walk in at Puranpoli in Santa Clara, or is it appointment only?
Question · by wedding_lurker_south · Member since Jul 2026 · 76 posts · 7w7 weeks ago
Indian restaurant in Santa Clara, CA
4.6 · 2,581 reviewsClosed todayClosed today
Unpretentious Indian restaurant serving traditional vegetarian dishes in a colorful dining room.
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Updated Oct 30, 2026Last activity 1 month ago, a question from santa_sage.
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What Puranpoli offers, what it costs, and what people come for.
Puranpoli lists 1 service on its website. Here's each one, with how many reviews mention each.
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No code detected[Photo 4]When it's quiet, where to park, and what's nearby.
Monday is usually the quietest day.
Busiest Friday and Saturday from noon to 9.
Rizq Halal Eats is a 2 minute walk for halal food. Rumman Cafe is a 3 minute walk for coffee.
Nearby places from Google Maps, read Oct 30, 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 Fri and Sat, noon to 9.
What reviews, press and directories say about Puranpoli.
4.6from 2,581 reviews on Google
Puranpoli stands out for its authentic Misal Pav, but suffers from inconsistent food quality and service issues. Puranpoli offers a mix of experiences, with some diners praising the authentic Maharashtrian flavors while others express disappointment in food quality and service. The atmosphere is casual, with a focus on vegetarian dishes, but there are complaints about portion sizes and hygiene practices.
Listed on 1 of the 24 directories AI reads.
The AI Score is out of 100, read from 8 signals across search and AI.
Signal and how much it countsPuranpoli
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Puranpoli, as AI sees it. Blue signals help Puranpoli, and red ones hold it back.
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The page ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google read about Puranpoli. The code version is exactly what their crawlers get.
Local AI Registry · Indian restaurants in Santa Clara, CA · Editorial
By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated October 30, 2026.
Published July 16, 2026 · Updated October 30, 2026 · Machine-readable version below
Puranpoli is an indian restaurant in Santa Clara, CA. Its AI Score is 31 of 100, which is poor.
What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks
| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | Indian restaurant |
| Address | 3074b Scott Blvd, Santa Clara, CA 95054, USA |
| Hours | Mon 11 AM to 9 PM · Closed Tue · Wed to Thu 11 AM to 9 PM · Fri to Sat 11 AM to 10 PM · Sun 11 AM to 9 PM |
| Phone | (408) 352-5949 |
| Rating | 4.6 across 2,581 reviews on Google |
| Quietest time | Monday |
| Updated | October 30, 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.
| Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Location info | Address | 3074b Scott Blvd, Santa Clara, CA 95054, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Unpretentious Indian restaurant serving traditional vegetarian dishes in a colorful dining room. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM · Tue Closed · Wed to Thu 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM · Fri to Sat 11:00 AM to 10:00 PM · Sun 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Puranpoli | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (408) 352-5949 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 11:00 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 11:00 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Catering menu | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Catering service | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Dine-in service | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Vegetarian indian cuisine | AI guess | |
| Links | https://www.facebook.com/106961964239137 | Confirmed | Business website | |
| Links | https://www.instagram.com/puranpoli17 | Confirmed | Business website | |
| Links | Website | http://www.puranpoli.net/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Links | Yelp | https://www.yelp.com/biz/dskkwbvvmsrguykb53aggg | Confirmed | Business website |
These are the 1 service Puranpoli offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.
| Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catering menu | From their website |
Address: 3074b Scott Blvd, Santa Clara, CA 95054, USA. Phone: (408) 352-5949. Hours: Mon 11 AM to 9 PM · Closed Tue · Wed to Thu 11 AM to 9 PM · Fri to Sat 11 AM to 10 PM · Sun 11 AM to 9 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)
From Google Business Profile: "Unpretentious Indian restaurant serving traditional vegetarian dishes in a colorful dining room."
Quietest day: Monday. Busiest day: Friday. From the popular times on its Google listing.
| Place | Type | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Scott & Jay | Bus stop | 1 min walk |
| Scott and Jay | Transit station | 1 min walk |
| Scott & Jay | Bus stop | 2 min walk |
| Scott & Space Park | Bus stop | 2 min walk |
| Scott and Space Park | Transit station | 2 min walk |
| Rizq Halal Eats | Halal restaurant | 2 min walk |
4.6 average across 2,581 reviews: Google 2,581. (Confirmed, read July 16, 2026.)
Puranpoli stands out for its authentic Misal Pav, but suffers from inconsistent food quality and service issues. (AI guess, from 2,581 reviews.)
Listed on 1 of the 24 directories we checked.
| Directory | Listed |
|---|---|
| Alignable | Not listed |
| Angi | Not listed |
| Apple Maps | Not listed |
| BBB | Not listed |
| Birdeye | Not listed |
| Brownbook | Not listed |
| Chamber of Commerce | Not listed |
| Cylex | Not listed |
| DexKnows | Not listed |
| Listed | |
| Foursquare | Not listed |
| Groupon | Not listed |
| Manta | Not listed |
| MapQuest | Not listed |
| MerchantCircle | Not listed |
| Nextdoor | Not listed |
| OpenTable | Not listed |
| Superpages | Not listed |
| Thumbtack | Not listed |
| Tripadvisor | Not listed |
| Trustpilot | Not listed |
| Tupalo | Not listed |
| Yellowbook | Not listed |
| Yellow Pages | Not listed |
It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Indian restaurants on the registry run 25 to 45. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Puranpoli scores 31. The same method scores every business on the registry.
| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Puranpoli |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 33 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 82 | 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 | 65 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Good |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 | 59 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Fair |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 29 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Poor |
Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology
How AI decides what to say about an indian restaurant: 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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| 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 indian restaurants in Santa Clara, linked to the lists and towns around it.
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# Puranpoli, Santa Clara CA: Reviews Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/santa-clara/puranpoli-santa-clara-ca. Free to reuse with a link back. By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-10-30. Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/santa-clara/puranpoli-santa-clara-ca ## Photos -  -  -  -  -  ## In short Puranpoli is an indian restaurant in Santa Clara, CA. Its AI Score is 31 of 100, which is poor. What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks ## Key facts | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Type | Indian restaurant | | Address | 3074b Scott Blvd, Santa Clara, CA 95054, USA | | Hours | Mon 11 AM to 9 PM · Closed Tue · Wed to Thu 11 AM to 9 PM · Fri to Sat 11 AM to 10 PM · Sun 11 AM to 9 PM | | Phone | (408) 352-5949 | | Rating | 4.6 across 2,581 reviews on Google | | Quietest time | Monday | | Updated | October 30, 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 | 3074b Scott Blvd, Santa Clara, CA 95054, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Description | Unpretentious Indian restaurant serving traditional vegetarian dishes in a colorful dining room. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Hours | Mon 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM · Tue Closed · Wed to Thu 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM · Fri to Sat 11:00 AM to 10:00 PM · Sun 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Name | Puranpoli | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Phone | (408) 352-5949 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Monday | 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Tuesday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Wednesday | 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Thursday | 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Friday | 11:00 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Saturday | 11:00 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Sunday | 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Services | Service | Catering menu | From their website | Business website | | Services | Service | Catering service | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Dine-in service | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Vegetarian indian cuisine | AI guess | | | Links | Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/106961964239137 | Confirmed | Business website | | Links | Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/puranpoli17 | Confirmed | Business website | | Links | Website | http://www.puranpoli.net/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Links | Yelp | https://www.yelp.com/biz/dskkwbvvmsrguykb53aggg | Confirmed | Business website | ## Services and prices These are the 1 service Puranpoli offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from. | Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Catering menu | | | | From their website | ### Known for Share your review link so AI can say what you're known for ## The team Add your team so AI can name who works here ## Visiting Puranpoli Address: 3074b Scott Blvd, Santa Clara, CA 95054, USA. Phone: (408) 352-5949. Hours: Mon 11 AM to 9 PM · Closed Tue · Wed to Thu 11 AM to 9 PM · Fri to Sat 11 AM to 10 PM · Sun 11 AM to 9 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.) ### Location info from Google Business Profile From Google Business Profile: "Unpretentious Indian restaurant serving traditional vegetarian dishes in a colorful dining room." ### When to go Quietest day: Monday. Busiest day: Friday. 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 | | --- | --- | --- | | Scott & Jay | Bus stop | 1 min walk | | Scott and Jay | Transit station | 1 min walk | | Scott & Jay | Bus stop | 2 min walk | | Scott & Space Park | Bus stop | 2 min walk | | Scott and Space Park | Transit station | 2 min walk | | Rizq Halal Eats | Halal restaurant | 2 min walk | ## Reputation 4.6 average across 2,581 reviews: Google 2,581. (Confirmed, read July 16, 2026.) Puranpoli stands out for its authentic Misal Pav, but suffers from inconsistent food quality and service issues. (AI guess, from 2,581 reviews.) ### What people like - Misal Pav with authentic flavor - Catering service for large events ### What people do not like - Inconsistent food quality - High prices for portion sizes - Hygiene concerns leading to illness ### Press Add a press story so AI can say who's written about you ### Awards Add an award so AI can name it ### Directories Listed on 1 of the 24 directories we checked. | Directory | Listed | | --- | --- | | Alignable | Not listed | | Angi | Not listed | | Apple Maps | Not listed | | BBB | Not listed | | Birdeye | Not listed | | Brownbook | Not listed | | Chamber of Commerce | Not listed | | Cylex | Not listed | | DexKnows | Not listed | | Facebook | Listed | | Foursquare | Not listed | | Groupon | Not listed | | Manta | Not listed | | MapQuest | Not listed | | MerchantCircle | Not listed | | Nextdoor | Not listed | | OpenTable | Not listed | | Superpages | Not listed | | Thumbtack | Not listed | | Tripadvisor | Not listed | | Trustpilot | Not listed | | Tupalo | Not listed | | Yellowbook | Not listed | | Yellow Pages | Not listed | ## Questions people ask ### services here, what do people go in for? ### Are the hours on Google right for this place? ### which one, this place or Jaks Authentic? ### people keep recommending Puranpoli, what for? ### walk in at Puranpoli in Santa Clara, or is it appointment only? ### do I need to fill anything in beforehand ### same day tables, does that ever happen here ### Open Tuesdays here? ### bad experiences at Puranpoli, anyone? ### anything new from Puranpoli lately? ### is Santa Clara expensive for this, or is it just here ### when is this place actually dead? ### parking at Puranpoli, where does everyone put the car? ### worth it or not, what do the regulars say ### best indian restaurant in Santa Clara ### going rate for restaurants locally, any idea ### points or member pricing at Puranpoli, worth signing up? ## The AI Score: 31 of 100 It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Indian restaurants on the registry run 25 to 45. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Puranpoli scores 31. The same method scores every business on the registry. | Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Puranpoli | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 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 | 33 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor | | Reviews & response | 12 | 82 | 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 | 65 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Good | | Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good | | Speed & mobile | 7 | 59 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Fair | | Content freshness & schema | 5 | 29 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Poor | Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology How AI decides what to say about an indian restaurant: 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 Puranpoli | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Puranpoli | LocalBusiness | #business | http://www.puranpoli.net/ | Subject of this page | | Santa Clara, California | City | #city | | City Puranpoli 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 indian restaurants in Santa Clara, linked to the lists and towns around it. ### Lists - Best indian restaurants in Santa Clara: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/santa-clara/indian-restaurant - 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:ChIJ75TXgLLJj4AR0VJmGQwlPRk (accessed Jul 16, 2026) - [2] puranpoli.net, https://puranpoli.net/catering-menu (accessed Sep 18, 2026) - [3] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 30, 2026; Perplexity, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 16, 2026; ChatGPT and Perplexity via DataForSEO on Oct 30, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 18, 2026) - [4] puranpoli.net, http://www.puranpoli.net/ (accessed Oct 30, 2026)
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<p>Local AI Registry · Indian restaurants in Santa Clara, CA · Editorial</p>
<h2>Puranpoli, Santa Clara CA: Reviews</h2>
<p>By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated October 30, 2026.</p>
<p>Published July 16, 2026 · Updated October 30, 2026 · Machine-readable version below</p>
</header>
<section id="ai-in-short">
<h3>In short</h3>
<p>Puranpoli is an indian restaurant in Santa Clara, CA. Its AI Score is 31 of 100, which is poor.</p>
<p>What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks</p>
</section>
<section id="ai-key-facts">
<h3>Key facts</h3>
<table>
<thead><tr><th scope="col">Fact</th><th scope="col">Value</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Type</td><td>Indian restaurant</td></tr>
<tr><td>Address</td><td>3074b Scott Blvd, Santa Clara, CA 95054, USA</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Mon 11 AM to 9 PM · Closed Tue · Wed to Thu 11 AM to 9 PM · Fri to Sat 11 AM to 10 PM · Sun 11 AM to 9 PM</td></tr>
<tr><td>Phone</td><td>(408) 352-5949</td></tr>
<tr><td>Rating</td><td>4.6 across 2,581 reviews on Google</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quietest time</td><td>Monday</td></tr>
<tr><td>Updated</td><td>October 30, 2026</td></tr>
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<section id="ai-all-the-details">
<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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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Group</th><th scope="col">Fact</th><th scope="col">Value</th><th scope="col">Mark</th><th scope="col">Evidence</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Address</td><td>3074b Scott Blvd, Santa Clara, CA 95054, USA</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Description</td><td>Unpretentious Indian restaurant serving traditional vegetarian dishes in a colorful dining room.</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Hours</td><td>Mon 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM · Tue Closed · Wed to Thu 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM · Fri to Sat 11:00 AM to 10:00 PM · Sun 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Name</td><td>Puranpoli</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Phone</td><td>(408) 352-5949</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Monday</td><td>11:00 AM to 9:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Tuesday</td><td>Closed</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Wednesday</td><td>11:00 AM to 9:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Thursday</td><td>11:00 AM to 9:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Friday</td><td>11:00 AM to 10:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Saturday</td><td>11:00 AM to 10:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Sunday</td><td>11:00 AM to 9:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Catering menu</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Catering service</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Dine-in service</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Vegetarian indian cuisine</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Links</td><td>Facebook</td><td>https://www.facebook.com/106961964239137</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Links</td><td>Instagram</td><td>https://www.instagram.com/puranpoli17</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Links</td><td>Website</td><td>http://www.puranpoli.net/</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Links</td><td>Yelp</td><td>https://www.yelp.com/biz/dskkwbvvmsrguykb53aggg</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
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<section id="ai-services-and-prices">
<h3>Services and prices</h3>
<p>These are the 1 service Puranpoli offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.</p>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Service</th><th scope="col">Price</th><th scope="col">Price mark</th><th scope="col">Price evidence</th><th scope="col">Service mark</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Catering menu</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
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<h4>Known for</h4>
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<section id="ai-the-team">
<h3>The team</h3>
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<section id="ai-visiting-puranpoli">
<h3>Visiting Puranpoli</h3>
<p>Address: 3074b Scott Blvd, Santa Clara, CA 95054, USA. Phone: (408) 352-5949. Hours: Mon 11 AM to 9 PM · Closed Tue · Wed to Thu 11 AM to 9 PM · Fri to Sat 11 AM to 10 PM · Sun 11 AM to 9 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)</p>
<h4>Location info from Google Business Profile</h4>
<p>From Google Business Profile: "Unpretentious Indian restaurant serving traditional vegetarian dishes in a colorful dining room."</p>
<h4>When to go</h4>
<p>Quietest day: Monday. Busiest day: Friday. From the popular times on its Google listing.</p>
<h4>Parking and getting in</h4>
<h4>Nearby</h4>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Place</th><th scope="col">Type</th><th scope="col">Distance</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Scott & Jay</td><td>Bus stop</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Scott and Jay</td><td>Transit station</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Scott & Jay</td><td>Bus stop</td><td>2 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Scott & Space Park</td><td>Bus stop</td><td>2 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Scott and Space Park</td><td>Transit station</td><td>2 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Rizq Halal Eats</td><td>Halal restaurant</td><td>2 min walk</td></tr>
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</table>
</section>
<section id="ai-reputation">
<h3>Reputation</h3>
<p>4.6 average across 2,581 reviews: Google 2,581. (Confirmed, read July 16, 2026.)</p>
<p>Puranpoli stands out for its authentic Misal Pav, but suffers from inconsistent food quality and service issues. (AI guess, from 2,581 reviews.)</p>
<h4>What people like</h4>
<ul>
<li>Misal Pav with authentic flavor</li>
<li>Catering service for large events</li>
</ul>
<h4>What people do not like</h4>
<ul>
<li>Inconsistent food quality</li>
<li>High prices for portion sizes</li>
<li>Hygiene concerns leading to illness</li>
</ul>
<h4>Press</h4>
<h4>Awards</h4>
<h4>Directories</h4>
<p>Listed on 1 of the 24 directories we checked.</p>
<table>
<thead><tr><th scope="col">Directory</th><th scope="col">Listed</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Alignable</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Angi</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Apple Maps</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>BBB</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Birdeye</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Brownbook</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Chamber of Commerce</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Cylex</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>DexKnows</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Facebook</td><td>Listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Foursquare</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Groupon</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Manta</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>MapQuest</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>MerchantCircle</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Nextdoor</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>OpenTable</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Superpages</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Thumbtack</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Tripadvisor</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Trustpilot</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Tupalo</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Yellowbook</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Yellow Pages</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
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</section>
<section id="ai-questions-people-ask">
<h3>Questions people ask</h3>
<h4>services here, what do people go in for?</h4>
<h4>Are the hours on Google right for this place?</h4>
<h4>which one, this place or Jaks Authentic?</h4>
<h4>people keep recommending Puranpoli, what for?</h4>
<h4>walk in at Puranpoli in Santa Clara, or is it appointment only?</h4>
<h4>do I need to fill anything in beforehand</h4>
<h4>same day tables, does that ever happen here</h4>
<h4>Open Tuesdays here?</h4>
<h4>bad experiences at Puranpoli, anyone?</h4>
<h4>anything new from Puranpoli lately?</h4>
<h4>is Santa Clara expensive for this, or is it just here</h4>
<h4>when is this place actually dead?</h4>
<h4>parking at Puranpoli, where does everyone put the car?</h4>
<h4>worth it or not, what do the regulars say</h4>
<h4>best indian restaurant in Santa Clara</h4>
<h4>going rate for restaurants locally, any idea</h4>
<h4>points or member pricing at Puranpoli, worth signing up?</h4>
</section>
<section id="ai-score">
<h3>The AI Score: 31 of 100</h3>
<p>It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Indian restaurants on the registry run 25 to 45. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Puranpoli scores 31. The same method scores every business on the registry.</p>
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<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">Puranpoli</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Retrieval grounding</td><td>26</td><td>0</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>Poor</td></tr>
<tr><td>Off-property attestation</td><td>20</td><td>41</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>33</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>82</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>65</td><td>Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.</td><td>Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Google Business Profile</td><td>8</td><td>90</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>59</td><td>Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.</td><td>Fair</td></tr>
<tr><td>Content freshness & schema</td><td>5</td><td>29</td><td>Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.</td><td>Poor</td></tr>
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</table>
<p>Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology</p>
<p>How AI decides what to say about an indian restaurant: 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>
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<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>
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<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 Puranpoli</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Puranpoli</td><td>LocalBusiness</td><td>#business</td><td>http://www.puranpoli.net/</td><td>Subject of this page</td></tr>
<tr><td>Santa Clara, California</td><td>City</td><td>#city</td><td></td><td>City Puranpoli 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>
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</section>
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<h3>Topical map</h3>
<p>Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the indian restaurants in Santa Clara, linked to the lists and towns around it.</p>
<h4>Lists</h4>
<ul>
<li>Best indian restaurants in Santa Clara: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/santa-clara/indian-restaurant</li>
<li>Best businesses in Santa Clara: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/santa-clara</li>
</ul>
<h4>Nearby</h4>
<ul>
<li>/san-jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose</li>
<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>
</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:ChIJ75TXgLLJj4AR0VJmGQwlPRk (accessed Jul 16, 2026)</li>
<li>[2] puranpoli.net, https://puranpoli.net/catering-menu (accessed Sep 18, 2026)</li>
<li>[3] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 30, 2026; Perplexity, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 16, 2026; ChatGPT and Perplexity via DataForSEO on Oct 30, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 18, 2026)</li>
<li>[4] puranpoli.net, http://www.puranpoli.net/ (accessed Oct 30, 2026)</li>
</ul>
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</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.