anyone actually happy with the shop?
Question · by winter_local_downtown · Member since Jul 2026 · 103 posts · 7w7 weeks ago
Bubble tea store in San Jose, CA
4.2 · 582 reviewsOpens today at 5 PMOpens 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.
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What Sweet Gelato 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.
Tuesday or Wednesday, before 7 PM.
Busiest Saturday and Sunday from 9 to 12 AM.
Saltea is next door for coffee. Em Coffee House - San Jose is next door for coffee. Lang Nuong Restaurant San Jose is next door for Asian food.
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.
Closed now. Busiest Sat and Sun, 9 to 12 AM.
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.
The AI Score is out of 100, read from 8 signals across search and AI.
29 San Jose avg
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Sweet Gelato, as AI sees it. Blue signals help Sweet Gelato, and red ones hold it back.
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Local AI Registry · Bubble tea stores 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
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
| 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 |
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| 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 |
1 person is named on this page.
| Field | Value | Mark | Evidence |
|---|
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.)
Quietest day: Wednesday. Busiest day: Saturday. From the popular times on its Google listing.
| 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 |
4.2 average across 582 reviews: Google 582. (Confirmed, read September 14, 2026.)
(AI guess, from 582 reviews.)
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
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| 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 bubble tea stores in San Jose, linked to the lists and towns around it.
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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 -  -  -  -  -  ## 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 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 1 person is named on this page. ### 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 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 | | --- | --- | --- | | 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 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 ### 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)
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<p>Local AI Registry · Bubble tea stores in San Jose, CA · Editorial</p>
<h2>Sweet Gelato, 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>Sweet Gelato is a bubble tea store in San Jose, CA. Its AI Score is 34 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>Bubble tea store</td></tr>
<tr><td>Address</td><td>979 Story Rd Unit 7084, San Jose, CA 95122, USA</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Mon to Sun 5 PM to 2 AM</td></tr>
<tr><td>Phone</td><td>(408) 275-9999</td></tr>
<tr><td>Rating</td><td>4.2 across 582 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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<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Address</td><td>979 Story Rd Unit 7084, San Jose, CA 95122, USA</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Description</td><td>979 Story Rd Unit 7084, San Jose, CA 95122</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Hours</td><td>Mon to Sun 5:00 PM to 2:00 AM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Name</td><td>Sweet Gelato | Tea Lounge</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Phone</td><td>(408) 275-9999</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Monday</td><td>5:00 PM to 2:00 AM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Tuesday</td><td>5:00 PM to 2:00 AM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Wednesday</td><td>5:00 PM to 2:00 AM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Thursday</td><td>5:00 PM to 2:00 AM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Friday</td><td>5:00 PM to 2:00 AM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Saturday</td><td>5:00 PM to 2:00 AM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Sunday</td><td>5:00 PM to 2:00 AM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Team</td><td>San Jose, CA</td><td></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>
<p>1 person is named on this page.</p>
<h4>San Jose, CA</h4>
<table>
<thead><tr><th scope="col">Field</th><th scope="col">Value</th><th scope="col">Mark</th><th scope="col">Evidence</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
</tbody>
</table>
</section>
<section id="ai-visiting-sweet-gelato">
<h3>Visiting Sweet Gelato</h3>
<p>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.)</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>Saltea</td><td>Coffee shop</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Em Coffee House - San Jose</td><td>Coffee shop</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Lang Nuong Restaurant San Jose</td><td>Asian restaurant</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pho This Way</td><td>Vietnamese restaurant</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Tan Dinh Cafe</td><td>Vietnamese restaurant</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>TP Bánh Bao 5</td><td>Takeout restaurant</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</section>
<section id="ai-reputation">
<h3>Reputation</h3>
<p>4.2 average across 582 reviews: Google 582. (Confirmed, read September 14, 2026.)</p>
<p> (AI guess, from 582 reviews.)</p>
<h4>What people like</h4>
<ul>
<li>Hit and Run hojicha latte with sweet boba pearls</li>
<li>Variety of mochi flavors including caramel pudding and chocolate banana</li>
</ul>
<h4>What people do not like</h4>
<ul>
<li>Lack of price transparency during ordering</li>
<li>High prices for mediocre drinks and desserts</li>
<li>Pressure to order without viewing the menu</li>
</ul>
<h4>Press</h4>
<h4>Awards</h4>
<h4>Directories</h4>
</section>
<section id="ai-questions-people-ask">
<h3>Questions people ask</h3>
<h4>is there a rewards thing at Sweet Gelato</h4>
<h4>best bubble tea store in San Jose</h4>
<h4>opening hours at Sweet Gelato in San Jose, what are they these days?</h4>
<h4>anyone actually happy with the shop?</h4>
<h4>Sweet Gelato, any chance to get in this week?</h4>
<h4>which one, Sweet Gelato or Tisane?</h4>
<h4>anywhere cheaper than the shop in San Jose that is still good?</h4>
<h4>Busiest day at Sweet Gelato, anyone know?</h4>
<h4>are prices in San Jose higher than everywhere else</h4>
<h4>bad experiences here, anyone?</h4>
<h4>first visit here, what do I need to bring?</h4>
<h4>address for the shop, anyone have it?</h4>
<h4>Coffee near Sweet Gelato on Story?</h4>
<h4>anything new from Sweet Gelato lately?</h4>
<h4>What do shoppers most often mention buying at the shop?</h4>
</section>
<section id="ai-score">
<h3>The AI Score: 34 of 100</h3>
<p>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.</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">Sweet Gelato</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Retrieval grounding</td><td>26</td><td>Does not apply</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></td></tr>
<tr><td>Off-property attestation</td><td>20</td><td>42</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>77</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>Does not apply</td><td>Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Google Business Profile</td><td>8</td><td>78</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>Does not apply</td><td>Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Content freshness & schema</td><td>5</td><td>Does not apply</td><td>Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.</td><td></td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology</p>
<p>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</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 Sweet Gelato</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Sweet Gelato</td><td>LocalBusiness</td><td>#business</td><td></td><td>Subject of this page</td></tr>
<tr><td>San Jose, CA</td><td>Person</td><td>#team-san-jose</td><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>San Jose, California</td><td>City</td><td>#city</td><td></td><td>City Sweet Gelato 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 bubble tea stores in San Jose, linked to the lists and towns around it.</p>
<h4>Lists</h4>
<ul>
<li>Best bubble tea stores in San Jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose/bubble-tea-store</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:ChIJnf4XbNXMj4ARCKs5taGSwYk (accessed Sep 14, 2026)</li>
</ul>
</section>
</article>
</main>
</body>
</html>This is the evidence for every fact on this page, across Locals, Services, Team, Visit, Reputation and Updates. Each reference names the fact, the source, what kind of source it is, and the date it was checked, with a link and an archived copy so anyone can verify it. Visitor references are dated firsthand accounts. AI guesses record what an AI engine said on that date, not what is true.