The Direct Index
Monthly snapshot · Cologne cafes and bars, DE

Cologne cafes and bars in October 2026: how usable are its businesses for AI agents?

432 cafe and bar and pub websites scanned, 336 reachable. 38% of the reachable ones turn an AI crawler away at the edge, 32% take a booking or an order on their own domain, 52 score A or B. The month is still running; the page updates hourly.

432

sites scanned

38%

turn an AI crawler away

32%

book or order on their own domain

52

score A or B

For October 2026 so far, 432 websites of cafes and bars were scanned, with 336 reachable and 96 unreachable from our scanner. Looking at overall grades, 8 sites received an A, 44 a B, 79 a C, 96 a D, and 205 an F, meaning A or B together account for 52 sites, which is 12% of the scanned sites. For customer menus or price lists, 223 sites have no menu or price list, 72 provide an HTML page, 20 use a PDF, 14 place it on the page itself, 6 host it on another site, and 1 uses an image. Regarding booking or ordering, 202 sites offer no booking or ordering path, 108 sites take a booking or an order on their own domain, which is 32% of the reachable sites, while 96 allow direct booking or ordering on the business's own site, 12 use a vendor on the business's own site, 16 go through an unrecognised third party, and 10 operate only through a marketplace.

Von 432 gescannten Websites von Cafés und Bars waren 336 erreichbar und 96 von unserem Scanner aus nicht erreichbar. Bei den Noten gab es A 8, B 44, C 79, D 96 sowie F 205, womit A oder B zusammen auf 52 und damit 12% der gescannten Seiten kamen. Eine Speisekarte oder Preisliste fand sich als HTML-Seite bei 72, als PDF bei 20, auf der Seite selbst bei 14, auf einer anderen Seite bei 6, als Bild bei 1 und gar nicht bei 223 Seiten. Für Buchungen oder Bestellungen boten 96 einen direkten Weg auf der Seite des Business, 12 über einen Anbieter auf der Seite des Business, 10 nur über einen Marktplatz, 16 über nicht erkannte Dritte und 202 hatten keinen solchen Pfad.

Written by Gemini from the numbers on this page only, 2026-10-15; every number in it is checked against the page before it is shown.

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Findings

The state of the sites at the end of October 2026

Grades
F205
D96
C79
B44
A8
Menu or price list
none223
HTML page72
PDF20
on the page14
elsewhere6
image1
Direct booking or ordering
none202
own site96
third party16
vendor on own site12
marketplace10
AI crawlers
Turn at least one away at the edge126
Block one in robots.txt10
Unreachable from our scanner96

Each site counted once, by its latest full scan before the month ended. Menu and channel counts are over the 336 reachable sites.

Method

How this page is made

Every business of the index's kind with a website of its own is scanned the same way, about once a month, and every scan is kept. This page takes the latest scan of each site before October 2026 ended, so a site fixed in the following month shows up in the following month's page, not here. A past month does not change. The assistant tables use the latest answer per business and question before the month ended. Methodology · the live index · all cities.