# The Boatshed Restaurant: Agent-Direct Score D (44.6%)

Site: http://www.boatshedrestaurant.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/boatshedrestaurant.com
Scanned: 2026-10-18 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
The Boatshed Restaurant is hard for agents to use.
AI assistants can't open The Boatshed Restaurant's website, so they go by what other sites say about it.

## Direct links
- Order directly: https://order.toasttab.com/egiftcards/the-boatshed-restaurant-cafe-1-coode-street (through toast acting for the business)
- Menu: https://boatshedrestaurant.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Winter-Set-Menu-2026-6.08.pdf
- Phone: +61894741314

## What to fix first

- **The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included.** (+25 points) A plain fetch was refused (http_429). 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
- **Booking through an unrecognised third party.** (+5 points) Check that the provider keeps your business as the seller of record. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website
- **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

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** There's no robots.txt, which means everything is allowed.
- **Structured data found (Restaurant).** address, phone, opening hours
- **Ordering through toast on your own domain.** There's no marketplace commission, and the customer stays yours.
- **Toast works with agents through its partners.** Toast's guest terms could not be read on 2026-10-15 (bot challenge); since August 2026 Google's Ask Maps completes orders at Toast restaurants through Toast Local under the UCP for Food standard. Terms read on 2026-10-15: https://www.digitaltransactions.net/square-toast-jump-into-ai-boosted-google-maps/. 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
816 of 1214 in Perth. Top 67% 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 | 95% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 94% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 47% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 35% | no |

Nearest places with a similar menu: Nextdoor (A, 699 m, https://directindex.org/r/nextdoor79.com.au); Mr Walker (C, 1113 m, https://directindex.org/r/mrwalker.com.au); Reel Kitchen (D, 1818 m, https://directindex.org/r/reelkitchen.com.au); Waterwall Restaurant and Bar (C, 1999 m, https://directindex.org/r/pagoda.com.au); Wildflower (B, 2177 m, https://directindex.org/r/statebuildings.com); Collier Cafe (B, 2223 m, https://directindex.org/r/collierparkgolf.com.au); Miss Maud Smorgasbord Restaurant (C, 2322 m, https://directindex.org/r/missmaud.com.au); Salt and Pepper Grill (A, 2437 m, https://directindex.org/r/saltnpeppergrill.com.au); Cooee (A, 2517 m, https://directindex.org/r/cooeeperth.com); The Globe Perth (C, 2657 m, https://directindex.org/r/theglobeperth.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 12 everyday questions about Perth and named 57 places. The Boatshed Restaurant wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/perth/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with WordPress 58% (30% A or B, 68857 sites); Sites using Toast 72% (57% A or B, 3168 sites); This site 44.6%.

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

## Businesses like The Boatshed Restaurant in Perth

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Perth | 1214 | 56% | 35% | 44.6% |
| Sites built with WordPress in Perth | 417 | 66% | 46% | 44.6% |
| Sites using Toast in Perth | 1 | 45% | 0% | 44.6% |
| Sites built with WordPress and using Toast in Perth | 1 | 45% | 0% | 44.6% |

The best of the sites built with WordPress in Perth: Huong Viet Noodle House (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/huongvietnoodlehouse.com); Neighbourhood Pizza (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/neighborhoodpizzapasta.com.au); Papi Katsu Japanese Restaurant (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/papikatsu.com); Pinelli Estate Winery Restaurant (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/pinelliwines.com.au); Schnitz Belmont Forum (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/schnitz.com.au).

With the three fixes above (The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included; Booking through an unrecognised third party; Menu or price list is a PDF), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 28th of 1,214 in Perth, up from 816th.

## The direct record
What agents get for The Boatshed Restaurant, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/boatshedrestaurant.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: https://order.toasttab.com/egiftcards/the-boatshed-restaurant-cafe-1-coode-street (vendor on own site: Toast; found by the scan of 2026-10-18, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://boatshedrestaurant.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Winter-Set-Menu-2026-6.08.pdf (pdf; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +61894741314
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/boatshedrestaurant.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/boatshedrestaurant.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 (Toast): yes
- Vendor terms for agents, Toast: Through partners. Toast's guest terms could not be read on 2026-10-15 (bot challenge); since August 2026 Google's Ask Maps completes orders at Toast restaurants through Toast Local under the UCP for Food standard. Read 2026-10-15: https://www.digitaltransactions.net/square-toast-jump-into-ai-boosted-google-maps/

Only a real browser got this page (a plain fetch got http_429); Readable and Actionable were measured on the rendered page.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 0 | 25 |
| Readable | 19 | 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: yes

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/boatshedrestaurant.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/boatshedrestaurant.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=boatshedrestaurant.com&force=1