Asian fusion restaurant in Upland, CA
4.4 · 95 reviewsOpens today at 9 AMOpens today at 9 AM
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48AI ScoreNamed in 5 of 16 answersChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 18, 2026.ConfirmedVisitor submittedVisitorAI guess
Fresh, Asian Fusion Hibachi Style with Refreshing Drinks; Smoothies along with, Beer and Wine. Also serving a new all-day breakfast menu.
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What D Grill Boy offers, what it costs, and what people come for.
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When it's quiet, where to park, and what's nearby.
Monday or Tuesday, before 11 AM.
Busiest Wednesday and Thursday from 11 AM to 3 PM.
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You can find parking at the lot Chipotle Mexican Grill is next door for fast food Subway is a 2 minute walk for sandwiches Foothill @ Mountain is a 3 minute walk for the bus
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Closed now. Busiest Wed and Thu, 11 AM to 3 PM.
What reviews, press and directories say about D Grill Boy.
4.4from 95 reviews on Google
D Grill Boy offers a mix of flavorful dishes like hibachi and fried rice, but customer service issues significantly detract from the experience. Customers describe D Grill Boy as a casual spot for Asian fusion, particularly enjoying the hibachi offerings. However, experiences vary greatly, with some praising the food's freshness and flavor, while others report poor service and disrespect from staff, leading to a mixed atmosphere.
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Local AI Registry · Asian fusion restaurants in Upland, CA · Editorial
By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Former Google Search executive and former Microsoft executive, with 20+ years in digital.
Fact-checked against 1 source · Published August 31, 2026 · Updated October 18, 2026 · Machine-readable version below
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D Grill Boy is an asian fusion restaurant in Upland, CA. Its AI Score is 48 of 100, which is fair.
Every fact on this page carries one of three marks: Confirmed (from their website, Google Business Profile, review sites, licensing boards, or measured by Local AI Registry), Visitor submitted (added by a person, with a date and how they know), or AI guess (what AI engines like Gemini and ChatGPT are saying, not confirmed by anyone). Every mark points to a reference at the end of this page.
| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | Asian fusion restaurant |
| Address | 1042 N Mountain Ave Ste A-1, Upland, CA 91786, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Sun 9 AM to 7:30 PM |
| Phone | (909) 758-7088 |
| Owner | Nothing found |
| Rating | 4.4 across 95 reviews on Google |
| Known for | Nothing found |
| Prices | Nothing found |
| Quietest time | Sunday |
| Parking | Nothing found |
| Last verified | August 31, 2026, 10:42 PM |
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| Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Location info | Address | 1042 N Mountain Ave Ste A-1, Upland, CA 91786, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 |
| Location info | Description | Fresh, Asian Fusion Hibachi Style with Refreshing Drinks; Smoothies along with, Beer and Wine. Also serving a new all-day breakfast menu. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Sun 9:00 AM to 7:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 |
| Location info | Mondays | 9:00 AM to 7:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 |
| Location info | Name | D Grill Boy | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 |
| Location info | Phone | (909) 758-7088 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 |
| Hours | Monday | 9:00 AM to 7:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 |
| Hours | Tuesday | 9:00 AM to 7:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 |
| Hours | Wednesday | 9:00 AM to 7:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 |
| Hours | Thursday | 9:00 AM to 7:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 |
| Hours | Friday | 9:00 AM to 7:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 |
| Hours | Saturday | 9:00 AM to 7:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 |
| Hours | Sunday | 9:00 AM to 7:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 |
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Address: 1042 N Mountain Ave Ste A-1, Upland, CA 91786, USA. Phone: (909) 758-7088. Hours: Mon to Sun 9 AM to 7:30 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile, checked August 31, 2026 at 10:42 PM.)
Business description, written by D Grill Boy on its Google Business Profile: "Fresh, Asian Fusion Hibachi Style with Refreshing Drinks; Smoothies along with, Beer and Wine. Also serving a new all-day breakfast menu."
Quietest day: Sunday. Busiest day: Wednesday. From the popular times on its Google listing.
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| Place | Type | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Chipotle Mexican Grill | Fast food restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Subway | Sandwich shop | 2 min walk |
| Habit Burger & Grill | Hamburger restaurant | 2 min walk |
| Exotic City Snacks | Snack bar | 3 min walk |
| Foothill @ Mountain | Bus stop | 3 min walk |
| KFC | Chicken restaurant | 3 min walk |
4.4 average across 95 reviews: Google 25. (Confirmed, read August 31, 2026.)
D Grill Boy offers a mix of flavorful dishes like hibachi and fried rice, but customer service issues significantly detract from the experience. (AI guess, from 95 reviews.)
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We ask Gemini and ChatGPT about D Grill Boy. These are the answers that disagree with the record.
ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 18, 2026.
No capture has disagreed with the record yet.
The AI Score measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Asian fusion restaurants on the registry run 23 to 74. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. D Grill Boy scores 48. The same method scores every business on the registry.
| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | D Grill Boy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | This signal reads a website, and the record holds none. |
| Off-property attestation | 20 | 40 | 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 | 31 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Named in 5 of 16 answers that recommended anyone. 3 more named nobody, which is not a loss and is not scored. |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 79 | 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. | This signal reads a website, and the record holds none. |
| 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. | This signal reads a website, and the record holds none. |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | Does not apply | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | This signal reads a website, and the record holds none. |
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That's why AI gets small facts wrong. If Yelp says a place is open Mondays and the website says it isn't, the AI has to pick one. The table above shows the answers that disagree with the record today.
The more sources agree, and the more specific they are, the more confidently AI recommends a business. A review that names who helped and what they did tells an AI far more than one that says "great place."
A few checks take ten minutes and tell you more than any rating.
Steve Lee is the founder and CEO of Local AI Registry and sets its editorial standards. He is a former Google executive in Search and a former Microsoft executive, with more than 20 years in digital: search, local discovery, and how people find businesses online. He is based in Irvine.
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| Upland, California | City | #city | Nothing found | City D Grill Boy is in |
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Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the asian fusion restaurants in Upland, linked to the lists and towns around it.
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The public record of how AI sees local business. We score every business we list by one published method, we keep the questions people ask about it in one place, and we never sell rank. Looking up any business here is free.
Assistants read public pages before they answer. This one states what the business does, what people ask about it, and what the Record answers, in one place a machine can read. Correcting what is wrong here changes what an assistant repeats next.
Registry AI writes the first answer under every question, from the Record and the public sources named beneath it. Neighbors write the rest under pseudonyms. A registered owner can reply as the business, and their reply says so.
Register the page. It is free, it takes about five minutes, and it lets you correct the Record and reply as the business. Nothing on this page is for sale, so the only thing that moves the score is the work.
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# D Grill Boy, Upland: an asian fusion restaurant in Upland (2026 guide) Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/upland/d-grill-boy-upland-ca. Free to reuse with a link back. By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Fact-checked against 1 source. Updated 2026-10-18. Owner review: not yet. Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/upland/d-grill-boy-upland-ca ## Photos -  -  -  -  -  ## In short D Grill Boy is an asian fusion restaurant in Upland, CA. Its AI Score is 48 of 100, which is fair. Every fact on this page carries one of three marks: Confirmed (from their website, Google Business Profile, review sites, licensing boards, or measured by Local AI Registry), Visitor submitted (added by a person, with a date and how they know), or AI guess (what AI engines like Gemini and ChatGPT are saying, not confirmed by anyone). Every mark points to a reference at the end of this page. ## Key facts | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Type | Asian fusion restaurant | | Address | 1042 N Mountain Ave Ste A-1, Upland, CA 91786, USA | | Hours | Mon to Sun 9 AM to 7:30 PM | | Phone | (909) 758-7088 | | Owner | Nothing found | | Rating | 4.4 across 95 reviews on Google | | Known for | Nothing found | | Prices | Nothing found | | Quietest time | Sunday | | Parking | Nothing found | | Last verified | August 31, 2026, 10:42 PM | ## 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 | 1042 N Mountain Ave Ste A-1, Upland, CA 91786, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 | | Location info | Description | Fresh, Asian Fusion Hibachi Style with Refreshing Drinks; Smoothies along with, Beer and Wine. Also serving a new all-day breakfast menu. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 | | Location info | Hours | Mon to Sun 9:00 AM to 7:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 | | Location info | Mondays | 9:00 AM to 7:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 | | Location info | Name | D Grill Boy | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 | | Location info | Phone | (909) 758-7088 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 | | Hours | Monday | 9:00 AM to 7:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 | | Hours | Tuesday | 9:00 AM to 7:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 | | Hours | Wednesday | 9:00 AM to 7:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 | | Hours | Thursday | 9:00 AM to 7:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 | | Hours | Friday | 9:00 AM to 7:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 | | Hours | Saturday | 9:00 AM to 7:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 | | Hours | Sunday | 9:00 AM to 7:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 | ## Services and prices Services not read yet, back on Scan Day. ### Known for Reviews not read yet, back on Scan Day. ## The team Nothing found ## Visiting D Grill Boy Address: 1042 N Mountain Ave Ste A-1, Upland, CA 91786, USA. Phone: (909) 758-7088. Hours: Mon to Sun 9 AM to 7:30 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile, checked August 31, 2026 at 10:42 PM.) ### Location info from Google Business Profile Business description, written by D Grill Boy on its Google Business Profile: "Fresh, Asian Fusion Hibachi Style with Refreshing Drinks; Smoothies along with, Beer and Wine. Also serving a new all-day breakfast menu." ### When to go Quietest day: Sunday. Busiest day: Wednesday. From the popular times on its Google listing. ### Parking and getting in Nothing found ### Nearby | Place | Type | Distance | | --- | --- | --- | | Chipotle Mexican Grill | Fast food restaurant | 1 min walk | | Subway | Sandwich shop | 2 min walk | | Habit Burger & Grill | Hamburger restaurant | 2 min walk | | Exotic City Snacks | Snack bar | 3 min walk | | Foothill @ Mountain | Bus stop | 3 min walk | | KFC | Chicken restaurant | 3 min walk | ## Reputation 4.4 average across 95 reviews: Google 25. (Confirmed, read August 31, 2026.) D Grill Boy offers a mix of flavorful dishes like hibachi and fried rice, but customer service issues significantly detract from the experience. (AI guess, from 95 reviews.) ### What people like - Hibachi steak, chicken, and shrimp combo - Crazy fried rice - Teriyaki burrito ### What people do not like - Rude customer service - Inconsistent food quality - Overpriced drinks and meals ### Press No press story about D Grill Boy found yet. ### Awards None named yet. ### Directories Directory listings not read yet. ## Recent updates from D Grill Boy D Grill Boy hasn't posted an update here yet. ## Questions people ask ### how much is a first visit around here No answer yet ### best asian fusion restaurant in Upland No answer yet ### anyone actually happy with this place? No answer yet ### Are the hours on Google right for this place? No answer yet ### is there parking at D Grill Boy or is it street only? No answer yet ### anywhere cheaper than D Grill Boy in Upland that is still good? No answer yet ### what is actually on the menu here? No answer yet ### walk ins, or is it booked solid No answer yet ### when is this place actually dead? No answer yet ### Booking at D Grill Boy in Upland, how does it work? No answer yet ### membership, worth it or not No answer yet ### Coffee near D Grill Boy on Mountain? No answer yet ### Do they post anywhere? No answer yet ### first visit here, what do I need to bring? No answer yet ### picking between the two, is Patra Thai the safer bet? No answer yet ### reviews all look glowing, what are the real complaints? No answer yet ### people keep recommending D Grill Boy, what for? No answer yet ## What AI gets wrong about D Grill Boy We ask Gemini and ChatGPT about D Grill Boy. These are the answers that disagree with the record. ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 18, 2026. No capture has disagreed with the record yet. ## The AI Score: 48 of 100 The AI Score measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Asian fusion restaurants on the registry run 23 to 74. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. D Grill Boy scores 48. The same method scores every business on the registry. | Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | D Grill Boy | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 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. | This signal reads a website, and the record holds none. | | Off-property attestation | 20 | 40 | 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 | 31 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Named in 5 of 16 answers that recommended anyone. 3 more named nobody, which is not a loss and is not scored. | | Reviews & response | 12 | 79 | 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. | This signal reads a website, and the record holds none. | | 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. | This signal reads a website, and the record holds none. | | Content freshness & schema | 5 | Does not apply | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | This signal reads a website, and the record holds none. | Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology ## How AI decides what to tell you about an asian fusion restaurant When you ask ChatGPT, Gemini or Google about a local business, the AI doesn't visit it. It reads what's already written about it: the business's website, its Google Business Profile, review sites, news stories and directories like this one. Then it repeats what those sources agree on. That's why AI gets small facts wrong. If Yelp says a place is open Mondays and the website says it isn't, the AI has to pick one. The table above shows the answers that disagree with the record today. The more sources agree, and the more specific they are, the more confidently AI recommends a business. A review that names who helped and what they did tells an AI far more than one that says "great place." ## How to choose an asian fusion restaurant in California, with or without AI A few checks take ten minutes and tell you more than any rating. - Check that the hours and phone number match on Google, Yelp and the business's own website. Mismatches are how people end up at a locked door. - Read reviews that name a person and what they did. Vague praise is easy to fake. - Look for recent reviews and recent posts. A page nobody has touched in a year may not match the business today. - Ask for the price before you go, and ask what it includes. - Where the work needs a license, ask whose license it is and look it up with California. ## How to read the marks on this page - Confirmed (solid circle): from a known source. The business website, its Google Business Profile, review sites like Yelp, Healthgrades and RealSelf, a licensing board, or measured by Local AI Registry. - Visitor submitted (hollow circle): added or corrected by a person, with the date and how they know, like a phone call or a visit. - AI guess (hollow triangle): what AI engines are saying right now. Nobody has confirmed it. ## About the author Steve Lee is the founder and CEO of Local AI Registry and sets its editorial standards. He is a former Google executive in Search and a former Microsoft executive, with more than 20 years in digital: search, local discovery, and how people find businesses online. He is based in Irvine. - Expertise: search at Google and Microsoft, AI search, answer engine optimization, generative engine optimization, local SEO, structured data and entity mapping. - Industry: medical aesthetics, injectables, med spa operations and marketing. - Disclosure: Local AI Registry sells services to business owners, including D Grill Boy if it claims this page. That does not change what this page says. Every fact carries its source. ## 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 D Grill Boy | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | D Grill Boy | LocalBusiness | #business | Nothing found | Subject of this page | | Upland, California | City | #city | Nothing found | City D Grill Boy is in | | Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page | | Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team | Author of this page | ## Topical map Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the asian fusion restaurants in Upland, linked to the lists and towns around it. ### Lists - Best asian fusion restaurants in Upland: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/upland/asian-fusion-restaurant - Best businesses in Upland: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/upland ### Nearby - /los-angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles - /san-francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco - /san-jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose - /san-diego: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-diego - /irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine - /fresno: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/fresno ### Every list - Every leaderboard in California: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca ## Frequently asked questions ### What is AI search optimization for local business? Getting a business named when a neighbor asks ChatGPT, Gemini, or Perplexity for a recommendation. Some call it AI SEO, some call it generative engine optimization. Traditional SEO fights for ten blue links; this fights for the one answer an assistant says out loud. The AI Score on this page measures the eight signals that drive it. ### What is Local AI Registry? The public record of how AI sees local business. We score every business we list by one published method, we keep the questions people ask about it in one place, and we never sell rank. Looking up any business here is free. ### How does this page help a business get recommended by AI? Assistants read public pages before they answer. This one states what the business does, what people ask about it, and what the Record answers, in one place a machine can read. Correcting what is wrong here changes what an assistant repeats next. ### Who writes the answers here? Registry AI writes the first answer under every question, from the Record and the public sources named beneath it. Neighbors write the rest under pseudonyms. A registered owner can reply as the business, and their reply says so. ### I own D Grill Boy. How do I fix something or rank higher? Register the page. It is free, it takes about five minutes, and it lets you correct the Record and reply as the business. Nothing on this page is for sale, so the only thing that moves the score is the work. ## References ### Sources cited - [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJ50wj-skxw4AR5C6UHlamIfI (accessed Aug 31, 2026)
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<p>Local AI Registry · Asian fusion restaurants in Upland, CA · Editorial</p>
<h2>D Grill Boy, Upland: an asian fusion restaurant in Upland (2026 guide)</h2>
<p>By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Former Google Search executive and former Microsoft executive, with 20+ years in digital.</p>
<p>Fact-checked against 1 source · Published August 31, 2026 · Updated October 18, 2026 · Machine-readable version below</p>
<p>Owner review: not yet. D Grill Boy has not checked this page.</p>
</header>
<section id="ai-in-short">
<h3>In short</h3>
<p>D Grill Boy is an asian fusion restaurant in Upland, CA. Its AI Score is 48 of 100, which is fair.</p>
<p>Every fact on this page carries one of three marks: Confirmed (from their website, Google Business Profile, review sites, licensing boards, or measured by Local AI Registry), Visitor submitted (added by a person, with a date and how they know), or AI guess (what AI engines like Gemini and ChatGPT are saying, not confirmed by anyone). Every mark points to a reference at the end of this page.</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>Asian fusion restaurant</td></tr>
<tr><td>Address</td><td>1042 N Mountain Ave Ste A-1, Upland, CA 91786, USA</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Mon to Sun 9 AM to 7:30 PM</td></tr>
<tr><td>Phone</td><td>(909) 758-7088</td></tr>
<tr><td>Owner</td><td>Nothing found</td></tr>
<tr><td>Rating</td><td>4.4 across 95 reviews on Google</td></tr>
<tr><td>Known for</td><td>Nothing found</td></tr>
<tr><td>Prices</td><td>Nothing found</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quietest time</td><td>Sunday</td></tr>
<tr><td>Parking</td><td>Nothing found</td></tr>
<tr><td>Last verified</td><td>August 31, 2026, 10:42 PM</td></tr>
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</table>
</section>
<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>
<table>
<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>1042 N Mountain Ave Ste A-1, Upland, CA 91786, USA</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Description</td><td>Fresh, Asian Fusion Hibachi Style with Refreshing Drinks; Smoothies along with, Beer and Wine. Also serving a new all-day breakfast menu.</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Hours</td><td>Mon to Sun 9:00 AM to 7:30 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Mondays</td><td>9:00 AM to 7:30 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Name</td><td>D Grill Boy</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Phone</td><td>(909) 758-7088</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Monday</td><td>9:00 AM to 7:30 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Tuesday</td><td>9:00 AM to 7:30 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Wednesday</td><td>9:00 AM to 7:30 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Thursday</td><td>9:00 AM to 7:30 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Friday</td><td>9:00 AM to 7:30 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Saturday</td><td>9:00 AM to 7:30 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Sunday</td><td>9:00 AM to 7:30 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026</td></tr>
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</table>
</section>
<section id="ai-services-and-prices">
<h3>Services and prices</h3>
<p>Services not read yet, back on Scan Day.</p>
<h4>Known for</h4>
<p>Reviews not read yet, back on Scan Day.</p>
</section>
<section id="ai-the-team">
<h3>The team</h3>
<p>Nothing found</p>
</section>
<section id="ai-visiting-d-grill-boy">
<h3>Visiting D Grill Boy</h3>
<p>Address: 1042 N Mountain Ave Ste A-1, Upland, CA 91786, USA. Phone: (909) 758-7088. Hours: Mon to Sun 9 AM to 7:30 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile, checked August 31, 2026 at 10:42 PM.)</p>
<h4>Location info from Google Business Profile</h4>
<p>Business description, written by D Grill Boy on its Google Business Profile: "Fresh, Asian Fusion Hibachi Style with Refreshing Drinks; Smoothies along with, Beer and Wine. Also serving a new all-day breakfast menu."</p>
<h4>When to go</h4>
<p>Quietest day: Sunday. Busiest day: Wednesday. From the popular times on its Google listing.</p>
<h4>Parking and getting in</h4>
<p>Nothing found</p>
<h4>Nearby</h4>
<table>
<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>Chipotle Mexican Grill</td><td>Fast food restaurant</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Subway</td><td>Sandwich shop</td><td>2 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Habit Burger & Grill</td><td>Hamburger restaurant</td><td>2 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Exotic City Snacks</td><td>Snack bar</td><td>3 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Foothill @ Mountain</td><td>Bus stop</td><td>3 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>KFC</td><td>Chicken restaurant</td><td>3 min walk</td></tr>
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</table>
</section>
<section id="ai-reputation">
<h3>Reputation</h3>
<p>4.4 average across 95 reviews: Google 25. (Confirmed, read August 31, 2026.)</p>
<p>D Grill Boy offers a mix of flavorful dishes like hibachi and fried rice, but customer service issues significantly detract from the experience. (AI guess, from 95 reviews.)</p>
<h4>What people like</h4>
<ul>
<li>Hibachi steak, chicken, and shrimp combo</li>
<li>Crazy fried rice</li>
<li>Teriyaki burrito</li>
</ul>
<h4>What people do not like</h4>
<ul>
<li>Rude customer service</li>
<li>Inconsistent food quality</li>
<li>Overpriced drinks and meals</li>
</ul>
<h4>Press</h4>
<p>No press story about D Grill Boy found yet.</p>
<h4>Awards</h4>
<p>None named yet.</p>
<h4>Directories</h4>
<p>Directory listings not read yet.</p>
</section>
<section id="ai-recent-updates-from-d-grill-boy">
<h3>Recent updates from D Grill Boy</h3>
<p>D Grill Boy hasn't posted an update here yet.</p>
</section>
<section id="ai-questions-people-ask">
<h3>Questions people ask</h3>
<h4>how much is a first visit around here</h4>
<p>No answer yet</p>
<h4>best asian fusion restaurant in Upland</h4>
<p>No answer yet</p>
<h4>anyone actually happy with this place?</h4>
<p>No answer yet</p>
<h4>Are the hours on Google right for this place?</h4>
<p>No answer yet</p>
<h4>is there parking at D Grill Boy or is it street only?</h4>
<p>No answer yet</p>
<h4>anywhere cheaper than D Grill Boy in Upland that is still good?</h4>
<p>No answer yet</p>
<h4>what is actually on the menu here?</h4>
<p>No answer yet</p>
<h4>walk ins, or is it booked solid</h4>
<p>No answer yet</p>
<h4>when is this place actually dead?</h4>
<p>No answer yet</p>
<h4>Booking at D Grill Boy in Upland, how does it work?</h4>
<p>No answer yet</p>
<h4>membership, worth it or not</h4>
<p>No answer yet</p>
<h4>Coffee near D Grill Boy on Mountain?</h4>
<p>No answer yet</p>
<h4>Do they post anywhere?</h4>
<p>No answer yet</p>
<h4>first visit here, what do I need to bring?</h4>
<p>No answer yet</p>
<h4>picking between the two, is Patra Thai the safer bet?</h4>
<p>No answer yet</p>
<h4>reviews all look glowing, what are the real complaints?</h4>
<p>No answer yet</p>
<h4>people keep recommending D Grill Boy, what for?</h4>
<p>No answer yet</p>
</section>
<section id="ai-what-ai-gets-wrong">
<h3>What AI gets wrong about D Grill Boy</h3>
<p>We ask Gemini and ChatGPT about D Grill Boy. These are the answers that disagree with the record.</p>
<p>ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 18, 2026.</p>
<p>No capture has disagreed with the record yet.</p>
</section>
<section id="ai-score">
<h3>The AI Score: 48 of 100</h3>
<p>The AI Score measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Asian fusion restaurants on the registry run 23 to 74. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. D Grill Boy scores 48. 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">D Grill Boy</th></tr></thead>
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<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>This signal reads a website, and the record holds none.</td></tr>
<tr><td>Off-property attestation</td><td>20</td><td>40</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>31</td><td>Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service.</td><td>Named in 5 of 16 answers that recommended anyone. 3 more named nobody, which is not a loss and is not scored.</td></tr>
<tr><td>Reviews & response</td><td>12</td><td>79</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>This signal reads a website, and the record holds none.</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>This signal reads a website, and the record holds none.</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>This signal reads a website, and the record holds none.</td></tr>
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</table>
<p>Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology</p>
</section>
<section id="ai-how-ai-decides-what-to-tell-you-about-an-asian-fusion-restaurant">
<h3>How AI decides what to tell you about an asian fusion restaurant</h3>
<p>When you ask ChatGPT, Gemini or Google about a local business, the AI doesn't visit it. It reads what's already written about it: the business's website, its Google Business Profile, review sites, news stories and directories like this one. Then it repeats what those sources agree on.</p>
<p>That's why AI gets small facts wrong. If Yelp says a place is open Mondays and the website says it isn't, the AI has to pick one. The table above shows the answers that disagree with the record today.</p>
<p>The more sources agree, and the more specific they are, the more confidently AI recommends a business. A review that names who helped and what they did tells an AI far more than one that says "great place."</p>
</section>
<section id="ai-how-to-choose-an-asian-fusion-restaurant-in-california-with-or-without-ai">
<h3>How to choose an asian fusion restaurant in California, with or without AI</h3>
<p>A few checks take ten minutes and tell you more than any rating.</p>
<ul>
<li>Check that the hours and phone number match on Google, Yelp and the business's own website. Mismatches are how people end up at a locked door.</li>
<li>Read reviews that name a person and what they did. Vague praise is easy to fake.</li>
<li>Look for recent reviews and recent posts. A page nobody has touched in a year may not match the business today.</li>
<li>Ask for the price before you go, and ask what it includes.</li>
<li>Where the work needs a license, ask whose license it is and look it up with California.</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section id="ai-how-to-read-the-marks-on-this-page">
<h3>How to read the marks on this page</h3>
<ul>
<li>Confirmed (solid circle): from a known source. The business website, its Google Business Profile, review sites like Yelp, Healthgrades and RealSelf, a licensing board, or measured by Local AI Registry.</li>
<li>Visitor submitted (hollow circle): added or corrected by a person, with the date and how they know, like a phone call or a visit.</li>
<li>AI guess (hollow triangle): what AI engines are saying right now. Nobody has confirmed it.</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section id="ai-about-the-author">
<h3>About the author</h3>
<p>Steve Lee is the founder and CEO of Local AI Registry and sets its editorial standards. He is a former Google executive in Search and a former Microsoft executive, with more than 20 years in digital: search, local discovery, and how people find businesses online. He is based in Irvine.</p>
<ul>
<li>Expertise: search at Google and Microsoft, AI search, answer engine optimization, generative engine optimization, local SEO, structured data and entity mapping.</li>
<li>Industry: medical aesthetics, injectables, med spa operations and marketing.</li>
<li>Disclosure: Local AI Registry sells services to business owners, including D Grill Boy if it claims this page. That does not change what this page says. Every fact carries its source.</li>
</ul>
</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 D Grill Boy</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>D Grill Boy</td><td>LocalBusiness</td><td>#business</td><td>Nothing found</td><td>Subject of this page</td></tr>
<tr><td>Upland, California</td><td>City</td><td>#city</td><td>Nothing found</td><td>City D Grill Boy 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</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 asian fusion restaurants in Upland, linked to the lists and towns around it.</p>
<h4>Lists</h4>
<ul>
<li>Best asian fusion restaurants in Upland: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/upland/asian-fusion-restaurant</li>
<li>Best businesses in Upland: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/upland</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-jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose</li>
<li>/san-diego: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-diego</li>
<li>/irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine</li>
<li>/fresno: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/fresno</li>
</ul>
<h4>Every list</h4>
<ul>
<li>Every leaderboard in California: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section id="ai-frequently-asked-questions">
<h3>Frequently asked questions</h3>
<h4>What is AI search optimization for local business?</h4>
<p>Getting a business named when a neighbor asks ChatGPT, Gemini, or Perplexity for a recommendation. Some call it AI SEO, some call it generative engine optimization. Traditional SEO fights for ten blue links; this fights for the one answer an assistant says out loud. The AI Score on this page measures the eight signals that drive it.</p>
<h4>What is Local AI Registry?</h4>
<p>The public record of how AI sees local business. We score every business we list by one published method, we keep the questions people ask about it in one place, and we never sell rank. Looking up any business here is free.</p>
<h4>How does this page help a business get recommended by AI?</h4>
<p>Assistants read public pages before they answer. This one states what the business does, what people ask about it, and what the Record answers, in one place a machine can read. Correcting what is wrong here changes what an assistant repeats next.</p>
<h4>Who writes the answers here?</h4>
<p>Registry AI writes the first answer under every question, from the Record and the public sources named beneath it. Neighbors write the rest under pseudonyms. A registered owner can reply as the business, and their reply says so.</p>
<h4>I own D Grill Boy. How do I fix something or rank higher?</h4>
<p>Register the page. It is free, it takes about five minutes, and it lets you correct the Record and reply as the business. Nothing on this page is for sale, so the only thing that moves the score is the work.</p>
</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:ChIJ50wj-skxw4AR5C6UHlamIfI (accessed Aug 31, 2026)</li>
</ul>
</section>
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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.