# Asian Max: Agent-Direct Score D (49.2%) Site: https://asianmax.restaurant/ Report: https://directindex.org/r/asianmax.restaurant Scanned: 2026-10-16 (Provisional: the action test and the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.) Asian Max is hard for agents to use. AI assistants cannot open the website of Asian Max, so they rely on what other sites say about it. ## Direct links - Order directly: https://direct.chownow.com/order/22393/locations/32524 (through chownow acting for the business) - Menu: https://asianmax.restaurant/menu - Phone: +1 612 333 1777 ## What to fix first - **The site turns every visitor without a browser away, AI agents included.** (+25 points) A plain fetch was refused (origin_timeout); only a real browser got the page. Every AI crawler and agent is turned away the same way, so Reachable scores 0 and the rest is measured on the rendered page. Ask the host to let the AI user agents through. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing ## Already right - **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** There is no robots.txt, which allows everything. - **Structured data present (LocalBusiness).** address, phone, opening hours - **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read items and prices directly. - **Ordering through chownow on your own domain.** No marketplace commission, and the guest stays yours. ## Where it stands 302 of 416 in Minneapolis. Top 73% 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% | yes | | Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 100% | yes | | Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 95% | no | | Structured data with address, phone and hours | 69% | yes | | Have an llms.txt | 2% | no | Nearest places with a similar menu: Saturday Dumpling Company (F, 1845 m, https://directindex.org/r/saturdaydumpling.com); Vinai (B, 2637 m, https://directindex.org/r/vinaimn.com); Minari (A, 2661 m, https://directindex.org/r/minarirestaurant.com); Mestiizo (F, 2674 m, https://directindex.org/r/mestiizo.com); Diane's Place (A, 2686 m, https://directindex.org/r/dianesplacemn.com); Rainbow Chinese Restaurant and Bar (C, 2859 m, https://directindex.org/r/rainbowrestaurant.com); Pham's Rice Bowl (D, 3219 m, https://directindex.org/r/phamsricebowl.com); Kimchi Tofu House (C, 3330 m, https://directindex.org/r/kimchitofu.com); Chin Dian Kitchen (F, 3382 m, https://directindex.org/r/chindiankitchen.com); Kiku Bistro (B, 3711 m, https://directindex.org/r/kikubistro.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 GoDaddy Website Builder 44% (17% A or B, 1146 sites); Sites using ChowNow 70% (50% A or B, 400 sites); This site 49.2%. See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/asianmax.restaurant/agent-view ## Businesses like Asian Max in Minneapolis | Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site | |---|---|---|---|---| | Businesses of the same kind in Minneapolis | 416 | 63% | 48% | 49.2% | | Sites built with GoDaddy Website Builder in Minneapolis | 8 | 59% | 38% | 49.2% | | Sites using ChowNow in Minneapolis | 16 | 69% | 44% | 49.2% | | Sites built with GoDaddy Website Builder and using ChowNow in Minneapolis | 2 | 68% | 50% | 49.2% | The best of the sites using ChowNow in Minneapolis: Restaurant at the Nicollet Island Inn (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/nicolletislandinn.com); Book Club Restaurant (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/bookclubrestaurant.com); Pho 79 (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/pho79caravellemlps.com); Valerie's Taqueria (B 84.6%, https://directindex.org/r/valeriestaqueria.com); Kyatchi (B 73.8%, https://directindex.org/r/kyatchi.com). With the fix above (The site turns every visitor without a browser away, AI agents included) the score would be about 87.7%: 67th of 416 in Minneapolis, up from 302nd. ## The direct record What agents get for Asian Max, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/asianmax.restaurant - Book: none on record - Order: https://direct.chownow.com/order/22393/locations/32524 (vendor on own site: ChowNow; found by the scan of 2026-10-16, not yet tested) - Menu: https://asianmax.restaurant/menu (html_page; from the scan) - Hours: Mo-Fr 10:30-14:00 (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap) - Phone: +1 612 333 1777 - Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/asianmax.restaurant/order, https://directindex.org/go/asianmax.restaurant/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 - Vendor terms for agents, ChowNow: Not stated. ChowNow's customer terms (8 September 2025) bar automated means such as spiders, robots and crawlers to download or scrape data, except search engines; they do not address an agent placing an order for a person, and no agent programme was found. Read 2026-10-15: https://get.chownow.com/terms-of-service Only a real browser got this page (a plain fetch got origin_timeout); Readable and Actionable were measured on the rendered page. ## Score breakdown | Component | Points | Available | |---|---|---| | Reachable | 0 | 25 | | Readable | 22 | 25 | | Actionable | 10 | 15 (the action test: pending) | | Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) | ## Agent readiness (Cloudflare) Not measured for this scan. - JSON-LD for the business: yes Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/asianmax.restaurant/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/asianmax.restaurant/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 ยท Rescan now: https://directindex.org/scan?url=asianmax.restaurant&force=1