# Chez Ashton: Agent-Direct Score D (53.4%)

Site: https://ashtonrestaurants.ca/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/ashtonrestaurants.ca
Scanned: 2026-10-24 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Chez Ashton is hard for agents to use.
Some AI assistants are turned away by Chez Ashton's website. It can read what Chez Ashton offers. It finds a way to book or order directly, through chezashton.order-online.ai.

## Direct links
- Menu: https://ashtonrestaurants.ca/mini
- Phone: +1-418-682-2379
- Address: Boulevard Sainte-Anne 3505 G1E 3L5 Québec
- Hours, from OpenStreetMap: Mon–Tue 10:30–21:00; Wed–Sat 10:30–22:00; Sun 10:30–21:00
- Its menu mentions: allergens

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Chez Ashton that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Casa Grecque (100 m): https://directindex.org/r/casagrecque.ca
- Chez Cora (160 m): https://directindex.org/r/chezcora.com
- Scores (1.8 km): https://directindex.org/r/scores.ca
- Thaï Express (2.4 km): https://directindex.org/r/thaiexpress.ca
- Sushi Nicky (4.1 km): https://directindex.org/r/onicky.com

## What to fix first
- **No structured data for the business.** (+15 points) Add schema.org JSON-LD for the business (Restaurant, LocalBusiness or the closest type, with name, address, telephone and openingHoursSpecification, plus servesCuisine and acceptsReservations). Every assistant reads this block first, and the fix kit below has it filled in. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **Ordering through an unrecognised third party.** (+9 points) Check that the provider keeps your business as the seller of record. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/online-ordering-without-delivery-apps
- **The server turns AI crawlers away at the door.** (+3.3 points) Requests as GPTBot (http_403) were refused, but a normal browser got the page. That's usually a bot list at the host or in a firewall that the owner never chose. Ask the host to allow these user agents. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing
- **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": "FastFoodRestaurant",
  "name": "Chez Ashton",
  "url": "https://ashtonrestaurants.ca/",
  "telephone": "+1-418-682-2379",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Boulevard Sainte-Anne 3505",
    "postalCode": "G1E 3L5",
    "addressLocality": "Québec"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 46.85391,
    "longitude": -71.1944024
  },
  "openingHours": "Mo-Tu 10:30-21:00; We-Sa 10:30-22:00; Su 10:30-21:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Monday",
        "Tuesday"
      ],
      "opens": "10:30",
      "closes": "21:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday",
        "Friday",
        "Saturday"
      ],
      "opens": "10:30",
      "closes": "22:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Sunday"
      ],
      "opens": "10:30",
      "closes": "21:00"
    }
  ],
  "servesCuisine": [
    "poutine"
  ],
  "hasMenu": "https://ashtonrestaurants.ca/mini"
}
</script>
```

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

```
# Chez Ashton

> fast food restaurant (poutine) in Boulevard Sainte-Anne 3505 G1E 3L5 Québec, Quebec City. Phone +1-418-682-2379.

## Book or order directly

- Menu: https://ashtonrestaurants.ca/mini

## Opening hours

Mo-Tu 10:30-21:00; We-Sa 10:30-22:00; Su 10:30-21:00

## About

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

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** There's no robots.txt, which means everything is allowed.
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.

## Where it stands
116 of 154 in Quebec City. Top 75% 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% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 100% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 100% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 44% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 38% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Casa Grecque (B, 102 m, https://directindex.org/r/casagrecque.ca); Chez Cora (B, 161 m, https://directindex.org/r/chezcora.com); A&W (F, 1810 m, https://directindex.org/r/aw.ca); Scores (B, 1826 m, https://directindex.org/r/scores.ca); Burger King (D, 1861 m, https://directindex.org/r/burgerking.ca); Thaï Express (B, 2360 m, https://directindex.org/r/thaiexpress.ca); Le Cendrillon (F, 4073 m, https://directindex.org/r/lecendrillonrestaurant.com); Sushi Nicky (C, 4134 m, https://directindex.org/r/onicky.com); Chateau de l'Inde (C, 4215 m, https://directindex.org/r/chateaudelinde.ca); Chez Carlos Café (B, 4392 m, https://directindex.org/r/chezcarloscafe.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: "Something to eat after midnight, delivered or open late." (Gemini)


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

## Named by Gemini for "Something to eat after midnight, delivered or open late" in Quebec City, October 2026
- "Something to eat after midnight, delivered or open late." (2026-10-22): Gemini by name, without a link. https://directindex.org/city/quebec-city/recommended/late-night
Named by 1 of 2 assistants asked. Badge: https://directindex.org/badge/named/ashtonrestaurants.ca.svg

## Businesses like Chez Ashton in Quebec City

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Quebec City | 154 | 64% | 44% | 53.4% |

The best of the businesses of the same kind in Quebec City: Le Bureau de poste (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/warehousegroup.ca); Le Subtil Lebourgneuf (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/lesubtil.com); Poutineville (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/poutineville.com); Jack Le Coq (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/jacklecoq.com); Quai 1635 (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/quai1635.com).

With the three fixes above (No structured data for the business; Ordering through an unrecognised third party; The server turns AI crawlers away at the door), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 4th of 154 in Quebec City, up from 116th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Chez Ashton, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/ashtonrestaurants.ca
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://ashtonrestaurants.ca/mini (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: Mo-Tu 10:30-21:00; We-Sa 10:30-22:00; Su 10:30-21:00 (open now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +1-418-682-2379
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/ashtonrestaurants.ca/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 | 21.7 | 25 |
| Readable | 7 | 25 |
| Actionable | 6 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Level 0 of 5, Not Ready. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/ashtonrestaurants.ca
- Link headers on the homepage: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/link-headers/SKILL.md)
- sitemap.xml: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/sitemap/SKILL.md)
- 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: no

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/ashtonrestaurants.ca/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/ashtonrestaurants.ca/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=ashtonrestaurants.ca&force=1