# Bangalore Express: Agent-Direct Score C (55.4%)

Site: http://www.bangaloreuk.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/bangaloreuk.com
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.)
Bangalore Express is partly visible to agents.
An AI assistant can open Bangalore Express's website. What Bangalore Express offers is in a PDF or an image, and assistants read those badly. It finds a way to book or order directly, through Quandoo.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://booking-widget.quandoo.com/index.js (through quandoo acting for the business)
- Menu: http://www.bangaloreuk.com/christmas-2026/main-christmas-menu-bangalore-express.pdf
- Address: Corbet Court 1 EC3V 0AT London

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Bangalore Express that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Luc's Brasserie (100 m): https://directindex.org/r/lucsbrasserie.com
- MRBL (100 m): https://directindex.org/r/mrbl.co.uk
- La Viña Tapas Bar & Restaurant (120 m): https://directindex.org/r/lavina.co.uk
- Osteria del Mercato (120 m): https://directindex.org/r/osteriadelmercato.co.uk
- ORIANI (Leadenhall ) (120 m): https://directindex.org/r/oriani.bar

## 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). Every assistant reads this block first, and the fix kit below has it filled in. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **Ordering through an unrecognised third party.** (+5 points) Check that the provider keeps your business as the seller of record. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/online-ordering-without-delivery-apps
- **Quandoo's terms ban bots and automated use, but a direct form on your own site has no such limit.** (+5 points) Quandoo's end-user terms (London, May 2018, section 3.3.1) bar robots, spiders, scrapers or any other automated means of access to the website for any purpose; the operator, Quandoo UK Limited, is in members' voluntary liquidation and the German company is in liquidation too. Terms read on 2026-10-15: https://www.quandoo.co.uk/terms-conditions. An agent that books or orders there goes against the vendor's terms unless the vendor allows it. A form or booking page on your own domain has no such limit. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website
- **No working HTTPS.** (+3 points) The page is only served over plain http. Browsers and agents rank it lower or refuse it.
- **Menu or price list is a PDF.** (+3 points) Most agents skip PDFs or read them badly. Publish it as an HTML page and keep the PDF as a download. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai
- **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": "Restaurant",
  "name": "Bangalore Express",
  "url": "http://www.bangaloreuk.com/",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Corbet Court 1",
    "postalCode": "EC3V 0AT",
    "addressLocality": "London"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 51.5129237,
    "longitude": -0.0850193
  },
  "acceptsReservations": "https://booking-widget.quandoo.com/index.js",
  "hasMenu": "http://www.bangaloreuk.com/christmas-2026/main-christmas-menu-bangalore-express.pdf",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://booking-widget.quandoo.com/index.js",
        "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.

```
# Bangalore Express

> restaurant in Corbet Court 1 EC3V 0AT London, London.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://booking-widget.quandoo.com/index.js (through quandoo acting for the business)
- Menu: http://www.bangaloreuk.com/christmas-2026/main-christmas-menu-bangalore-express.pdf

## About

- Website: http://www.bangaloreuk.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.** There's no robots.txt, which means everything is allowed.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all got a normal response.
- **Booking through quandoo on your own domain.** There's no marketplace commission, and the customer stays yours.

## Where it stands
4915 of 8985 in London. Top 55% 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 | 100% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 87% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 94% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 63% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 36% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Luc's Brasserie (A, 95 m, https://directindex.org/r/lucsbrasserie.com); MRBL (A, 100 m, https://directindex.org/r/mrbl.co.uk); Chamberlain's (F, 101 m, https://directindex.org/r/chamberlainsoflondon.co.uk); Baba Ganoush (C, 102 m, https://directindex.org/r/babaganoush.co.uk); Hai Street Kitchen & Co UK (F, 105 m, https://directindex.org/r/haistreetkitchen.com); La Viña Tapas Bar & Restaurant (B, 115 m, https://directindex.org/r/lavina.co.uk); Osteria del Mercato (B, 120 m, https://directindex.org/r/osteriadelmercato.co.uk); ORIANI (Leadenhall ) (C, 121 m, https://directindex.org/r/oriani.bar); Lamb Tavern (B, 121 m, https://directindex.org/r/lambtavernleadenhall.com); Giorgio (B, 123 m, https://directindex.org/r/giorgioatleadenhall.co.uk).

## 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.

The assistants were asked 13 everyday questions about London and named 66 places. Bangalore Express wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/london/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites using Quandoo 62% (29% A or B, 466 sites); This site 55.4%.

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

## Businesses like Bangalore Express in London

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in London | 8985 | 54% | 36% | 55.4% |
| Sites using Quandoo in London | 26 | 63% | 42% | 55.4% |

The best of the sites using Quandoo in London: 201 Asian Kitchen (A 89.2%, https://directindex.org/r/201asiankitchen.com); Primavera Restaurant (A 87.7%, https://directindex.org/r/primaverafulham.co.uk); Lievito South Kensington (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/pizzerialievito.com); Kishor Shrestha (B 76.9%, https://directindex.org/r/montyskingston.co.uk); Pittagoras (B 76.9%, https://directindex.org/r/pittagoras.co.uk).

With the three fixes above (No structured data for the business; Ordering through an unrecognised third party; Quandoo's terms ban bots and automated use, but a direct form on your own site has no such limit), the score would be about 93.8%. That would be 388th of 8,985 in London, up from 4915th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Bangalore Express, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/bangaloreuk.com
- Book: https://booking-widget.quandoo.com/index.js (vendor on own site: Quandoo; found by the scan of 2026-10-21, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: http://www.bangaloreuk.com/christmas-2026/main-christmas-menu-bangalore-express.pdf (pdf; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: none on record
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/bangaloreuk.com/book, https://directindex.org/go/bangaloreuk.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
- Vendor terms for agents, Quandoo: No. Quandoo's end-user terms (London, May 2018, section 3.3.1) bar robots, spiders, scrapers or any other automated means of access to the website for any purpose; the operator, Quandoo UK Limited, is in members' voluntary liquidation and the German company is in liquidation too. Read 2026-10-15: https://www.quandoo.co.uk/terms-conditions

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 22 | 25 |
| Readable | 4 | 25 |
| Actionable | 10 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Level 0 of 5, Not Ready. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/bangaloreuk.com
- Link headers on the homepage: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/link-headers/SKILL.md)
- sitemap.xml: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/sitemap/SKILL.md)
- AI bot rules in robots.txt: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/ai-rules/SKILL.md)
- 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/bangaloreuk.com/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/bangaloreuk.com/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=bangaloreuk.com&force=1
