# The Bulstrode Pub: Agent-Direct Score B (70.3%)

Site: http://www.bulstrodepub.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/bulstrodepub.com
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.)
The Bulstrode Pub is mostly ready for agents.
Some AI assistants are turned away by The Bulstrode Pub's website. It can read what The Bulstrode Pub offers. It finds a phone number, but no link to book or order online.

## Direct links
- Menu: https://bulstrodepub.com/food/
- Phone: +44 7850 694698
- Address: Lampton Road 55 TW3 1JG Hounslow
- Its menu mentions: allergens
- WhatsApp: a link on the site

## Nearby, also direct
Places near The Bulstrode Pub that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Tigerbay Hounslow (420 m): https://directindex.org/r/tigerbayhounslow.co.uk
- The Windsor Castle (780 m): https://directindex.org/r/rct.uk
- The Coach and Horses (1.1 km): https://directindex.org/r/coachandhorsesbrixworth.co.uk

## What to fix first
- **No booking or ordering link on the website.** (+13 points) There's only a phone number or WhatsApp, and agents can't use those yet. If you take bookings or orders through a platform, link to it from the site so agents can find it. Add a booking or ordering page. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website
- **The server turns AI crawlers away at the door.** (+3.3 points) Requests as GPTBot (http_429) were refused, but a normal browser got the page. That's usually a bot list at the host or in a firewall that the owner never chose. Ask the host to allow these user agents. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** No rule blocks the main AI user agents.
- **Structured data found (BarOrPub).** address, phone, opening hours
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.

## Where it stands
1755 of 5907 in London cafes and bars. Top 30% 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% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 94% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 93% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 50% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 22% | yes |

Nearest places in the index: Tigerbay Hounslow (D, 415 m, https://directindex.org/r/tigerbayhounslow.co.uk); Bell Cafe (C, 472 m, https://directindex.org/r/hounslow.org.uk); Gulf of Aden (B, 539 m, https://directindex.org/r/gulfofaden.co.uk); The Cross Lances (F, 731 m, https://directindex.org/r/crosslances.co.uk); The Windsor Castle (F, 784 m, https://directindex.org/r/rct.uk); The Black Horse (F, 840 m, https://directindex.org/r/black-horse-pub.com); Nemek Restaurant (D, 931 m, https://directindex.org/r/nemeklounge.com); Michaels (F, 996 m, https://directindex.org/r/michaelsonline.co.uk); The Coach and Horses (C, 1053 m, https://directindex.org/r/coachandhorsesbrixworth.co.uk); Chateau Dessert (F, 1646 m, https://directindex.org/r/chateaudessert.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.


Compared with its peers: Sites built with WordPress 57% (28% A or B, 145483 sites); This site 70.3%.

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

## Businesses like The Bulstrode Pub in London cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in London cafes and bars | 5907 | 50% | 30% | 70.3% |
| Sites built with WordPress in London cafes and bars | 1669 | 60% | 38% | 70.3% |

The best of the sites built with WordPress in London cafes and bars: Artistcafelondon (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/artistcafelondon.co.uk); Bar Américain (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/brasseriezedel.com); Cinnamon Culture (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/cinnamonculture.com); Eastcheap Records (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/eastcheaprecords.com); Loiutyr (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/laballerina.co.uk).

With the two fixes above (No booking or ordering link on the website; The server turns AI crawlers away at the door), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 51st of 5,907 in London cafes and bars, up from 1755th.

## The direct record
What agents get for The Bulstrode Pub, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/bulstrodepub.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://bulstrodepub.com/food/ (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +44 7850 694698
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/bulstrodepub.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

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 21.7 | 25 |
| Readable | 22 | 25 |
| Actionable | 2 | 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/bulstrodepub.com
- 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: yes
- 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: yes
- OAuth protected resource metadata: yes
- 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/bulstrodepub.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/bulstrodepub.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=bulstrodepub.com&force=1