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# STEM SALON Walnut Creek, Walnut Creek: a hair salon in Walnut Creek (2026 guide)

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/walnut-creek/stem-salon-walnut-creek-ca. Free to reuse with a link back.

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Fact-checked against 28 sources. Updated 2026-08-14. Owner review: not yet.

Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/walnut-creek/stem-salon-walnut-creek-ca

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## In short

STEM SALON Walnut Creek is a hair salon. Its AI Score is 43 of 100, which is poor.

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 | Hair salon |
| Address | 1698 Bonanza St, Walnut Creek, CA 94596, USA |
| Hours | Mon 9 AM to 6 PM · Tue to Fri 9 AM to 7 PM · Sat 9 AM to 5 PM · Closed Sun |
| Phone | (925) 933-7836 |
| Owner | Nothing found |
| Rating | 4.9 across 1,367 reviews on Google |
| Known for | STEM SALON Walnut Creek is best known for its exceptional hair extensions and skilled haircuts, with a team that listens to client needs and delivers stunning results. |
| Prices | Nothing found |
| Quietest time | Nothing found |
| Parking | Nothing found |
| Last verified | September 18, 2026, 7:07 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 | 1698 Bonanza St, Walnut Creek, CA 94596, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 14, 2026 |
| Location info | Description | At Stem Salon, we know how frustrating it can be when your hair doesn’t reflect your personal style or fit easily into your daily routine. If you're tired of struggling with styles that don’t last or don’t feel like “you,” we’re here to change that. Our team specializes in creating customized looks that not only enhance your natural beauty but also fit seamlessly into your lifestyle to so every day feels like a good hair day. We understand that the fast-paced beauty industry can leave clients overwhelmed by trends that don’t always work for them. That’s why we combine today’s most sought-after styles with our signature touch of lived-in luxury, ensuring you leave Stem Salon with an effortless look that reflects your personal taste. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 14, 2026 |
| Location info | Hours | Mon 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM · Tue to Fri 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM · Sat 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM · Sun Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 14, 2026 |
| Location info | Name | STEM SALON Walnut Creek | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 14, 2026 |
| Location info | Phone | (925) 933-7836 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 14, 2026 |
| Hours | Monday | 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 14, 2026 |
| Hours | Tuesday | 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 14, 2026 |
| Hours | Wednesday | 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 14, 2026 |
| Hours | Thursday | 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 14, 2026 |
| Hours | Friday | 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 14, 2026 |
| Hours | Saturday | 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 14, 2026 |
| Hours | Sunday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 14, 2026 |
| Services | Service | Abouth | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 |
| Services | Service | Alana | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 |
| Services | Service | Allie | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 |
| Services | Service | Alysse | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 |
| Services | Service | Bethany | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 |
| Services | Service | Brynn | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 |
| Services | Service | Cami | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 |
| Services | Service | Cami 1 | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 |
| Services | Service | Customized hair looks | AI guess | Nothing found |
| Services | Service | Deanna | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 |
| Services | Service | Emily b | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 |
| Services | Service | Emily r | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 |
| Services | Service | Hair coloring | AI guess | Nothing found |
| Services | Service | Haircuts | AI guess | Nothing found |
| Services | Service | Hairstyling | AI guess | Nothing found |
| Services | Service | Jaden | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 |
| Services | Service | Karissa | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 |
| Services | Service | Leah | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 |
| Services | Service | Lindsay | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 |
| Services | Service | Lizzy | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 |
| Services | Service | Maddie | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 |
| Services | Service | New client info | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 |
| Services | Service | Paige | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 |
| Services | Service | Ramina | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 |
| Services | Service | Sarah | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 |
| Services | Service | Shae | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 |
| Services | Service | Skylar | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 |
| Services | Service | Sonja | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 |
| Services | Service | Steph | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 |
| Services | Service | Vallery | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 |
| Links | Instagram | https://instagram.com/stemsalon | AI guess | Our record |
| Links | Website | http://www.stemsalon.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 14, 2026 |


## Services and prices

These are the 26 services STEM offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.

| Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Vallery |  |  |  | Confirmed |
| Alana |  |  |  | Confirmed |
| Jaden |  |  |  | Confirmed |
| Emily b |  |  |  | Confirmed |
| Emily r |  |  |  | Confirmed |
| Abouth |  |  |  | Confirmed |
| Karissa |  |  |  | Confirmed |
| Leah |  |  |  | Confirmed |
| Lindsay |  |  |  | Confirmed |
| Lizzy |  |  |  | Confirmed |
| Maddie |  |  |  | Confirmed |
| New client info |  |  |  | Confirmed |
| Paige |  |  |  | Confirmed |
| Ramina |  |  |  | Confirmed |
| Sarah |  |  |  | Confirmed |
| Steph |  |  |  | Confirmed |
| Deanna |  |  |  | Confirmed |
| Alysse |  |  |  | Confirmed |
| Bethany |  |  |  | Confirmed |
| Allie |  |  |  | Confirmed |
| Shae |  |  |  | Confirmed |
| Brynn |  |  |  | Confirmed |
| Cami |  |  |  | Confirmed |
| Cami 1 |  |  |  | Confirmed |
| Sonja |  |  |  | Confirmed |
| Skylar |  |  |  | Confirmed |


### Known for

STEM SALON Walnut Creek is best known for its exceptional hair extensions and skilled haircuts, with a team that listens to client needs and delivers stunning results.


## The team

Nothing found


## Visiting STEM

Address: 1698 Bonanza St, Walnut Creek, CA 94596, USA. Phone: (925) 933-7836. Hours: Mon 9 AM to 6 PM · Tue to Fri 9 AM to 7 PM · Sat 9 AM to 5 PM · Closed Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile, checked August 14, 2026 at 2:12 PM.)


### Location info from Google Business Profile

Business description, written by STEM on its Google Business Profile: "At Stem Salon, we know how frustrating it can be when your hair doesn’t reflect your personal style or fit easily into your daily routine. If you're tired of struggling with styles that don’t last or don’t feel like “you,” we’re here to change that. Our team specializes in creating customized looks that not only enhance your natural beauty but also fit seamlessly into your lifestyle—so every day feels like a good hair day.

We understand that the fast-paced beauty industry can leave clients overwhelmed by trends that don’t always work for them. That’s why we combine today’s most sought-after styles with our signature touch of lived-in luxury, ensuring you leave Stem Salon with an effortless look that reflects your personal taste."


### When to go

Busy times not read yet, back on Scan Day.


### Parking and getting in

Nothing found


### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Galpão Gaucho Brazilian Steakhouse | Brazilian restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Babalou's Mediterranean | Mediterranean restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Ramen Hiroshi | Japanese restaurant | 1 min walk |
| N California Blvd and Bonanza St | Bus station | 1 min walk |
| Panama Bay Coffee Co | Cafe | 1 min walk |
| N California Blvd and Bonanza St | Bus stop | 1 min walk |


## Reputation

4.9 average across 1,367 reviews: Google 25. (Confirmed, read August 14, 2026.)

While many stylists at STEM SALON are highly skilled, customer service issues and inconsistent experiences may deter potential clients. (AI guess, from 1,367 reviews.)


### What people like

Nothing found


### What people do not like

- Unresponsive front desk
- Long waits past appointment times
- Poor handling of customer complaints


### Press

No press story about STEM found yet.


### Awards

None named yet.


### Directories

Directory listings not read yet.


## Recent updates from STEM

STEM hasn't posted an update here yet.


## Questions people ask


### Are the hours on Google right for STEM in Walnut Creek?

No answer yet


### Booking a first appointment at STEM, what happens?

No answer yet


### points or member pricing at STEM, worth signing up?

No answer yet


### best hair salon in Walnut Creek

No answer yet


### walk in here, or is it appointment only?

No answer yet


### budget options in Walnut Creek, what is decent

No answer yet


### do they do payment plans here?

No answer yet


### anyone actually happy with this salon?

No answer yet


### what is actually on the menu here?

No answer yet


### Somewhere to park near STEM?

No answer yet


### planning a Sunday visit, is that a wasted trip

No answer yet


### prices round here, anyone got a number

No answer yet


### is Limón any better

No answer yet


### Coffee near STEM on Bonanza?

No answer yet


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

No answer yet


### anything new from STEM lately?

No answer yet


### Worth the hype at STEM?

No answer yet


## What AI gets wrong about STEM

We ask Gemini and ChatGPT about STEM. These are the answers that disagree with the record.

ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Aug 14, 2026.

No capture has disagreed with the record yet.


## The AI Score: 43 of 100

The AI Score measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Walnut Creek hair salons run 25 to 61. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. STEM scores 43, above the Walnut Creek average of 39. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | STEM |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 50 | 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. | Fair |
| 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 | 0 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Nobody at all was recommended in the 2 answers we hold, so there is nothing to score. |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 84 | 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 | 53 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Fair |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 | 58 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Fair |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 58 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Fair |

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


## How AI decides what to tell you about a hair salon

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 a hair salon 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 STEM 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 STEM |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| STEM SALON Walnut Creek | LocalBusiness | #business | http://www.stemsalon.com/ | Subject of this page |
| Walnut Creek, California | City | #city | Nothing found | City STEM 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 hair salons in Walnut Creek, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best hair salons in Walnut Creek: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/walnut-creek/hair-salon
- Best businesses in Walnut Creek: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/walnut-creek


### 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 STEM SALON Walnut Creek. 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:ChIJ41ilY-phhYARAXH8fe7D7ag (accessed Aug 14, 2026)
- [2] stemsalon.com, https://www.stemsalon.com/vallery (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [3] stemsalon.com, https://www.stemsalon.com/alana (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [4] stemsalon.com, https://www.stemsalon.com/allie (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [5] stemsalon.com, https://www.stemsalon.com/alysse (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [6] stemsalon.com, https://www.stemsalon.com/bethany (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [7] stemsalon.com, https://www.stemsalon.com/brynn (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [8] stemsalon.com, https://www.stemsalon.com/cami (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [9] stemsalon.com, https://www.stemsalon.com/cami-1 (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [10] stemsalon.com, https://www.stemsalon.com/skylar (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [11] stemsalon.com, https://www.stemsalon.com/sonja (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [12] stemsalon.com, https://www.stemsalon.com/steph (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [13] stemsalon.com, https://www.stemsalon.com/abouth (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
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- [19] stemsalon.com, https://www.stemsalon.com/leah (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [20] stemsalon.com, https://www.stemsalon.com/lindsay (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [21] stemsalon.com, https://www.stemsalon.com/lizzy (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [22] stemsalon.com, https://www.stemsalon.com/maddie (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [23] stemsalon.com, https://www.stemsalon.com/new-client (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
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- [26] stemsalon.com, https://www.stemsalon.com/sarah (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [27] stemsalon.com, https://www.stemsalon.com/shae (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [28] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Aug 14, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 18, 2026)