The Direct Index
Assistants · Brussels, BE · October 2026

Where assistants send people in Brussels

6 answers from ChatGPT and Claude, asked on 2026-10-14 the way people ask and about the top businesses of the index. 83% of the answers link a business's own site or its booking software; 33% link a marketplace, most often TheFork (17%).

83%

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

33%

link a marketplace

17%

link TheFork, the marketplace named most

6

answers: 0 to the questions people ask, 6 about businesses

of the 6 about businesses: 83% link a business's own site or its booking software, 33% a marketplace (TheFork most).

Updated 2026-10-15. The Brussels 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. The share is the share of all 6 answers that link it; the columns per assistant count that assistant's answers.

DestinationKindAnswersShareChatGPTClaude
The businesses' own sitesown site583%3 100%2 67%
TheForkmarketplace117%01 33%
Uber Eatsmarketplace117%01 33%
By assistant

What each assistant does in Brussels

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. Of the places it named, how many came with a link to the place's own site, a marketplace, a directory, or no link.

AssistantOwn site or directMarketplaceDirectoryNo linkPlaces
ChatGPT95%0%0%5%39
Gemini87%5%3%5%39

Answers about the businesses

Each assistant was asked, with web search on, for the website, where to book and where to order, for the top-ranked businesses of the index. Share of answers by where they pointed.

AssistantOwn site or vendorMarketplaceDirectoryNowhereAnswers
ChatGPT100%0%0%0%3
Claude33%67%0%0%3
Question by question

Who gets named, and with which link

Asked on 2026-10-15. A place in this index links to its report; a place with a site of its own that is not in the index yet links to a scan; "no link" means the assistant named it but gave no link to its site. Each question links to the full list of places named.

QuestionChatGPTGemini
Moules-frites tonight, book me a table.Aux Armes de Bruxelles own site
Chez Léon own site
La Roue d’Or own site
Le Zinneke own site
Chez Léon own site
Restaurant Vincent own site
I'm feeling like chicken tonight. Where can I order from?Chicken Way own site
Seoul South Station own site
Chick’N Naan own site
Chicken Way own site
Hector Chicken own site
Chicken Crunch own site
I want to book a table for two tonight somewhere romantic.Osteria Romana own site
Bozar Restaurant own site
La Riviera own site
La Villa in the Sky own site
Comme Chez Soi own site
Kamo own site
Best pizza delivered to where I'm staying, right now.Pizza Hut Bruxelles Centre own site
O Sole Mio Brussels own site
La Bottega della Pizza Saint-Gilles marketplace
La Barchetta no link
Napizzà own site
A good vegan or vegetarian lunch near the centre, today.Pois Chiche own site
Lil Bao own site
Kitsune Burgers own site
The Judgy Vegan own site
Tich Brussels own site
SERRA Brussels own site
I want sushi delivered this evening.Sushiria own site
Sushi Bourse own site
Atto Sushi own site
Sushi Avenue own site
Sensei Sushi Bruxelles own site
Yamasushi own site
A traditional local restaurant that tourists don't know. Book me a table for Saturday.Ploegmans own site
Les Brassins own site
Friture René no link
In t Spinnekopke own site
Fin de Siècle own site
Nüetnigenough directory
Brunch on Sunday for four. Where can I reserve?Albert own site
Chalet Robinson own site
The Chairman own site
Chalet Robinson own site
La Fabbrica own site
Cafe Des Voyageurs own site
Seafood dinner with a view, table for four this week.Rugbyman N°TWO own site
Brasserie de la Patinoire own site
Chalet Robinson own site
La Villa in the Sky own site
Chalet Robinson own site
Les Brasseries Georges own site
A cheap lunch menu near the centre.Café Boudin own site
A L’Angolo own site
La Kasbah own site
Int Spinnekopke own site
Meyboom own site
Jacqs Toastery own site
Birthday dinner for eight on Friday. I want to book online.Le Conteur own site
Belga Queen Brussels own site
Pois Chiche own site
Bozar Restaurant own site
Le Conteur own site
Comme Chez Soi own site
Best burger in town, and I want to order online.RAMBO Smash Burgers own site
Mia Burger own site
TM FOOD own site
RAMBO no link
RAMBO Smash Burgers own site
HUGGYS own site
Manhattns Burgers own site
Something to eat after midnight, delivered or open late.Late Night Pizza own site
Santorini Brussels Grand-Place own site
Lala Restaurant own site
Le Cabestan no link
LUltime Atome own site
Capadocia Kebab marketplace
Method

How this is counted

The unit is an answer: the latest answer to each question from each assistant, asked with web search on. The questions are the ones people ask ("best pizza delivered right now", "book me a table for Saturday") and three questions about each of the top-ranked businesses of the index (the official website, where to book, where to order). Every link in an answer is read; a destination counts once per answer that links to it, whether as the place to book or as a source the assistant cited, so the shares say "answers that link this destination" and do not add up to 100%.

Destinations: the businesses' own sites are 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) are directories even where the scanner files them with the marketplaces; newspapers, magazines, guides, forums and tourism sites are one row; what is left is listed by registered domain, and a model classifies those unknown hosts once each into directory, press, marketplace, vendor, business or other, with the reason shown. A fragment that looks like a host because a space is missing ("them.here") is dropped. Business names are matched against the index; a place that is not in the index links to a scan of its site when the assistant gave one.

Updated 2026-10-15. Open data: the JSON twin of this page carries every destination. Methodology.