Meril
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Ways to reach Meril directly, with no marketplace in between. Checked 2026-11-13. Report a mistake
Hours, from OpenStreetMap: Mon–Thu 11:00–21:00 · Fri–Sat 11:00–22:00 · Sun 11:00–21:00
424 Girod Street, 70130 · +1 504-526-3745
Step-free access (OpenStreetMap)
Prices: 14 prices on the site, the middle one $9.50
Places near Meril that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Legacy Kitchen's Craft Tavern100 m · american
- Compère Lapin180 m · creole
- Mother's Restaurant290 m · regional
- Ruth's Chris Steak House310 m · american
- True Food Kitchen360 m · american
The website's grade
An AI assistant can open Meril's website. It can read what Meril offers. To book or order, it is sent to OpenTable, a marketplace.
47 of 65 points available
agent-readiness level, Basic Web Presence
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.
What the site tells visitors Measured, not scored
These don't change the grade.
In New Orleans, the middle price of comparable sites that show prices is $12.00.
Every city compared →Named by Gemini for "Dinner with two kids tonight, somewhere relaxed. Book a table for four" in New Orleans, November 2026
Each assistant was asked the way people ask, with web search on, for up to three places in New Orleans and a link to each one's own site. This business was named in one answer, by 1 of the 2 assistants asked.
| Question | Named by | Asked |
|---|---|---|
| Dinner with two kids tonight, somewhere relaxed. Book a table for four. | Gemini with a link to this site | 2026-11-13 |
Every place named in New Orleans, 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.
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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:
“Dinner with two kids tonight, somewhere relaxed. Book a table for four.” (Gemini, with a link to this site)
How Meril compares
285 of 827 in New Orleans
Top 34% of the sites scanned in this index. Just above: Hot N Cajun Boil House B, Huey P’s Pizzeria & Daiquiris B. Just below: Morrow Steak B, Nola Grubs B.
| What the top 10% of the index does | Top 10% | This site |
|---|---|---|
| Take bookings or orders on their own domain | 100% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 95% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 98% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 65% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 42% | no |
Compared with its peers
| Average score | A or B | This site | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sites built with WordPress 259,325 sites | 55% | 24% | 72.3% |
| Sites using OpenTable 6,963 sites | 69% | 51% | 72.3% |
Nearest places with a similar menu
| Place | Distance | Grade | Direct booking or ordering |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legacy Kitchen's Craft Tavern american, regional | 100 m | B | yes |
| Compère Lapin creole, regional | 175 m | B | yes |
| Carmo american | 185 m | F | no |
| Boulevard American Bistro american | 185 m | C | no |
| 420 Julia american | 192 m | C | no |
| Emeril's regional | 229 m | C | no |
| Mother's Restaurant regional | 294 m | B | yes |
| Ruth's Chris Steak House american, steak_house | 306 m | B | yes |
| True Food Kitchen american | 360 m | C | yes |
| Waterman Poolside Bar american | 375 m | C | no |
Businesses like Meril in New Orleans
| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in New Orleans | 827 | 58% | 38% | 72.3% |
| Sites built with WordPress in New Orleans | 183 | 63% | 39% | 72.3% |
| Sites using OpenTable in New Orleans | 50 | 73% | 64% | 72.3% |
| Sites built with WordPress and using OpenTable in New Orleans | 20 | 70% | 55% | 72.3% |
After the top fixes
With the three fixes above (Booking only through opentable; Ordering through an unrecognised third party; Structured data is incomplete), the score would be about 100%, which would be first of 827 in New Orleans.
What to fix first
- Booking only through opentable +9 points
Every transaction an agent makes goes through the marketplace, which takes its commission. Add a direct way on your own site. Even a simple form will do. How to fix it About this vendor
- Ordering through an unrecognised third party +9 points
Check that the provider keeps your business as the seller of record. How to fix it
- Structured data is incomplete +6 points
Missing: address, telephone, opening hours. How to fix it
- 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
No one is listed yet to fix this in New Orleans. 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.
- Structured data found (Organization) no address, phone or hours in it
- Menu or price list is an HTML page Agents can read the items and prices.
Builder: wordpress · contact page /contact/: nothing new; menu page /menus/: nothing new · What to paste
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