anywhere cheaper than Starbucks in San Jose that is still good?
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Coffee shop in San Jose, CA
4.1 · 680 reviewsOpen today until 9:30 PMOpen until 9:30
Welcoming coffeehouse with handcrafted coffee, espresso & tea, plus breakfast, lunch & pastries.
Eligible to offer 20% cashback to customers who shop here.OrbitBack
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What Starbucks offers, what it costs, and what people come for.
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No code detected[Photo 4]When it's quiet, where to park, and what's nearby.
Monday or Thursday, before 6 AM.
Busiest Saturday and Sunday from 9 AM to 3 PM.
Captain Deli, a restaurant, is a 2 minute walk.
Nearby places from Google Maps, read Sep 20, 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.
Usually quiet now. Busiest Sat and Sun, 9 AM to 3 PM.
What reviews, press and directories say about Starbucks.
4.1from 680 reviews on Google
This Starbucks struggles with customer service and drink consistency, leading to a negative experience for many patrons. Customers often describe a frustrating experience at this Starbucks location, citing poor service and inconsistent drink quality. Many report issues with staff attitudes, particularly at the drive-thru, and a lack of accountability when mistakes occur. The overall atmosphere feels more stressful than welcoming.
The AI Score is out of 100, read from 8 signals across search and AI.
28 San Jose avg
Signal and how much it countsStarbucks
Every business is scored the same way, and nobody can pay for a better score.
Starbucks, as AI sees it. Blue signals help Starbucks, and red ones hold it back.
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The page ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google read about Starbucks. The code version is exactly what their crawlers get.
Local AI Registry · Coffee shops in San Jose, CA · Editorial
By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated September 14, 2026.
Published September 14, 2026 · Updated September 14, 2026 · Machine-readable version below
Starbucks Coffee Company is a coffee shop in San Jose, CA. Its AI Score is 23 of 100, which is poor.
What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks
| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | Coffee shop |
| Address | 605 W Capitol Expy, San Jose, CA 95136, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Fri 4:30 AM to 9:30 PM · Sat to Sun 5 AM to 9:30 PM |
| Phone | (408) 448-4369 |
| Rating | 4.1 across 680 reviews on Google |
| Quietest time | Wednesday |
| Updated | September 14, 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.
| Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Location info | Address | 605 W Capitol Expy, San Jose, CA 95136, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Welcoming coffeehouse with handcrafted coffee, espresso & tea, plus breakfast, lunch & pastries. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Fri 4:30 AM to 9:30 PM · Sat to Sun 5:00 AM to 9:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Starbucks Coffee Company | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (408) 448-4369 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 4:30 AM to 9:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 4:30 AM to 9:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 4:30 AM to 9:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 4:30 AM to 9:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 4:30 AM to 9:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 5:00 AM to 9:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 5:00 AM to 9:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Breakfast | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Espresso | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Handcrafted coffee | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Lunch | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Pastries | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Tea | AI guess | |
| Links | Website | https://www.starbucks.com/store-locator/store/12575/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
Address: 605 W Capitol Expy, San Jose, CA 95136, USA. Phone: (408) 448-4369. Hours: Mon to Fri 4:30 AM to 9:30 PM · Sat to Sun 5 AM to 9:30 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)
From Google Business Profile: "Welcoming coffeehouse with handcrafted coffee, espresso & tea, plus breakfast, lunch & pastries."
Quietest day: Wednesday. Busiest day: Saturday. From the popular times on its Google listing.
| Place | Type | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| The Home Depot Parking Lot | Parking lot | 2 min walk |
| Captain Deli | Restaurant | 2 min walk |
| Capitol & Copperfield | Bus stop | 3 min walk |
| Capitol & Bluefield | Bus stop | 4 min walk |
| Lucky | Grocery store | 5 min walk |
| Capitol (Bay 5) | Bus stop | 5 min walk |
4.1 average across 680 reviews: Google 680. (Confirmed, read September 14, 2026.)
This Starbucks struggles with customer service and drink consistency, leading to a negative experience for many patrons. (AI guess, from 680 reviews.)
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. Starbucks scores 23, below the San Jose average of 28. The same method scores every business on the registry.
| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Starbucks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 70 | 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 | 22 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Poor |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 0 | 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
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| Starbucks Coffee Company | LocalBusiness | #business | https://www.starbucks.com/store-locator/store/12575/ | Subject of this page |
| San Jose, California | City | #city | City Starbucks 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 coffee shops 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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# Starbucks Coffee Company, San Jose CA: Reviews Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/starbucks-coffee-company-san-jose-ca. Free to reuse with a link back. By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-09-14. Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/starbucks-coffee-company-san-jose-ca ## Photos -  -  -  -  -  ## In short Starbucks Coffee Company is a coffee shop in San Jose, CA. Its AI Score is 23 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 | 605 W Capitol Expy, San Jose, CA 95136, USA | | Hours | Mon to Fri 4:30 AM to 9:30 PM · Sat to Sun 5 AM to 9:30 PM | | Phone | (408) 448-4369 | | Rating | 4.1 across 680 reviews on Google | | Quietest time | Wednesday | | Updated | September 14, 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 | 605 W Capitol Expy, San Jose, CA 95136, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Description | Welcoming coffeehouse with handcrafted coffee, espresso & tea, plus breakfast, lunch & pastries. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Hours | Mon to Fri 4:30 AM to 9:30 PM · Sat to Sun 5:00 AM to 9:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Name | Starbucks Coffee Company | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Phone | (408) 448-4369 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Monday | 4:30 AM to 9:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Tuesday | 4:30 AM to 9:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Wednesday | 4:30 AM to 9:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Thursday | 4:30 AM to 9:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Friday | 4:30 AM to 9:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Saturday | 5:00 AM to 9:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Sunday | 5:00 AM to 9:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Services | Service | Breakfast | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Espresso | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Handcrafted coffee | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Lunch | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Pastries | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Tea | AI guess | | | Links | Website | https://www.starbucks.com/store-locator/store/12575/ | 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 Starbucks Address: 605 W Capitol Expy, San Jose, CA 95136, USA. Phone: (408) 448-4369. Hours: Mon to Fri 4:30 AM to 9:30 PM · Sat to Sun 5 AM to 9:30 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.) ### Location info from Google Business Profile From Google Business Profile: "Welcoming coffeehouse with handcrafted coffee, espresso & tea, plus breakfast, lunch & pastries." ### When to go Quietest day: Wednesday. Busiest day: Saturday. From the popular times on its Google listing. ### 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 | | --- | --- | --- | | The Home Depot Parking Lot | Parking lot | 2 min walk | | Captain Deli | Restaurant | 2 min walk | | Capitol & Copperfield | Bus stop | 3 min walk | | Capitol & Bluefield | Bus stop | 4 min walk | | Lucky | Grocery store | 5 min walk | | Capitol (Bay 5) | Bus stop | 5 min walk | ## Reputation 4.1 average across 680 reviews: Google 680. (Confirmed, read September 14, 2026.) This Starbucks struggles with customer service and drink consistency, leading to a negative experience for many patrons. (AI guess, from 680 reviews.) ### What people do not like - Rude and unhelpful staff - Inconsistent drink quality - Long wait times for orders - Poor customer service training - Frequent product shortages ### 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 ### Do they post anywhere? ### anywhere cheaper than Starbucks in San Jose that is still good? ### where exactly is Starbucks? ### does Starbucks ever have cancellations ### what else is on Capitol Expy around Starbucks? ### picking between the two, is Coffee & Water the safer bet? ### quietest day to hit this place? ### best coffee shop in San Jose ### Worth the hype here? ### how much is a first visit around here ### Are the hours on Google right for Starbucks in San Jose? ### Downsides nobody puts in a five star review? ### anything I should sort out before a first visit at Starbucks? ### pricey at Starbucks, or about normal? ### is there a rewards thing here ## The AI Score: 23 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. Starbucks scores 23, below the San Jose average of 28. The same method scores every business on the registry. | Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Starbucks | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 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 | 70 | 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 | 22 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Poor | | Content freshness & schema | 5 | 0 | 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 Starbucks | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Starbucks Coffee Company | LocalBusiness | #business | https://www.starbucks.com/store-locator/store/12575/ | Subject of this page | | San Jose, California | City | #city | | City Starbucks 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 ### Sources cited - [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJx7bi3LQzjoARLZfomqPlbnU (accessed Sep 14, 2026) - [2] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 14, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 20, 2026)
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<p>Local AI Registry · Coffee shops in San Jose, CA · Editorial</p>
<h2>Starbucks Coffee Company, San Jose CA: Reviews</h2>
<p>By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated September 14, 2026.</p>
<p>Published September 14, 2026 · Updated September 14, 2026 · Machine-readable version below</p>
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<h3>In short</h3>
<p>Starbucks Coffee Company is a coffee shop in San Jose, CA. Its AI Score is 23 of 100, which is poor.</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>Coffee shop</td></tr>
<tr><td>Address</td><td>605 W Capitol Expy, San Jose, CA 95136, USA</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Mon to Fri 4:30 AM to 9:30 PM · Sat to Sun 5 AM to 9:30 PM</td></tr>
<tr><td>Phone</td><td>(408) 448-4369</td></tr>
<tr><td>Rating</td><td>4.1 across 680 reviews on Google</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quietest time</td><td>Wednesday</td></tr>
<tr><td>Updated</td><td>September 14, 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>605 W Capitol Expy, San Jose, CA 95136, USA</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Description</td><td>Welcoming coffeehouse with handcrafted coffee, espresso & tea, plus breakfast, lunch & pastries.</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Hours</td><td>Mon to Fri 4:30 AM to 9:30 PM · Sat to Sun 5:00 AM to 9:30 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Name</td><td>Starbucks Coffee Company</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Phone</td><td>(408) 448-4369</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Monday</td><td>4:30 AM to 9:30 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Tuesday</td><td>4:30 AM to 9:30 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Wednesday</td><td>4:30 AM to 9:30 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Thursday</td><td>4:30 AM to 9:30 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Friday</td><td>4:30 AM to 9:30 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Saturday</td><td>5:00 AM to 9:30 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Sunday</td><td>5:00 AM to 9:30 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Breakfast</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Espresso</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Handcrafted coffee</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Lunch</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Pastries</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Tea</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Links</td><td>Website</td><td>https://www.starbucks.com/store-locator/store/12575/</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-starbucks">
<h3>Visiting Starbucks</h3>
<p>Address: 605 W Capitol Expy, San Jose, CA 95136, USA. Phone: (408) 448-4369. Hours: Mon to Fri 4:30 AM to 9:30 PM · Sat to Sun 5 AM to 9:30 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)</p>
<h4>Location info from Google Business Profile</h4>
<p>From Google Business Profile: "Welcoming coffeehouse with handcrafted coffee, espresso & tea, plus breakfast, lunch & pastries."</p>
<h4>When to go</h4>
<p>Quietest day: Wednesday. Busiest day: Saturday. From the popular times on its Google listing.</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>The Home Depot Parking Lot</td><td>Parking lot</td><td>2 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Captain Deli</td><td>Restaurant</td><td>2 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Capitol & Copperfield</td><td>Bus stop</td><td>3 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Capitol & Bluefield</td><td>Bus stop</td><td>4 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Lucky</td><td>Grocery store</td><td>5 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Capitol (Bay 5)</td><td>Bus stop</td><td>5 min walk</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</section>
<section id="ai-reputation">
<h3>Reputation</h3>
<p>4.1 average across 680 reviews: Google 680. (Confirmed, read September 14, 2026.)</p>
<p>This Starbucks struggles with customer service and drink consistency, leading to a negative experience for many patrons. (AI guess, from 680 reviews.)</p>
<h4>What people do not like</h4>
<ul>
<li>Rude and unhelpful staff</li>
<li>Inconsistent drink quality</li>
<li>Long wait times for orders</li>
<li>Poor customer service training</li>
<li>Frequent product shortages</li>
</ul>
<h4>Press</h4>
<h4>Awards</h4>
<h4>Directories</h4>
</section>
<section id="ai-questions-people-ask">
<h3>Questions people ask</h3>
<h4>Do they post anywhere?</h4>
<h4>anywhere cheaper than Starbucks in San Jose that is still good?</h4>
<h4>where exactly is Starbucks?</h4>
<h4>does Starbucks ever have cancellations</h4>
<h4>what else is on Capitol Expy around Starbucks?</h4>
<h4>picking between the two, is Coffee & Water the safer bet?</h4>
<h4>quietest day to hit this place?</h4>
<h4>best coffee shop in San Jose</h4>
<h4>Worth the hype here?</h4>
<h4>how much is a first visit around here</h4>
<h4>Are the hours on Google right for Starbucks in San Jose?</h4>
<h4>Downsides nobody puts in a five star review?</h4>
<h4>anything I should sort out before a first visit at Starbucks?</h4>
<h4>pricey at Starbucks, or about normal?</h4>
<h4>is there a rewards thing here</h4>
</section>
<section id="ai-score">
<h3>The AI Score: 23 of 100</h3>
<p>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. Starbucks scores 23, below the San Jose average of 28. 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">Starbucks</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Retrieval grounding</td><td>26</td><td>0</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>Poor</td></tr>
<tr><td>Off-property attestation</td><td>20</td><td>40</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>0</td><td>Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service.</td><td>Poor</td></tr>
<tr><td>Reviews & response</td><td>12</td><td>79</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>70</td><td>Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.</td><td>Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Google Business Profile</td><td>8</td><td>90</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>22</td><td>Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.</td><td>Poor</td></tr>
<tr><td>Content freshness & schema</td><td>5</td><td>0</td><td>Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.</td><td>Poor</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology</p>
<p>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</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 Starbucks</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Starbucks Coffee Company</td><td>LocalBusiness</td><td>#business</td><td>https://www.starbucks.com/store-locator/store/12575/</td><td>Subject of this page</td></tr>
<tr><td>San Jose, California</td><td>City</td><td>#city</td><td></td><td>City Starbucks 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 coffee shops in San Jose, linked to the lists and towns around it.</p>
<h4>Lists</h4>
<ul>
<li>Best coffee shops in San Jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose/coffee-shop</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:ChIJx7bi3LQzjoARLZfomqPlbnU (accessed Sep 14, 2026)</li>
<li>[2] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 14, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 20, 2026)</li>
</ul>
</section>
</article>
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