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title: Where assistants send people in London cafes and bars · The Direct Index
url: https://directindex.org/city/london-cafes-bars/assistants?format=md
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 Assistants · London cafes and bars, GB · October 2026

# Where assistants send people in London cafes and bars

35 answers from ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini, asked on 2026-10-26, to the questions people ask and to questions about the top businesses in the index. 97% of them link a business's own site or its booking software, and 9% link a marketplace, most often firsttable.co.uk (3%).

97%

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

9%

link a marketplace

3%

link firsttable.co.uk, the marketplace named most

35

answers, 35 to the questions people ask and 0 about businesses

Of the 35 answers to the questions people ask, 97% link a business's own site or its booking software and 9% a marketplace, firsttable.co.uk most often.

Updated 2026-11-08. [The London cafes and bars index](https://directindex.org/city/london-cafes-bars) · [Places named, question by question](https://directindex.org/city/london-cafes-bars/recommended) · [Markdown](https://directindex.org/city/london-cafes-bars/assistants?format=md) · [JSON](https://directindex.org/city/london-cafes-bars/assistants.json) · [Share image](https://directindex.org/og/city/london-cafes-bars/assistants.png) · [All cities](https://directindex.org/assistants).

 League table

## The destinations, most linked first

Each row is a place an answer can send people. Share is the percentage of all 35 answers that link to it. Each assistant's column counts only that assistant's answers.

| Destination | Kind | Answers | Share | ChatGPT | Claude | Gemini |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **The businesses' own sites** | own site | 34 | **97%** | 12 100% | 11 92% | 11 100% |
| Press, guides and forums | press and guides | 10 | **29%** | 0 | 2 17% | 8 73% |
| DesignMyNight | vendor, direct | 3 | **9%** | 0 | 0 | 3 27% |
| karpo.ai | other site
AI technology platform that does not fit business, directory, or booking categories. | 2 | **6%** | 0 | 0 | 2 18% |
| SevenRooms | vendor, direct | 2 | **6%** | 0 | 1 8% | 1 9% |
| Tock | vendor, direct | 2 | **6%** | 0 | 1 8% | 1 9% |
| amanogroup.com | other site | 1 | **3%** | 1 8% | 0 | 0 |
| Apple Maps | directory | 1 | **3%** | 0 | 0 | 1 9% |
| bar-termini-soho.com | other site | 1 | **3%** | 0 | 0 | 1 9% |
| bestafternoonteas.com | other site | 1 | **3%** | 0 | 0 | 1 9% |
| boardgamecafes.co.uk | other site | 1 | **3%** | 0 | 0 | 1 9% |
| booking.page | vendor, direct | 1 | **3%** | 0 | 0 | 1 9% |
| boroughmarket.org.uk | other site | 1 | **3%** | 0 | 0 | 1 9% |
| brewatlas.co | directory | 1 | **3%** | 0 | 0 | 1 9% |
| cafe56.co.uk | other site | 1 | **3%** | 1 8% | 0 | 0 |

36 more destinations with fewer answers each are in the JSON.

 By assistant

## What each assistant does in London cafes and bars

ChatGPT: answered by gpt-6-luna (12).

Claude: answered by claude-sonnet-5-5 (12).

Gemini: answered by gemini-3.8-flash (11).

### 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. The table shows how many of the places it named came with a link to the place's own site, to a marketplace or to a directory, or with no link at all.

| Assistant | Own site or direct | Marketplace | Directory | No link | Places |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ChatGPT | **100%** | 0% | 0% | 0% | 34 |
| Claude | **79%** | 0% | 0% | 21% | 34 |
| Gemini | **97%** | 0% | 0% | 3% | 33 |

 Question by question

## Who gets named, and with which link

Asked on 2026-10-26. A place in this index links to its report. A place with its own site that isn't in the index yet links to a scan. "No link" means the assistant named the place but didn't link its site. Each question links to the full list of places named.

| Question | ChatGPT | Claude | Gemini |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [A quiet cafe near the centre where I can sit with my laptop this morning.](https://directindex.org/city/london-cafes-bars/recommended/laptop-cafe) | [Host Café](https://directindex.org/scan/hostcafelondon.com) own site
[21Soho](https://directindex.org/r/21-soho.com) own site | [Notes Coffee Roasters](https://directindex.org/r/notescoffee.com) own site
[Prufrock Coffee](https://directindex.org/r/prufrockcoffee.com) own site
[Workshop Coffee](https://directindex.org/r/workshopcoffee.com) own site | [Host Café](https://directindex.org/scan/hostcafe.co.uk) own site
[The Wren Coffee](https://directindex.org/r/thewrencoffee.com) own site
[WatchHouse Covent Garden](https://directindex.org/r/watchhouse.com) own site |
| [Good cocktails tonight, and I want to reserve a table for four.](https://directindex.org/city/london-cafes-bars/recommended/cocktails-four) | [Disrepute](https://directindex.org/r/disrepute.co.uk) own site
[Make a Booking](https://directindex.org/r/disrepute.co.uk) own site
[Cato](https://directindex.org/scan/catobar.co.uk) own site
[The Perception](https://directindex.org/r/theperceptionbar.com) own site | [Nightjar](https://directindex.org/r/barnightjar.com) own site
[Bar Termini](https://directindex.org/r/bar-termini-soho.com) own site | [Swift Soho](https://directindex.org/scan/barswift.com) own site
[Nightjar](https://directindex.org/r/barnightjar.com) own site
[Happiness Forgets](https://directindex.org/r/happinessforgets.com) own site |
| [The best specialty coffee in town, open right now.](https://directindex.org/city/london-cafes-bars/recommended/specialty-coffee) | [Catalyst](https://directindex.org/r/catalyst.coffee) own site
[Prufrock Coffee](https://directindex.org/r/prufrockcoffee.com) own site
[Ozone Coffee, London Fields](https://directindex.org/r/ozonecoffee.co.uk) own site | [Monmouth Coffee Company](https://directindex.org/r/monmouthcoffee.co.uk) own site
[Allpress Espresso Shoreditch](https://directindex.org/scan/allpressespresso.com) own site
[Workshop Coffee](https://directindex.org/r/workshopcoffee.com) own site | [Prufrock Coffee](https://directindex.org/r/prufrockcoffee.com) own site
[Rosslyn Coffee](https://directindex.org/r/rosslyncoffee.com) own site
[WatchHouse](https://directindex.org/r/watchhouse.com) own site |
| [A pub showing the football tonight. Can I book a table?](https://directindex.org/city/london-cafes-bars/recommended/pub-football) | [The Side Hustle](https://directindex.org/r/sidehustlesportsbar.co.uk) own site
[The Bull & Egret](https://directindex.org/scan/thebullandegret.co.uk) own site | [North London Tavern](https://directindex.org/r/greeneking.co.uk) own site
[The Swan, Hammersmith](https://directindex.org/scan/nicholsonspubs.co.uk) own site | [The Counting House](https://directindex.org/r/the-counting-house.com) own site
[Belushis](https://directindex.org/r/belushis.com) own site
[BOX Piccadilly](https://directindex.org/scan/theboxbar.co.uk) own site |
| [Brunch at a cafe on Saturday. Where do I book?](https://directindex.org/city/london-cafes-bars/recommended/cafe-brunch) | [SENZO](https://directindex.org/r/wearesenzo.com) own site
[BRIX](https://directindex.org/scan/brixldn.com) own site
[Carmel](https://directindex.org/scan/carmelrestaurant.co.uk) own site | [Burnt](https://directindex.org/r/burntrestaurant.co.uk) no link
[Esters](https://directindex.org/r/estersn16.com) no link
[Dobar](https://directindex.org/r/dobar.co.uk) no link | [Caravan](https://directindex.org/r/caravanandco.com) own site
[Lantana](https://directindex.org/scan/lantana.co.uk) own site
[Granger & Co](https://directindex.org/r/grangerandco.com) no link
[Direct Website & Locations](https://directindex.org/scan/grangerandco.com) own site |
| [A bar with live music this Saturday night, reserve a table for six.](https://directindex.org/city/london-cafes-bars/recommended/live-music-bar) | [28°-50° Wine Workshop & Kitchen](https://directindex.org/r/2850bynight.co.uk) own site
[The Nel](https://directindex.org/r/thenel.co.uk) own site
[The Bloomsbury Club Bar](https://directindex.org/r/thebloomsburyclub.com) own site | [Ricco Lounge](https://directindex.org/scan/riccolounge.com) own site
[Ronnie Scotts](https://directindex.org/scan/ronniescotts.co.uk) own site
[The Jazz Cafe](https://directindex.org/r/thejazzcafelondon.com) own site | [The Piano Works](https://directindex.org/r/nightcapvenues.com) own site
[Nightjar](https://directindex.org/r/barnightjar.com) own site
[Ronnie Scotts Jazz Club](https://directindex.org/scan/ronniescotts.co.uk) own site |
| [Coffee and a good cake this afternoon. Where should I go?](https://directindex.org/city/london-cafes-bars/recommended/cake-coffee) | [Maison Bertaux](https://directindex.org/r/maisonbertaux.com) own site
[Café Petiole](https://directindex.org/scan/cafepetiole.co.uk) own site
[The Delaunay](https://directindex.org/r/thedelaunay.com) own site | [Peggy Porschen](https://directindex.org/r/peggyporschen.com) own site
[Ottolenghi](https://directindex.org/r/ottolenghi.co.uk) own site
Common no link | [Maison Bertaux](https://directindex.org/r/maisonbertaux.com) own site
[Kova Patisserie](https://directindex.org/r/kovapatisserie.com) own site |
| [A rooftop bar for sunset drinks, reserve a table for two.](https://directindex.org/city/london-cafes-bars/recommended/rooftop-bar) | [GŎNG](https://directindex.org/r/the-shard.com) own site
[Make a Reservation](https://directindex.org/scan/the-shard.com) own site
[Bussey Rooftop Bar](https://directindex.org/r/busseyrooftopbar.com) own site | [Radio Rooftop](https://directindex.org/r/radiorooftop.com) own site
[Stanleys Rooftop Bar](https://directindex.org/r/chesterfieldmayfair.com) own site
[Netil360](https://directindex.org/r/netil360.com) no link | not available |
| [A cafe for breakfast near the centre tomorrow at 8.](https://directindex.org/city/london-cafes-bars/recommended/breakfast-cafe) | [Pivot](https://directindex.org/scan/pivotbarandbistro.com) own site
[My Place Soho](https://directindex.org/r/myplacesoho.com) own site
[Caffè Lockes](https://directindex.org/r/lockes.co.uk) own site | [Dishoom Covent Garden](https://directindex.org/r/dishoom.com) own site
[The Wolseley](https://directindex.org/scan/thewolseley.com) own site
[Duck & Waffle](https://directindex.org/scan/duckandwaffle.com) own site | [The Wolseley](https://directindex.org/scan/thewolseleypiccadilly.com) own site
[Dishoom](https://directindex.org/scan/dishoom.com) own site
[Caravan](https://directindex.org/r/caravanandco.com) own site |
| [A quiet bar for a first date on Thursday evening. Can I book?](https://directindex.org/city/london-cafes-bars/recommended/quiet-date) | [Basement Sate](https://directindex.org/r/basementsate.com) own site
[Baudry Greene](https://directindex.org/r/baudrygreene.co.uk) own site
[Le Beaujolais](https://directindex.org/r/lebeaujolais.london) own site | [Scarfes Bar](https://directindex.org/r/rosewoodhotels.com) own site
[Hacha](https://directindex.org/r/hachabar.com) no link
[Little Blue Door](https://directindex.org/r/thelittlebluedoor.co.uk) no link | [Swift Soho](https://directindex.org/scan/barswift.com) own site
[Bar Termini](https://directindex.org/r/bar-termini.com) own site
[Satans Whiskers](https://directindex.org/r/satanswhiskers.com) own site |
| [The best craft beer place tonight. Do I need to reserve?](https://directindex.org/city/london-cafes-bars/recommended/craft-beer) | [The Waterloo Tap](https://directindex.org/r/waterlootap.com) own site
[The Craft Beer Co., Clerkenwell](https://directindex.org/r/thecraftbeerco.com) own site | [The Craft Beer Co.](https://directindex.org/r/thecraftbeerco.com) own site
[Pressure Drop Brewery Taproom](https://directindex.org/r/pressuredropbrewing.co.uk) own site
[The Euston Tap](https://directindex.org/r/eustontap.com) own site | [The Craft Beer Co.](https://directindex.org/r/thecraftbeerco.com) own site
[The Euston Tap](https://directindex.org/r/eustontap.com) own site
[The Rake](https://directindex.org/r/utobeer.co.uk) own site |
| [A cafe or bar where we can play board games tonight, table for five.](https://directindex.org/city/london-cafes-bars/recommended/board-games) | [Draughts Waterloo](https://directindex.org/r/draughtslondon.com) own site
[Otter Chaos](https://directindex.org/r/otterchaos.co.uk) own site
[Badger Badger Deptford](https://directindex.org/r/badgerbadger.org) own site | [Draughts Waterloo](https://directindex.org/r/draughtslondon.com) own site
[Draughts Stratford](https://directindex.org/r/draughtslondon.com) own site
[Bad Moon Cafe](https://directindex.org/r/badmooncafe.co.uk) own site | [Draughts](https://directindex.org/r/draughtslondon.com) own site
[Loading Bar](https://directindex.org/r/loading.bar) own site
[Bad Moon Cafe](https://directindex.org/r/badmooncafe.co.uk) own site |

 Method

## How this is counted

Everything here is counted in answers, using the latest answer from each assistant to each question, asked with web search on. Some questions are the ones people ask ("best pizza delivered right now", "book me a table for Saturday"). The others are three questions about each of the top-ranked businesses in the index: the official website, where to book and where to order. Every link in an answer is read. A destination counts once for each answer that links to it, whether as the place to book or as a source the assistant cited. So each share is the share of answers that link that destination, and the shares don't add up to 100%.

All the businesses' own sites share 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) count as directories, even where the scanner files them with the marketplaces. Newspapers, magazines, guides, forums and tourism sites share one row. Anything left is listed by its registered domain, and a model sorts each of those unknown hosts once into directory, press, marketplace, vendor, business or other, with the reason shown. Text that only looks like a host because a space is missing ("them.here") is dropped. Business names are matched against the index. A place that isn't in the index links to a scan of its site, if the assistant gave one.

Updated 2026-11-08. The data is open, and the JSON version of this page has every destination. [Methodology](https://directindex.org/methodology).

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