# Bar Bitterbal: Agent-Direct Score F (35.4%)

Site: https://www.barbitterbal.nl
Report: https://directindex.org/r/barbitterbal.nl
Scanned: 2026-10-22 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Bar Bitterbal is largely invisible to agents.
AI assistants can't open Bar Bitterbal's website, so they go by what other sites say about it.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://cdn.formitable.com/sdk/v1/ft.sdk.min.js (through formitable acting for the business)
- Menu: https://barbitterbal.nl/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/barbitterbal-menu.pdf
- Phone: 06 13363359
- Address: Utrechtsestraat 18, 1017 CE, Amsterdam
- Languages: German, English, Spanish, Dutch, Chinese

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Bar Bitterbal that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Ô MAI Vietnamees Restaurant (30 m): https://directindex.org/r/omai.nl
- Char.d Restaurant (40 m): https://directindex.org/r/chard-restaurant.com
- Guts and Glory (50 m): https://directindex.org/r/gutsglory.nl
- Indrapura (70 m): https://directindex.org/r/indrapura.nl
- De Maria (70 m): https://directindex.org/r/demaria.nl

## What to fix first
- **The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included.** (+25 points) A plain fetch was refused (challenge:attention required). Only a real browser got the page. Every AI crawler and agent gets turned away the same way, so Reachable scores 0 and the rest is measured on the page as the browser rendered it. Ask the host to let the AI user agents through. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+6 points) Missing: address, telephone, opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **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
- **The phone number on the site doesn't match the open map data.** The site shows 0202334431, but OpenStreetMap or Overture Maps lists 06 13363359. An assistant that sees two numbers can't tell which one to trust. Fix whichever is wrong, on the site or in the map data at openstreetmap.org.

## 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": "Organization",
  "name": "Bar Bitterbal",
  "url": "https://www.barbitterbal.nl",
  "telephone": "06 13363359",
  "address": "Utrechtsestraat 18, 1017 CE, Amsterdam",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 52.365327632275346,
    "longitude": 4.897744780358345
  },
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://cdn.formitable.com/sdk/v1/ft.sdk.min.js",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** No rule blocks the main AI user agents.
- **Structured data found (Organization).** no address, phone or hours in it
- **Booking through formitable on your own domain.** There's no marketplace commission, and the customer stays yours.

## Where it stands
1797 of 2277 in Amsterdam. Top 79% 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 | 95% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 90% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 77% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 23% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Ô MAI Vietnamees Restaurant (A, 28 m, https://directindex.org/r/omai.nl); Char.d Restaurant (A, 41 m, https://directindex.org/r/chard-restaurant.com); Guts and Glory (B, 46 m, https://directindex.org/r/gutsglory.nl); Indrapura (B, 66 m, https://directindex.org/r/indrapura.nl); De Maria (C, 69 m, https://directindex.org/r/demaria.nl); Meghna (B, 88 m, https://directindex.org/r/meghna.nl); Shisho (C, 91 m, https://directindex.org/r/shiso.nl); Spectrum (B, 93 m, https://directindex.org/r/restaurantspectrum.com); Vapiano (C, 96 m, https://directindex.org/r/vapiano.nl); Café Schiller (B, 97 m, https://directindex.org/r/cafeschiller.nl).

## 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 Amsterdam and named 73 places. Bar Bitterbal wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/amsterdam/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with Squarespace 61% (41% A or B, 33756 sites); Sites using Formitable 68% (47% A or B, 338 sites); This site 35.4%.

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

## Businesses like Bar Bitterbal in Amsterdam

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Amsterdam | 2277 | 57% | 35% | 35.4% |
| Sites built with Squarespace in Amsterdam | 110 | 70% | 55% | 35.4% |
| Sites using Formitable in Amsterdam | 81 | 72% | 56% | 35.4% |
| Sites built with Squarespace and using Formitable in Amsterdam | 6 | 65% | 50% | 35.4% |

The best of the sites built with Squarespace and using Formitable in Amsterdam: Kafé Kontrast (A 87.7%, https://directindex.org/r/kafekontrast.com); Bar Hana Ichiba (B 73.8%, https://directindex.org/r/barhanaichiba.nl); De Japanner (B 73.8%, https://directindex.org/r/dejapanner.com); Vanderveen Restaurant (C 66.6%, https://directindex.org/r/vanderveenbarkitchen.nl); Little Collins (D 50.8%, https://directindex.org/r/littlecollins.nl).

With the three fixes above (The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included; Structured data is incomplete; Menu or price list is a PDF), the score would be about 87.7%. That would be 190th of 2,277 in Amsterdam, up from 1797th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Bar Bitterbal, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/barbitterbal.nl
- Book: https://cdn.formitable.com/sdk/v1/ft.sdk.min.js (vendor on own site: Formitable; found by the scan of 2026-10-22, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://barbitterbal.nl/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/barbitterbal-menu.pdf (pdf; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: 06 13363359
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/barbitterbal.nl/book, https://directindex.org/go/barbitterbal.nl/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, Formitable: Not stated. The terms do not address an agent acting for a person (several bar scraping or data extraction only), could not be read on the date given, or the vendor has not been researched yet.

Only a real browser got this page (a plain fetch got challenge:attention required); Readable and Actionable were measured on the rendered page.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 0 | 25 |
| Readable | 13 | 25 |
| Actionable | 10 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Not measured for this scan.
- JSON-LD for the business: yes

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/barbitterbal.nl/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/barbitterbal.nl/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=barbitterbal.nl&force=1