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

A traditional local restaurant that tourists don't know. Book me a table for Saturday.

What ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini answered when asked this in Manchester on 2026-10-17, with web search on: the places named, who named them, and the direct link where the place has one.

PlaceNamed byDirect link
The Marble Arch
not in the index
ChatGPT with its own site
Gemini with its own site
marblebeers.com
Armenian TavernaGemini with its own sitearmenianrestaurant.co.uk · book direct
Sams Chop HouseClaude with its own sitesamschophouse.com
The Fishermans Retreat
not in the index
Claude with its own sitefishermansretreat.com
The Koffee Pot
not in the index
ChatGPT with its own sitethekoffeepot.co.uk
El Rincón de RafaGemini by nameno link given
Method

How this is read

Each assistant was asked once per question, 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; links between a name and the next are that place's. "With its own site" means the assistant linked the place's own website; "through a marketplace" or "a directory" that it linked a listing instead; "by name" that it gave no link. The direct links come from the Direct Index scan of the place's site, not from the assistant.

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