# POP MART, San Mateo CA: Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-mateo/pop-mart-san-mateo-ca. Free to reuse with a link back.

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-10-19.

Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-mateo/pop-mart-san-mateo-ca

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## In short

POP MART is a gift shop in San Mateo, CA. Its AI Score is 51 of 100, which is fair.

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


## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Type | Gift shop |
| Address | 156 Hillsdale Mall, San Mateo, CA 94403, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Sat 10 AM to 9 PM · Sun 11 AM to 7 PM |
| Rating | 4.8 across 6 reviews on Google |
| Updated | October 19, 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 | 156 Hillsdale Mall, San Mateo, CA 94403, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | 156 Hillsdale Mall, San Mateo, CA 94403 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Sat 10:00 AM to 9:00 PM · Sun 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | POP MART | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 10:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 10:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 10:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 10:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 10:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 10:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

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### Known for

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## The team

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## Visiting POP MART

Address: 156 Hillsdale Mall, San Mateo, CA 94403, USA. Hours: Mon to Sat 10 AM to 9 PM · Sun 11 AM to 7 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Wetzel's Pretzels | Fast food restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Sandbox VR | Amusement center | 1 min walk |
| Starbucks Coffee Company | Coffee shop | 1 min walk |
| Andersen Bakery | Bakery | 1 min walk |
| California Pizza Kitchen | Pizza restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Marketplace Cafe at Nordstrom | American restaurant | 1 min walk |


## Reputation

4.8 average across 6 reviews: Google 6. (Confirmed, read October 19, 2026.)

Pop Mart stands out for its engaging staff and well-curated selection of toys, creating a community-oriented shopping experience. (AI guess, from 6 reviews.)


### What people like

- Helpful staff recommendations
- Good selection of toys
- Clean and organized store


### Press

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### Awards

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### Directories

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## Questions people ask


### any last minute slots here?


### is there a common complaint here


### anything new from POP MART lately?


### what else is on Hillsdale Mall around the shop?


### anyone been to both here and Fanloli?


### Ballpark for a visit to a shop in San Mateo?


### cheaper than POP MART in San Mateo without it being sketchy?


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


### Are the hours on Google right for POP MART in San Mateo?


### what do shoppers usually buy there


### do they do Saturdays


### membership, worth it or not


### Busiest day at POP MART, anyone know?


### booked my first appointment here, how does it go


### first visit at POP MART, what do I need to bring?


### best gift shop in San Mateo, CA


### who should I ask for here?


### parking here, how bad is it?


### how far out is POP MART booking right now?


### the good stuff about POP MART, what is it?


## The AI Score: 51 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Gift shops on the registry run 22 to 54. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. POP MART scores 51. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | POP MART |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 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 |  | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. |  |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 66 | 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 | 60 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Fair |
| 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 gift 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 POP MART |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| POP MART | LocalBusiness | #business |  | Subject of this page |
| San Mateo, California | City | #city |  | City POP MART 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 gift shops in San Mateo, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best gift shops in San Mateo: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-mateo/gift-shop
- Best businesses in San Mateo: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-mateo


### Nearby

- /san-jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose
- /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


### 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:ChIJkQsSRgCfj4ARwk_ZBv17O1M (accessed Oct 19, 2026)