The Direct Index
Report · Oxford · scanned 2026-10-24

Cherwell Boathouse

cherwellboathouse.co.uk is partly visible to agents.

Listed by OpenStreetMap.

MenuCallWebsite

Ways to reach Cherwell Boathouse directly, with no marketplace in between. Checked 2026-10-24. Report a mistake

Hours, from OpenStreetMap: Mon 12:00–14:00, 18:00–20:45 · Tue closed · Wed–Thu 12:00–14:00, 18:00–20:45 · Fri 12:00–14:15, 18:00–21:00 · Sat 12:00–14:30, 18:00–21:00 · Sun 12:00–14:45, 18:00–20:30

Bardwell Road 50 OX2 6ST Oxford · +44 1865 552746

Its menu mentions: vegan options · Outdoor seating (OpenStreetMap)

Nearby, also direct

Places near Cherwell Boathouse that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.

Owners

The website's grade

An AI assistant can open Cherwell Boathouse's website. It can read what Cherwell Boathouse offers. To book or order, it is sent to OpenTable, a marketplace.

55.4%

36 of 65 points available

1/5

agent-readiness level, Basic Web Presence

2

things to fix

Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.

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Named by assistants

Named by ChatGPT and Gemini for 4 questions, including "I want to book a table for two tonight somewhere romantic" in Oxford, October 2026

Each assistant was asked the way people ask, with web search on, for up to three places in Oxford and a link to each one's own site. This business was named in 4 answers, by 2 of the 2 assistants asked.

QuestionNamed byAsked
I want to book a table for two tonight somewhere romantic.ChatGPT with a link to this site2026-10-23
A traditional local restaurant that tourists don't know. Book me a table for Saturday.Gemini with a link to this site2026-10-23
Seafood dinner with a view, table for four this week.Gemini with a link to this site2026-10-23
Lunch on a terrace in the sun tomorrow. Where can I reserve?Gemini with a link to this site2026-10-23

Every place named in Oxford, question by question.

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The badge shows how many of the assistants asked named this business, and the month. It updates after every round.

Named by 2 of 2 assistants, Direct Index

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Assistants

What assistants answer

Each assistant gets three questions about this business: the official website, where to book and where to order. Each cell shows where the answer sent people.

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.

Recommended when people ask:
“I want to book a table for two tonight somewhere romantic.” (ChatGPT, with a link to this site)
“A traditional local restaurant that tourists don't know. Book me a table for Saturday.” (Gemini, with a link to this site)
“Seafood dinner with a view, table for four this week.” (Gemini, with a link to this site)
“Lunch on a terrace in the sun tomorrow. Where can I reserve?” (Gemini, with a link to this site)

Where it stands

How Cherwell Boathouse compares

Where it stands

166 of 217 in Oxford

Top 76% of the sites scanned in this index. Just above: Tse Noodle C, Oxford Pizza & Grill C. Just below: Sartorelli’s Pizza C, itsu C.

What the top 10% of the index doesTop 10%This site
Take bookings or orders on their own domain100%no
Publish the menu or price list as HTML100%yes
Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt)100%yes
Structured data with address, phone and hours64%no
Have an llms.txt23%yes

The top 10% are the 22 highest-scoring reachable sites in the index at the last update.

Compared with its peers

Average scoreA or BThis site
Sites built with GoDaddy Website Builder 7,300 sites35%9%55.4%
Sites using OpenTable 6,152 sites69%51%55.4%

Nearest places with a similar menu

PlaceDistanceGradeDirect booking or ordering
Parsonage Grill british1.2 kmAyes
Browns british1.3 kmByes
Ashmolean Rooftop Restaurant european, british1.6 kmCyes
The Alice british1.7 kmCyes
Treadwell Restaurant british1.8 kmCyes
No.1 Ship Street european, british1.8 kmBno
Cosy Club british1.9 kmCyes
Quod Restaurant & Bar british, european1.9 kmAyes
The Ivy british1.9 kmBno
Eastgate Brasserie british, brasserie1.9 kmFno
Businesses like yours

Businesses like Cherwell Boathouse in Oxford

GroupSitesAvg scoreA or BThis site
Businesses of the same kind in Oxford21768%55%55.4%
Sites built with GoDaddy Website Builder in Oxford447%0%55.4%
Sites using OpenTable in Oxford1172%73%55.4%
Sites built with GoDaddy Website Builder and using OpenTable in Oxford155%0%55.4%

The best of the sites using OpenTable in Oxford

Chiang Mai Kitchen A 89.2% · The Coconut Tree A 86.2% · The Folly A 86.2% · The Ivy B 81.5% · Burnout BBQ B 73.8%

After the top fixes

With the two fixes above (No structured data for the business; Booking only through opentable), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 10th of 217 in Oxford, up from 166th.

Peers are the businesses in the same index that have a reachable site, using the latest scan of each. The rank comes from the index's current ranking.

Findings

What to fix first

  1. No structured data for the business +14 points

    Add schema.org JSON-LD for the business (Restaurant, LocalBusiness or the closest type, with name, address, telephone and openingHoursSpecification, plus servesCuisine and acceptsReservations). Every assistant reads this block first, and the fix kit below has it filled in. How to fix it

  2. Booking only through opentable +12 points

    Every transaction an agent makes goes through the marketplace, which takes its commission. Add a direct way on your own site. Even a simple form will do. How to fix it About this vendor

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No one is listed yet to fix this in Oxford. List your agency or yourself. It's free, and every listing is reviewed by hand.

Already right

  • robots.txt lets AI crawlers in No rule blocks the main AI user agents.
  • AI crawlers get the page GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all got a normal response.
  • Menu or price list is an HTML page Agents can read the items and prices.
  • OpenTable works with agents through its partners OpenTable's terms page could not be fetched on 2026-10-15; OpenTable names over 200 authorized partners, Google, Meta and OpenAI among them, as the channels through which agents book. Terms read on 2026-10-15: https://mynews13.com/fl/orlando/business/2026/07/14/opentable-new-terms. An assistant that isn't a partner may not be able to finish there. A direct path on your own domain works for all of them.

Builder: godaddy · menu page /%C3%A0-la-carte-menu: nothing new

Fix kit

What to paste

Filled in from the business's own record and this scan. Check every line before it goes live. The guides show where it goes on godaddy.

Show the code 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. Guide.

<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Restaurant",
  "name": "Cherwell Boathouse",
  "url": "https://cherwellboathouse.co.uk/",
  "telephone": "+44 1865 552746",
  "email": "info@cherwellboathouse.co.uk",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Bardwell Road 50",
    "postalCode": "OX2 6ST",
    "addressLocality": "Oxford"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 51.7696275,
    "longitude": -1.2537714
  },
  "openingHours": "Mo,We-Th 12:00-14:00,18:00-20:45; Fr 12:00-14:15,18:00-21:00; Sa 12:00-14:30,18:00-21:00; Su 12:00-14:45,18:00-20:30",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Monday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday"
      ],
      "opens": "12:00",
      "closes": "14:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Monday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday"
      ],
      "opens": "18:00",
      "closes": "20:45"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Friday"
      ],
      "opens": "12:00",
      "closes": "14:15"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Friday"
      ],
      "opens": "18:00",
      "closes": "21:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Saturday"
      ],
      "opens": "12:00",
      "closes": "14:30"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Saturday"
      ],
      "opens": "18:00",
      "closes": "21:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Sunday"
      ],
      "opens": "12:00",
      "closes": "14:45"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Sunday"
      ],
      "opens": "18:00",
      "closes": "20:30"
    }
  ],
  "servesCuisine": [
    "british"
  ],
  "hasMenu": "https://cherwellboathouse.co.uk/%C3%A0-la-carte-menu"
}
</script>
Owners

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Agent-Direct Score C

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For developers and agents

What agents get, and what the site publishes

The direct record agents get for this business, the rails an agent could transact through, and the agent standards the site publishes.

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The direct record

What agents get for Cherwell Boathouse

The links an assistant is sent when it books, orders or reads the menu for this business, where each leads, and when a browser last checked it. The same record is served as JSON at /api/direct/cherwellboathouse.co.uk, through the MCP tool direct_record and in the city feed /city/oxford/direct.json.

PathLinkStatus
Booknone on record
Ordernone on record
Menucherwellboathouse.co.uk/%C3%A0-la-carte-menu html_pagefrom the scan
HoursMo,We-Th 12:00-14:00,18:00-20:45; Fr 12:00-14:15,18:00-21:00; Sa 12:00-14:30,18:00-21:00; Su 12:00-14:45,18:00-20:30 (closed now)from OpenStreetMap
Phone+44 1865 552746

Stable links that count: /go/cherwellboathouse.co.uk/menu answer 302 to the links above; the count is the line "followed N direct links" on this page.

Owners: claim the business below to correct this record; the claim email carries the link.

Transactable

Can an agent transact?

Measured, not scored: the Agent-Direct Score stays at specification v1.0. This says which rails an agent could transact through today, and what the booking or ordering vendor's terms allow.

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
Vendor terms for agents
OpenTable, read 2026-10-15
Through partners

OpenTable's terms page could not be fetched on 2026-10-15; OpenTable names over 200 authorized partners, Google, Meta and OpenAI among them, as the channels through which agents book. Source. About OpenTable · all vendors.

Agent readiness

Level 1 of 5, Basic Web Presence

These are the standards an agent looks for before it reads a page, checked the same way as Cloudflare's Agent Readiness scan. They don't count toward the score. Each missing item links to a how-to. Cloudflare's report.

Link headers on the homepageno how
sitemap.xmlyes
AI bot rules in robots.txtyes
Content Signals in robots.txtno how
Markdown on Accept: text/markdownno how
llms.txtyes
API catalog (RFC 9727)no how
MCP server cardno how
A2A agent cardno how
Agent Skills indexno how
OAuth or OIDC discoveryno how
OAuth protected resource metadatano how
auth.mdno how
Web Bot Auth key directoryno how
ARD capability manifestno how
DNS-AID recordsno how
WebMCP tools on the pageno how
JSON-LD for the businessno