# Bessie’s & Alma’s : Agent-Direct Score F (21.5%)

Site: http://Www.bessiesrestaurant.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/bessiesrestaurant.com
Scanned: 2026-10-19 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Bessie’s & Alma’s  is largely invisible to agents.
AI assistants can't open Bessie’s & Alma’s 's website, so they go by what other sites say about it.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://www.sevenrooms.com/explore/bessiesalmas/reservations/create/search?venues=bessiesalmas%2Cbarcopains%2Cvincenzos (through sevenrooms acting for the business)
- Order directly: https://app.squareup.com/gift/MLX2JAKQFEBVA/order (through square acting for the business)
- Menu: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0631/3266/3861/files/Bessies_ALC_Sample.pdf?v=1790917178

## What to fix first
- Prices: 4 prices on the site, the middle one A$120

## What the site tells visitors (Measured, not scored)
- **4 prices on the landing page, the middle one A$120.** In Sydney, the middle price of comparable sites that show prices is A$20.00.

- **The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included.** (+25 points) A plain fetch was refused (cloudflare_challenge). Only a real browser got the page. Every AI crawler and agent gets turned away the same way, so Reachable scores 0 and the rest is measured on the page as the browser rendered it. Ask the host to let the AI user agents through. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing
- **No structured data for the business.** (+15 points) Add schema.org JSON-LD for the business (Restaurant, LocalBusiness or the closest type, with name, address, telephone and openingHoursSpecification, plus servesCuisine and acceptsReservations). Every assistant reads this block first, and the fix kit below has it filled in. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **Menu or price list is a PDF.** (+3 points) Most agents skip PDFs or read them badly. Publish it as an HTML page and keep the PDF as a download. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai

## 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": "Bessie’s & Alma’s ",
  "url": "http://Www.bessiesrestaurant.com/",
  "address": "111-115 Albion St, 2010, Sydney",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": -33.883408872089,
    "longitude": 151.21252441406
  },
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://www.sevenrooms.com/explore/bessiesalmas/reservations/create/search?venues=bessiesalmas%2Cbarcopains%2Cvincenzos",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    },
    {
      "@type": "OrderAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://app.squareup.com/gift/MLX2JAKQFEBVA/order",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** No rule blocks the main AI user agents.
- **Booking through sevenrooms on your own domain.** There's no marketplace commission, and the customer stays yours.
- **Ordering through square on your own domain.** There's no marketplace commission, and the customer stays yours.
- **SevenRooms works with agents through its partners.** SevenRooms' terms (17 April 2026) bar any robot, spider, scraper or other automated means except bona fide search engines; Google names SevenRooms as an AI Mode booking partner. Terms read on 2026-10-15: https://sevenrooms.com/terms-of-service/. An assistant that isn't a partner may not be able to finish there. A direct path on your own domain works for all of them.

## Where it stands
3515 of 3965 in Sydney. Top 89% 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 | 96% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 93% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 55% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 32% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Shaffa (A, 113 m, https://directindex.org/r/shaffa.com.au); Forrester's (B, 164 m, https://directindex.org/r/forresters.com.au); Chadi Convenience Store (F, 167 m, https://directindex.org/r/cityconveniencestore.com); Marque Restaurant (F, 171 m, https://directindex.org/r/marquerestaurant.com.au); Haak Eatery (F, 190 m, https://directindex.org/r/haakeatery.com.au); Tokki (F, 203 m, https://directindex.org/r/tokki.net.au); Mishy’s (B, 214 m, https://directindex.org/r/mishyssydney.com.au); Tokyo Bird (A, 227 m, https://directindex.org/r/tokyobird.com.au); Pasta Emilia (A, 229 m, https://directindex.org/r/emilia.com.au); 170 Grammi (A, 236 m, https://directindex.org/r/170grammi.com.au).

## 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 22 everyday questions about Sydney and named 110 places. Bessie’s & Alma’s  wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/sydney/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with Shopify 46% (24% A or B, 3402 sites); Sites using SevenRooms 70% (53% A or B, 1201 sites); Sites using Square 65% (41% A or B, 1644 sites); This site 21.5%.

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

## Businesses like Bessie’s & Alma’s  in Sydney

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Sydney | 3965 | 55% | 34% | 21.5% |
| Sites built with Shopify in Sydney | 88 | 51% | 31% | 21.5% |
| Sites using SevenRooms in Sydney | 167 | 70% | 49% | 21.5% |
| Sites built with Shopify and using SevenRooms in Sydney | 2 | 28% | 0% | 21.5% |

The best of the sites using SevenRooms in Sydney: Delhi O Delhi (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/delhiodelhi.com.au); Kuro Bar & Dining (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/kurosydney.com); Capanno Trattoria Bar and Grill (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/capannotrattoria.com.au); Teta's Authentic Lebanese (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/tetas.net.au); Morrison's Oyster Bar and Grill (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/sundayco.com).

With the three fixes above (The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included; No structured data for the business; Menu or price list is a PDF), the score would be about 87.7%. That would be 393rd of 3,965 in Sydney, up from 3515th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Bessie’s & Alma’s , as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/bessiesrestaurant.com
- Book: https://www.sevenrooms.com/explore/bessiesalmas/reservations/create/search?venues=bessiesalmas%2Cbarcopains%2Cvincenzos (vendor on own site: SevenRooms; found by the scan of 2026-10-19, not yet tested)
- Order: https://app.squareup.com/gift/MLX2JAKQFEBVA/order (vendor on own site: Square; found by the scan of 2026-10-19, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0631/3266/3861/files/Bessies_ALC_Sample.pdf?v=1790917178 (pdf; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: none on record
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/bessiesrestaurant.com/book, https://directindex.org/go/bessiesrestaurant.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/bessiesrestaurant.com/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): yes
- Vendor terms for agents, SevenRooms: Through partners. SevenRooms' terms (17 April 2026) bar any robot, spider, scraper or other automated means except bona fide search engines; Google names SevenRooms as an AI Mode booking partner. Read 2026-10-15: https://sevenrooms.com/terms-of-service/

Only a real browser got this page (a plain fetch got cloudflare_challenge); Readable and Actionable were measured on the rendered page.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 0 | 25 |
| Readable | 4 | 25 |
| Actionable | 10 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| 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/bessiesrestaurant.com/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/bessiesrestaurant.com/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=bessiesrestaurant.com&force=1