# Avan Lounge Restaurant & Shisha Bar: Agent-Direct Score B (84.6%)

Site: http://avanlounge.co.uk/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/avanlounge.co.uk
Scanned: 2026-10-21 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Avan Lounge Restaurant & Shisha Bar is mostly ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open Avan Lounge Restaurant & Shisha Bar's website. It can read what Avan Lounge Restaurant & Shisha Bar offers. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://www.avanlounge.co.uk/group-bookings (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://www.avanlounge.co.uk/story
- Phone: +441613887932
- Address: 165 Great Ducie St, M3 1FF, Manchester

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Avan Lounge Restaurant & Shisha Bar that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Amazonia Lounge (300 m): https://directindex.org/r/amazonialounge.com
- Palatine Inn (330 m): https://directindex.org/r/gobouncy.co.uk
- Strangeways Brewery (400 m): https://directindex.org/r/wikipedia.org
- The Black Friar (670 m): https://directindex.org/r/theblackfriarsalford.co.uk
- Suzume Sake (710 m): https://directindex.org/r/suzumesake.me

## What to fix first
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+7 points) Missing: address, telephone, opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **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": "LocalBusiness",
  "name": "Avan Lounge Restaurant & Shisha Bar",
  "url": "http://avanlounge.co.uk/",
  "telephone": "+441613887932",
  "address": "165 Great Ducie St, M3 1FF, Manchester",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 53.49195846,
    "longitude": -2.2489503
  },
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://www.avanlounge.co.uk/group-bookings",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

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

```
# Avan Lounge Restaurant & Shisha Bar

> local business in 165 Great Ducie St, M3 1FF, Manchester, Manchester cafes and bars. Phone +441613887932.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://www.avanlounge.co.uk/group-bookings (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://www.avanlounge.co.uk/story

## About

- Website: http://avanlounge.co.uk/
- 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 main AI user agents.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all got a normal response.
- **Structured data found (LocalBusiness).** no address, phone or hours in it
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.
- **Booking on your own site.** Agents can book without going through a marketplace.

## Where it stands
95 of 1311 in Manchester cafes and bars. Top 7% 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 | 98% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 90% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 88% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 27% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 22% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Amazonia Lounge (B, 296 m, https://directindex.org/r/amazonialounge.com); Palatine Inn (B, 327 m, https://directindex.org/r/gobouncy.co.uk); Strangeways Brewery (B, 400 m, https://directindex.org/r/wikipedia.org); CoffeeB (D, 564 m, https://directindex.org/r/coffeeb.co.uk); The Beer House Bar & Kitchen (F, 617 m, https://directindex.org/r/foodtravelexperts.com); The Black Friar (C, 672 m, https://directindex.org/r/theblackfriarsalford.co.uk); Leo and Roobs (D, 675 m, https://directindex.org/r/leoandroobs.co.uk); Base Bar (D, 708 m, https://directindex.org/r/italianfilmfestival.org.uk); Suzume Sake (C, 710 m, https://directindex.org/r/suzumesake.me); Embankment Cafe Co. (C, 725 m, https://directindex.org/r/citysuites.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.


Compared with its peers: Sites built with Squarespace 63% (46% A or B, 18903 sites); This site 84.6%.

See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/avanlounge.co.uk/agent-view

## Businesses like Avan Lounge Restaurant & Shisha Bar in Manchester cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Manchester cafes and bars | 1311 | 49% | 24% | 84.6% |
| Sites built with Squarespace in Manchester cafes and bars | 78 | 67% | 41% | 84.6% |

The best of the sites built with Squarespace in Manchester cafes and bars: Alma Inn (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/thealmainn.com); Little Explorers Mcr (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/little-explorersmcr.co.uk); Village Cafe (A 90.8%, https://directindex.org/r/gourmandcafe.co.uk); Lawn Club (A 87.7%, https://directindex.org/r/thelawnclub.co.uk); Owd Betts (A 87.7%, https://directindex.org/r/owdbetts.com).

With the fix above (Structured data is incomplete), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 8th of 1,311 in Manchester cafes and bars, up from 95th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Avan Lounge Restaurant & Shisha Bar, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/avanlounge.co.uk
- Book: https://www.avanlounge.co.uk/group-bookings (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-21, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://www.avanlounge.co.uk/story (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +441613887932
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/avanlounge.co.uk/book, https://directindex.org/go/avanlounge.co.uk/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 | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 15 | 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/avanlounge.co.uk
- 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

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/avanlounge.co.uk/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/avanlounge.co.uk/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=avanlounge.co.uk&force=1
