# At nine Restaurant & Bar: Agent-Direct Score C (62%)

Site: https://www.atninenyc.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/atninenyc.com
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.)
At nine Restaurant & Bar is partly visible to agents.
Some AI assistants are turned away by the website of At nine Restaurant & Bar. It can read what At nine Restaurant & Bar offers. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://www.atninenyc.com/general-8 (on the business's own site)
- Order directly: https://ordering.chownow.com/order/23595/locations?add_cn_ordering_class=true (through chownow acting for the business)
- Menu: https://www.atninenyc.com/menu
- Phone: +1 212-265-4499

## 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). It is the one block every assistant reads first; the fix kit below has it filled in. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **The server turns AI crawlers away at the door.** (+6.7 points) Live fetches as ClaudeBot (cloudflare_challenge), PerplexityBot (cloudflare_challenge) were refused while a normal browser got the page. This is usually a hosting or firewall bot list 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, 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": "At nine Restaurant & Bar",
  "url": "https://www.atninenyc.com/",
  "telephone": "+1 212-265-4499",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 40.7587421,
    "longitude": -73.9921724
  },
  "servesCuisine": [
    "thai"
  ],
  "acceptsReservations": "https://www.atninenyc.com/general-8",
  "hasMenu": "https://www.atninenyc.com/menu",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://www.atninenyc.com/general-8",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    },
    {
      "@type": "OrderAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://ordering.chownow.com/order/23595/locations?add_cn_ordering_class=true",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

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

```
# At nine Restaurant & Bar

> restaurant (thai) in New York. Phone +1 212-265-4499.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://www.atninenyc.com/general-8 (on the business's own site)
- Order: https://ordering.chownow.com/order/23595/locations?add_cn_ordering_class=true (through chownow acting for the business)
- Menu: https://www.atninenyc.com/menu

## About

- Website: https://www.atninenyc.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.
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read items and prices directly.
- **Booking on your own site.** Agents can book without a marketplace in the loop.
- **Ordering through chownow on your own domain.** No marketplace commission, and the guest stays yours.

## Since the scan of 2026-10-14 (F then)
- Fixed: The site could not be read at all
- New: The server turned AI crawlers away at the door; No structured data for the business; No llms.txt

## Where it stands
2113 of 4122 in New York. Top 51% 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 | 99% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 94% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 47% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 13% | no |

Nearest places with a similar menu: Qi (F, 421 m, https://directindex.org/r/chaanteng.com); Chalong Southern Thai (A, 637 m, https://directindex.org/r/chalongnyc.com); Pure Thai Cookhouse (D, 701 m, https://directindex.org/r/purethaicookhouse.com); Lalyn (D, 704 m, https://directindex.org/r/lalynnyc.com); Mitr Thai (A, 1008 m, https://directindex.org/r/mitrthainyc.com); Thai Chai Kitchen (B, 1038 m, https://directindex.org/r/chaithaikitchen.com); Tam Mai Thai (C, 1366 m, https://directindex.org/r/tammaithai.com); Tam Sang (C, 1623 m, https://directindex.org/r/tamsang-nyc.com); Gai Chicken & Rice (C, 1719 m, https://directindex.org/r/gainyc.com); Su Khum Vit 51 (C, 1952 m, https://directindex.org/r/sukhumvit51.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 Wix 51% (26% A or B, 5296 sites); Sites using ChowNow 71% (51% A or B, 313 sites); This site 62%.

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

## Businesses like At nine Restaurant & Bar in New York

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in New York | 4122 | 56% | 42% | 62% |
| Sites built with Wix in New York | 236 | 58% | 30% | 62% |
| Sites using ChowNow in New York | 92 | 75% | 58% | 62% |
| Sites built with Wix and using ChowNow in New York | 7 | 67% | 14% | 62% |

The best of the sites built with Wix and using ChowNow in New York: Corrado's Cucina (A 90.8%, https://directindex.org/r/corradoscucina.com); Oh My Sushi (C 69.2%, https://directindex.org/r/ohmysushinj.com); Malatesta (C 67.7%, https://directindex.org/r/malatestanyc.com); The Nuaa Table (C 66.2%, https://directindex.org/r/thenuaatable.com); Pasha Pizza (C 56.9%, https://directindex.org/r/pashapp.com).

With the two fixes above (No structured data for the business; The server turns AI crawlers away at the door) the score would be about 95.4%: 73rd of 4,122 in New York, up from 2113th.

## The direct record
What agents get for At nine Restaurant & Bar, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/atninenyc.com
- Book: https://www.atninenyc.com/general-8 (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-16, not yet tested)
- Order: https://ordering.chownow.com/order/23595/locations?add_cn_ordering_class=true (vendor on own site: ChowNow; found by the scan of 2026-10-16, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://www.atninenyc.com/menu (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +1 212-265-4499
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/atninenyc.com/book, https://directindex.org/go/atninenyc.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/atninenyc.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): 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 | 18.3 | 25 |
| Readable | 7 | 25 |
| Actionable | 15 | 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/atninenyc.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: no

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