# 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 - ![Photo 1](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmvphw8sy43spyesety70r6q9%2F0.jpg) - ![Photo 2](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmvphw8sy43spyesety70r6q9%2F1.jpg) - ![Photo 3](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmvphw8sy43spyesety70r6q9%2F2.jpg) - ![Photo 4](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmvphw8sy43spyesety70r6q9%2F3.jpg) - ![Photo 5](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmvphw8sy43spyesety70r6q9%2F4.jpg) ## 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)