# Arbella: Agent-Direct Score B (75.4%)

Site: https://arbellachicago.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/arbellachicago.com
Scanned: 2026-10-14 (Provisional: the action test and the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.)
Arbella is mostly ready for agents.

## Direct links
- Menu: https://arbellachicago.com/menu
- Phone: +1-312-846-6654

## What to fix first
- **Booking only through resy.** (+12 points) Every agent transaction goes through the marketplace and its commission. Add a direct path on your own site, even a simple form. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website
- **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": "Restaurant",
  "name": "Arbella",
  "url": "https://arbellachicago.com/",
  "telephone": "+1-312-846-6654",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "West Grand Avenue 114;112",
    "postalCode": "60654",
    "addressLocality": "Chicago"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 41.8918204,
    "longitude": -87.6318357
  },
  "openingHours": "Mo 17:00-00:00; Tu-Fr 17:00-02:00; Sa 17:00-03:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Monday"
      ],
      "opens": "17:00",
      "closes": "00:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday",
        "Friday"
      ],
      "opens": "17:00",
      "closes": "02:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Saturday"
      ],
      "opens": "17:00",
      "closes": "03:00"
    }
  ],
  "servesCuisine": [
    "american"
  ],
  "hasMenu": "https://arbellachicago.com/menu"
}
</script>
```

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

```
# Arbella

> restaurant (american) in West Grand Avenue 114;112 60654 Chicago, Chicago. Phone +1-312-846-6654.

## Book or order directly

- Menu: https://arbellachicago.com/menu

## Opening hours

Mo 17:00-00:00; Tu-Fr 17:00-02:00; Sa 17:00-03:00

## About

- Website: https://arbellachicago.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 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
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read items and prices directly.
- **Resy works with agents through its partners.** Resy's terms (9 June 2025) bar automated software that crawls, harvests or scrapes the service and require written consent for other automated use; Resy opened bookings inside ChatGPT on 10 August 2026. Read 2026-10-15: https://resy.com/terms. An assistant that is not a partner may not finish the step there; a direct path on your own domain works for all of them.

## Where it stands
412 of 1561 in Chicago. Top 26% 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 | 97% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 95% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 52% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 19% | no |

Nearest places with a similar menu: Joy District Chicago (F, 171 m, https://directindex.org/r/joychicago.com); No Vacancy (A, 184 m, https://directindex.org/r/dontnvus.com); The Smith (B, 269 m, https://directindex.org/r/thesmithrestaurant.com); Untitled Supper Club (B, 305 m, https://directindex.org/r/untitledsupperclub.com); Gordon Ramsay Burger (A, 370 m, https://directindex.org/r/gordonramsayrestaurants.com); River Roast (B, 432 m, https://directindex.org/r/riverroastchicago.com); 320 River Bar (D, 440 m, https://directindex.org/r/320riverbar.com); Tortoise Supper Club (A, 448 m, https://directindex.org/r/tortoisesupperclub.com); Yolk - Marina City (A, 466 m, https://directindex.org/r/eatyolk.com); House of Blues (B, 467 m, https://directindex.org/r/houseofblues.com).

## 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 65% (48% A or B, 7098 sites); Sites using Resy 69% (48% A or B, 600 sites); This site 75.4%.

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

## Businesses like Arbella in Chicago

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same kind in Chicago | 1561 | 50% | 38% | 75.4% |
| Built with Squarespace in Chicago | 195 | 77% | 75% | 75.4% |
| Using Resy in Chicago | 23 | 73% | 57% | 75.4% |
| Built with Squarespace and using Resy in Chicago | 10 | 80% | 90% | 75.4% |

The best of Built with Squarespace and using Resy in Chicago: Maxwells Trading (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/maxwellstrading.com); La Josie (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/lajosie.com); Lardon (B 84.6%, https://directindex.org/r/lardonchicago.com); Nettare (B 84.6%, https://directindex.org/r/barnettare.com); Noble Thai (B 84.6%, https://directindex.org/r/noblethai.com).

With the two fixes above (Booking only through resy; Structured data is incomplete) the score would be about 95.4%: 38th of 1,561 in Chicago, up from 412th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Arbella, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/arbellachicago.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://arbellachicago.com/menu (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: Mo 17:00-00:00; Tu-Fr 17:00-02:00; Sa 17:00-03:00 (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +1-312-846-6654
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/arbellachicago.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
- Vendor terms for agents, Resy: Through partners. Resy's terms (9 June 2025) bar automated software that crawls, harvests or scrapes the service and require written consent for other automated use; Resy opened bookings inside ChatGPT on 10 August 2026. Read 2026-10-15: https://resy.com/terms

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

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 21 | 25 |
| Actionable | 3 | 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/arbellachicago.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: 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

Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/arbellachicago.com/deep. Ten questions the way people ask, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF: 19 EUR, one-off.
Methodology: https://directindex.org/methodology · Rescan now: https://directindex.org/scan?url=arbellachicago.com&force=1