# Café Merlo: Agent-Direct Score F (0%)

Site: https://www.cafe-merlo.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/cafe-merlo.com
Scanned: 2026-10-14 (Provisional: the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.)
Café Merlo's website could not be reached by the scanner on 2026-10-14 (cloudflare challenge). Rescans are free.

## What to fix first
- **The site could not be read at all.** A bot challenge stands in front of the site (cloudflare_challenge); a plain fetch never reaches the page.

## Already right
- Nothing.

## Where it stands
230 of 260 in Brussels cafes and bars. Top 88% of the sites scanned in this index.

| What the top tenth 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 | 85% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 100% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 30% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 19% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Le Maquis (C, 38 m, https://directindex.org/r/lemaquisbar.be); Gansbeek (C, 247 m, https://directindex.org/r/gansbeek.be); Forcado (B, 252 m, https://directindex.org/r/forcado.be); Jardin Hospice (C, 266 m, https://directindex.org/r/grand-hospice.brussels); Café De Markten (C, 303 m, https://directindex.org/r/cafedemarkten.be); Grimbergen Café (A, 314 m, https://directindex.org/r/grimbergencafe.be); Café Walvis (C, 333 m, https://directindex.org/r/walviscafe.com); billie (C, 347 m, https://directindex.org/r/billie.brussels); Kafei Dansaert (B, 380 m, https://directindex.org/r/kafei.be); Rooftop 58 (B, 387 m, https://directindex.org/r/58.brussels).

## What assistants answer
Not asked yet. Assistants are asked about the top-ranked businesses in each city index, and about every claimed business the moment it is claimed; claim this page to be included.

## Businesses like Café Merlo in Brussels cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same kind in Brussels cafes and bars | 260 | 52% | 28% | 0% |

The best of Same kind in Brussels cafes and bars: CiPiaCe (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/cipiace.be); Délifrance (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/delifrancerestaurants.com); Le Cirio (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/lecirio.be); Bistro de la Woluwe (A 97.5%, https://directindex.org/r/bistrowoluwe.be); Flamingo (A 97.5%, https://directindex.org/r/flamingobrussel.be).

## The direct record
What agents get for Café Merlo, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/cafe-merlo.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: Su-Th 15:00-01:00; Fr-Sa 15:00-03:00 (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: none on record

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 0 | 25 |
| Readable | 0 | 25 |
| Actionable | 0 | 30 |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Not measured for this scan.
- JSON-LD for the business: no

Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/cafe-merlo.com/deep. Ten questions the way people ask, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF: 19 EUR, one-off.
Methodology: https://directindex.org/methodology · Rescan now: https://directindex.org/scan?url=cafe-merlo.com&force=1