Ben Madigan's Bar and Kitchen
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Ways to reach Ben Madigan's Bar and Kitchen directly, with no marketplace in between. Checked 2026-11-14. On the business's own site. Report a mistake
169-175 Cavehill Rd, BT15 5BP, Belfast · +442896922009
Its menu mentions: a children's menu, a lunch or set menu
Places near Ben Madigan's Bar and Kitchen that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Auntie Anne's3 km · pretzel
- The Muddlers Club Restaurant3 km
- Pizza Punks3 km · pizza
- Mourne Seafood3.1 km · seafood
- The National3.1 km
The website's grade
Some AI assistants are turned away by Ben Madigan's Bar and Kitchen's website. It can read what Ben Madigan's Bar and Kitchen offers. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.
48.3 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 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.
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The assistants were asked 22 everyday questions about Belfast and named 90 places. Ben Madigan's Bar and Kitchen wasn't one of them. See who was named →
How Ben Madigan's Bar and Kitchen compares
78 of 427 in Belfast
Top 18% of the sites scanned in this index. Just above: Marcel Lisburn Road B, Bash Cafe B. Just below: 2 Taps Wine Bar B, 44 Hill Street B.
| 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 | 86% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 98% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 45% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 16% | no |
Compared with its peers
| Average score | A or B | This site | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sites built with WordPress 263,486 sites | 55% | 25% | 74.3% |
Nearest places in the index
| Place | Distance | Grade | Direct booking or ordering |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auntie Anne's pretzel | 3.0 km | B | yes |
| Beleaf juice | 3.0 km | D | no |
| The Muddlers Club Restaurant | 3.0 km | B | yes |
| Pizza Punks pizza | 3.0 km | B | yes |
| Mourne Seafood seafood | 3.1 km | B | yes |
| The National | 3.1 km | B | yes |
| City Picnic burger | 3.2 km | F | no |
| Munch regional | 3.2 km | F | yes |
| Greggs sandwich, bakery | 3.3 km | C | yes |
| Joses Deli & Desserts Whitewell | 3.3 km | D | no |
Businesses like Ben Madigan's Bar and Kitchen in Belfast
| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Belfast | 427 | 58% | 33% | 74.3% |
| Sites built with WordPress in Belfast | 11 | 71% | 64% | 74.3% |
After the top fixes
With the two fixes above (Structured data is incomplete; The server turns AI crawlers away at the door), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 10th of 427 in Belfast, up from 78th.
What to fix first
- Structured data is incomplete +7 points
Missing: address, telephone, opening hours. How to fix it
- The server turns AI crawlers away at the door +6.7 points
Requests as GPTBot (http_429), ClaudeBot (http_429) were refused, but a normal browser got the page. That's usually a bot list at the host or in a firewall that the owner never chose. Ask the host to allow these user agents. 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
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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
- 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.
Builder: wordpress · menu page /menus/: nothing new · What to paste
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