# Cafe Berlin: Agent-Direct Score A (93.8%)

Site: https://www.cafeberlin-dc.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/cafeberlin-dc.com
Scanned: 2026-10-14 (Provisional: the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.)
Cafe Berlin is ready for agents.

## Direct links
- Order directly: https://app.squareup.com/gift/MLD5KX5587DNM/order (through square acting for the business)
- Menu: https://www.cafeberlin-dc.com/menu/#Dinner
- Phone: +1 202-543-7656

## What to fix first
- **Booking through an unrecognised third party.** (+5 points) Check that the provider keeps you as the merchant of record. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website
- **No llms.txt.** (no points, still worth doing) Optional today, cheap to add: a short text file describing the business for language models. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/llms-txt-for-a-business

## Fix kit: What to paste

llms.txt. Save as /llms.txt at the root of the site.

```
# Cafe Berlin

> cafe or coffee shop (german) in Massachusetts Avenue Northeast 322 Washington, Washington, DC cafes and bars. Phone +1 202-543-7656.

## Book or order directly

- Order: https://app.squareup.com/gift/MLD5KX5587DNM/order (through square acting for the business)
- Menu: https://www.cafeberlin-dc.com/menu/#Dinner

## Opening hours

Mo-Tu off; We-Th 14:00-22:00; Fr-Sa 14:00-23:00; Su 14:00-22:00

## About

- Website: https://www.cafeberlin-dc.com/
- This file follows llms.txt (https://llmstxt.org): a short plain-text description for language models.
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** No rule blocks the key AI user agents.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all received a normal response.
- **Structured data present (Restaurant).** address, phone, opening hours
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read items and prices directly.
- **Ordering through square on your own domain.** No marketplace commission, and the guest stays yours.

## Where it stands
6 of 517 in Washington, DC cafes and bars. Top 1% 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 | 98% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 96% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 100% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 37% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 17% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Union Pub (A, 166 m, https://directindex.org/r/unionpubdc.com); Jacob’s Coffee House (F, 537 m, https://directindex.org/r/jacobscoffeehousedc.com); Café Fili (B, 554 m, https://directindex.org/r/cafefili.com); Sidamo Coffee and Tea (D, 630 m, https://directindex.org/r/sidamocoffeeandtea.com); The Big Board (D, 632 m, https://directindex.org/r/acworthtransmission.com); The Dubliner (A, 803 m, https://directindex.org/r/dublinerdc.com); Kelly's Irish Times (D, 824 m, https://directindex.org/r/kellysirishtimesdc.com); Le Bon Cafe (F, 849 m, https://directindex.org/r/leboncafedc.com); 7st Hill Cafe (B, 912 m, https://directindex.org/r/portcityjava.com); Warka Coffee (B, 964 m, https://directindex.org/r/warkacoffee.com).

## 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.

Against its peers: Sites built with WordPress 57% (26% A or B, 35830 sites); Sites using Square 69% (48% A or B, 774 sites); This site 93.8%.

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

## Businesses like Cafe Berlin in Washington, DC cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same kind in Washington, DC cafes and bars | 517 | 43% | 29% | 93.8% |
| Built with WordPress in Washington, DC cafes and bars | 79 | 64% | 46% | 93.8% |
| Using Square in Washington, DC cafes and bars | 20 | 75% | 70% | 93.8% |
| Built with WordPress and using Square in Washington, DC cafes and bars | 3 | 87% | 100% | 93.8% |

The best of Using Square in Washington, DC cafes and bars: Coffee Republic (A 90%, https://directindex.org/r/coffeerepub.com); Simona Cafe (A 88.8%, https://directindex.org/r/simonacafe.com); Denizens Brewing Company Riverdale Park (B 84.6%, https://directindex.org/r/denizensbrewingco.com); Rose Ave Bakery (B 84.6%, https://directindex.org/r/roseavebakery.com); Turkish Coffee Lady (B 84.6%, https://directindex.org/r/turkishcoffeelady.com).

With the fix above (Booking through an unrecognised third party) the score would be about 100%: first of 517 in Washington, DC cafes and bars.

## The direct record
What agents get for Cafe Berlin, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/cafeberlin-dc.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: https://app.squareup.com/gift/MLD5KX5587DNM/order (vendor on own site: Square; verified direct, 2026-10-14)
- Menu: https://www.cafeberlin-dc.com/menu/#Dinner (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: Mo-Tu off; We-Th 14:00-22:00; Fr-Sa 14:00-23:00; Su 14:00-22:00 (open now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +1 202-543-7656
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/cafeberlin-dc.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/cafeberlin-dc.com/menu

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

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Level 1 of 5, Basic Web Presence. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/cafeberlin-dc.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: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/llms-txt/SKILL.md)
- 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: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/oauth-discovery/SKILL.md)
- OAuth protected resource metadata: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/oauth-protected-resource/SKILL.md)
- 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

Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/cafeberlin-dc.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=cafeberlin-dc.com&force=1