# Bua Thai: Agent-Direct Score D (44.6%)

Site: http://www.buadc.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/buadc.com
Scanned: 2026-10-24 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Bua Thai is hard for agents to use.
AI assistants can't open Bua Thai's website, so they go by what other sites say about it.

## Direct links
- Order directly: https://facebook.chownow.com/order/1003/locations/ (through chownow acting for the business)
- Menu: https://buadc.com/lunch-menu
- Phone: +1 202 265 0828
- Address: P Street Northwest 1635 20036 Washington

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Bua Thai that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Rice Restaurant & Market (540 m): https://directindex.org/r/ricedc.com
- Sura (660 m): https://directindex.org/r/suradcrestaurant.com
- Thai Bistro (740 m): https://directindex.org/r/thaibistro.us
- The Regent Thai Cuisine (770 m): https://directindex.org/r/regentthai.com
- Soi 38 (990 m): https://directindex.org/r/soi38dc.com

## 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 (TimeoutError: The operation was aborted due to timeout). 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
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+3 points) Missing: opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant

## 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": "Restaurant",
  "name": "Bua Thai",
  "url": "http://www.buadc.com/",
  "telephone": "+1 202 265 0828",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "P Street Northwest 1635",
    "postalCode": "20036",
    "addressLocality": "Washington"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 38.9098022,
    "longitude": -77.0380493
  },
  "servesCuisine": [
    "thai"
  ],
  "hasMenu": "https://buadc.com/lunch-menu",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "OrderAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://facebook.chownow.com/order/1003/locations/",
        "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.
- **Structured data found (LocalBusiness).** address, phone
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.
- **Ordering through chownow on your own domain.** There's no marketplace commission, and the customer stays yours.

## Where it stands
1137 of 1686 in Washington, DC. 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 | 99% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 95% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 53% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 19% | no |

Nearest places with a similar menu: Rice Restaurant & Market (B, 541 m, https://directindex.org/r/ricedc.com); Sura (B, 662 m, https://directindex.org/r/suradcrestaurant.com); Thai Bistro (B, 736 m, https://directindex.org/r/thaibistro.us); The Regent Thai Cuisine (A, 767 m, https://directindex.org/r/regentthai.com); Soi 38 (A, 986 m, https://directindex.org/r/soi38dc.com); Royal Thai Embassy (F, 1311 m, https://directindex.org/r/oeadc.org); Beau Thai (A, 1379 m, https://directindex.org/r/beauthaidc.com); Charm Thai (A, 1538 m, https://directindex.org/r/charmthaidc.com); Zumo Thai (D, 1766 m, https://directindex.org/r/zumothai.com); Bkk Cookshop (B, 1787 m, https://directindex.org/r/bkkcookshop.com).

## 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 Washington, DC and named 140 places. Bua Thai wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/washington/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with GoDaddy Website Builder 35% (9% A or B, 7300 sites); Sites using ChowNow 72% (54% A or B, 1059 sites); This site 44.6%.

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

## Businesses like Bua Thai in Washington, DC

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Washington, DC | 1686 | 56% | 40% | 44.6% |
| Sites built with GoDaddy Website Builder in Washington, DC | 43 | 47% | 26% | 44.6% |
| Sites using ChowNow in Washington, DC | 27 | 75% | 67% | 44.6% |
| Sites built with GoDaddy Website Builder and using ChowNow in Washington, DC | 3 | 54% | 0% | 44.6% |

The best of the sites using ChowNow in Washington, DC: Parthenon Restaurant & Chevy Chase Lounge (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/parthenondc.com); Tiffany's Bar & Bistro (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/tiffanysbistrobar.com); Pantry Thai & Sushi (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/pantrythai.com); San Lorenzo (A 90.8%, https://directindex.org/r/sanlorenzodc.com); Ottoman Taverna (A 87.7%, https://directindex.org/r/ottomantaverna.com).

With the two fixes above (The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included; Structured data is incomplete), the score would be about 87.7%. That would be 196th of 1,686 in Washington, DC, up from 1137th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Bua Thai, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/buadc.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: https://facebook.chownow.com/order/1003/locations/ (vendor on own site: ChowNow; found by the scan of 2026-10-24, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://buadc.com/lunch-menu (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +1 202 265 0828
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/buadc.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/buadc.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, Toast, or a vendor whose terms allow agents): no
- Vendor terms for agents, ChowNow: Not stated. ChowNow's customer terms (8 September 2025) bar automated means such as spiders, robots and crawlers to download or scrape data, except search engines; they do not address an agent placing an order for a person, and no agent programme was found. Read 2026-10-15: https://get.chownow.com/terms-of-service

Only a real browser got this page (a plain fetch got TimeoutError: The operation was aborted due to timeout); 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/buadc.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/buadc.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=buadc.com&force=1