# Arbane: Agent-Direct Score B (76.9%)

Site: https://arbane.be/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/arbane.be
Scanned: 2026-10-16 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Arbane is mostly ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open Arbane's website. It can't find a menu or price list, so it answers from other sites. It finds a way to book or order directly, through Zenchef.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://bookings.zenchef.com/results?rid=369935 (through zenchef acting for the business)
- Phone: +32 9 273 68 10
- Address: Wijzemanstraat 4
- Hours, from arbane.be: Mon–Tue closed; Wed–Sat 12:00–13:30, 18:00–20:00; Sun closed

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Arbane that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Vrijdagsgevoel (10 m): https://directindex.org/r/vrijdagsgevoel.be
- Sushi Paradise (30 m): https://directindex.org/r/sushiparadise.be
- Chulo (70 m): https://directindex.org/r/chulogent.be
- Mission Masala (70 m): https://directindex.org/r/missionmasala.be
- Belchicken Gent Vrijdagmarkt (90 m): https://directindex.org/r/belchicken.com

## What to fix first
- **No menu or price list found.** (+7 points) Agents answer 'what do they offer?' from marketplaces instead. Add a page with the menu or price list and link to it from the homepage. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai

## What the site tells visitors (Measured, not scored)
- **No English version declared.** Visitors from abroad, and assistants answering in English, read the page as it is. In Ghent, 21% of comparable sites declare one.

## 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 (Restaurant).** address, phone, opening hours
- **Booking through zenchef on your own domain.** There's no marketplace commission, and the customer stays yours.
- **Zenchef works with agents through its partners.** Zenchef's website terms (19 February 2024) forbid robots, scripts or automated systems that extract content and forbid crawling or scraping; agents book only through partner integrations a restaurant enables. Terms read on 2026-10-15: https://www.zenchef.com/terms-conditions. An assistant that isn't a partner may not be able to finish there. A direct path on your own domain works for all of them.

## Where it stands
Not ranked yet in Ghent.

| What the top 10% of the index does | Top 10% | This site |
|---|---|---|
| Take bookings or orders on their own domain | 99% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 90% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 100% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 35% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 30% | yes |

Nearest places in the index: Vrijdagsgevoel (B, 14 m, https://directindex.org/r/vrijdagsgevoel.be); Sushi Paradise (B, 26 m, https://directindex.org/r/sushiparadise.be); Chulo (C, 69 m, https://directindex.org/r/chulogent.be); Mission Masala (B, 74 m, https://directindex.org/r/missionmasala.be); Fishbar de Crevette (F, 82 m, https://directindex.org/r/decrevette.be); Belchicken Gent Vrijdagmarkt (B, 87 m, https://directindex.org/r/belchicken.com); CLOWN (B, 89 m, https://directindex.org/r/clownpasta.be); Bloch - Boulangerie Alsacienne (D, 90 m, https://directindex.org/r/bloch1899.be); Café Contraire (C, 90 m, https://directindex.org/r/cafecontraire.be); Savarin (F, 95 m, https://directindex.org/r/brasserie-savarin.be).

## 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: "I want to book a table for two tonight somewhere romantic." (ChatGPT)


Compared with its peers: Sites built with WordPress 55% (24% A or B, 251601 sites); Sites using Zenchef 75% (63% A or B, 3761 sites); This site 76.9%.

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

## Named by ChatGPT for "I want to book a table for two tonight somewhere romantic" in Ghent, October 2026
- "I want to book a table for two tonight somewhere romantic." (2026-10-16): ChatGPT with a link to this site. https://directindex.org/city/ghent/recommended/romantic
Named by 1 of 2 assistants asked. Badge: https://directindex.org/badge/named/arbane.be.svg

## Businesses like Arbane in Ghent

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sites built with WordPress in Ghent | 199 | 66% | 48% | 76.9% |
| Sites using Zenchef in Ghent | 65 | 70% | 55% | 76.9% |
| Sites built with WordPress and using Zenchef in Ghent | 15 | 81% | 87% | 76.9% |

The best of the sites built with WordPress and using Zenchef in Ghent: Gaston (A 97%, https://directindex.org/r/rooftopgaston.be); Tribune (A 91%, https://directindex.org/r/tribunegent.be); La Malcontenta (A 90%, https://directindex.org/r/lamalcontenta.be); Janine's (A 88.8%, https://directindex.org/r/janines.be); 50 fifty (A 87.5%, https://directindex.org/r/50fiftygent.be).

## The direct record
What agents get for Arbane, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/arbane.be
- Book: https://bookings.zenchef.com/results?rid=369935 (vendor on own site: Zenchef; found by the scan of 2026-10-16, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: We-Sa 12:00-13:30,18:00-20:00 (closed now) (from arbane.be)
- Phone: +32 9 273 68 10
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/arbane.be/book

## 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
- Vendor terms for agents, Zenchef: Through partners. Zenchef's website terms (19 February 2024) forbid robots, scripts or automated systems that extract content and forbid crawling or scraping; agents book only through partner integrations a restaurant enables. Read 2026-10-15: https://www.zenchef.com/terms-conditions

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 15 | 25 |
| Actionable | 10 | 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/arbane.be
- 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: yes
- 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: yes
- OAuth protected resource metadata: yes
- 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/arbane.be/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/arbane.be/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=arbane.be&force=1