# Alder & Ash: Agent-Direct Score A (87.7%)

Site: https://www.alderandashsea.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/alderandashsea.com
Scanned: 2026-10-14 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Alder & Ash is ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open Alder & Ash's website. It can read what Alder & Ash offers. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://www.alderandashsea.com/reservations/ (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://www.alderandashsea.com/menus/
- Phone: +1-206-486-7699
- Address: 629 Pike Street, Seattle, WA 98101
- Hours, from OpenStreetMap · Overture Maps: Mon–Sun 06:00–22:00

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Alder & Ash that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Torchy's Restaurant Bar & Den (140 m): https://directindex.org/r/wac.net
- Café Yumm! (150 m): https://directindex.org/r/cafeyumm.com
- The Carlile Room (260 m): https://directindex.org/r/thecarlile.com
- Hard Rock Cafe (510 m): https://directindex.org/r/hardrock.com
- Conversation (590 m): https://directindex.org/r/conversationseattle.com

## What to fix first
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+5 points) Missing: telephone, opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **No llms.txt.** (no points, but worth doing) Optional for now and cheap to add. It's a short text file that describes the business for language models. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/llms-txt-for-a-business

## Fix kit: What to paste

Structured data (JSON-LD). Paste it as one block in the page's head, or in the builder's custom code box. Change anything that's wrong.

```html
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Restaurant",
  "name": "Alder & Ash",
  "url": "https://www.alderandashsea.com/",
  "telephone": "+1-206-486-7699",
  "email": "Dine@AlderAndAshSEA.com",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "629 Pike Street",
    "postalCode": "98101",
    "addressLocality": "Seattle",
    "addressRegion": "WA"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 47.6113383,
    "longitude": -122.3334588
  },
  "openingHours": "Mo-Su 06:00-22:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Monday",
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday",
        "Friday",
        "Saturday",
        "Sunday"
      ],
      "opens": "06:00",
      "closes": "22:00"
    }
  ],
  "servesCuisine": [
    "american"
  ],
  "acceptsReservations": "https://www.alderandashsea.com/reservations/",
  "hasMenu": "https://www.alderandashsea.com/menus/",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://www.alderandashsea.com/reservations/",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

llms.txt. Save as /llms.txt at the root of the site.

```
# Alder & Ash

> restaurant (american) in 629 Pike Street, Seattle, WA 98101, Seattle. Phone +1-206-486-7699.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://www.alderandashsea.com/reservations/ (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://www.alderandashsea.com/menus/

## Opening hours

Mo-Su 06:00-22:00

## About

- Website: https://www.alderandashsea.com/
- This file follows llms.txt (https://llmstxt.org): a short plain-text description for language models.
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** No rule blocks the main AI user agents.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all got a normal response.
- **Structured data found (FoodEstablishment).** address
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.
- **Booking on your own site.** Agents can book without going through a marketplace.

## Where it stands
133 of 1768 in Seattle. Top 8% of the sites scanned in this index.

| What the top 10% of the index does | Top 10% | This site |
|---|---|---|
| Take bookings or orders on their own domain | 100% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 92% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 97% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 55% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 24% | no |

Nearest places with a similar menu: Torchy's Restaurant Bar & Den (C, 138 m, https://directindex.org/r/wac.net); Café Yumm! (B, 154 m, https://directindex.org/r/cafeyumm.com); Ruth's Chris Steak House (F, 166 m, https://directindex.org/r/ruthschris.com); Metropole American Kitchen & Bar (F, 211 m, https://directindex.org/r/metropoleseattle.com); The Carlile Room (A, 258 m, https://directindex.org/r/thecarlile.com); Ben Paris (D, 483 m, https://directindex.org/r/benparis.com); Hard Rock Cafe (A, 506 m, https://directindex.org/r/hardrock.com); Sitka and Spruce (F, 534 m, https://directindex.org/r/sitkaandspruce.com); The Rabbit Box (C, 585 m, https://directindex.org/r/therabbitboxseattle.com); Conversation (A, 590 m, https://directindex.org/r/conversationseattle.com).

## What assistants answer
The assistants haven't been asked about this business yet. They're asked about the top-ranked businesses in each city index, and about any business as soon as it's claimed. Claim this page to be included.

Recommended when people ask: "Brunch on Sunday for four. Where can I reserve?" (ChatGPT); "A quiet place for a business lunch on Tuesday, book for three at noon." (ChatGPT); "A dinner for a group of twelve next Thursday. Who takes big tables online?" (Gemini)


Compared with its peers: Sites built with BentoBox 80% (86% A or B, 2383 sites); This site 87.7%.

See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/alderandashsea.com/agent-view

## Named by ChatGPT and Gemini for 3 questions, including "Brunch on Sunday for four. Where can I reserve?" in Seattle, October 2026
- "Brunch on Sunday for four. Where can I reserve?" (2026-10-18): ChatGPT with a link to this site. https://directindex.org/city/seattle/recommended/brunch
- "A dinner for a group of twelve next Thursday. Who takes big tables online?" (2026-10-23): Gemini with a link to this site. https://directindex.org/city/seattle/recommended/group-12
- "A quiet place for a business lunch on Tuesday, book for three at noon." (2026-10-23): ChatGPT with a link to this site. https://directindex.org/city/seattle/recommended/business-lunch
Named by 2 of 3 assistants asked. Badge: https://directindex.org/badge/named/alderandashsea.com.svg

## Businesses like Alder & Ash in Seattle

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Seattle | 1768 | 52% | 33% | 87.7% |
| Sites built with BentoBox in Seattle | 35 | 82% | 91% | 87.7% |

The best of the sites built with BentoBox in Seattle: Place Pigalle (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/placepigalle-seattle.com); Cookie's Country Chicken (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/cookiescountrychicken.com); Asadero - Ballard (A 90.8%, https://directindex.org/r/asaderoprime.com); Goldfinch Tavern (A 90.8%, https://directindex.org/r/goldfinchtavern.com); IJ Sushi Burrito (A 90.8%, https://directindex.org/r/ijsushiburrito.com).

With the fix above (Structured data is incomplete), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 37th of 1,768 in Seattle, up from 133rd.

## The direct record
What agents get for Alder & Ash, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/alderandashsea.com
- Book: https://www.alderandashsea.com/reservations/ (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-14, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://www.alderandashsea.com/menus/ (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: Mo-Su 06:00-22:00 (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +1-206-486-7699
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/alderandashsea.com/book, https://directindex.org/go/alderandashsea.com/menu

## Can an agent transact?
Measured, not scored (the score stays at spec v1.0).
- UCP profile (/.well-known/ucp, Google and Shopify's Universal Commerce Protocol): not measured
- ACP discovery document (/.well-known/acp.json, OpenAI and Stripe's Agentic Commerce Protocol): not measured
- MCP server card (/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json): no
- Ordering vendor that takes agent orders (Square, Toast, or a vendor whose terms allow agents): not measured

Not measured at this scan; the next scan measures it.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 17 | 25 |
| Actionable | 15 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Level 1 of 5, Basic Web Presence. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/alderandashsea.com
- Link headers on the homepage: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/link-headers/SKILL.md)
- sitemap.xml: yes
- AI bot rules in robots.txt: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/ai-rules/SKILL.md)
- Content Signals in robots.txt: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/content-signals/SKILL.md)
- Markdown on Accept: text/markdown: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/markdown-negotiation/SKILL.md)
- llms.txt: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/llms-txt/SKILL.md)
- API catalog (RFC 9727): no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/api-catalog/SKILL.md)
- MCP server card: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/mcp-server-card/SKILL.md)
- A2A agent card: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/a2a-agent-card/SKILL.md)
- Agent Skills index: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/agent-skills/SKILL.md)
- OAuth or OIDC discovery: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/oauth-discovery/SKILL.md)
- OAuth protected resource metadata: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/oauth-protected-resource/SKILL.md)
- auth.md: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/auth-md/SKILL.md)
- Web Bot Auth key directory: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/web-bot-auth/SKILL.md)
- ARD capability manifest: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/ard/SKILL.md)
- DNS-AID records: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/dns-aid/SKILL.md)
- WebMCP tools on the page: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/webmcp/SKILL.md)
- JSON-LD for the business: yes

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/alderandashsea.com/plan): the assistants are asked again every month, and you see what changed. 2 EUR a month or 19 EUR a year.
Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/alderandashsea.com/deep. Ten questions phrased the way people ask them, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF. 5 EUR, paid once. Reading and scanning stay free. These few euros pay for the questions sent to the assistants and for the servers.
Methodology: https://directindex.org/methodology · Rescan now: https://directindex.org/scan?url=alderandashsea.com&force=1