The Direct Index
Assistants · London, GB · October 2026

Where assistants send people in London

26 answers from ChatGPT and Gemini, asked on 2026-10-17 the way people ask and about the top businesses of the index. 96% of the answers link a business's own site or its booking software; 15% link a marketplace, most often Uber Eats (12%).

96%

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

15%

link a marketplace

12%

link Uber Eats, the marketplace named most

26

answers: 26 to the questions people ask, 0 about businesses

Of the 26 answers to the questions people ask: 96% link a business's own site or its booking software, 15% a marketplace (Uber Eats most).

Updated 2026-10-18. The London 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 26 answers that link it; the columns per assistant count that assistant's answers.

DestinationKindAnswersShareChatGPTGemini
The businesses' own sitesown site2596%12 92%13 100%
Press, guides and forumspress and guides519%05 38%
Uber Eatsmarketplace312%03 23%
chefslink.comother site28%02 15%
Michelin Guidedirectory28%02 15%
SevenRoomsvendor, direct28%02 15%
Time Outdirectory28%02 15%
ai-finedining.comother site14%01 8%
berkeleysquarebarbarian.comother site14%01 8%
boroughmarket.org.ukother site14%01 8%
circolopopolare.comother site14%01 8%
clock.zoneother site14%01 8%
clocks.worldother site14%01 8%
Deliveroomarketplace14%01 8%
entourage-experiences.comother site14%01 8%

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

By assistant

What each assistant does in London

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
ChatGPT90%0%0%10%39
Gemini98%0%0%3%40
Question by question

Who gets named, and with which link

Asked on 2026-10-17. 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
Book a Sunday roast for four this weekend.The Pig & Butcher own site
The Quality Chop House own site
The Bull & Last own site
Blacklock own site
Hawksmoor own site
The Camberwell Arms own site
I'm feeling like chicken tonight. Where can I order from?Thunderbird Fried Chicken own site
Chicken Shop own site
Morley’s Chicken own site
Nandos own site
Chick n Sours own site
Coqfighter own site
I want to book a table for two tonight somewhere romantic.Clos Maggiore own site
Andrew Edmunds own site
The Petersham, Covent Garden own site
Clos Maggiore own site
Sessions Arts Club own site
Bob Bob Ricard own site
Best pizza delivered to where I'm staying, right now.nothing namedVoodoo Rays own site
Fireaway Pizza own site
Caprinos Pizza own site
A good vegan or vegetarian lunch near the centre, today.Mildreds Covent Garden own site
Tendril own site
Mildreds own site
Tendril own site
Mallow own site
I want sushi delivered this evening.Sticks’n’Sushi own site
Chisou own site
Panzer’s Sushi Atelier own site
SticksnSushi own site
Sushi Shop own site
IRO Sushi own site
A traditional local restaurant that tourists don't know. Book me a table for Saturday.Grumbles own site
The Quality Chop House own site
The Marksman own site
The Canton Arms own site
Maggie Joness own site
The Quality Chop House own site
Brunch on Sunday for four. Where can I reserve?Dishoom King’s Cross own site
Duck & Waffle own site
The Wolseley Piccadilly own site
The Wolseley own site
Dishoom own site
Caravan own site
Seafood dinner with a view, table for four this week.The River Restaurant by Gordon Ramsay own site
Angler own site
Rick Stein, Barnes own site
Seabird own site
Angler own site
The River Restaurant by Gordon Ramsay own site
A cheap lunch menu near the centre.Marugame Udon own site
Pizza Pilgrims no link
Midweek Margherita own site
Flat Iron own site
ICCO no link
What to expect own site
BAO own site
Hoppers own site
Birthday dinner for eight on Friday. I want to book online.Bob Bob Ricard Soho own site
sketch own site
Brasserie Zédel own site
Circolo Popolare own site
Dishoom own site
Brat own site
Best burger in town, and I want to order online.Bleecker Burger no link
Bacon Double Cheeseburger own site
Black Bear Burger no link
Double Miso Bacon Burger own site
Bleecker Burger own site
Black Bear Burger own site
Burger & Beyond own site
Something to eat after midnight, delivered or open late.Duck & Waffle own site
VQ Chelsea own site
Shamim’s PFC own site
VQ (Vingt-Quatre) own site
Duck & Waffle own site
Polo Bar own site
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 2026-10-18. Open data: the JSON twin of this page carries every destination. Methodology.