# Spectra Coffee, San Jose CA: Reviews

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

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-11-01.

Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/spectra-coffee-san-jose-ca

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## In short

Spectra Coffee is a coffee shop in San Jose, CA. Its AI Score is 25 of 100, which is poor.

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


## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Type | Coffee shop |
| Address | 5353 Almaden Expy #52, San Jose, CA 95118, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Sun 8 AM to 5 PM |
| Phone | (408) 913-8965 |
| Rating | 4.4 across 348 reviews on Google |
| Quietest time | Thursday |
| Updated | November 1, 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 | 5353 Almaden Expy #52, San Jose, CA 95118, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | 5353 Almaden Expy #52, San Jose, CA 95118 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Sun 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Spectra Coffee | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (408) 913-8965 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Accounting | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Ak cycle chic case study | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | App market policies | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Automotive | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Bakery | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Barber shops | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Bars breweries | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Bennys barbecue case study | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Bentobox | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Bookstore | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Broken spoke boutique case study | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Capital advance | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Chateau 4 paws case study | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Clover capital | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Clover practicepay surcharge policy | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Coffee | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Compact | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Curious plantaholic case study | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Delivery | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Developer agreement | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Developers | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Espresso | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Flex | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Flex pocket | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Kiosk | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Kitchen display system | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Legal guidelines | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Maison rolland case study | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Mini | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | No hardware | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Pastries | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Payment systems | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Rapid deposit | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Tea | AI guess |  |
| Team | San Jose, CA |  | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Links | Website | https://www.clover.com/online-ordering/spectra-coffee-san-jose | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

These are the 30 services Spectra offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.

| Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Chateau 4 paws case study |  |  |  | From their website |
| Clover capital |  |  |  | From their website |
| Clover practicepay surcharge policy |  |  |  | From their website |
| Bars breweries |  |  |  | From their website |
| Bakery |  |  |  | From their website |
| Kitchen display system |  |  |  | From their website |
| Legal guidelines |  |  |  | From their website |
| Barber shops |  |  |  | From their website |
| Mini |  |  |  | From their website |
| No hardware |  |  |  | From their website |
| Delivery |  |  |  | From their website |
| Payment systems |  |  |  | From their website |
| Developer agreement |  |  |  | From their website |
| Accounting |  |  |  | From their website |
| Flex |  |  |  | From their website |
| Flex pocket |  |  |  | From their website |
| Kiosk |  |  |  | From their website |
| Maison rolland case study |  |  |  | From their website |
| Rapid deposit |  |  |  | From their website |
| Ak cycle chic case study |  |  |  | From their website |
| App market policies |  |  |  | From their website |
| Automotive |  |  |  | From their website |
| Bennys barbecue case study |  |  |  | From their website |
| Bentobox |  |  |  | From their website |
| Bookstore |  |  |  | From their website |
| Broken spoke boutique case study |  |  |  | From their website |
| Capital advance |  |  |  | From their website |
| Compact |  |  |  | From their website |
| Curious plantaholic case study |  |  |  | From their website |
| Developers |  |  |  | From their website |


### Known for

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## The team

1 person is named on this page.


### San Jose, CA

| Field | Value | Mark | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |


## Visiting Spectra

Address: 5353 Almaden Expy #52, San Jose, CA 95118, USA. Phone: (408) 913-8965. Hours: Mon to Sun 8 AM to 5 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### When to go

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


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| House of Phở | Vietnamese restaurant | 1 min walk |
| L&L Hawaiian Barbecue | Hawaiian restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Subway | Sandwich shop | 2 min walk |
| Akita Sushi | Sushi restaurant | 2 min walk |
| Five Guys | Fast food restaurant | 3 min walk |
| TleafGreen | Restaurant | 3 min walk |


## Reputation

4.4 average across 348 reviews: Google 348. (Confirmed, read July 16, 2026.)

Spectra Coffee stands out for its unique menu items like the grilled pork banh mi and specialty drinks, but struggles with service and wait times. (AI guess, from 348 reviews.)


### What people like

- Iced vanilla bean latte
- Gibraltar coffee
- Avocado toast
- Strawberry waffle
- Grilled pork banh mi


### What people do not like

- Long wait times
- Poor customer service
- Inconsistent drink quality
- Confusing menu
- Overpriced items


### Press

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### Awards

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### Directories

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## Questions people ask


### what else is on Almaden Expy around this place?


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


### Are the hours on Google right for this place?


### anything I should sort out before a first visit at Spectra?


### is there a rewards thing at Spectra


### best coffee shop in San Jose


### Busiest day at Spectra, anyone know?


### torn between this place and Coffee & Water?


### prices round here, anyone got a number


### services here, what do people go in for?


### people keep recommending Spectra, what for?


### Spectra, any chance to get a table this week?


### Somewhere to park near Spectra?


### bad experiences at Spectra, anyone?


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


### Do they post anywhere?


### walk in at Spectra in San Jose, or is it appointment only?


## The AI Score: 25 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. San Jose coffee shops run 22 to 41. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Spectra scores 25, below the San Jose average of 27. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Spectra |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 79 | 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 | 72 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Good |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 | 28 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Poor |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 32 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Poor |

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

How AI decides what to say about a coffee shop: 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 Spectra |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Spectra Coffee | LocalBusiness | #business | https://www.clover.com/online-ordering/spectra-coffee-san-jose | Subject of this page |
| San Jose, CA | Person | #team-san-jose |  |  |
| San Jose, California | City | #city |  | City Spectra 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 coffee shops in San Jose, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best coffee shops in San Jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose/coffee-shop
- 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


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