Cambridge cafes and bars: which businesses can AI agents use?
Every cafe, bar and pub business in Cambridge that has its own website gets the same scan. So far 85 of 97 distinct websites have been scanned.
businesses in OpenStreetMap
distinct business websites (a chain's site counts once)
of scanned sites turn an AI crawler away at the edge
score A or B so far
A 7 · B 23 · C 23 · D 14 · F 18
A score stays provisional until its site has had the action test and the citation check. Methodology · Markdown · JSON.
Ranked by Agent-Direct Score
If one of these is yours, open its page to rescan or claim it. 39 places you can book or order from directly →
| # | Business | Score | Menu | Direct channel | AI crawlers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Waterman thewatermancambridge.com | A 100% | HTML page | own site | open |
| 2 | Dutch dutchcambridge.co.uk | A 93.8% | HTML page | own site | open |
| 3 | GAIL's gails.com | A 93.8% | HTML page | own site | open |
| 4 | Aromi aromi.co.uk · sicilian | A 90.8% | HTML page | own site | open |
| 5 | Fort St George greeneking.co.uk | A 87.5% | HTML page | own site | blocked |
| 6 | Hotel Chocolat hotelchocolat.com | A 86.3% | HTML page | own site | open |
| 7 | Crêpeaffaire crepeaffaire.com | B 84.6% | HTML page | own site | open |
| 8 | La Raza laraza.co.uk | B 84.6% | HTML page | own site | open |
| 9 | Stir yourstir.co.uk | B 84.6% | HTML page | own site | open |
| 10 | The Anchor anchorcambridge.com | B 84.6% | HTML page | own site | blocked |
| 11 | Fitzbillies Bridge Street fitzbillies.com | B 81.5% | own site | open | |
| 12 | Byron's Bear byronsbear.co.uk | B 80% | own site | open | |
| 13 | The Regal jdwetherspoon.com | B 78.8% | HTML page | own site | open |
| 14 | d'Arry's darrys.co.uk | B 78.5% | HTML page | vendor on own site | open |
| 15 | Blank Street blankstreet.com | B 77.5% | HTML page | own site | open |
| 16 | The Cambridge Brew House kingstbrewhousecambridge.co.uk | B 76.9% | HTML page | none | open |
| 17 | The Mill themillpubcambridge.com | B 76.9% | HTML page | none | open |
| 18 | Relevant Records relevantrecordcafe.co.uk | B 75.4% | none | own site | open |
| 19 | Hot Numbers hotnumberscoffee.co.uk | B 73.8% | HTML page | own site | open |
| 20 | Panton Arms thepantonarms.co.uk | B 73.8% | HTML page | own site | open |
| 21 | The Box Room Board Game Cafe theboxroombgc.co.uk | B 73.8% | HTML page | own site | open |
| 22 | The Free Press freepresscambridge.com | B 73.8% | HTML page | own site | open |
| 23 | White Swan whiteswanpubcambridge.co.uk | B 73.8% | HTML page | own site | open |
| 24 | B Tap Baron btapbaron.co.uk · dessert | B 72.3% | HTML page | marketplace | open |
| 25 | The Engineer's House theengineershouse.com · pizza | B 72.3% | HTML page | own site | open |
Show all 84
| # | Business | Score | Menu | Direct channel | AI crawlers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | The Maypole maypolefreehouse.co.uk | B 72.3% | HTML page | own site | open |
| 27 | The Red Bull redbullcambridge.co.uk · pizza, burger | B 72.3% | HTML page | own site | open |
| 28 | SmokeWorks Tap smokeworks.co.uk | B 71.8% | HTML page | vendor on own site | blocked |
| 29 | Cafe Foy cafefoy.com | B 70.8% | HTML page | none | open |
| 30 | Cambridge Tap mcmullens.co.uk | C 67.7% | third party | open | |
| 31 | Red Lion theredlioncherryhinton.co.uk | C 67.7% | own site | open | |
| 32 | The Alex thealexcambridge.com | C 67.7% | own site | open | |
| 33 | Cafe au Chocolat cafeauchocolat.co.uk | C 66.2% | HTML page | vendor on own site | open |
| 34 | Revolution revolution-bars.co.uk | C 66.2% | HTML page | vendor on own site | open |
| 35 | Cofein cofeincambridge.com | C 64.6% | HTML page | none | open |
| 36 | 196 Mill Road 196bar.com · coffee_shop, cocktails, charcuterie | C 63.1% | HTML page | none | open |
| 37 | Pausa dunelm.com · coffee_shop | C 63.1% | none | own site | open |
| 38 | Thoroughbreads thoroughbreads.com · sandwich | C 63.1% | none | open | |
| 39 | West Hub Coffee Bar westcambridgehub.uk · sandwich, coffee_shop, breakfast | C 63.1% | none | open | |
| 40 | The Pint Shop pintshop.co.uk | C 62% | HTML page | own site | blocked |
| 41 | Burleigh Arms burleigharmscambridge.co.uk | C 61.5% | none | own site | open |
| 42 | Calverley's Brewery and Tap Room calverleys.com | C 61.5% | none | own site | open |
| 43 | Hudson's Ale House hudsons.pub | C 61.5% | none | own site | open |
| 44 | The Artyst theartyst.co.uk | C 60% | HTML page | third party | open |
| 45 | Liutaio liutaiomusiccafe.co.uk · chinese, oriental_fusion, dim_sum | C 58.5% | none | none | open |
| 46 | Pages Coffee House pagescambridge.com · coffee_shop | C 58.5% | HTML page | none | open |
| 47 | WT's Sports Bar wtssportsbar.co.uk | C 58.5% | none | none | open |
| 48 | 5 Blends Coffee House 5blends.com · coffee_shop | C 56.9% | none | own site | open |
| 49 | Espresso Lane espressolane.co.uk | C 56.5% | HTML page | none | blocked |
| 50 | The Mitre nicholsonspubs.co.uk | C 56.5% | none | none | blocked |
| 51 | Bould Brothers Coffee bouldbrotherscoffee.co.uk · sandwich | C 55.4% | none | none | open |
| 52 | Earl of Derby theearlofderby.com | C 55.4% | HTML page | third party | open |
| 53 | The Brook brookcambridge.com | D 53.8% | HTML page | marketplace | open |
| 54 | The Edge Cafe theedgecafecambridge.com | D 53.8% | HTML page | none | open |
| 55 | Catte Latte cattelatte.co.uk | D 51.2% | none | own site | blocked |
| 56 | Heytea xihaytea.com · bubble_tea | D 50.8% | none | none | open |
| 57 | Royal Voluntary Service Cafe royalvoluntaryservice.org.uk · sandwich, coffee_shop | D 50.8% | none | none | open |
| 58 | Starbucks starbucks.co.uk · coffee_shop | D 50% | none | own site | open |
| 59 | Caffè Nero caffenero.com · coffee_shop | D 49.2% | HTML page | none | open |
| 60 | Knoops knoops.com | D 49.2% | HTML page | none | open |
| 61 | The Alma thealmacambridge.co.uk | D 49.2% | HTML page | none | open |
| 62 | The Lab thelabcambridge.com | D 49.2% | HTML page | none | open |
| 63 | Yi Fang Tea yifangteaglobal.com · bubble_tea | D 49.2% | HTML page | none | open |
| 64 | The Cherry Pit thecherrypit.co.uk · coffee_shop, pastry, dessert | D 47.7% | none | none | open |
| 65 | Devonshire Arms individualpubs.co.uk | D 46.2% | HTML page | none | open |
| 66 | The Seven Stars thesevenstars.pub · indian | D 43.1% | own site | blocked | |
| 67 | Cambridge Blue cambridge.pub · burger | F 38.5% | none | none | open |
| 68 | Cambridge Cookery School Café and Deli cambridgecookery.com | F 38.5% | none | none | open |
| 69 | Champion of the Thames thechampionofthethames.com | F 38.5% | none | none | open |
| 70 | Green Nest gnest.co.uk | F 38.5% | none | none | open |
| 71 | The Bamboo thebamboocambridge.co.uk · noodle, chinese, dumplings | F 38.5% | none | none | open |
| 72 | Urban Larder urbanlarder.coffee | F 38.5% | none | none | open |
| 73 | Gourmet Coffee Bar & Kitchen gourmetcoffeebar.co.uk | F 38% | none | none | blocked |
| 74 | T4 Tea For U t4.com.tw · bubble_tea | F 38% | none | none | blocked |
| 75 | Starbucks starbucks.com · coffee_shop | F 37.5% | none | none | open |
| 76 | The Coffee House weebly.com · coffee_shop | F 32.1% | none | none | blocked |
| 77 | The Wrestlers charleswellspubs.co.uk | F 30.8% | none | none | open |
| 78 | Hank's Dirty hanksdirty.com | F 25.1% | none | none | blocked |
| 79 | Garden Kitchen at Kettle's Yard kettlesyard.co.uk | F 10.3% | none | none | blocked |
| 80 | Balzano's balzanos.co.uk · coffee_shop, italian | F 0% | unreachable | none | open |
| 81 | Joe & The Juice joejuice.com · coffee_shop | F 0% | unreachable | none | blocked |
| 82 | Portland Arms theportlandarms.co.uk | F 0% | unreachable | none | blocked |
| 83 | St Radegund stradegund.co.uk | F 0% | unreachable | none | blocked |
| 84 | Xing Fu Tang xingfutang.com.tw · bubble_tea | F 0% | unreachable | none | open |
What the index found in Cambridge cafes and bars
| HTML page | 44 |
| none | 28 |
| 8 |
| none | 36 |
| own site | 35 |
| vendor on own site | 4 |
| third party | 3 |
| marketplace | 2 |
| Unknown | 30 |
| Wordpress | 27 |
| Squarespace | 11 |
| Wix | 5 |
| Shopify | 4 |
| Godaddy | 2 |
| Turn at least one away at the edge | 17 |
| Block one in robots.txt | 1 |
| Turn away every visitor without a browser | 4 |
| Didn't answer in time | 1 |
| Unreachable from the scanner | 5 |
| No working site (dead address) | 12 |
The menu, channel and builder counts cover the 80 sites the scanner could read; the AI crawler counts cover all 85 scanned sites. Each uses the latest scan. The listings come from OpenStreetMap. Businesses without their own website are counted but not scanned. Another 12 have an address that no longer answers (dead domain, bad certificate or server down). They're counted with the businesses that have no website and left out of the ranking.
Cambridge cafes and bars, month by month
Each month gets its own dated page, and its numbers are final once the month is over. The table shows the share of sites that turn AI crawlers away, the share that take bookings or orders on their own domain, and how many score A or B.
| Month | Sites scanned | Turn a crawler away | Direct booking or ordering | A or B |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 so far | 85 | 20% | 49% | 30 |
Cambridge, by kind
Each kind of business has its own index, and every index gets the same scan. This page is the cafes and bars index.
| Kind | Businesses | Has a website | Sites scanned | Grades |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| restaurants and fast food | 272 | 155 | 124 | A 29 · B 45 · C 23 · D 8 · F 19 |
| cafes and bars this page | 254 | 136 | 85 | A 7 · B 23 · C 23 · D 14 · F 18 |
| hairdressers and beauty salons | 137 | 54 | 48 | A 0 · B 10 · C 16 · D 12 · F 10 |
| dentists, clinics and vets | 69 | 33 | 27 | A 0 · B 5 · C 18 · D 3 · F 1 |
| tours, attractions and museums | 21 | 15 | 8 | A 0 · B 2 · C 2 · D 2 · F 2 |
39 of them are chain outlets. A chain's site is scanned once and counted once in the rankings.
Can an agent transact in Cambridge cafes and bars?
11 of 80 reachable sites expose a rail an agent could transact through: UCP profile 10, Toast 1. Measured, not scored.
A rail is a UCP profile, an ACP discovery document, an MCP server card, or an ordering vendor that takes orders placed by assistants (Square and Toast, and any vendor whose terms allow agents). Counted from the latest scan of each site; older scans were not measured. Methodology · vendor terms for agents.