Pretoria: which businesses can AI agents use?
Every restaurant and fast food business in Pretoria that has its own website gets the same scan. So far 74 of 88 distinct websites have been scanned.
businesses in OpenStreetMap
distinct business websites (a chain's site counts once)
of scanned sites turn an AI crawler away at the edge
score A or B so far
A 14 · B 13 · C 18 · D 12 · F 17
A score stays provisional until its site has had the action test and the citation check. Methodology · Markdown · JSON.
Ranked by Agent-Direct Score
If one of these is yours, open its page to rescan or claim it. 30 places you can book or order from directly →
| # | Business | Score | Menu | Direct channel | AI crawlers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | My Place: Fast Food steers.co.za · burger, fried_chicken, fish, chips, kota | A 100% | HTML page | own site | open |
| 2 | Wimpy wimpy.co.za · burger | A 100% | HTML page | own site | open |
| 3 | Hard Rock Cafe hardrock.com · american | A 97% | HTML page | own site | open |
| 4 | Pachas Restaurant pachas.co.za | A 95.4% | HTML page | own site | open |
| 5 | Texan Wing Bar texanwingbar.com · burger | A 95.4% | HTML page | own site | open |
| 6 | Fishaways fishaways.co.za · fish_and_chips | A 93.8% | HTML page | own site | open |
| 7 | Salsa salsamexicangrill.co.za · mexican | A 90.8% | HTML page | own site | open |
| 8 | Debonairs Pizza debonairspizza.co.za · pizza | A 90% | HTML page | own site | open |
| 9 | Mugg & Bean muggandbean.co.za | A 87.7% | HTML page | own site | open |
| 10 | Aroma Coffee Roastery aromacoffee.co.za | A 86.2% | HTML page | own site | open |
| 11 | Doppio Zero doppio.co.za · mediterranean | A 86.2% | own site | open | |
| 12 | Galito's galitos.co.za · chicken | A 86.2% | HTML page | own site | open |
| 13 | Panarottis panarottis.com · italian | A 86.2% | HTML page | own site | open |
| 14 | Rebels Pizza rebelspizza.co.za · pizza | A 86.2% | HTML page | own site | open |
| 15 | Le Kreamery lekreamery.co.za · coffee_shop, international, pizza, pasta, seafood, burger, sushi, dessert | B 84.6% | HTML page | own site | open |
| 16 | Hungry Lion hungrylion.co.za · chicken | B 81.1% | HTML page | own site | blocked |
| 17 | Harries Pancakes Cullinan harriespancakes.co.za · savory_pancakes, pancakes | B 80% | own site | open | |
| 18 | Baobab baobabcafe.co.za · grill | B 73.8% | HTML page | own site | open |
| 19 | Pizza Perfect pizzaperfect.co.za · pizza | B 73.8% | HTML page | own site | open |
| 20 | Summit Grill and Skybar Menlyn summitgrill.co.za · bar_and_grill | B 73.8% | HTML page | own site | open |
| 21 | The Social Grill socialgrill.co.za · barbecue | B 73.8% | HTML page | own site | open |
| 22 | Barcelos barcelos.co.za · burger, chicken, portuguese | B 72.3% | HTML page | none | open |
| 23 | Bossa bossagoodtimes.com · burger, pizza | B 72.3% | HTML page | third party | open |
| 24 | Dros dros.co.za · regional | B 72.3% | HTML page | third party | open |
| 25 | Tranna tranna.co.za · indian | B 72.3% | HTML page | own site | open |
Show all 73
| # | Business | Score | Menu | Direct channel | AI crawlers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Uitspan Deli vtm.org.za | B 72.3% | HTML page | own site | open |
| 27 | Goddess Café goddesscafe.co.za · breakfast, burger, coffee_shop, sandwich, bubble_tea, cake, dessert | B 70.8% | none | open | |
| 28 | Crawdaddys (Brooklyn) crawdaddys.co.za | C 69.2% | own site | open | |
| 29 | Turn 'n Tender turnntender.co.za · steak_house | C 69.2% | HTML page | none | open |
| 30 | Kauai kauai.co.za · breakfast, burger, salad | C 68.6% | HTML page | own site | blocked |
| 31 | Puntos Eatery puntoeatery.co.za · italian | C 67.7% | own site | open | |
| 32 | Anat anat.co.za · middle_eastern | C 66.2% | HTML page | none | open |
| 33 | Bem Bom bembom.co.za · breakfast, burger, bakery, sandwich | C 66.2% | HTML page | none | open |
| 34 | Elma's elmas.co.za | C 66.2% | HTML page | none | open |
| 35 | Ridgeback Village Restaurant ridgebackvillage.co.za | C 66.2% | HTML page | none | open |
| 36 | King Pie kingpie.co.za · pie | C 65.7% | HTML page | third party | blocked |
| 37 | Ocean Basket oceanbasket.com · seafood | C 65.1% | HTML page | third party | blocked |
| 38 | INJABULO outinafrica-wildlifelodge.co.za | C 63.1% | none | own site | open |
| 39 | So Subtle menlynhotel.com · european, regional, bistro | C 62.6% | third party | blocked | |
| 40 | Urban Roast wixsite.com · burger, coffee_shop, sushi, seafood, steak_house | C 62.5% | HTML page | third party | open |
| 41 | Geek House Eatery geekhouseeatery.co.za | C 60% | HTML page | third party | open |
| 42 | Oasis Restaurant southernsun.com | C 60% | HTML page | own site | open |
| 43 | MacRobert Boarding house stalbanscollege.com · coffee_shop | C 55.4% | none | none | open |
| 44 | McDonald's mcdonalds.co.za · burger | C 55.4% | HTML page | third party | open |
| 45 | Oven House Pizza Bar ovenhouse.co.za · italian_pizza, pizza | C 55.4% | third party | open | |
| 46 | Food Chain foodchain.co.za | D 53.8% | HTML page | none | open |
| 47 | Gecko Ridge Wedding and Function Venue geckoridge.com.na | D 53.8% | none | none | open |
| 48 | Tashas tashascafe.com · coffee_shop | D 53.8% | HTML page | none | open |
| 49 | The Fish & Chip Co. localpages.io · fish_and_chips | D 52.3% | elsewhere | none | open |
| 50 | Fat Cake City fatcakecity.com | D 49.2% | HTML page | none | open |
| 51 | Pedros pedroschicken.co.za · african, chicken, portuguese | D 46.3% | HTML page | own site | blocked |
| 52 | Cappuccinos cappuccinos.co.za · pizza, grill | D 46.2% | HTML page | none | open |
| 53 | Culture Club cultureclubtapas.co.za | D 44.6% | marketplace | open | |
| 54 | Art Café antonsmit.co.za · coffee_shop, cake, breakfast, burger, sandwich, salad | D 43.1% | none | none | open |
| 55 | Luiperdskloof Game Lodge and Conference Centre markonriverlodge.co.za | D 42.6% | none | third party | blocked |
| 56 | Lucky Rodrigo luckyrodrigo.co.za | D 40% | none | none | open |
| 57 | Bufflesfontein beesboerdery.co.za | F 38.5% | none | none | open |
| 58 | Roman's Pizza romanspizza.co.za · pizza | F 38.5% | none | none | open |
| 59 | Rosemary Hill rosemaryhill.co.za | F 38.5% | none | none | open |
| 60 | Burger King burgerking.co.za · burger | F 35.4% | none | none | open |
| 61 | Chicken Licken chickenlicken.co.za · chicken | F 35.4% | none | none | open |
| 62 | Clockwork gfox.co.za | F 35.4% | none | none | open |
| 63 | KFC kfc.co.za · chicken | F 35.4% | none | none | open |
| 64 | Nando's nandos.co.za · chicken, portuguese | F 35.4% | none | none | open |
| 65 | Spur spursteakranches.com · steak_house | F 35.4% | HTML page | own site | blocked |
| 66 | Boslapa deadelaar.co.za · traditional_south_african | F 33.8% | none | none | open |
| 67 | Machics Restaurant & Alehouse machics.co.za | F 28.2% | HTML page | none | blocked |
| 68 | Urban Fields urbanfieldspretoria.co.za · coffee_shop, pizza | F 22.5% | none | none | blocked |
| 69 | Pie City goreview.co.za · pie | F 20% | none | none | open |
| 70 | Ciao! Restaurant brooklynmall.co.za | F 0% | unreachable | none | blocked |
| 71 | Plaka plaka.co.za · greek | F 0% | unreachable | none | blocked |
| 72 | Relish Bistro relishbistro.co.za | F 0% | unreachable | none | blocked |
| 73 | Turn n Tender dining-out.co.za | F 0% | unreachable | none | blocked |
How Pretoria compares
Each row compares this index with every index of the same kind. The dot is this city and the line is the median.
A row only shows once 300 pages and half of the scanned sites have been read, and four in five of the city's websites have been scanned. Every number, with its method and data →
Every count behind these rows
| HTML page | 43 |
| none | 18 |
| 8 | |
| elsewhere | 1 |
| own site | 30 |
| none | 29 |
| third party | 10 |
| marketplace | 1 |
| Wordpress | 39 |
| Unknown | 29 |
| Shopify | 1 |
| Wix | 1 |
| Turn at least one away at the edge | 14 |
| Block one in robots.txt | 7 |
| Turn away every visitor without a browser | 4 |
| Didn't answer in time | 1 |
| Unreachable from the scanner | 4 |
| No working site (dead address) | 14 |
The menu, channel and builder counts cover the 70 sites the scanner could read; the AI crawler counts cover all 74 scanned sites. Each uses the latest scan. The listings come from OpenStreetMap. Businesses without their own website are counted but not scanned. Another 14 have an address that no longer answers (dead domain, bad certificate or server down). They're counted with the businesses that have no website and left out of the ranking.
Where assistants send people in Pretoria
Of 65 answers from ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini, 88% link a business's own site or its booking software and 23% link a marketplace, most often dineplan.com. The five destinations linked most:
| Destination | Kind | Answers | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| The businesses' own sites | own site | 57 | 88% |
| pretoria.co.za | directory | 16 | 25% |
| dineplan.com | marketplace | 11 | 17% |
| Press, guides and forums | press and guides | 11 | 17% |
| eatout.co.za | directory | 5 | 8% |
The full league table, assistant by assistant → · The places named, question by question
What assistants recommend in Pretoria
Each assistant was asked the way people ask, with web search on, for up to three places and a link to book or order directly with each. For the places it recommended, the table shows how many came with a link to the place's own site, to a marketplace or to a directory, and how many came with no link at all.
| Assistant | Own site or direct | Marketplace | Directory | No link | Places |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 98% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 59 |
| Claude | 60% | 7% | 3% | 30% | 60 |
| Gemini | 72% | 3% | 0% | 25% | 64 |
Asked on 2026-10-22. A place in this index links to its report, and one with its own site that isn't in the index yet links to a scan. When a cell says "no link", the assistant named the place but didn't link to its site. Across the 22 questions, the assistants named 131 different places. This index has 881 businesses. Question by question →
Pretoria, month by month
Each month gets its own dated page, and its numbers are final once the month is over. The table shows the share of sites that turn AI crawlers away, the share that take bookings or orders on their own domain, and how many score A or B.
| Month | Sites scanned | Turn a crawler away | Direct booking or ordering | A or B |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 so far | 74 | 19% | 43% | 27 |
Pretoria, by kind
Each kind of business has its own index, and every index gets the same scan. This page is the restaurants and fast food index.
| Kind | Businesses | Has a website | Sites scanned | Grades |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| restaurants and fast food this page | 881 | 381 | 74 | A 14 · B 13 · C 18 · D 12 · F 17 |
| hairdressers and beauty salons | 149 | 16 | 9 | A 0 · B 1 · C 2 · D 2 · F 4 |
293 of them are chain outlets. A chain's site is scanned once and counted once in the rankings.
Can an agent transact in Pretoria?
1 of 70 reachable sites expose a rail an agent could transact through: UCP profile 1. Measured, not scored.
A rail is a UCP profile, an ACP discovery document, an MCP server card, or an ordering vendor that takes orders placed by assistants (Square and Toast, and any vendor whose terms allow agents). Counted from the latest scan of each site; older scans were not measured. Methodology · vendor terms for agents.