Babucho
babucho.co.uk is hard for agents to use.
Listed by OpenStreetMap · Overture Maps.
Ways to reach Babucho directly, with no marketplace in between. Checked 2026-11-14. Report a mistake
Hours, from OpenStreetMap · Overture Maps: Mon–Sun 12:00–22:30
Side 26 NE1 3JA Newcastle upon Tyne · +44 191 231 2840
Its menu mentions: vegan options, vegetarian dishes, a children's menu · Step-free access (OpenStreetMap)
Places near Babucho that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Topolino150 m · italian
- Marco Polo160 m · italian
- Zizzi290 m · italian
- Gino D'Acampo Quayside300 m · italian
- Pani's370 m · italian
The website's grade
Some AI assistants are turned away by Babucho's website. It can read what Babucho offers. It finds a way to book or order directly, through bookings.quadranet.co.uk.
32.3 of 65 points available
agent-readiness level, Basic Web Presence
things to fix
Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.
Named by ChatGPT and Gemini for 3 questions, including "Birthday dinner for eight on Friday. I want to book online" in Newcastle upon Tyne, November 2026
Each assistant was asked the way people ask, with web search on, for up to three places in Newcastle upon Tyne and a link to each one's own site. This business was named in 3 answers, by 2 of the 2 assistants asked.
| Question | Named by | Asked |
|---|---|---|
| Birthday dinner for eight on Friday. I want to book online. | ChatGPT with a link to this site | 2026-11-14 |
| Dinner with two kids tonight, somewhere relaxed. Book a table for four. | Gemini with a link to this site | 2026-11-14 |
| I'm coeliac. A restaurant with real gluten-free options for dinner, book it. | ChatGPT with a link to this site | 2026-11-14 |
Every place named in Newcastle upon Tyne, question by question.
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The badge shows how many of the assistants asked named this business, and the month. It updates after every round.
<a href="https://directindex.org/r/babucho.co.uk"><img src="https://directindex.org/badge/named/babucho.co.uk.svg" alt="Named by 2 of 2 assistants, Direct Index" width="300" height="40"></a>
What assistants answer
Each assistant gets three questions about this business: the official website, where to book and where to order. Each cell shows where the answer sent people.
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:
“Birthday dinner for eight on Friday. I want to book online.” (ChatGPT, with a link to this site)
“Dinner with two kids tonight, somewhere relaxed. Book a table for four.” (Gemini, with a link to this site)
“I'm coeliac. A restaurant with real gluten-free options for dinner, book it.” (ChatGPT, with a link to this site)
How Babucho compares
308 of 457 in Newcastle upon Tyne
Top 67% of the sites scanned in this index. Just above: Akbar's D, 21 Hospitality Group Ltd D. Just below: Chefs' Academy Restaurant D, Earthlings - The healing Cafe D.
| 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 | 79% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 96% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 62% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 21% | no |
Compared with its peers
| Average score | A or B | This site | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sites built with WordPress 270,003 sites | 55% | 25% | 49.7% |
Nearest places with a similar menu
| Place | Distance | Grade | Direct booking or ordering |
|---|---|---|---|
| Topolino italian | 146 m | A | yes |
| Marco Polo italian | 157 m | A | yes |
| Lui's italian | 192 m | F | no |
| Zizzi italian | 289 m | A | yes |
| Gino D'Acampo Quayside italian | 296 m | B | yes |
| Secco italian | 340 m | F | no |
| Pani's italian | 366 m | B | yes |
| Insieme italian | 549 m | A | yes |
| Pinocchio italian | 555 m | A | yes |
| Jamie's Italian italian | 584 m | F | no |
Businesses like Babucho in Newcastle upon Tyne
| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Newcastle upon Tyne | 457 | 58% | 40% | 49.7% |
| Sites built with WordPress in Newcastle upon Tyne | 120 | 67% | 49% | 49.7% |
After the top fixes
With the three fixes above (No structured data for the business; Booking through an unrecognised third party; The server turns AI crawlers away at the door), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 7th of 457 in Newcastle upon Tyne, up from 308th.
What to fix first
- No structured data for the business +14 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. How to fix it
- Booking through an unrecognised third party +9 points
Check that the provider keeps your business as the seller of record. How to fix it
- The server turns AI crawlers away at the door +6.7 points
Requests as ClaudeBot (http_429), PerplexityBot (http_429) 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. How to fix it
- 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. How to fix it
Send the fixes to your web person
No one is listed yet to fix this in Newcastle upon Tyne. List your agency or yourself. It's free, and every listing is reviewed by hand.
Already right
- robots.txt lets AI crawlers in No rule blocks the main AI user agents.
- Menu or price list is an HTML page Agents can read the items and prices.
Builder: wordpress · contact page /quayside/about/: nothing new; menu page /quayside/menus/: nothing new · What to paste
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What agents get, and what the site publishes
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