# CAFFE:iN, Santa Clara CA: Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/santa-clara/caffe-in-santa-clara-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/santa-clara/caffe-in-santa-clara-ca

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## In short

CAFFE:iN is a coffee shop in Santa Clara, CA. Its AI Score is 33 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 | 2421 The Alameda #101, Santa Clara, CA 95050, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Thu 11:30 AM to 11 PM · Fri to Sat 11:30 AM to 12 AM · Sun 11:30 AM to 11 PM |
| Phone | (408) 728-9288 |
| Rating | 4.3 across 130 reviews on Google |
| Quietest time | Thursday |
| 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 | 2421 The Alameda #101, Santa Clara, CA 95050, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | CAFFE:iN to Santa Clara Located just across from Santa Clara University, CAFFE:iN is a modern, community-focused café offering a curated selection of Boba Tea, specialty Coffee, and unique Taiwanese and Malaysian snacks and desserts. Whether you're studying, meeting up with friends, or just unwinding, our cozy and inviting space is designed for comfort and creativity. Now open late to until 11 PM on weekdays and 12 AM on Fridays and Saturdays to CAFFE:iN is your go-to spot for late-night cravings and caffeine fixes. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Thu 11:30 AM to 11:00 PM · Fri to Sat 11:30 AM to 12:00 AM · Sun 11:30 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | CAFFE:iN - Santa Clara | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (408) 728-9288 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 11:30 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 11:30 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 11:30 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 11:30 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 11:30 AM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 11:30 AM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 11:30 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | 3xcrtruubeqsxmw445b4sboi | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Alfcx4y5ghlmuyhk74wh7v4f | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Boba tea | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Bpw2js5sswyt72qrum5rmil7 | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | G3wlnex4atb3ujck5azi4uc5 | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Gr3roesnrsb6ifwfqsrzxm74 | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Hyequqyidhq7iqlwqf5wt6e4 | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Jhcka24wrffkwoyq3v5vfgak | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Lrjbyvbg4r3cgjxfxxuza4kf | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Malaysian desserts | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Malaysian snacks | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Noiaxl62dklradjvmeotiyho | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Sm3sb2q52zovqzwsluuytjvj | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Snyujbnjhnzp3sajmyeldkvw | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Specialty coffee | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Taiwanese desserts | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Taiwanese snacks | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Tuezrui67y6ncqaaq4cljat7 | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Usmshrayfemobraelfnq7j3a | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Xmqmvqqs5nfcidghj3gq7wqo | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Y5vprd6v7fqvgfgxcgkb5hmo | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Zxja7x3os5lan46tzsgpu7d4 | From their website | Business website |
| Team | Santa Clara University, CAFFE |  | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Links | Website | https://caffein-sc.square.site/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

These are the 17 services CAFFE:iN offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.

| Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Snyujbnjhnzp3sajmyeldkvw |  |  |  | From their website |
| Alfcx4y5ghlmuyhk74wh7v4f |  |  |  | From their website |
| Bpw2js5sswyt72qrum5rmil7 |  |  |  | From their website |
| Jhcka24wrffkwoyq3v5vfgak |  |  |  | From their website |
| G3wlnex4atb3ujck5azi4uc5 |  |  |  | From their website |
| Lrjbyvbg4r3cgjxfxxuza4kf |  |  |  | From their website |
| Sm3sb2q52zovqzwsluuytjvj |  |  |  | From their website |
| Noiaxl62dklradjvmeotiyho |  |  |  | From their website |
| Zxja7x3os5lan46tzsgpu7d4 |  |  |  | From their website |
| Malaysian snacks |  |  |  | Confirmed |
| Gr3roesnrsb6ifwfqsrzxm74 |  |  |  | From their website |
| Y5vprd6v7fqvgfgxcgkb5hmo |  |  |  | From their website |
| Tuezrui67y6ncqaaq4cljat7 |  |  |  | From their website |
| Usmshrayfemobraelfnq7j3a |  |  |  | From their website |
| Xmqmvqqs5nfcidghj3gq7wqo |  |  |  | From their website |
| Hyequqyidhq7iqlwqf5wt6e4 |  |  |  | From their website |
| 3xcrtruubeqsxmw445b4sboi |  |  |  | From their website |


### Known for

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## The team

1 person is named on this page.


### Santa Clara University, CAFFE

| Field | Value | Mark | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reviews say | 2 reviews name Santa | AI guess |  |


## Visiting CAFFE:iN

Address: 2421 The Alameda #101, Santa Clara, CA 95050, USA. Phone: (408) 728-9288. Hours: Mon to Thu 11:30 AM to 11 PM · Fri to Sat 11:30 AM to 12 AM · Sun 11:30 AM to 11 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "CAFFE:iN – Santa Clara Located just across from Santa Clara University, CAFFE:iN is a modern, community-focused café offering a curated selection of Boba Tea, specialty Coffee, and unique Taiwanese and Malaysian snacks and desserts. Whether you're studying, meeting up with friends, or just unwinding, our cozy and inviting space is designed for comfort and creativity. Now open late—until 11 PM on weekdays and 12 AM on Fridays and Saturdays—CAFFE:iN is your go-to spot for late-night cravings and caffeine fixes."


### When to go

Quietest day: Thursday. Busiest day: Friday. From the popular times on its Google listing.


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Casa en el Aire | Colombian restaurant | 1 min walk |
| El Camino & The Alameda | Bus stop | 2 min walk |
| Shawarmaji | Middle eastern restaurant | 2 min walk |
| IB’s | Restaurant | 2 min walk |
| Akita Sushi Gourmet | Sushi restaurant | 2 min walk |
| Taco Bell | Fast food restaurant | 2 min walk |


## Reputation

4.3 average across 130 reviews: Google 130. (Confirmed, read September 14, 2026.)

While CAFFE:iN has appealing dessert options, inconsistent service and food quality detract from the overall experience. (AI guess, from 130 reviews.)


### What people like

- Boba Lava Toast
- Tropical Paradise Honey Toast
- Popcorn Chicken


### What people do not like

- Inconsistent drink quality
- Rude staff
- Order mistakes


### Press

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### Awards

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### Directories

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## Questions people ask


### membership, worth it or not


### last update from here was when?


### people keep recommending this place, what for?


### anyone tell me what a first visit here involves


### Why do people rate CAFFE:iN?


### is Milyar any better


### prices round here, anyone got a number


### rough idea what CAFFE:iN costs?


### lunch near The Alameda, what is good


### Whereabouts is CAFFE:iN?


### On a budget in Santa Clara, is CAFFE:iN the one?


### best cafe in Santa Clara


### walk ins, or is it booked solid


### what time does CAFFE:iN in Santa Clara actually open?


### reviews all look glowing, what are the real complaints?


### quietest day to hit this place?


## The AI Score: 33 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Santa Clara coffee shops run 23 to 34. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. CAFFE:iN scores 33, above the Santa Clara average of 30. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | CAFFE:iN |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 25 | 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 | 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 | 5 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 92 | 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 | 37 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Poor |
| 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 | 52 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Fair |

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 CAFFE:iN |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CAFFE:iN | LocalBusiness | #business | https://caffein-sc.square.site/ | Subject of this page |
| Santa Clara University, CAFFE | Person | #team-santa-clara-university |  |  |
| Santa Clara, California | City | #city |  | City CAFFE:iN 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 Santa Clara, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best coffee shops in Santa Clara: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/santa-clara/coffee-shop
- Best businesses in Santa Clara: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/santa-clara


### 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:ChIJH8kwetDLj4ARfTZCE59h0e0 (accessed Sep 14, 2026)
- [2] caffein-sc.square.site, https://caffein-sc.square.site/product/cr-me-br-l-e/ZXJA7X3OS5LAN46TZSGPU7D4 (accessed Sep 20, 2026)
- [3] caffein-sc.square.site, https://caffein-sc.square.site/product/white-peach-snow/ALFCX4Y5GHLMUYHK74WH7V4F (accessed Sep 20, 2026)
- [4] caffein-sc.square.site, https://caffein-sc.square.site/product/3-mochi-cookies-cream-/SNYUJBNJHNZP3SAJMYELDKVW (accessed Sep 20, 2026)
- [5] caffein-sc.square.site, https://caffein-sc.square.site/product/mango-snow/TUEZRUI67Y6NCQAAQ4CLJAT7 (accessed Sep 20, 2026)
- [6] caffein-sc.square.site, https://caffein-sc.square.site/product/vanilla-ice-cream/USMSHRAYFEMOBRAELFNQ7J3A (accessed Sep 20, 2026)
- [7] caffein-sc.square.site, https://caffein-sc.square.site/product/tom-yum-noodles/XMQMVQQS5NFCIDGHJ3GQ7WQO (accessed Sep 20, 2026)
- [8] caffein-sc.square.site, https://caffein-sc.square.site/product/chocolate-ice-cream/Y5VPRD6V7FQVGFGXCGKB5HMO (accessed Sep 20, 2026)
- [9] caffein-sc.square.site, https://caffein-sc.square.site/product/shrimp-tempura/3XCRTRUUBEQSXMW445B4SBOI (accessed Sep 20, 2026)
- [10] caffein-sc.square.site, https://caffein-sc.square.site/product/strawberry-ice-cream/BPW2JS5SSWYT72QRUM5RMIL7 (accessed Sep 20, 2026)
- [11] caffein-sc.square.site, https://caffein-sc.square.site/product/tiramisu/G3WLNEX4ATB3UJCK5AZI4UC5 (accessed Sep 20, 2026)
- [12] caffein-sc.square.site, https://caffein-sc.square.site/product/blueberry-smoothie-limited-time-offer-/GR3ROESNRSB6IFWFQSRZXM74 (accessed Sep 20, 2026)
- [13] caffein-sc.square.site, https://caffein-sc.square.site/product/mango-ice-cream/HYEQUQYIDHQ7IQLWQF5WT6E4 (accessed Sep 20, 2026)
- [14] caffein-sc.square.site, https://caffein-sc.square.site/product/iced-vietnamese-coffee/JHCKA24WRFFKWOYQ3V5VFGAK (accessed Sep 20, 2026)
- [15] caffein-sc.square.site, https://caffein-sc.square.site/product/matcha-ice-cream/LRJBYVBG4R3CGJXFXXUZA4KF (accessed Sep 20, 2026)
- [16] caffein-sc.square.site, https://caffein-sc.square.site/product/ube-taro-snow/NOIAXL62DKLRADJVMEOTIYHO (accessed Sep 20, 2026)
- [17] caffein-sc.square.site, https://caffein-sc.square.site/product/shrimp-spring-rolls/SM3SB2Q52ZOVQZWSLUUYTJVJ (accessed Sep 20, 2026)
- [18] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 12, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 20, 2026)