# Cotton Lane Cafe: Agent-Direct Score C (65%)

Site: https://www.cottonlanecafe.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/cottonlanecafe.com
Scanned: 2026-10-16 (Provisional, with the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Cotton Lane Cafe is partly visible to agents.
AI assistants can't open Cotton Lane Cafe's website, so they go by what other sites say about it.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://www.cottonlanecafe.com/reservations (on the business's own site)
- Order directly: https://www.cottonlanecafe.com/menus (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://www.cottonlanecafe.com/menus
- Phone: +852 26261618
- Address: 綿發街 Min Fat Street 14 Happy Valley
- Hours, from OpenStreetMap · Overture Maps: Mon closed; Tue–Sun 09:00–18:30
- Outdoor seating (OpenStreetMap)

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Cotton Lane Cafe that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- LIQUID GOLD 至醇酒庫 - Leighton (960 m): https://directindex.org/r/liquidgold.com.hk
- Ak's Bar+lounge (1000 m): https://directindex.org/r/accor.com
- Aroma Wine Bistro (1 km): https://directindex.org/r/aromawinebistro.com

## What to fix first
- **The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included.** (+25 points) A plain fetch was refused (cloudflare_challenge). Only a real browser got the page. Every AI crawler and agent gets turned away the same way, so Reachable scores 0 and the rest is measured on the page as the browser rendered it. Ask the host to let the AI user agents through. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+3 points) Missing: opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant

## What the site tells visitors (Measured, not scored)
- **The footer says © 2023.** Visitors and assistants may read that year as the last time anyone looked after the site. In Hong Kong, 65% of comparable sites that show a year say 2025 or later.

## Fix kit: What 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.

```html
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "CafeOrCoffeeShop",
  "name": "Cotton Lane Cafe",
  "url": "https://www.cottonlanecafe.com/",
  "telephone": "+852 26261618",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "綿發街 Min Fat Street 14",
    "addressLocality": "Happy Valley"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 22.2688639,
    "longitude": 114.1866154
  },
  "openingHours": "Tu-Su 09:00-18:30",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday",
        "Friday",
        "Saturday",
        "Sunday"
      ],
      "opens": "09:00",
      "closes": "18:30"
    }
  ],
  "servesCuisine": [
    "brunch",
    "french",
    "japanese",
    "catering",
    "private events"
  ],
  "acceptsReservations": "https://www.cottonlanecafe.com/reservations",
  "hasMenu": "https://www.cottonlanecafe.com/menus",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://www.cottonlanecafe.com/reservations",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    },
    {
      "@type": "OrderAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://www.cottonlanecafe.com/menus",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** There's no robots.txt, which means everything is allowed.
- **Structured data found (LocalBusiness).** address, phone
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.
- **Booking on your own site.** Agents can book without going through a marketplace.
- **Ordering on your own site.** Agents can order without going through a marketplace.

## Where it stands
129 of 701 in Hong Kong cafes and bars. Top 18% 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 | 93% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 47% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 96% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 22% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 56% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Sinbad Coffee Roasters (D, 224 m, https://directindex.org/r/sinbadcoffee.com); Twiggy Coffee & Tea Co. (F, 226 m, https://directindex.org/r/twiggycoffee.com); LIQUID GOLD 至醇酒庫 - Leighton (C, 963 m, https://directindex.org/r/liquidgold.com.hk); 靈火咖啡園 (F, 971 m, https://directindex.org/r/bonfire.org.hk); Brentwood Coffee Roaster (D, 984 m, https://directindex.org/r/brentwoodcoffee.com.hk); Ak's Bar+lounge (B, 999 m, https://directindex.org/r/accor.com); Club 28 (D, 999 m, https://directindex.org/r/cphongkong.com); 熊貓咖啡 Panda Coffee (F, 1000 m, https://directindex.org/r/pin2eat.com); Coffeer (F, 1003 m, https://directindex.org/r/wordpress.com); Aroma Wine Bistro (C, 1027 m, https://directindex.org/r/aromawinebistro.com).

## 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.


Compared with its peers: Sites built with Wix 52% (29% A or B, 19855 sites); This site 65%.

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

## Businesses like Cotton Lane Cafe in Hong Kong cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Hong Kong cafes and bars | 701 | 44% | 15% | 65% |
| Sites built with Wix in Hong Kong cafes and bars | 72 | 58% | 26% | 65% |

The best of the sites built with Wix in Hong Kong cafes and bars: One Small Step (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/onesmallstep.hk); Brunch Club & Supper (A 90.8%, https://directindex.org/r/brunch-club.org); Sugar Factory Cafe (A 87.7%, https://directindex.org/r/sugarfactorycafe.com); Thirsty Shaker (A 87.7%, https://directindex.org/r/thirstyshaker.com); ThinkWine (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/thinkwinehk.com).

With the two fixes above (The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included; Structured data is incomplete), the score would be about 100%, which would be first of 701 in Hong Kong cafes and bars.

## The direct record
What agents get for Cotton Lane Cafe, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/cottonlanecafe.com
- Book: https://www.cottonlanecafe.com/reservations (own site; verified direct, 2026-10-18)
- Order: https://www.cottonlanecafe.com/menus (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-16, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://www.cottonlanecafe.com/menus (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: Tu-Su 09:00-18:30 (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +852 26261618
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/cottonlanecafe.com/book, https://directindex.org/go/cottonlanecafe.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/cottonlanecafe.com/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

Only a real browser got this page (a plain fetch got cloudflare_challenge); Readable and Actionable were measured on the rendered page.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 0 | 25 |
| Readable | 22 | 25 |
| Actionable | 30 | 30 |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Not measured for this scan.
- JSON-LD for the business: yes

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