--- title: Cologne cafes and bars in October 2026: how usable are its businesses for AI agents? · The Direct Index url: https://directindex.org/city/cologne-cafes-bars/2026-10 --- [The Direct Index](https://directindex.org/) [Scanner](https://directindex.org/scan)[Cities](https://directindex.org/cities)[Rankings](https://directindex.org/rankings)[Search](https://directindex.org/search)[Guides](https://directindex.org/guides)[About](https://directindex.org/about) Monthly snapshot · Cologne cafes and bars, DE # Cologne cafes and bars in October 2026: how usable are its businesses for AI agents? 408 cafe and bar and pub websites scanned, 316 reachable. 37% of the reachable ones turn an AI crawler away at the edge, 31% take a booking or an order on their own domain, 46 score A or B. The month is still running; the page updates hourly. 408 sites scanned 37% turn an AI crawler away 31% book or order on their own domain 46 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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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. 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