The Direct Index
Report · Durban · scanned 2026-11-14

Bamboo Sushi Lounge

bamboosushi.co.za is mostly ready for agents.

Listed by Overture Maps.

BookOrderMenuCallWebsite

Ways to reach Bamboo Sushi Lounge directly, with no marketplace in between. Checked 2026-11-14. On the business's own site. Report a mistake

corner of lighthouse and, Protea Mall, 80 Ridge Rd, 4319, Umhlanga · +27315612705

WhatsApp: a link on the site

Nearby, also direct

Places near Bamboo Sushi Lounge that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.

Owners

The website's grade

An AI assistant can open Bamboo Sushi Lounge's website. It can read what Bamboo Sushi Lounge offers. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.

72.3%

47 of 65 points available

0/5

agent-readiness level, Not Ready

2

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.

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Named by assistants

Named by Gemini for "I want sushi delivered this evening" in Durban, November 2026

Each assistant was asked the way people ask, with web search on, for up to three places in Durban and a link to each one's own site. This business was named in one answer, by 1 of the 2 assistants asked.

QuestionNamed byAsked
I want sushi delivered this evening.Gemini with a link to this site2026-11-05

Every place named in Durban, 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.

Named by 1 of 2 assistants, Direct Index

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Assistants

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:
“I want sushi delivered this evening.” (Gemini, with a link to this site)

Where it stands

How Bamboo Sushi Lounge compares

Where it stands

55 of 292 in Durban

Top 19% of the sites scanned in this index. Just above: Steak & Oyster B, The Mall Cafe B. Just below: Barcelos Engen Trafford B, Calisto's B.

What the top 10% of the index doesTop 10%This site
Take bookings or orders on their own domain93%yes
Publish the menu or price list as HTML93%yes
Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt)87%yes
Structured data with address, phone and hours30%no
Have an llms.txt33%no

Compared with its peers

Average scoreA or BThis site
Sites built with WordPress 270,003 sites55%25%72.3%

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Steak & Ale147 mFno
14 on Chartwell american154 mFno
Salsa Mexican Grill mexican165 mAyes
Bird & Co chicken171 mCyes
Businesses like yours

Businesses like Bamboo Sushi Lounge in Durban

GroupSitesAvg scoreA or BThis site
Businesses of the same kind in Durban29251%24%72.3%
Sites built with WordPress in Durban14759%31%72.3%

After the top fixes

With the fix above (No structured data for the business), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 3rd of 292 in Durban, up from 55th.

Findings

What to fix first

  1. 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. How to fix it

  2. 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

One email with the fixes and the link. Nothing is stored.

No one is listed yet to fix this in Durban. 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.
  • AI crawlers get the page GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all got a normal response.
  • 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.
  • Ordering on your own site Agents can order without going through a marketplace.

Builder: wordpress · contact page /contact-us/: nothing new; menu page /takeaway-menu-3/: booking link (own domain) · What to paste

Owners

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Claiming is free and takes one email to confirm. Then you can correct what assistants are told, and you get a message only when the score changes.

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Keep watching this business: the assistants are asked again every month, and you see what changed. 2 EUR a month or 19 EUR a year. Deep report: ten questions to each assistant, plus the places nearby. 5 EUR, paid once. Reading and scanning stay free. These few euros pay for the questions sent to the assistants and for the servers.

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For developers and agents

What agents get, and what the site publishes

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