# Bungalow: Agent-Direct Score B (73.8%)

Site: https://bungalowdining.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/bungalowdining.com
Scanned: 2026-10-23 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Bungalow is mostly ready for agents.
Some AI assistants are turned away by Bungalow's website. It can read what Bungalow offers. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://bungalowdining.com/reservations/ (on the business's own site)
- Order directly: http://payroll.toasttab.com/jobs/alife (through toast acting for the business)
- Menu: https://bungalowdining.com/menu/
- Address: Main Street 407 77002 Houston

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Bungalow that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- SOHO Garden (40 m): https://directindex.org/r/sohogardenhtx.com
- Bar Moxy (40 m): https://directindex.org/r/marriott.com
- Off The Record (50 m): https://directindex.org/r/offtherecordhtx.com
- Taste Kitchen and Bar (80 m): https://directindex.org/r/tastehtx.com
- Notsuoh (80 m): https://directindex.org/r/notsuoh.com

## What to fix first
- **The server turns AI crawlers away at the door.** (+10 points) Requests as GPTBot (challenge:access denied), ClaudeBot (challenge:access denied), PerplexityBot (http_403) 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
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+4 points) Missing: address, telephone. 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": "BarOrPub",
  "name": "Bungalow",
  "url": "https://bungalowdining.com/",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Main Street 407",
    "postalCode": "77002",
    "addressLocality": "Houston"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 29.7611638,
    "longitude": -95.3614046
  },
  "acceptsReservations": "https://bungalowdining.com/reservations/",
  "hasMenu": "https://bungalowdining.com/menu/",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://bungalowdining.com/reservations/",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    },
    {
      "@type": "OrderAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "http://payroll.toasttab.com/jobs/alife",
        "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 (Restaurant).** opening hours
- **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.
- **Ordering through toast on your own domain.** There's no marketplace commission, and the customer stays yours.

## Where it stands
153 of 829 in Houston cafes and bars. Top 18% 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 | 98% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 98% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 98% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 37% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 37% | yes |

Nearest places in the index: SOHO Garden (A, 37 m, https://directindex.org/r/sohogardenhtx.com); Bar Moxy (D, 43 m, https://directindex.org/r/marriott.com); Off The Record (C, 48 m, https://directindex.org/r/offtherecordhtx.com); Dean's (C, 73 m, https://directindex.org/r/deansdowntown.com); Taste Kitchen and Bar (C, 76 m, https://directindex.org/r/tastehtx.com); Conservatory (F, 83 m, https://directindex.org/r/conservatoryhtx.com); Underground Hall (D, 83 m, https://directindex.org/r/undergroundhall.com); The Moonshiners (D, 84 m, https://directindex.org/r/themoonshinershouston.com); Notsuoh (C, 84 m, https://directindex.org/r/notsuoh.com); Noble Rot (B, 90 m, https://directindex.org/r/noblerotpdx.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 12 everyday questions about Houston cafes and bars and named 55 places. Bungalow wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/houston-cafes-bars/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with WordPress 55% (24% A or B, 224455 sites); Sites using Toast 73% (62% A or B, 6097 sites); This site 73.8%.

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

## Businesses like Bungalow in Houston cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Houston cafes and bars | 829 | 49% | 25% | 73.8% |
| Sites built with WordPress in Houston cafes and bars | 198 | 59% | 30% | 73.8% |
| Sites using Toast in Houston cafes and bars | 64 | 71% | 63% | 73.8% |
| Sites built with WordPress and using Toast in Houston cafes and bars | 25 | 71% | 56% | 73.8% |

The best of the sites built with WordPress and using Toast in Houston cafes and bars: Plume (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/plumehtx.com); Flying Saucer Draught Emporium (A 87.7%, https://directindex.org/r/beerknurd.com); JuiceLand (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/juiceland.com); BreWingZ Restaurant and Bar (B 83.1%, https://directindex.org/r/brewingz.com); Big City Wings- EaDo (B 82.5%, https://directindex.org/r/bigcitywings.com).

With the two fixes above (The server turns AI crawlers away at the door; Structured data is incomplete), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 16th of 829 in Houston cafes and bars, up from 153rd.

## The direct record
What agents get for Bungalow, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/bungalowdining.com
- Book: https://bungalowdining.com/reservations/ (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-23, not yet tested)
- Order: http://payroll.toasttab.com/jobs/alife (vendor on own site: Toast; found by the scan of 2026-10-23, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://bungalowdining.com/menu/ (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: none on record
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/bungalowdining.com/book, https://directindex.org/go/bungalowdining.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/bungalowdining.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

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 15 | 25 |
| Readable | 18 | 25 |
| Actionable | 15 | 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/bungalowdining.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/bungalowdining.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/bungalowdining.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=bungalowdining.com&force=1