# Bang: Agent-Direct Score A (95.4%)

Site: http://www.bangrestaurant.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/bangrestaurant.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.)
Bang is ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open Bang's website. It can read what Bang offers. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://www.bangrestaurant.com/private-dining-dublin/#enquire (on the business's own site)
- Order directly: https://order.toasttab.com/egiftcards/bang-restaurant-dublin-ireland (through toast acting for the business)
- Menu: https://www.bangrestaurant.com/menus/wine-list/
- Phone: 01 400 4229
- Address: Merrion Row 11 Dublin
- Its menu mentions: allergens
- Outdoor seating (OpenStreetMap)
- WhatsApp: a link on the site

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Bang that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Hugo's (30 m): https://directindex.org/r/hugos.ie
- Etto (70 m): https://directindex.org/r/etto.ie
- Chopped (100 m): https://directindex.org/r/chopped.ie
- The Garden Room (110 m): https://directindex.org/r/thegardenroom.ie
- Pearl Brasserie (110 m): https://directindex.org/r/pearl-brasserie.com

## What to fix first
- Nothing to fix.

## 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 (Restaurant).** address, phone, opening hours
- **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 through toast on your own domain.** There's no marketplace commission, and the customer stays yours.

## Where it stands
21 of 1226 in Dublin. Top 2% 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 | 58% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 96% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 78% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 20% | yes |

Nearest places in the index: The Grayson (B, 28 m, https://directindex.org/r/thegrayson.ie); Hugo's (B, 32 m, https://directindex.org/r/hugos.ie); Restaurant FortyOne (F, 48 m, https://directindex.org/r/residence.ie); Etto (B, 65 m, https://directindex.org/r/etto.ie); Foley's Bar (F, 67 m, https://directindex.org/r/foleysbar.com); The Bagel Bar (B, 69 m, https://directindex.org/r/thebagelbars.com); Chopped (B, 102 m, https://directindex.org/r/chopped.ie); The Garden Room (C, 112 m, https://directindex.org/r/thegardenroom.ie); Pearl Brasserie (B, 114 m, https://directindex.org/r/pearl-brasserie.com); Sushi King Ireland (D, 121 m, https://directindex.org/r/sushiking.ie).

## 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 Dublin and named 94 places. Bang wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/dublin/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with WordPress 57% (28% A or B, 145483 sites); Sites using Toast 72% (57% A or B, 3305 sites); This site 95.4%.

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

## Businesses like Bang in Dublin

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Dublin | 1226 | 60% | 47% | 95.4% |
| Sites built with WordPress in Dublin | 423 | 69% | 58% | 95.4% |
| Sites using Toast in Dublin | 15 | 81% | 73% | 95.4% |
| Sites built with WordPress and using Toast in Dublin | 8 | 73% | 50% | 95.4% |

The best of the sites built with WordPress and using Toast in Dublin: Rosa Madre (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/rosamadre.ie); Bovinity (B 83.1%, https://directindex.org/r/bovinity.ie); El Grito (B 72.3%, https://directindex.org/r/elgrito.eu); Dough Box (C 66.2%, https://directindex.org/r/ninos.ie); Shaku Maku (C 64.6%, https://directindex.org/r/shakumaku.ie).

## The direct record
What agents get for Bang, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/bangrestaurant.com
- Book: https://www.bangrestaurant.com/private-dining-dublin/#enquire (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-21, not yet tested)
- Order: https://order.toasttab.com/egiftcards/bang-restaurant-dublin-ireland (vendor on own site: Toast; found by the scan of 2026-10-21, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://www.bangrestaurant.com/menus/wine-list/ (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: 01 400 4229
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/bangrestaurant.com/book, https://directindex.org/go/bangrestaurant.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/bangrestaurant.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 (Toast): yes

Found one hop past the home page: menu page /menus/wine-list/: booking link (own domain).

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 22 | 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/bangrestaurant.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: yes
- 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/bangrestaurant.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/bangrestaurant.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=bangrestaurant.com&force=1