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Assistants · San Jose cafes and bars, US · October 2026

Where assistants send people in San Jose cafes and bars

24 answers from ChatGPT and Gemini, asked on 2026-10-22, to the questions people ask and to questions about the top businesses in the index. 100% of them link a business's own site or its booking software, and 25% link a marketplace, most often playeasy.com (17%).

Fewer than 30 answers, so this share is not compared with other cities.

100%

of answers link the business's own site or its booking software

25%

link a marketplace

17%

link playeasy.com, the marketplace named most

24

answers, 24 to the questions people ask and 0 about businesses

Of the 24 answers to the questions people ask, 100% link a business's own site or its booking software and 25% a marketplace, playeasy.com most often.

Updated 2026-11-07. The San Jose cafes and bars index · Places named, question by question · Markdown · JSON · Share image · All cities.

League table

The destinations, most linked first

Each row is a place an answer can send people. Share is the percentage of all 24 answers that link to it. Each assistant's column counts only that assistant's answers.

DestinationKindAnswersShareChatGPTGemini
The businesses' own sitesown site24100%12 100%12 100%
Press, guides and forumspress and guides1042%010 83%
playeasy.commarketplace417%04 33%
brewatlas.codirectory313%03 25%
santanarow.comother site28%1 8%1 8%
voyagercraftcoffeeorders.comother site28%02 17%
24timezones.comother site
Online world clock, time zone converter, and interactive map service.
14%01 8%
55toyou.comother site14%01 8%
7starsbarandgrill.comother site14%01 8%
baselocal.comother site14%01 8%
boardgamecafebar.comother site14%01 8%
caffebenesanjose.comother site14%01 8%
casamiaceo.comother site14%01 8%
cash.appvendor, direct14%01 8%
downtowncampbell.comother site14%01 8%

29 more destinations with fewer answers each are in the JSON.

By assistant

What each assistant does in San Jose cafes and bars

ChatGPT: answered by gpt-6-luna (12).

Gemini: answered by gemini-3.8-flash (12).

Places named when people ask

Each assistant was asked the way people ask, with web search on, for up to three places and a link to book or order with each one directly. The table shows how many of the places it named came with a link to the place's own site, to a marketplace or to a directory, or with no link at all.

AssistantOwn site or directMarketplaceDirectoryNo linkPlaces
ChatGPT100%0%0%0%31
Gemini97%0%0%3%34
Question by question

Who gets named, and with which link

Asked on 2026-10-22. A place in this index links to its report. A place with its own site that isn't in the index yet links to a scan. "No link" means the assistant named the place but didn't link its site. Each question links to the full list of places named.

QuestionChatGPTGemini
A quiet cafe near the centre where I can sit with my laptop this morning.iJava Cafe own siteVoyager Craft Coffee own site
Academic Coffee own site
Nirvana Soul own site
Good cocktails tonight, and I want to reserve a table for four.The Pressroom own site
Paper Plane own site
NOVA own site
Dr. Funk own site
Vibe & Cocktails no link
Paper Plane own site
Haberdasher own site
The best specialty coffee in town, open right now.Moonwake Coffee Roasters own site
Café con Leche own site
Chromatic Coffee own site
Voyager Craft Coffee own site
Voltaire Coffee Roasters own site
Academic Coffee own site
A pub showing the football tonight. Can I book a table?Rookies Sports Lodge own site
Britannia Arms Almaden own site
Jack’s Bar own site
The Brit - Sports Pub & Patio own site
Rookies Sports Lodge own site
Jacks Bar & Lounge own site
Brunch at a cafe on Saturday. Where do I book?SECCO Restaurant own site
K Café Patisserie & Tea House own site
iJava Cafe own site
Mimosas of Willow Glen own site
Casa Mia own site
A bar with live music this Saturday night, reserve a table for six.Club Caribe de San Jose own site
The Ritz own site
The Continental Bar Lounge & Patio own site
Poor House Bistro own site
Coffee and a good cake this afternoon. Where should I go?Peters’ Bakery own site
Fancy Flavors Bakeshop & Cafe own site
85°C Bakery Cafe own site
Bijan Bakery & Cafe own site
Caffe Bene own site
Anton SV Pâtisserie own site
A rooftop bar for sunset drinks, reserve a table for two.Copita Willow Glen own site
Cielo Rooftop Bar own site
Cielo Rooftop Bar own site
Loft Bar and Bistro own site
The GrandView own site
A cafe for breakfast near the centre tomorrow at 8.Bloom own site
Peanuts Deluxe Café own site
Whispers Café own site
Whispers Cafe and Creperie own site
Toastique own site
Academic Coffee own site
A quiet bar for a first date on Thursday evening. Can I book?Alter Ego own site
Enoteca La Storia own site
Goodtime Bar own site
Alter Ego Cocktail Club own site
Haberdasher own site
55 South own site
The best craft beer place tonight. Do I need to reserve?Clandestine Brewing own site
Narrative Fermentations own site
Market Beer Company own site
Market Beer Company own site
Hapas Brewing Company own site
Clandestine Brewing own site
A cafe or bar where we can play board games tonight, table for five.Guildhouse own site
nomikai own site
Guildhouse own site
Trials Pub own site
Method

How this is counted

Everything here is counted in answers, using the latest answer from each assistant to each question, asked with web search on. Some questions are the ones people ask ("best pizza delivered right now", "book me a table for Saturday"). The others are three questions about each of the top-ranked businesses in the index: the official website, where to book and where to order. Every link in an answer is read. A destination counts once for each answer that links to it, whether as the place to book or as a source the assistant cited. So each share is the share of answers that link that destination, and the shares don't add up to 100%.

All the businesses' own sites share one row, whatever the business. A booking or ordering vendor on the business's own domain counts as direct. Marketplaces and directories are named. Listing, review and map sites (Tripadvisor, Google Maps, Yelp) count as directories, even where the scanner files them with the marketplaces. Newspapers, magazines, guides, forums and tourism sites share one row. Anything left is listed by its registered domain, and a model sorts each of those unknown hosts once into directory, press, marketplace, vendor, business or other, with the reason shown. Text that only looks like a host because a space is missing ("them.here") is dropped. Business names are matched against the index. A place that isn't in the index links to a scan of its site, if the assistant gave one.

Updated 2026-11-07. The data is open, and the JSON version of this page has every destination. Methodology.