Among the businesses someone searching in Orinda, CA is shown, we read 20 cafés, 20 coffee shops, 20 bars and 20 bakeries, and not one of them had answered any of its recent reviews. The median coffee shop we read carries 231 reviews and the most-reviewed carries 1,311. The median bakery carries 263, the median bar 195 and the median café 180. Those are whole-listing totals; the reply figures on this page cover only each business's most recent reviews.
Among the restaurants we read, Local Kitchens answered 10 of its last 10, on a listing of 937 reviews. Among the food trucks, Tacos El Autlense LLC answered 1 of 10.
Among the weight-loss clinics we read, Nalurporn Chokrungvaranon, M.D. answered 10 of its last 10 on a listing of 130 reviews, Pound Melters Medical Weight Loss Clinic Concord 10 of 10 on 90, and Abundant Life Weight Loss 10 of 10 on 69. In IV therapy, B12 LOVE | Walnut Creek and Kintsu MedSpa & Wellness each answered 10 of 10. NakedMD Med Spa Walnut Creek answered 9 of 10 on 618 reviews, the largest med spa listing we read. Orinda Chiropractic & Laser Center answered 10 of 10 on 286 reviews, the most-reviewed chiropractor we read, and Camp Bow Wow Diablo Valley answered 10 of 10 among the pet boarding businesses.
Zebra Tattoo & Body Piercing answered 9 of its last 10 on a listing of 2,867 reviews, the most-reviewed tattoo studio we read. Among the hair salons, where the median listing we read carries 30.5 reviews, Limón Salon answered 10 of 10 on 774 and Caroline's Salon 10 of 10 on 91. The benchmark measured here is 68%: the share of recent reviews a typical measured business answered, across 42 businesses and all trades together, not any one trade.
What to do about it
Open your listing, look at your last 10 reviews, and count how many carry a reply from you. That is the same measure behind every reply figure above, and the benchmark measured here is 68%, across all trades together. If you run a café, coffee shop, bar or bakery, none of the 20 we read in your trade had answered a recent review, so a reply from you would be the only one among them. If you are in weight-loss, IV therapy, chiropractic or pet boarding, the businesses named in your trade above answered 9 or 10 of 10, and those are the figures to compare against.
Start with the reviews that have no reply, newest first. Write a few plain sentences back to each: thank the person, mention the specific thing they mentioned, and sign it with your name. A reply is the one part of that exchange you write.
Food & drink in Orinda, CA
We read 20 cafés, 20 coffee shops, 20 bars and 20 bakeries among the businesses someone searching in Orinda, CA is shown, and in each of those trades not one business had answered any of its recent reviews. That is the plainest fact in this section.
Those trades are not short of reviews. The median bakery we read carries 263 reviews, and the most-reviewed bakery carries 894. The median coffee shop carries 231 at a median rating of 4.7, and the most-reviewed coffee shop carries 1,311. The median bar carries 195 and the median café 180, both at a median rating of 4.65; the most-reviewed bar carries 653 and the most-reviewed café 949. Those are whole-listing totals. The reply figures come from a different window: each business's most recent reviews only.
| Trade | Median reviews | Median rating | Answers reviews best | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | 138 | 4.4 | Local Kitchens | 10 of 10 |
| Cafés | 180 | 4.65 | — | |
| Coffee shops | 231 | 4.7 | — | |
| Bars | 195 | 4.65 | — | |
| Bakeries | 263 | 4.65 | — | |
| Food trucks | 101.5 | 4.5 | Tacos El Autlense LLC | 1 of 10 |
Hair, nails & barbering in Orinda, CA
Among the hair salons someone searching in Orinda, CA is shown, Limón Salon answered 10 of its last 10 reviews on a listing of 774, and Caroline's Salon answered 10 of its last 10 on a listing of 91. They are the only businesses in this section we can name at 10 of 10. The median hair salon we read carries 30.5 reviews and a median rating of 4.9; the three most-reviewed carry 774, 199 and 125.
Barbershops look different. The median barbershop we read carries 118 reviews, with a median rating of 4.9, and the three most-reviewed carry 587, 416 and 323. Barbershops are not a trade where nobody answers, but the highest barbershop reply figure we have is Walnut Creek Barber Shop at 1 of its last 10, on a listing of 188 reviews.
| Trade | Median reviews | Median rating | Answers reviews best | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbershops | 118 | 4.9 | Walnut Creek Barber Shop | 1 of 10 |
| Hair salons | 30.5 | 4.9 | Limón Salon | 10 of 10 |
| Nail salons | 75 | 4.6 | Polished Nail Spa | 2 of 10 |
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Spa & aesthetics in Orinda, CA
Among the weight-loss clinics someone searching in Orinda, CA is shown, all three businesses we can name answered 10 of their last 10 reviews: Nalurporn Chokrungvaranon, M.D., whose listing carries 130 reviews in total, Pound Melters Medical Weight Loss Clinic Concord with 90, and Abundant Life Weight Loss with 69. The median weight-loss clinic we read carries 38 reviews over its whole listing, and the most-reviewed carries 204.
The same figure turns up in other trades in this section. Among the IV therapy businesses we read, B12 LOVE | Walnut Creek answered 10 of its last 10, as did Kintsu MedSpa & Wellness. Among the plastic surgery practices, MBody by Dr. Eric Mariotti answered 10 of 10 and Vivian Ting, MD, FACS - Veritas Plastic Surgery 9 of 10. Among the day spas, Cocoon Day Spa Oakland - Rockridge answered 10 of 10. Nubo Med Spa and Wellness appears among both the IV therapy and the med spa businesses named here, answering 9 of its last 10. Among the med spas, NakedMD Med Spa Walnut Creek answered 9 of 10 and SkinSpirit Walnut Creek 7 of 10; their listings carry 618 and 381 reviews in total.
| Trade | Median reviews | Median rating | Answers reviews best | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day spas | 93.5 | 4.7 | Cocoon Day Spa Oakland - Rockridge | 10 of 10 |
| Massage | 25.5 | 4.9 | Le Caprice - Advanced Cosmetic Solutions | 6 of 10 |
| Med spas | 94.5 | 4.9 | NakedMD Med Spa Walnut Creek | 9 of 10 |
| IV therapy | 49 | 4.9 | B12 LOVE | Walnut Creek | 10 of 10 |
| Weight-loss clinics | 38 | 4.9 | Nalurporn Chokrungvaranon, M.D. | 10 of 10 |
| Dermatology | 198.5 | 4.75 | NorCal Dermatology Group | 2 of 10 |
| Plastic surgery | 61 | 4.8 | MBody by Dr. Eric Mariotti | 10 of 10 |
Fitness & wellness in Orinda, CA
Among the chiropractors someone searching in Orinda, CA is shown, Orinda Chiropractic & Laser Center answered 10 of its last 10 reviews, and Rivulet Chiropractic answered 9 of its last 10. Those reply figures cover each business's most recent reviews only. Across its whole listing history, Orinda Chiropractic & Laser Center carries 286 reviews, the most of any chiropractor we read, and Rivulet Chiropractic carries 174.
The gyms we read look different on the same measure. Among them, Equinox Berkeley answered 1 of its last 10 reviews, on a listing of 222, and that 1 of 10 is the highest recent reply figure among the gyms we could measure. Gyms are not a trade where nobody answers, but no gym we could measure came near the chiropractors' figures.
| Trade | Median reviews | Median rating | Answers reviews best | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gyms | 36 | 4.699999999999999 | Equinox Berkeley | 1 of 10 |
| Chiropractors | 46 | 5 | Orinda Chiropractic & Laser Center | 10 of 10 |
Dental & orthodontics in Orinda, CA
Among the orthodontists someone searching in Orinda, CA is shown, Smile Power Orthodontics answered 10 of its last 10 Google reviews, on a listing of 272. The Orthodontic Center answered 9 of its last 10, on 156 reviews, and Cobain Orthodontics answered 5 of 10, on 152. Among the dentists in the same search, Aloha Pediatric Dentistry answered 3 of its last 10, on a listing of 306. That 3 of 10 is the highest reply figure among the dentists we could measure, while the orthodontists we could measure reach 10 of 10.
The listings themselves are built up in both trades. The median dentist we read carries 110 reviews and the median orthodontist carries 100. The three most-reviewed dentists carry 607, 576 and 306 reviews; the three most-reviewed orthodontists carry 306, 272 and 211. The median rating is 4.9 in both trades. Those are whole-listing totals. The reply figures in the paragraph above cover something narrower: only each practice's most recent 10 reviews.
| Trade | Median reviews | Median rating | Answers reviews best | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dentists | 110 | 4.9 | Aloha Pediatric Dentistry | 3 of 10 |
| Orthodontists | 100 | 4.9 | Smile Power Orthodontics | 10 of 10 |
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Pets in Orinda, CA
Among the pet boarding businesses someone searching in Orinda, CA is shown, Camp Bow Wow Diablo Valley and The Pack, Fruitvale each answered 10 of their last 10 reviews. Happy Hound Play & Daycare, Inc. answered 9 of its last 10. Those three are the boarding owners we can name for replying; we read 20 boarding businesses in all, and we can't see how the rest handle their reviews. Taken over whole listing histories, Happy Hound carries 473 reviews, Camp Bow Wow 342 and The Pack 163, and the median boarding business we read carries 50.5 reviews with a median rating of 4.8.
The median veterinarian we read carries 218 reviews, against a median of 41 for the groomers and 50.5 for boarding. The three most-reviewed veterinary listings carry 1,495, 1,215 and 476 reviews, and 1,495 is the largest listing among the pet businesses in this section. That one belongs to OakVet Animal Specialty Hospital, which answered 7 of its last 10 reviews. Veterinary Emergency Group answered 8 of its last 10, and Lafayette Animal Hospital answered 5 of its last 10. The median veterinarian we read is rated 4.55.
| Trade | Median reviews | Median rating | Answers reviews best | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pet grooming | 41 | 4.6 | Hound Lounge | 9 of 10 |
| Pet boarding | 50.5 | 4.8 | Camp Bow Wow Diablo Valley | 10 of 10 |
| Veterinarians | 218 | 4.55 | Veterinary Emergency Group | 8 of 10 |
Shops & studios in Orinda, CA
The most-reviewed tattoo studio someone searching in Orinda, CA is shown is also one that answers its reviews. Zebra Tattoo & Body Piercing carries 2,867 Google reviews, the largest listing among the 20 tattoo studios we read. Looking only at its most recent reviews, the owner replied to 9 of the last 10.
It is not the only studio doing this. Baron Art Tattoo & Piercing Studio also answered 9 of its last 10, on a listing of 567 Google reviews. Cleopatra INK Tattoo & Piercing Berkeley Studio, whose listing carries 613 reviews, answered 1 of its last 10. Among those we could measure, these are the studios answering the most; we could not measure replies at every studio we read, so nothing here says how the rest of these tattoo studios handle their reviews.
| Trade | Median reviews | Median rating | Answers reviews best | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tattoo studios | 117.5 | 4.8 | Zebra Tattoo & Body Piercing | 9 of 10 |
Method
Every figure comes from public Google listings — the businesses and owner replies any customer can see — read on 2026-09-24. Counts describe the businesses someone searching in Orinda, CA is shown, which is the competitive set a customer actually chooses from, not a register of businesses inside the city limits. A business is named only where we read at least eight of its recent reviews, and only the ones answering the most are named; the rest of a market appears as a distribution with its denominator. Chains are counted but never named. Nothing is ranked on star rating. Orinda, CA has a population of 19,472 and a median household income of $250,001 (US Census) — context for the town, not a predictor of its reviews.