# Ambler Cafe & Bistro: Agent-Direct Score B (75.4%)

Site: https://www.amblerptchev.co.nz/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/amblerptchev.co.nz
Scanned: 2026-10-17 (Provisional: the action test and the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.)
Ambler Cafe & Bistro is mostly ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open the website of Ambler Cafe & Bistro. What Ambler Cafe & Bistro offers is in a PDF or an image, which assistants read poorly. It finds a way to book or order directly, through bookings.nowbookit.com.

## Direct links
- Menu: https://www.amblerptchev.co.nz/s/A4-Ambler-10-AUG-26.pdf
- Phone: +64 9 849 3615

## What to fix first
- **Booking through an unrecognised third party.** (+9 points) Check that the provider keeps you as the merchant of record. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website
- **Menu or price list is a PDF.** (+3 points) Most agents skip PDFs or read them badly. Publish it as HTML, keep the PDF as a download. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+1 points) Missing: telephone. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **No llms.txt.** (no points, still worth doing) Optional today, cheap to add: a short text file describing the business for language models. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/llms-txt-for-a-business

## Fix kit: What to paste

Structured data (JSON-LD). One block in the page's head, or in the builder's custom-code slot. Replace anything that is wrong.

```html
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "CafeOrCoffeeShop",
  "name": "Ambler Cafe & Bistro",
  "url": "https://www.amblerptchev.co.nz/",
  "telephone": "+64 9 849 3615",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Point Chevalier Road 181",
    "postalCode": "1022",
    "addressLocality": "Auckland"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": -36.8649009,
    "longitude": 174.7063278
  },
  "hasMenu": "https://www.amblerptchev.co.nz/s/A4-Ambler-10-AUG-26.pdf"
}
</script>
```

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

```
# Ambler Cafe & Bistro

> cafe or coffee shop in Point Chevalier Road 181 1022 Auckland, Auckland cafes and bars. Phone +64 9 849 3615.

## Book or order directly

- Menu: https://www.amblerptchev.co.nz/s/A4-Ambler-10-AUG-26.pdf

## About

- Website: https://www.amblerptchev.co.nz/
- 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 key AI user agents.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all received a normal response.
- **Structured data present (LocalBusiness).** address, opening hours

## Where it stands
40 of 168 in Auckland cafes and bars. Top 24% of the sites scanned in this index.

| What the top tenth of the index does | Top 10% | This site |
|---|---|---|
| Take bookings or orders on their own domain | 100% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 100% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 100% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 6% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 18% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Twisted Tomato (B, 131 m, https://directindex.org/r/twistedtomato.co.nz); Malt Public House (A, 2325 m, https://directindex.org/r/maltpublichouse.co.nz); Pocket Bar (D, 2738 m, https://directindex.org/r/pocketbar.co.nz); Rosebank Coffee & Kitchen (C, 3015 m, https://directindex.org/r/rosebankkitchen.co.nz); Full Time Sports Bar & Eatery (B, 3404 m, https://directindex.org/r/fulltimesportsbar.co.nz); ParisButter (A, 3485 m, https://directindex.org/r/parisbutter.co.nz); Fusion (B, 3823 m, https://directindex.org/r/fusioncafe.co.nz); Buoy (C, 4650 m, https://directindex.org/r/buoycafe.co.nz).

## What assistants answer
Not asked yet. Assistants are asked about the top-ranked businesses in each city index, and about every claimed business the moment it is claimed; claim this page to be included.

Against its peers: Sites built with Squarespace 66% (51% A or B, 9908 sites); This site 75.4%.

See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/amblerptchev.co.nz/agent-view

## Businesses like Ambler Cafe & Bistro in Auckland cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Auckland cafes and bars | 168 | 58% | 39% | 75.4% |
| Sites built with Squarespace in Auckland cafes and bars | 41 | 77% | 78% | 75.4% |

The best of the sites built with Squarespace in Auckland cafes and bars: 21 Days Bar & Brasserie (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/21days.co.nz); Hare and the Turtle (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/hareandtheturtle.com); Post Office Public House (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/postofficepublichouse.co.nz); Stafford Rd Wine Bar (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/staffordroadwinebar.co.nz); Wander (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/wanderwynyard.co.nz).

With the three fixes above (Booking through an unrecognised third party; Menu or price list is a PDF; Structured data is incomplete) the score would be about 95.4%: 2nd of 168 in Auckland cafes and bars, up from 40th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Ambler Cafe & Bistro, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/amblerptchev.co.nz
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://www.amblerptchev.co.nz/s/A4-Ambler-10-AUG-26.pdf (pdf; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +64 9 849 3615
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/amblerptchev.co.nz/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): no
- ACP discovery document (/.well-known/acp.json, OpenAI and Stripe's Agentic Commerce Protocol): no
- 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): no

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 18 | 25 |
| Actionable | 6 | 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/amblerptchev.co.nz
- 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: yes
- 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/amblerptchev.co.nz/plan): the assistants asked again every month, with what changed; 2 EUR a month or 19 EUR a year.
Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/amblerptchev.co.nz/deep. Ten questions the way people ask, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF: 5 EUR, one-off. 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=amblerptchev.co.nz&force=1