The Direct Index
Recommended by assistants · Manchester, GB · November 2026

A quiet place for a business lunch on Tuesday, book for three at noon.

What ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini answered when asked this in Manchester on 2026-11-01, with web search on. Below are the places named, who named each one, and the direct link where the place has one.

PlaceNamed byDirect link
Gaucho ManchesterChatGPT with its own sitegauchorestaurants.com
Grand PacificChatGPT with its own sitegrandpacificrestaurant.co.uk
Hawksmoor ManchesterClaude with its own sitethehawksmoor.com
Peter Street KitchenGemini with its own sitepeterstreetkitchen.co.uk
The Cut & CraftGemini with its own sitethecutandcraft.co.uk
The Portico Kitchen
not in the index
ChatGPT with its own sitetheportico.org.uk
Zouk Tea Bar & GrillGemini with its own sitezoukteabar.co.uk
Adam Reid at The FrenchClaude through a marketplacemarketplace only
Gaucho’s private room
not in the index
ChatGPT by nameno link given
The Ivy Manchester Brasserie
not in the index
Claude by nameno link given
Method

How this is read

Each assistant was asked each question once, with web search on, for up to three places and the link to each one's own website. Names are read from the answer and matched against the index. Any link between one name and the next belongs to that place. "With its own site" means the assistant linked the place's own website. "Through a marketplace" or "a directory" means it linked a listing instead, and "by name" means it gave no link. The direct links come from the Direct Index's own scan of the place's site. The assistant didn't supply them.

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