# Charleys Philly Steaks Middle East: Agent-Direct Score A (90.3%)

Site: http://www.charleys.ae/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/charleys.ae
Scanned: 2026-10-18 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Charleys Philly Steaks Middle East is ready for agents.
Some AI assistants are turned away by Charleys Philly Steaks Middle East's website. What Charleys Philly Steaks Middle East offers is in a PDF or an image, and assistants read those badly. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.

## Direct links
- Order directly: https://charleys.ae/menu/Charleys_Delivery_Menu.pdf (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://charleys.ae/menu/Charleys_Dine-in_Menu.pdf
- Phone: +971600500505

## What to fix first

- **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
- **Menu or price list is a PDF.** (+3 points) Most agents skip PDFs or read them badly. Publish it as an HTML page and keep the PDF as a download. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai
- **No llms.txt.** (no points, but worth doing) Optional for now and cheap to add. It's a short text file that describes the business for language models. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/llms-txt-for-a-business
- **The phone number on the site doesn't match the open map data.** The site shows + 97143520500, but OpenStreetMap or Overture Maps lists +971600500505. An assistant that sees two numbers can't tell which one to trust. Fix whichever is wrong, on the site or in the map data at openstreetmap.org.

## Fix kit: What to paste

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

```
# Charleys Philly Steaks Middle East

> restaurant in Dubai Mall, Second Level Food Court, 00971, دبي, Dubai. Phone +971600500505.

## Book or order directly

- Order: https://charleys.ae/menu/Charleys_Delivery_Menu.pdf (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://charleys.ae/menu/Charleys_Dine-in_Menu.pdf

## About

- Website: http://www.charleys.ae/
- 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 main AI user agents.
- **Structured data found (Restaurant).** address, phone, opening hours
- **Ordering on your own site.** Agents can order without going through a marketplace.

## Where it stands
76 of 1620 in Dubai. Top 5% 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 | 90% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 90% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 50% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 31% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Nordsee (B, 140 m, https://directindex.org/r/nordsee.com); Armani Lounge Burj Khalifa (F, 231 m, https://directindex.org/r/atmosphereburjkhalifa.com); The Cheesecake Factory (B, 289 m, https://directindex.org/r/thecheesecakefactory.com); Red Lobster (D, 328 m, https://directindex.org/r/redlobster.com); New Shanghai (D, 336 m, https://directindex.org/r/newshanghaime.com); Debonairs Pizza (A, 664 m, https://directindex.org/r/debonairspizza.co.za); Rowley's (D, 780 m, https://directindex.org/r/rowleysrestaurants.com); TOTÓ (F, 851 m, https://directindex.org/r/totorestaurants.com); TATEL (C, 856 m, https://directindex.org/r/tatelrestaurants.com); Leila (F, 885 m, https://directindex.org/r/leilarestaurant.ae).

## 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 Dubai and named 67 places. Charleys Philly Steaks Middle East wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/dubai/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with WordPress 58% (30% A or B, 68857 sites); This site 90.3%.

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

## Businesses like Charleys Philly Steaks Middle East in Dubai

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Dubai | 1620 | 49% | 25% | 90.3% |
| Sites built with WordPress in Dubai | 103 | 63% | 36% | 90.3% |

The best of the sites built with WordPress in Dubai: PXB (A 98.8%, https://directindex.org/r/pxb.life); CQ Brasserie (A 96.3%, https://directindex.org/r/cqbrasserie.com); Il Pastaio Dubai (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/ilpastaiodubai.ae); The Banc (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/thebanc.ae); BUNDOO KHAN Restaurant (A 90.3%, https://directindex.org/r/alhaajbundookhan.ae).

With the two fixes above (The server turns AI crawlers away at the door; Menu or price list is a PDF), the score would be about 100%, which would be first of 1,620 in Dubai.

## The direct record
What agents get for Charleys Philly Steaks Middle East, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/charleys.ae
- Book: none on record
- Order: https://charleys.ae/menu/Charleys_Delivery_Menu.pdf (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-18, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://charleys.ae/menu/Charleys_Dine-in_Menu.pdf (pdf; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +971600500505
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/charleys.ae/order, https://directindex.org/go/charleys.ae/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 | 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/charleys.ae
- 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

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/charleys.ae/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/charleys.ae/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=charleys.ae&force=1