# Palmita, San Jose CA: Reviews

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

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## In short

Palmita is a mexican restaurant in San Jose, CA. Its AI Score is 26 of 100, which is poor.

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


## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Type | Mexican 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) 444-4650 |
| Rating | 4.8 across 39 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 | 949 Ruff Dr, San Jose, CA 95110, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Fresh Cal-Mex meals for takeout, delivery, and catering. Specializing in fun, flavorful meals using loads of fresh produce, made-from-scratch sauces (including our Palmita hot sauce), and tender proteins. Our whole menu is gluten and dairy free, with vegan and vegetarian friendly options. | 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 | Palmita | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (669) 444-4650 | 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 | Catering | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Dairy-free options | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Delivery | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Gluten-free options | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Nutrition | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Palmita 1 | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Sanjose | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Takeout | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Vegan options | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Vegetarian options | AI guess |  |
| Links | Instagram | https://instagram.com/eatpalmita | AI guess | Our record |
| Links | Website | https://eatpalmita.com/sanjose | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

These are the 4 services Palmita 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 |
| Palmita 1 |  |  |  | From their website |
| Sanjose |  |  |  | From their website |
| Nutrition |  |  |  | From their website |


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## The team

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## Visiting Palmita

Address: 949 Ruff Dr, San Jose, CA 95110, USA. Phone: (669) 444-4650. 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: "Fresh Cal-Mex meals for takeout, delivery, and catering. Specializing in fun, flavorful meals using loads of fresh produce, made-from-scratch sauces (including our Palmita hot sauce), and tender proteins. Our whole menu is gluten and dairy free, with vegan and vegetarian friendly options."


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Big Daddy's Hawaiian BBQ (Ruff) | Hawaiian restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Chi x Chi 道 长沙 | Korean restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Desi Re Indian | Takeout restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Fit Bowls | Vegan restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Fuku | Chicken restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Gabriella's Pizza | Pizza restaurant | 1 min walk |


## Reputation

4.8 average across 39 reviews: Google 39. (Confirmed, read October 26, 2026.)

Palmita stands out for its fresh, flavorful dishes and healthy options, though online order accuracy can be inconsistent. (AI guess, from 39 reviews.)


### What people like

- Chicken mixto bowl
- Shredded chicken bowl
- House made hot sauce
- Wagyu barbacoa
- Veggie mixto bowl


### What people do not like

- Orders frequently get messed up
- Ignored special requests for modifications


### Press

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### Awards

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### Directories

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## Questions people ask


### Any membership pricing at Palmita?


### what has this place posted recently, I am not on Instagram


### booked my first appointment here, how does it go


### Booking a first visit at Palmita, what happens?


### cheaper than this place in San Jose without it being sketchy?


### parking here, how bad is it?


### anyone know the weekend hours here?


### does it matter who you see here


### rough idea what Palmita costs?


### opening hours at Palmita in San Jose, what are they these days?


### Whereabouts is Palmita?


### Worth the hype here?


### waiting list, how long are we talking


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


### cancellation list here, is there one


### killing time on Ruff, any ideas


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


### the good stuff about Palmita, what is it?


### is there a day here that is not slammed


### best mexican restaurant in San Jose, CA


## The AI Score: 26 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. San Jose mexican restaurants run 26 to 44. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Palmita scores 26, below the San Jose average of 31. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Palmita |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 0 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 80 | 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 | 57 | 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 | 35 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Poor |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 74 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Good |

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

How AI decides what to say about a mexican 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 Palmita |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Palmita | LocalBusiness | #business | https://eatpalmita.com/sanjose | Subject of this page |
| San Jose, California | City | #city |  | City Palmita 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 mexican restaurants in San Jose, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best mexican restaurants in San Jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose/mexican-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:ChIJyYDGBp7Lj4ARPJ580odIzq0 (accessed Oct 26, 2026)
- [2] eatpalmita.com, https://eatpalmita.com/catering (accessed Oct 26, 2026)
- [3] eatpalmita.com, https://eatpalmita.com/nutrition (accessed Oct 26, 2026)
- [4] eatpalmita.com, https://eatpalmita.com/palmita-1 (accessed Oct 26, 2026)
- [5] eatpalmita.com, https://eatpalmita.com/sanjose (accessed Oct 26, 2026)
- [6] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 26, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Oct 26, 2026)