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Assistants · Los Angeles cafes and bars, US · October 2026

Where assistants send people in Los Angeles cafes and bars

36 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. 94% of them link a business's own site or its booking software, and 19% link a marketplace, most often Resy (14%).

94%

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

19%

link a marketplace

14%

link Resy, the marketplace named most

36

answers, 36 to the questions people ask and 0 about businesses

Of the 36 answers to the questions people ask, 94% link a business's own site or its booking software and 19% a marketplace, Resy most often.

Updated 2026-11-03. The Los Angeles cafes and bars 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. Share is the percentage of all 36 answers that link to it. Each assistant's column counts only that assistant's answers.

DestinationKindAnswersShareChatGPTClaudeGemini
The businesses' own sitesown site3494%12 100%10 83%12 100%
Press, guides and forumspress and guides719%01 8%6 50%
Resymarketplace514%1 8%1 8%3 25%
Time Outdirectory38%003 25%
DoorDashmarketplace26%002 17%
Instagramdirectory26%002 17%
Toastvendor, direct26%002 17%
Wikipediadirectory26%002 17%
askburbank.comother site13%001 8%
atly.comdirectory13%001 8%
boardgamecafes.directorydirectory13%001 8%
brewatlas.codirectory13%001 8%
classbento.comother site13%001 8%
elephanterestaurants.comother site13%001 8%
emtiger.comother site13%01 8%0

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

By assistant

What each assistant does in Los Angeles 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 (12).

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.

AssistantOwn site or directMarketplaceDirectoryNo linkPlaces
ChatGPT97%0%0%3%36
Claude69%3%3%26%35
Gemini97%0%0%3%37
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.

QuestionChatGPTClaudeGemini
A quiet cafe near the centre where I can sit with my laptop this morning.Downtown LA no link
Jalsah own site
Sandcouch Cafe own site
Archives Of Us own site
Café Persona no link
Dalians Café directory
ilcaffè own site
Verve Coffee Roasters own site
Maru Coffee own site
Good cocktails tonight, and I want to reserve a table for four.Florentín own site
Baar Baar own site
Love Hour own site
Death & Co Los Angeles own site
Bar Benjamin marketplace
Big Bar no link
Death & Co Los Angeles own site
Thunderbolt own site
Scopa Italian Roots own site
The best specialty coffee in town, open right now.Cafe Spot own site
Kumquat Coffee own site
Concierge Coffee own site
Intelligentsia Silver Lake own site
Go Get Em Tiger own site
Maru Coffee own site
Menottis Coffee Stop own site
Dayglow Coffee own site
Kumquat Coffee own site
A pub showing the football tonight. Can I book a table?NFL own site
Game Changer Brewhouse own site
The Cat & Fiddle own site
The Red Lion Tavern own site
Ye Olde Kings Head own site
Toms Watch Bar own site
Toms Watch Bar own site
The Greyhound Bar & Grill own site
The Fox and Hounds own site
Brunch at a cafe on Saturday. Where do I book?Eat This Café own site
Little Dom’s own site
Openaire own site
Republique own site
Lamill Coffee own site
Café Gratitude own site
Gjelina own site
République own site
Great White own site
A bar with live music this Saturday night, reserve a table for six.The Dresden Room own site
Six Seven Five Lounge own site
Harvelles Santa Monica own site
The Baked Potato no link
Six Seven Five Lounge no link
The Mint own site
Harvelles own site
The Baked Potato own site
Coffee and a good cake this afternoon. Where should I go?Sweet Corner Bakery own site
The Village Bakery and Cafe own site
Marigold Bakeshop own site
Sweet Lady Jane own site
Huckleberry Bakery & Café own site
Susina Bakery own site
Bottega Louie own site
Portos Bakery & Cafe own site
Urth Caffé own site
A rooftop bar for sunset drinks, reserve a table for two.Florentín own site
Inanna Bar own site
Harriet’s Rooftop own site
Élephante own site
Perch own site
Kassi Rooftop no link
Élephante own site
Perch LA own site
Cara Cara own site
A cafe for breakfast near the centre tomorrow at 8.Civilization Café own site
Basil & Cheese own site
Bottega Louie own site
Cafe Dulce own site
Perch own site
Sandcouch Cafe own site
Eggslut own site
Birds Nest Cafe own site
A quiet bar for a first date on Thursday evening. Can I book?Love Hour own site
Lolo Wine Bar own site
Melrose Station own site
The Varnish own site
Death & Co Los Angeles own site
Formosa Cafe no link
The Roger Room own site
Death & Co Los Angeles own site
Bar Bandini own site
The best craft beer place tonight. Do I need to reserve?Frogtown Brewery own site
Benny Boy Brewing own site
Audio Graph Beer Co own site
Bottom line own site
The Surly Goat own site
Library Alehouse own site
Eagle Rock Brewery own site
Highland Park Brewery no link
Vibe & Beer own site
Father’s Office own site
Homage Brewing own site
A cafe or bar where we can play board games tonight, table for five.Kava Kulture LA own site
The Tavern Games own site
SQUARE ENIX Cafe & Shop LA own site
Game Haus Cafe no link
Snakes & Lattes no link
90 West Lounge no link
Guildhall own site
Game n Grounds own site
Geeky Teas & Games 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 2026-11-03. The data is open, and the JSON version of this page has every destination. Methodology.