Food & drink in Albany, CA

We read 120 businesses across 6 trades — the businesses someone searching in Albany, CA is shown — and recorded what their Google reviews look like.

Measured 2026-09-24 from public Google listings. Ranked on reply behaviour, never on star rating.

Of the 20 bakeries we read around Albany, CA, not one had answered any of its recent reviews. These are not empty listings: the median bakery we read carries 198.5 reviews at a 4.65 median rating, and the three most-reviewed bakeries carry 1,756, 1,399 and 832.

Among the restaurants someone searching in Albany, CA is shown, the median one we read carries 291 reviews and a 4.6 median rating; the most-reviewed carries 1,163. Among the restaurants, Wojia Hunan Cuisine answered 6 of its last 10 reviews, on a listing of 591, and Aangan Restaurant & Bar answered 1 of 10, on a listing of 979. Aangan appears among both the restaurants and the bars named here, and it is the only bar named, at 1 of 10. The median bar we read carries 293 reviews at a 4.65 median rating.

Among the cafés, Café Raj answered 4 of its last 10 reviews on a listing of 413. Among the coffee shops, Blue Willow Teaspot answered 3 of 10 on a listing of 325. The median café we read carries 271 reviews and the median coffee shop 163.5, both with a 4.7 median rating. Food trucks carry the smallest median review count of the six trades in this section, at 50.5, though the most-reviewed truck we read carries 793. Among the food trucks, Tacos El Autlense LLC answered 1 of its last 10 reviews on a listing of 793, and 310 Eatery- LA Style Street Food answered 1 of 10 on a listing of 501.

The benchmark measured here is 70 percent: the share of recent reviews a typical measured business answered, across 44 businesses in all trades together, not food and drink alone. Keep the two windows apart when you read these figures. A reply figure such as 6 of 10 covers only the most recent ten reviews; a review count such as 591 and a median rating cover the whole history of the listing.

What to do about it

Pull up your Google listing and count how many of your last 10 reviews have a reply from you. The reply figures above were counted exactly that way. If you run a bakery, know that among the 20 bakeries we read, none had answered a recent review.

Then answer the newest reviews first, the good ones as well as the critical ones. A sentence or two that picks up what the customer actually mentioned is enough; the dish, the coffee, the wait. After that, make it part of the week: look at the listing on a set day and answer whatever is new. A reply is the one part of that exchange you write.

Restaurants

20 read · median 291 reviews · median rating 4.6

#BusinessAnsweredReviewsRating
1Wojia Hunan Cuisine6 of 105914.4
2Aangan Restaurant & Bar1 of 109794.7

Cafés

20 read · median 271 reviews · median rating 4.7

#BusinessAnsweredReviewsRating
1Café Raj4 of 104134.3

Coffee shops

20 read · median 163.5 reviews · median rating 4.7

#BusinessAnsweredReviewsRating
1Blue Willow Teaspot3 of 103254.6

Bars

20 read · median 293 reviews · median rating 4.65

#BusinessAnsweredReviewsRating
1Aangan Restaurant & Bar1 of 109794.7

Bakeries

20 read · median 198.5 reviews · median rating 4.65

We read 20 bakeries businesses here and not one had answered a single one of its ten most recent reviews. The first owner here who replies is the only one doing it.

Food trucks

20 read · median 50.5 reviews · median rating 4.7

#BusinessAnsweredReviewsRating
1Tacos El Autlense LLC1 of 107934.7
2310 Eatery- LA Style Street Food1 of 105014.7
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What food & drink businesses around Albany, CA do with their reviews
TradeMedian reviewsBest answeredYou
Restaurants2916 of 10the audit fills this in
Cafés2714 of 10the audit fills this in
Coffee shops163.53 of 10the audit fills this in
Bars2931 of 10the audit fills this in
Bakeries198.5nobody answeredthe audit fills this in
Food trucks50.51 of 10the audit fills this in
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