San Jose, California | City | #city | | City New Hwong 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:ChIJ9xLj4G4tjoARXCbBRsoYTcE (accessed Oct 26, 2026)
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<p>Local AI Registry · Chinese restaurants in San Jose, CA · Editorial</p>
<h2>New Hwong Kok, 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>New Hwong Kok is a chinese restaurant in San Jose, CA. Its AI Score is 56 of 100, which is fair.</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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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Fact</th><th scope="col">Value</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Type</td><td>Chinese restaurant</td></tr>
<tr><td>Address</td><td>2854 S White Rd, San Jose, CA 95148, USA</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Mon to Sun 8 AM to 7 PM</td></tr>
<tr><td>Phone</td><td>(408) 270-1088</td></tr>
<tr><td>Rating</td><td>4.1 across 190 reviews on Google</td></tr>
<tr><td>Updated</td><td>October 26, 2026</td></tr>
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<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>
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<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>
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<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Address</td><td>2854 S White Rd, San Jose, CA 95148, USA</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Description</td><td>2854 S White Rd, San Jose, CA 95148</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Hours</td><td>Mon to Sun 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Name</td><td>New Hwong Kok</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Phone</td><td>(408) 270-1088</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Monday</td><td>8:00 AM to 7:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Tuesday</td><td>8:00 AM to 7:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Wednesday</td><td>8:00 AM to 7:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Thursday</td><td>8:00 AM to 7:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Friday</td><td>8:00 AM to 7:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Saturday</td><td>8:00 AM to 7:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Sunday</td><td>8:00 AM to 7:00 PM</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-new-hwong">
<h3>Visiting New Hwong</h3>
<p>Address: 2854 S White Rd, San Jose, CA 95148, USA. Phone: (408) 270-1088. Hours: Mon to Sun 8 AM to 7 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)</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>Surya Indian Cuisine</td><td>Indian restaurant</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Evergreen Donut</td><td>Donut shop</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Fast Pizza</td><td>Pizza restaurant</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Taste of South Asia</td><td>Grocery store</td><td>2 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Carl's Jr.</td><td>Fast food restaurant</td><td>2 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Aota House</td><td>Vietnamese restaurant</td><td>2 min walk</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</section>
<section id="ai-reputation">
<h3>Reputation</h3>
<p>4.1 average across 190 reviews: Google 190. (Confirmed, read October 26, 2026.)</p>
<p>New Hwong Kok is known for its variety of dim sum, but faces significant criticism for inconsistent food quality and service issues. (AI guess, from 190 reviews.)</p>
<h4>What people like</h4>
<ul>
<li>Combination bao</li>
<li>Siu mai</li>
<li>Crab Rangoon</li>
</ul>
<h4>What people do not like</h4>
<ul>
<li>Food quality inconsistent</li>
<li>Long waits for service</li>
<li>Dirty utensils and straws</li>
</ul>
<h4>Press</h4>
<h4>Awards</h4>
<h4>Directories</h4>
</section>
<section id="ai-questions-people-ask">
<h3>Questions people ask</h3>
<h4>booking ahead here, how far do people go?</h4>
<h4>killing time on White, any ideas</h4>
<h4>is there a day here that is not slammed</h4>
<h4>genuinely, what is good about this one</h4>
<h4>bad experiences here, anyone?</h4>
<h4>best chinese restaurant in San Jose, CA</h4>
<h4>pricey at New Hwong, or about normal?</h4>
<h4>going to New Hwong on Saturday, what should I expect</h4>
<h4>where exactly is New Hwong?</h4>
<h4>what time does New Hwong in San Jose actually open?</h4>
<h4>people keep recommending this place, what for?</h4>
<h4>does New Hwong ever have cancellations</h4>
<h4>torn between New Hwong and China Chen?</h4>
<h4>do they do Saturdays</h4>
<h4>anything I should sort out before a first visit here?</h4>
<h4>Street parking near here, any good?</h4>
<h4>anyone at New Hwong people keep going back to?</h4>
<h4>somewhere cheaper in San Jose that is not a risk?</h4>
<h4>membership, worth it or not</h4>
<h4>how much is a first visit around here</h4>
</section>
<section id="ai-score">
<h3>The AI Score: 56 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. New Hwong scores 56, above the San Jose average of 37. 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">New Hwong</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Retrieval grounding</td><td>26</td><td>Does not apply</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></td></tr>
<tr><td>Off-property attestation</td><td>20</td><td>41</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>76</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>Does not apply</td><td>Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Google Business Profile</td><td>8</td><td>78</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>Does not apply</td><td>Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Content freshness & schema</td><td>5</td><td>Does not apply</td><td>Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.</td><td></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 New Hwong</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>New Hwong Kok</td><td>LocalBusiness</td><td>#business</td><td></td><td>Subject of this page</td></tr>
<tr><td>San Jose, California</td><td>City</td><td>#city</td><td></td><td>City New Hwong 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:ChIJ9xLj4G4tjoARXCbBRsoYTcE (accessed Oct 26, 2026)</li>
</ul>
</section>
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</html>This is the evidence for every fact on this page, across Locals, Services, Team, Visit, Reputation and Updates. Each reference names the fact, the source, what kind of source it is, and the date it was checked, with a link and an archived copy so anyone can verify it. Visitor references are dated firsthand accounts. AI guesses record what an AI engine said on that date, not what is true.