Bessie
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Ways to reach Bessie directly, with no marketplace in between. Checked 2026-11-13. On the business's own site. Report a mistake
Level 1/178 St Asaph St, 8011, Christchurch · +6435952799
Places near Bessie that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Baretta Bar & Restaurant30 m · italian
- Ceylon Kitchen60 m
- Spartan Greek Cafe and Restaurant100 m
- Kokomo160 m · fine dining
- Xolo160 m · mexican
The website's grade
An AI assistant can open Bessie's website. It can read what Bessie offers. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.
58 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.
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 22 everyday questions about Christchurch and named 85 places. Bessie wasn't one of them. See who was named →
How Bessie compares
42 of 442 in Christchurch
Top 10% of the sites scanned in this index. Just above: Ramen Ria A, Yak & Fern A. Just below: Cranford Ale House A, El Quincho A.
| 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 | 100% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 100% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 56% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 53% | no |
Compared with its peers
| Average score | A or B | This site | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sites built with Squarespace 36,138 sites | 61% | 41% | 89.2% |
Nearest places in the index
| Place | Distance | Grade | Direct booking or ordering |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baretta Bar & Restaurant italian | 26 m | C | yes |
| Ceylon Kitchen | 57 m | C | yes |
| Spartan Greek Cafe and Restaurant | 102 m | A | yes |
| Kokomo fine_dining, fish | 159 m | B | yes |
| Xolo mexican | 160 m | B | yes |
| Bar Yoku japanese | 180 m | B | yes |
| Saigon Centre vietnamese | 220 m | B | yes |
| Winnie Bagoes pizza | 225 m | D | yes |
| Muy Muy mexican | 245 m | B | yes |
| J-Bings asian | 273 m | C | no |
Businesses like Bessie in Christchurch
| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Christchurch | 442 | 62% | 44% | 89.2% |
| Sites built with Squarespace in Christchurch | 47 | 73% | 60% | 89.2% |
After the top fixes
With the fix above (Structured data is incomplete), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 15th of 442 in Christchurch, up from 42nd.
What to fix first
- Structured data is incomplete +4 points
Missing: 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 Christchurch. 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 (LocalBusiness) address
- 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: squarespace · contact page /contact: nothing new; menu page /menu: nothing new; booking page /reservations: booking via resdiary · What to paste
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What agents get, and what the site publishes
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