# China Express: Agent-Direct Score B (81.5%)

Site: https://chinaexpressjoppa.co.uk/landing.php
Report: https://directindex.org/r/chinaexpressjoppa.co.uk
Scanned: 2026-10-14 (Provisional: the action test and the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.)
China Express is mostly ready for agents.

## Direct links
- Order directly: https://chinaexpressjoppa.co.uk/index.php?ac=shop&k=China,Express,Joppa,Takeaway,38,Esplanade,Terrace,Edinburgh,EH15,2ES (on the business's own site)
- Phone: +44 131 657 3322

## What to fix first
- **No menu or price list found.** (+7 points) Agents answer 'what do they offer' from marketplaces instead. Add a menu or price list page and link it from the homepage. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai
- **Almost no text without JavaScript.** (+2 points) Crawlers that do not run scripts see an empty page. Render the menu, hours and address as plain HTML. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/website-blank-without-javascript
- **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.

```
# China Express

> fast food restaurant (chinese) in Esplanade Terrace 38 EH15 2ES Edinburgh, Edinburgh. Phone +44 131 657 3322.

## Book or order directly

- Order: https://chinaexpressjoppa.co.uk/index.php?ac=shop&k=China,Express,Joppa,Takeaway,38,Esplanade,Terrace,Edinburgh,EH15,2ES (on the business's own site)

## Opening hours

Mo-Su 16:00-23:00

## About

- Website: https://chinaexpressjoppa.co.uk/landing.php
- 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
- **Ordering on your own site.** Agents can order without a marketplace in the loop.

## Where it stands
100 of 524 in Edinburgh. Top 19% 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% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 78% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 94% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 59% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 20% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Malvarosa (D, 986 m, https://directindex.org/r/malvarosa.co.uk); Cinnamon (F, 1019 m, https://directindex.org/r/cinnamon-edinburgh.co.uk); Tai Chi Restaurant (D, 1225 m, https://directindex.org/r/taichicentre.co.uk); Pronto (A, 1248 m, https://directindex.org/r/prontopizzaedinburgh.com); Mamacita's (C, 1318 m, https://directindex.org/r/mamacitasmiamieats.co.uk); Istanbul (D, 1439 m, https://directindex.org/r/istanbul-takeaway.co.uk); Popeyes (F, 1880 m, https://directindex.org/r/popeyes.com); 1915 Lanz Noodle (A, 1979 m, https://directindex.org/r/1915lanznoodle.co.uk); Lady Nairne (C, 2603 m, https://directindex.org/r/premierinn.com); Taste of Vietnamese food (D, 2883 m, https://directindex.org/r/tasteofvietnamesefood.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.

See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/chinaexpressjoppa.co.uk/agent-view

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 23 | 25 |
| Readable | 15 | 25 |
| Actionable | 15 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Level 0 of 5, Not Ready. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/chinaexpressjoppa.co.uk
- Link headers on the homepage: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/link-headers/SKILL.md)
- sitemap.xml: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/sitemap/SKILL.md)
- 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/chinaexpressjoppa.co.uk/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=chinaexpressjoppa.co.uk&force=1