# Bear and Staff: Agent-Direct Score F (0%)

Site: http://www.bearstaffpubbirmingham.co.uk
Report: https://directindex.org/r/bearstaffpubbirmingham.co.uk
Scanned: 2026-10-21 (Provisional, with the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
The scanner couldn't reach Bear and Staff's website on 2026-10-21 (origin timeout). Rescans are free.
AI assistants can't open Bear and Staff's website, so they go by what other sites say about it.

## Direct links
- Phone: 0121 471 4207
- Address: 861 Bristol Rd, B29 6ND, Selly Oak

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Bear and Staff that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- The Cambridge (1.4 km): https://directindex.org/r/hungryhorse.co.uk
- Prosecco Bar M&S Longbridge (1.5 km): https://directindex.org/r/marksandspencer.com
- Slice of Italy (2 km): https://directindex.org/r/sliceofitalybirmingham.co.uk
- Maya's Cafe (2 km): https://directindex.org/r/mayascafe.org

## What to fix first
- **The site couldn't be read at all.** The server didn't answer requests from Cloudflare's network. A hosting firewall may be blocking them. A real browser tried too and got inspect: Execution context was destroyed.

## Already right
- Nothing.

## Where it stands
420 of 488 in Birmingham cafes and bars. Top 86% 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 | 98% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 96% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 88% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 46% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 20% | no |

Nearest places in the index: The Grill box (C, 1041 m, https://directindex.org/r/smashedburg42rednal.com); The Cambridge (B, 1417 m, https://directindex.org/r/hungryhorse.co.uk); Prosecco Bar M&S Longbridge (C, 1507 m, https://directindex.org/r/marksandspencer.com); Merritts Cafe (C, 1552 m, https://directindex.org/r/merrittscafe.co.uk); AF & Veterans Breakfast Club Black Horse Pub Northfield (F, 1862 m, https://directindex.org/r/afvbc.world); Cammie's Kitchen (B, 1911 m, https://directindex.org/r/cammieskitchen.com); Slice of Italy (A, 1960 m, https://directindex.org/r/sliceofitalybirmingham.co.uk); Maya's Cafe (A, 2013 m, https://directindex.org/r/mayascafe.org); Trader Cafe (C, 2094 m, https://directindex.org/r/tradercafe.co.uk); The Old Hare & Hounds (C, 2312 m, https://directindex.org/r/emberinns.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 12 everyday questions about Birmingham cafes and bars and named 51 places. Bear and Staff wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/birmingham-cafes-bars/recommended


## Businesses like Bear and Staff in Birmingham cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Birmingham cafes and bars | 488 | 48% | 24% | 0% |

The best of the businesses of the same kind in Birmingham cafes and bars: Peppers (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/pepperscity-handsworth.co.uk); Rosies (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/rosiesclubs.co.uk); The Goose at the O.V.T. (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/greatlocalpubs.co.uk); Vagabond Wines (A 96.3%, https://directindex.org/r/vagabondwines.co.uk); La Sante (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/lasante23.com).

## The direct record
What agents get for Bear and Staff, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/bearstaffpubbirmingham.co.uk
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: 0121 471 4207

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 0 | 25 |
| Readable | 0 | 25 |
| Actionable | 0 | 30 |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Not measured for this scan.
- JSON-LD for the business: no

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/bearstaffpubbirmingham.co.uk/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/bearstaffpubbirmingham.co.uk/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=bearstaffpubbirmingham.co.uk&force=1