# Beshoffs of Howth: Agent-Direct Score A (93.8%)

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

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://www.beshoffs.ie/reservations (on the business's own site)
- Order directly: https://www.beshoffs.ie/order/p/restaurant-gift-voucher (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://www.beshoffs.ie/restaurant
- Phone: (01) 839 7555
- Address: 17-18 West Pier, Howth, 13, Dublin
- Its menu mentions: vegetarian dishes, a children's menu

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Beshoffs of Howth that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Wrights Findlater Howth (90 m): https://directindex.org/r/findlater.ie
- Dorans Howth (250 m): https://directindex.org/r/seafood2go.ie
- Kish Fish café (280 m): https://directindex.org/r/kishfish.ie
- Mamo Restaurant (370 m): https://directindex.org/r/mamorestaurant.ie
- 30 Church Street Howth (500 m): https://directindex.org/r/30churchstreethowth.com

## What to fix first
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+1 points) Missing: telephone. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **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. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/llms-txt-for-a-business

## 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": "LocalBusiness",
  "name": "Beshoffs of Howth",
  "url": "http://www.beshoffs.ie",
  "telephone": "(01) 839 7555",
  "address": "17-18 West Pier, Howth, 13, Dublin",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 53.38940114608083,
    "longitude": -6.072773368432251
  },
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://www.beshoffs.ie/reservations",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    },
    {
      "@type": "OrderAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://www.beshoffs.ie/order/p/restaurant-gift-voucher",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

llms.txt. Save as /llms.txt at the root of the site.

```
# Beshoffs of Howth

> local business (seafood) in 17-18 West Pier, Howth, 13, Dublin, Dublin. Phone (01) 839 7555.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://www.beshoffs.ie/reservations (on the business's own site)
- Order: https://www.beshoffs.ie/order/p/restaurant-gift-voucher (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://www.beshoffs.ie/restaurant

## About

- Website: http://www.beshoffs.ie
- This file follows llms.txt (https://llmstxt.org): a short plain-text description for language models.
```

## 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 (LocalBusiness).** address, 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 on your own site.** Agents can order without going through a marketplace.

## Where it stands
45 of 1223 in Dublin. Top 4% 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 | 77% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 20% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Tram Chowder (F, 86 m, https://directindex.org/r/howthmarket.ie); Wrights Findlater Howth (B, 89 m, https://directindex.org/r/findlater.ie); The Brass Monkey (B, 136 m, https://directindex.org/r/brassmonkey.ie); The Pier House Restaurant (C, 143 m, https://directindex.org/r/thepierhouse.ie); Octopussy Seafood Tapas Bar (D, 237 m, https://directindex.org/r/octopussy.ie); Dorans Howth (A, 249 m, https://directindex.org/r/seafood2go.ie); Kish Fish café (C, 284 m, https://directindex.org/r/kishfish.ie); Mamo Restaurant (B, 374 m, https://directindex.org/r/mamorestaurant.ie); 30 Church Street Howth (B, 504 m, https://directindex.org/r/30churchstreethowth.com); King Sitric Seafood Bar & Accommodation (C, 617 m, https://directindex.org/r/kingsitric.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.

Recommended when people ask: "Seafood dinner with a view, table for four this week." (ChatGPT)


Compared with its peers: Sites built with Squarespace 63% (46% A or B, 18903 sites); This site 93.8%.

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

## Named by ChatGPT for "Seafood dinner with a view, table for four this week" in Dublin, October 2026
- "Seafood dinner with a view, table for four this week." (2026-10-15): ChatGPT with a link to this site. https://directindex.org/city/dublin/recommended/seafood-view
Named by 1 of 3 assistants asked. Badge: https://directindex.org/badge/named/beshoffs.ie.svg

## Businesses like Beshoffs of Howth in Dublin

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Dublin | 1223 | 60% | 47% | 93.8% |
| Sites built with Squarespace in Dublin | 87 | 74% | 66% | 93.8% |

The best of the sites built with Squarespace in Dublin: Chai Yo (A 95%, https://directindex.org/r/chaiyo.ie); Liath (A 95%, https://directindex.org/r/liathrestaurant.com); Paulies' Pizza (A 95%, https://directindex.org/r/paulies.ie); Chili Club (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/chiliclub.ie); Hellfire (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/hellfire.ie).

With the fix above (Structured data is incomplete), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 20th of 1,223 in Dublin, up from 45th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Beshoffs of Howth, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/beshoffs.ie
- Book: https://www.beshoffs.ie/reservations (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-21, not yet tested)
- Order: https://www.beshoffs.ie/order/p/restaurant-gift-voucher (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-21, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://www.beshoffs.ie/restaurant (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: (01) 839 7555
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/beshoffs.ie/book, https://directindex.org/go/beshoffs.ie/order, https://directindex.org/go/beshoffs.ie/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

Found one hop past the home page: menu page /restaurant: 88 prices.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 21 | 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/beshoffs.ie
- 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: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/llms-txt/SKILL.md)
- 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/beshoffs.ie/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/beshoffs.ie/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=beshoffs.ie&force=1