Sweet Gelato

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Bubble tea store in San Jose, CA

4.2 · 582 reviewsOpens today at 5 PM

Sweet Gelato, located at 979 Story Rd in San Jose, is a beloved bubble tea store that has garnered a loyal following for its high-quality smoothies and inviting atmosphere. With a rating of 4.2 from over 580 reviews, patrons often rave about the friendly service provided by Tony, who is known for his warm welcome and personalized drink recommendations. Customers particularly enjoy the hojicha latte and ube drinks, which have become local favorites. While opinions on the ice cream vary, the overall vibe and quick service make Sweet Gelato a charming spot to relax and enjoy a refreshing beverage.

Eligible to offer 20% cashback to customers who shop here.OrbitBack

AI ScoreChatGPT and Gemini didn't mention Sweet Gelato.Scored from 8 signals across search and AI.

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Services

What Sweet Gelato offers, what it costs, and what people come for.

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Team

Who you'll see, and whether their licenses check out.
Today5 PM to 2 AM

Busy times

Closed now. Busiest Sat and Sun, 9 to 12 AM.

Reputation

What reviews, press and directories say about Sweet Gelato.

4.2from 582 reviews on Google

While Tony's charm and unique drink offerings attract some, the deceptive pricing practices and inconsistent quality deter many customers. Sweet Gelato | Tea Lounge offers a mixed experience, with some customers enjoying the unique drink creations and the energetic atmosphere created by owner Tony, who is noted for his friendly demeanor. However, many reviews highlight a troubling lack of transparency regarding pricing and a feeling of being pressured into expensive orders.

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Would go back72%72% of reviews give the visit 4 or 5 stars.Positive 72%, 4 or 5 stars · Neutral 0%, 3 stars · Negative 28%, 1 or 2 stars
The good
  • Tony's personalized drink recommendations
  • Hit and Run hojicha latte with sweet boba pearls
  • Variety of mochi flavors including caramel pudding and chocolate banana
The bad
  • Lack of price transparency during ordering
  • High prices for mediocre drinks and desserts
  • Pressure to order without viewing the menu

Press and awards

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How AI sees Sweet Gelato

The AI Score is out of 100, read from 8 signals across search and AI.

34out of 100

29 San Jose avg

What the score is made of

Signal and how much it countsSweet Gelato

  • Retrieval grounding 26%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.Does not apply
  • Off-property attestation 20%Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability.42
  • AI visibility 14%Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service.0
  • Reviews & response 12%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.77
  • Backlink & citation authority 8%Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.Does not apply
  • Google Business Profile 8%Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first.78
  • Speed & mobile 7%Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.Does not apply
  • Content freshness & schema 5%Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.Does not apply

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Local AI Registry · Bubble tea stores in San Jose, CA · Editorial

Sweet Gelato, San Jose CA: Reviews

Steve Lee

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

In short

Sweet Gelato is a bubble tea store in San Jose, CA. Its AI Score is 34 of 100, which is poor.

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

Key facts

FactValue
TypeBubble tea store
Address979 Story Rd Unit 7084, San Jose, CA 95122, USA
HoursMon to Sun 5 PM to 2 AM
Phone(408) 275-9999
Rating4.2 across 582 reviews on Google
Quietest timeWednesday
UpdatedSeptember 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.

GroupFactValueMarkEvidence
Location infoAddress979 Story Rd Unit 7084, San Jose, CA 95122, USAConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoDescription979 Story Rd Unit 7084, San Jose, CA 95122ConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoHoursMon to Sun 5:00 PM to 2:00 AMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoNameSweet Gelato | Tea LoungeConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoPhone(408) 275-9999ConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursMonday5:00 PM to 2:00 AMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursTuesday5:00 PM to 2:00 AMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursWednesday5:00 PM to 2:00 AMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursThursday5:00 PM to 2:00 AMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursFriday5:00 PM to 2:00 AMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursSaturday5:00 PM to 2:00 AMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursSunday5:00 PM to 2:00 AMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
TeamSan Jose, CAConfirmedGoogle Business Profile

Services and prices

Known for

The team

1 person is named on this page.

San Jose, CA

FieldValueMarkEvidence

Visiting Sweet Gelato

Address: 979 Story Rd Unit 7084, San Jose, CA 95122, USA. Phone: (408) 275-9999. Hours: Mon to Sun 5 PM to 2 AM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)

When to go

Quietest day: Wednesday. Busiest day: Saturday. From the popular times on its Google listing.

Parking and getting in

Nearby

PlaceTypeDistance
SalteaCoffee shop1 min walk
Em Coffee House - San JoseCoffee shop1 min walk
Lang Nuong Restaurant San JoseAsian restaurant1 min walk
Pho This WayVietnamese restaurant1 min walk
Tan Dinh CafeVietnamese restaurant1 min walk
TP Bánh Bao 5Takeout restaurant1 min walk

Reputation

4.2 average across 582 reviews: Google 582. (Confirmed, read September 14, 2026.)

(AI guess, from 582 reviews.)

What people like

  • Hit and Run hojicha latte with sweet boba pearls
  • Variety of mochi flavors including caramel pudding and chocolate banana

What people do not like

  • Lack of price transparency during ordering
  • High prices for mediocre drinks and desserts
  • Pressure to order without viewing the menu

Press

Awards

Directories

Questions people ask

is there a rewards thing at Sweet Gelato

best bubble tea store in San Jose

opening hours at Sweet Gelato in San Jose, what are they these days?

anyone actually happy with the shop?

Sweet Gelato, any chance to get in this week?

which one, Sweet Gelato or Tisane?

anywhere cheaper than the shop in San Jose that is still good?

Busiest day at Sweet Gelato, anyone know?

are prices in San Jose higher than everywhere else

bad experiences here, anyone?

first visit here, what do I need to bring?

address for the shop, anyone have it?

Coffee near Sweet Gelato on Story?

anything new from Sweet Gelato lately?

What do shoppers most often mention buying at the shop?

The AI Score: 34 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. San Jose bubble tea stores run 24 to 48. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Sweet Gelato scores 34, above the San Jose average of 29. The same method scores every business on the registry.

SignalWeightScoreWhat it measuresSweet Gelato
Retrieval grounding26Does not applyWhether 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 attestation2042Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability.Poor
AI visibility140Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service.Poor
Reviews & response1277The 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 authority8Does not applyDomain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.
Google Business Profile878Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first.Good
Speed & mobile7Does not applyCore Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.
Content freshness & schema5Does not applyCrawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.

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

How AI decides what to say about a bubble tea store: 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.

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Sweet GelatoLocalBusiness#businessSubject of this page
San Jose, CAPerson#team-san-jose
San Jose, CaliforniaCity#cityCity Sweet Gelato is in
Local AI RegistryOrganization#publisherhttps://localairegistry.comPublisher of this page
Steve LeePerson#authorhttps://localairegistry.com/team/steve-leeAuthor of this page

Topical map

Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the bubble tea stores in San Jose, linked to the lists and towns around it.

Lists

  • Best bubble tea stores in San Jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose/bubble-tea-store
  • 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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Sources cited

  • [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJnf4XbNXMj4ARCKs5taGSwYk (accessed Sep 14, 2026)

The code behind this page

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Sent before the page. They tell crawlers the canonical address and that a plain markdown copy exists.

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# Sweet Gelato, San Jose CA: Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/sweet-gelato-tea-lounge-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/sweet-gelato-tea-lounge-san-jose-ca

## Photos

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## In short

Sweet Gelato is a bubble tea store in San Jose, CA. Its AI Score is 34 of 100, which is poor.

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


## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Type | Bubble tea store |
| Address | 979 Story Rd Unit 7084, San Jose, CA 95122, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Sun 5 PM to 2 AM |
| Phone | (408) 275-9999 |
| Rating | 4.2 across 582 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 | 979 Story Rd Unit 7084, San Jose, CA 95122, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | 979 Story Rd Unit 7084, San Jose, CA 95122 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Sun 5:00 PM to 2:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Sweet Gelato \| Tea Lounge | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (408) 275-9999 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 5:00 PM to 2:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 5:00 PM to 2:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 5:00 PM to 2:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 5:00 PM to 2:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 5:00 PM to 2:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 5:00 PM to 2:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 5:00 PM to 2:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Team | San Jose, CA |  | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

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### Known for

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## The team

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### San Jose, CA

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


## Visiting Sweet Gelato

Address: 979 Story Rd Unit 7084, San Jose, CA 95122, USA. Phone: (408) 275-9999. Hours: Mon to Sun 5 PM to 2 AM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### When to go

Quietest day: Wednesday. Busiest day: Saturday. From the popular times on its Google listing.


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Saltea | Coffee shop | 1 min walk |
| Em Coffee House - San Jose | Coffee shop | 1 min walk |
| Lang Nuong Restaurant San Jose | Asian restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Pho This Way | Vietnamese restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Tan Dinh Cafe | Vietnamese restaurant | 1 min walk |
| TP Bánh Bao 5 | Takeout restaurant | 1 min walk |


## Reputation

4.2 average across 582 reviews: Google 582. (Confirmed, read September 14, 2026.)

 (AI guess, from 582 reviews.)


### What people like

- Hit and Run hojicha latte with sweet boba pearls
- Variety of mochi flavors including caramel pudding and chocolate banana


### What people do not like

- Lack of price transparency during ordering
- High prices for mediocre drinks and desserts
- Pressure to order without viewing the menu


### Press

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### Awards

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### Directories

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## Questions people ask


### is there a rewards thing at Sweet Gelato


### best bubble tea store in San Jose


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


### anyone actually happy with the shop?


### Sweet Gelato, any chance to get in this week?


### which one, Sweet Gelato or Tisane?


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


### Busiest day at Sweet Gelato, anyone know?


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


### bad experiences here, anyone?


### first visit here, what do I need to bring?


### address for the shop, anyone have it?


### Coffee near Sweet Gelato on Story?


### anything new from Sweet Gelato lately?


### What do shoppers most often mention buying at the shop?


## The AI Score: 34 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. San Jose bubble tea stores run 24 to 48. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Sweet Gelato scores 34, above the San Jose average of 29. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Sweet Gelato |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 42 | 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 | 77 | 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 bubble tea store: 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 Sweet Gelato |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sweet Gelato | LocalBusiness | #business |  | Subject of this page |
| San Jose, CA | Person | #team-san-jose |  |  |
| San Jose, California | City | #city |  | City Sweet Gelato 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 bubble tea stores in San Jose, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best bubble tea stores in San Jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose/bubble-tea-store
- 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:ChIJnf4XbNXMj4ARCKs5taGSwYk (accessed Sep 14, 2026)

The files every page on the registry shares, and how to copy this code for your own site, are here: https://localairegistry.com/developers

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  1. is there a rewards thing at Sweet Gelato Question by story_wren, Sep 14, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/sweet-gelato-tea-lounge-san-jose-ca/q/does-sweet-gelato-tea-lounge-take-rewards-points-or-membership-pricing
  2. best bubble tea store in San Jose Question by winter_walker_south, Sep 13, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/sweet-gelato-tea-lounge-san-jose-ca/q/best-bubble-tea-store-in-san-jose
  3. opening hours at Sweet Gelato in San Jose, what are they these days? Question by careful_in_sj_95122, Sep 10, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/sweet-gelato-tea-lounge-san-jose-ca/q/what-are-the-shops-hours-and-which-days-are-they-closed
  4. anyone actually happy with the shop? Question by winter_local_downtown, Sep 10, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/sweet-gelato-tea-lounge-san-jose-ca/q/what-do-people-actually-like-about-sweet-gelato-tea-lounge
  5. Sweet Gelato, any chance to get in this week? Question by autumn_regular_east, Sep 7, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/sweet-gelato-tea-lounge-san-jose-ca/q/does-sweet-gelato-tea-lounge-ever-have-last-minute-openings
  6. which one, Sweet Gelato or Tisane? Question by winter_commuter_east, Sep 1, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/sweet-gelato-tea-lounge-san-jose-ca/q/sweet-gelato-tea-lounge-or-tisane-for-bubble-tea-store
  7. anywhere cheaper than the shop in San Jose that is still good? Question by san_jose_roan, Aug 27, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/sweet-gelato-tea-lounge-san-jose-ca/q/is-there-anywhere-cheaper-than-sweet-gelato-tea-lounge-in-san-jose-that
  8. Busiest day at Sweet Gelato, anyone know? Question by winter_parent_east, Aug 24, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/sweet-gelato-tea-lounge-san-jose-ca/q/what-is-the-quietest-day-to-book-at-sweet-gelato-tea-lounge
  9. are prices in San Jose higher than everywhere else Question by jose_rue, Aug 19, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/sweet-gelato-tea-lounge-san-jose-ca/q/what-does-a-bubble-tea-store-actually-cost-in-san-jose
  10. bad experiences here, anyone? Question by weekend_only_on_story, Aug 14, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/sweet-gelato-tea-lounge-san-jose-ca/q/the-reviews-look-glowing-what-are-the-real-complaints
  11. first visit here, what do I need to bring? Question by jose_pearl, Aug 10, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/sweet-gelato-tea-lounge-san-jose-ca/q/what-should-i-know-before-a-first-visit-at-sweet-gelato-tea-lounge
  12. address for the shop, anyone have it? Question by march_bride_east, Aug 4, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/sweet-gelato-tea-lounge-san-jose-ca/q/where-is-the-shop-located-and-what-is-the-address
  13. Coffee near Sweet Gelato on Story? Question by undecided_on_story, Jul 30, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/sweet-gelato-tea-lounge-san-jose-ca/q/what-is-around-sweet-gelato-tea-lounge-on-story
  14. anything new from Sweet Gelato lately? Question by reading_reviews_on_story, Jul 27, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/sweet-gelato-tea-lounge-san-jose-ca/q/what-has-sweet-gelato-tea-lounge-been-posting-lately
  15. What do shoppers most often mention buying at the shop? Question by reunion_shopper_east, Jul 22, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/sweet-gelato-tea-lounge-san-jose-ca/q/what-do-shoppers-most-often-mention-buying-at-the-shop

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