Tapioca Express

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Tea house in San Jose, CA

4.0 · 293 reviewsOpen until 1

Chain cafe serving pearl milk tea, coffee, juice & other drinks, plus Taiwanese snacks.

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

AI ScoreChatGPT and Gemini didn't mention Tapioca Express.Scored from 8 signals across search and AI.

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Updated Sep 14, 2026Last activity 1 month ago, a question from saving_up_on_mckee.

Services

What Tapioca Express offers, what it costs, and what people come for.

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Team

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Today10 AM to 1 AM

Busy times

Usually not too busy now. Busiest Sat, 4 to 7 PM.

Reputation

What reviews, press and directories say about Tapioca Express.

4.0from 293 reviews on Google

Tapioca Express offers popular drinks like taro milk tea, but service issues and inconsistent food quality are significant concerns for many customers. Customers report a mix of experiences at Tapioca Express, with some enjoying the drinks and snacks while others express frustration over service quality and food preparation. The atmosphere seems casual, but complaints about cleanliness and staff behavior detract from the overall experience.

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Would go back52%52% of reviews give the visit 4 or 5 stars.Positive 52%, 4 or 5 stars · Neutral 0%, 3 stars · Negative 48%, 1 or 2 stars
The good
  • Carmel macchiato with boba
  • Taro milk tea
  • Vietnamese coffee
  • Crispy and spicy snacks
The bad
  • Rude or unhelpful staff
  • Inconsistent drink quality
  • Long waits for orders
  • Incorrect orders received

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How AI sees Tapioca Express

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

25out of 100

What the score is made of

Signal and how much it countsTapioca Express

  • 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.0
  • 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.41
  • 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.75
  • Backlink & citation authority 8%Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.61
  • Google Business Profile 8%Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first.90
  • Speed & mobile 7%Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.
  • Content freshness & schema 5%Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.50

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What AI reads

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Local AI Registry · Tea houses in San Jose, CA · Editorial

Tapioca Express, 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

Tapioca Express is a tea house 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

FactValue
TypeTea house
Address2285 McKee Rd, San Jose, CA 95116, USA
HoursMon to Sun 10 AM to 1 AM
Phone(408) 729-3000
Rating4.0 across 293 reviews on Google
Quietest timeTuesday
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 infoAddress2285 McKee Rd, San Jose, CA 95116, USAConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoDescriptionChain cafe serving pearl milk tea, coffee, juice & other drinks, plus Taiwanese snacks.ConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoHoursMon to Sun 10:00 AM to 1:00 AMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoNameTapioca ExpressConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoPhone(408) 729-3000ConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursMonday10:00 AM to 1:00 AMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursTuesday10:00 AM to 1:00 AMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursWednesday10:00 AM to 1:00 AMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursThursday10:00 AM to 1:00 AMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursFriday10:00 AM to 1:00 AMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursSaturday10:00 AM to 1:00 AMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursSunday10:00 AM to 1:00 AMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
ServicesServiceCoffeeAI guess
ServicesServiceJuiceAI guess
ServicesServicePearl milk teaAI guess
ServicesServiceTaiwanese snacksAI guess
ServicesServiceTeaAI guess
LinksWebsitehttps://tapiocaexpress.com/san-jose-store-2/ConfirmedGoogle Business Profile

Services and prices

Known for

The team

Visiting Tapioca Express

Address: 2285 McKee Rd, San Jose, CA 95116, USA. Phone: (408) 729-3000. Hours: Mon to Sun 10 AM to 1 AM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)

Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "Chain cafe serving pearl milk tea, coffee, juice & other drinks, plus Taiwanese snacks."

When to go

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

Parking and getting in

Nearby

PlaceTypeDistance
SubwaySandwich shop1 min walk
Jackson & McKeeBus stop1 min walk
Jackson & McKeeBus stop1 min walk
McKee and JacksonTransit station1 min walk
Wendy'sFast food restaurant1 min walk
Tacos La LomitaMexican restaurant1 min walk

Reputation

4.0 average across 293 reviews: Google 293. (Confirmed, read September 14, 2026.)

Tapioca Express offers popular drinks like taro milk tea, but service issues and inconsistent food quality are significant concerns for many customers. (AI guess, from 293 reviews.)

What people like

  • Carmel macchiato with boba
  • Taro milk tea
  • Vietnamese coffee
  • Crispy and spicy snacks

What people do not like

  • Rude or unhelpful staff
  • Inconsistent drink quality
  • Long waits for orders
  • Incorrect orders received

Press

Awards

Directories

Questions people ask

last update from here was when?

cheaper than Tapioca Express in San Jose without it being sketchy?

Whereabouts is this place?

people keep recommending Tapioca Express, what for?

genuinely, what is good about this one

Ballpark for a visit to a house in San Jose?

opening hours at Tapioca Express in San Jose, what are they these days?

what else is on Mckee around Tapioca Express?

best tea house in San Jose

discounts for coming back, is that a thing

anything people actually moan about here?

does this place ever have cancellations

walking in for a first visit, what happens

how do I reach Tapioca Express to sort something out?

trying to avoid the rush, which day is quiet

The AI Score: 25 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Tea houses on the registry run 24 to 51. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Tapioca Express scores 25. The same method scores every business on the registry.

SignalWeightScoreWhat it measuresTapioca Express
Retrieval grounding260Whether 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 attestation2041Volume 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 & response1275The 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 authority861Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.Fair
Google Business Profile890Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first.Good
Speed & mobile7Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.
Content freshness & schema550Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.Fair

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

How AI decides what to say about a tea house: 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.

EntityTypeID on this pageSame asRelationship to Tapioca Express
Tapioca ExpressLocalBusiness#businesshttps://tapiocaexpress.com/san-jose-store-2/Subject of this page
San Jose, CaliforniaCity#cityCity Tapioca Express 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 tea houses in San Jose, linked to the lists and towns around it.

Lists

  • Best tea houses in San Jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose/tea-house
  • 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

Show references (2)

Sources cited

  • [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJ7zia-APNj4ARLDc9M0R3GEs (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)

The code behind this page

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

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Title, description, canonical, robots and Open Graph tags. This is what shows in search results and link previews.

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# Tapioca Express, San Jose CA: Reviews

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

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## In short

Tapioca Express is a tea house 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 | Tea house |
| Address | 2285 McKee Rd, San Jose, CA 95116, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Sun 10 AM to 1 AM |
| Phone | (408) 729-3000 |
| Rating | 4.0 across 293 reviews on Google |
| Quietest time | Tuesday |
| 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 | 2285 McKee Rd, San Jose, CA 95116, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Chain cafe serving pearl milk tea, coffee, juice & other drinks, plus Taiwanese snacks. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Sun 10:00 AM to 1:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Tapioca Express | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (408) 729-3000 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 10:00 AM to 1:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 10:00 AM to 1:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 10:00 AM to 1:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 10:00 AM to 1:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 10:00 AM to 1:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 10:00 AM to 1:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 10:00 AM to 1:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Coffee | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Juice | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Pearl milk tea | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Taiwanese snacks | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Tea | AI guess |  |
| Links | Website | https://tapiocaexpress.com/san-jose-store-2/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

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### Known for

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## The team

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## Visiting Tapioca Express

Address: 2285 McKee Rd, San Jose, CA 95116, USA. Phone: (408) 729-3000. Hours: Mon to Sun 10 AM to 1 AM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "Chain cafe serving pearl milk tea, coffee, juice & other drinks, plus Taiwanese snacks."


### When to go

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


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Subway | Sandwich shop | 1 min walk |
| Jackson & McKee | Bus stop | 1 min walk |
| Jackson & McKee | Bus stop | 1 min walk |
| McKee and Jackson | Transit station | 1 min walk |
| Wendy's | Fast food restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Tacos La Lomita | Mexican restaurant | 1 min walk |


## Reputation

4.0 average across 293 reviews: Google 293. (Confirmed, read September 14, 2026.)

Tapioca Express offers popular drinks like taro milk tea, but service issues and inconsistent food quality are significant concerns for many customers. (AI guess, from 293 reviews.)


### What people like

- Carmel macchiato with boba
- Taro milk tea
- Vietnamese coffee
- Crispy and spicy snacks


### What people do not like

- Rude or unhelpful staff
- Inconsistent drink quality
- Long waits for orders
- Incorrect orders received


### Press

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### Awards

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## Questions people ask


### last update from here was when?


### cheaper than Tapioca Express in San Jose without it being sketchy?


### Whereabouts is this place?


### people keep recommending Tapioca Express, what for?


### genuinely, what is good about this one


### Ballpark for a visit to a house in San Jose?


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


### what else is on Mckee around Tapioca Express?


### best tea house in San Jose


### discounts for coming back, is that a thing


### anything people actually moan about here?


### does this place ever have cancellations


### walking in for a first visit, what happens


### how do I reach Tapioca Express to sort something out?


### trying to avoid the rush, which day is quiet


## The AI Score: 25 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Tea houses on the registry run 24 to 51. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Tapioca Express scores 25. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Tapioca Express |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 41 | 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 | 75 | 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 | 61 | 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 |  | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. |  |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 50 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Fair |

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

How AI decides what to say about a tea house: 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 Tapioca Express |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tapioca Express | LocalBusiness | #business | https://tapiocaexpress.com/san-jose-store-2/ | Subject of this page |
| San Jose, California | City | #city |  | City Tapioca Express 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 tea houses in San Jose, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best tea houses in San Jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose/tea-house
- 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:ChIJ7zia-APNj4ARLDc9M0R3GEs (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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  1. last update from here was when? Question by saving_up_on_mckee, Sep 14, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/tapioca-express-san-jose-ca/q/what-has-tapioca-express-been-posting-lately
  2. cheaper than Tapioca Express in San Jose without it being sketchy? Question by early_on_mckee, Sep 11, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/tapioca-express-san-jose-ca/q/is-there-anywhere-cheaper-than-tapioca-express-in-san-jose-that-is
  3. Whereabouts is this place? Question by mckee_hazel_95116, Sep 10, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/tapioca-express-san-jose-ca/q/where-is-tapioca-express-located
  4. people keep recommending Tapioca Express, what for? Question by lowkey_on_mckee, Sep 9, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/tapioca-express-san-jose-ca/q/what-do-customers-consistently-mention-in-their-reviews-about-tapioca
  5. genuinely, what is good about this one Question by june_regular_west, Sep 7, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/tapioca-express-san-jose-ca/q/what-do-people-actually-like-about-tapioca-express
  6. Ballpark for a visit to a house in San Jose? Question by long_overdue_on_mckee, Sep 3, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/tapioca-express-san-jose-ca/q/what-does-a-tea-house-actually-cost-in-san-jose
  7. opening hours at Tapioca Express in San Jose, what are they these days? Question by new_here_on_mckee, Sep 2, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/tapioca-express-san-jose-ca/q/what-are-the-business-hours-for-tapioca-express
  8. what else is on Mckee around Tapioca Express? Question by mckee_roan, Aug 30, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/tapioca-express-san-jose-ca/q/what-is-around-tapioca-express-on-mckee
  9. best tea house in San Jose Question by mckee_noor, Aug 24, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/tapioca-express-san-jose-ca/q/best-tea-house-in-san-jose
  10. discounts for coming back, is that a thing Question by jose_otis, Aug 20, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/tapioca-express-san-jose-ca/q/does-tapioca-express-take-rewards-points-or-membership-pricing
  11. anything people actually moan about here? Question by mckee_hazel, Aug 14, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/tapioca-express-san-jose-ca/q/the-reviews-look-glowing-what-are-the-real-complaints
  12. does this place ever have cancellations Question by summer_parent_west, Aug 7, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/tapioca-express-san-jose-ca/q/does-tapioca-express-ever-have-last-minute-openings
  13. walking in for a first visit, what happens Question by circling_on_mckee, Aug 3, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/tapioca-express-san-jose-ca/q/what-should-i-know-before-a-first-visit-at-tapioca-express
  14. how do I reach Tapioca Express to sort something out? Question by birthday_parent_uptown, Jul 29, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/tapioca-express-san-jose-ca/q/how-can-customers-get-in-touch-with-tapioca-express
  15. trying to avoid the rush, which day is quiet Question by spontaneous_on_mckee, Jul 24, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/tapioca-express-san-jose-ca/q/what-is-the-quietest-day-to-book-at-tapioca-express

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