The Direct Index
Report · Newcastle upon Tyne · scanned 2026-11-14

Dabbawal

dabbawal.com is ready for agents.

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BookOrderMenuCallWebsite

Ways to reach Dabbawal directly, with no marketplace in between. Checked 2026-11-14. On the business's own site. Report a mistake

Brentwood Mews 1 NE2 3DG Newcastle upon Tyne · +441912325133

Its menu mentions: allergens, a children's menu

Nearby, also direct

Places near Dabbawal 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 Dabbawal's website. It can read what Dabbawal offers. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.

95.4%

62 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 Gemini for "A cheap lunch menu near the centre" in Newcastle upon Tyne, November 2026

Each assistant was asked the way people ask, with web search on, for up to three places in Newcastle upon Tyne and a link to each one's own site. This business was named in one answer, by 1 of the 2 assistants asked.

QuestionNamed byAsked
A cheap lunch menu near the centre.Gemini with a link to this site2026-11-14

Every place named in Newcastle upon Tyne, question by question.

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Named by 1 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:
“A cheap lunch menu near the centre.” (Gemini, with a link to this site)

Where it stands

How Dabbawal compares

Where it stands

8 of 457 in Newcastle upon Tyne

Top 2% of the sites scanned in this index. Just above: Sambuca Pavilion A, Cog and Wheel A. Just below: Sheby's A, Frankie & Tonys Sandwich Bar A.

What the top 10% of the index doesTop 10%This site
Take bookings or orders on their own domain100%yes
Publish the menu or price list as HTML79%yes
Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt)96%yes
Structured data with address, phone and hours62%no
Have an llms.txt21%no

Compared with its peers

Average scoreA or BThis site
Sites built with Webflow 11,068 sites56%24%95.4%

Nearest places with a similar menu

PlaceDistanceGradeDirect booking or ordering
Dosa Kitchen indian463 mByes
New Miah’s Kitchen Cramlington indian739 mCno
Hyderabadi Kitchen Bar & Restaurant indian1.0 kmCno
Jesmond Tandoori indian1.1 kmCno
The Valley Junction 397 indian1.2 kmByes
Taste of Asia Gosforth indian1.9 kmCno
New New Bengal indian1.9 kmFno
Khans Restaurant Halal Indian Cuisine indian2.0 kmCno
Dine At Home indian2.0 kmFno
Chit 'n' Chaat indian2.0 kmCyes
Businesses like yours

Businesses like Dabbawal in Newcastle upon Tyne

GroupSitesAvg scoreA or BThis site
Businesses of the same kind in Newcastle upon Tyne45758%40%95.4%
Sites built with Webflow in Newcastle upon Tyne970%44%95.4%

After the top fixes

With the fix above (Structured data is incomplete), the score would be about 100%, which would be first of 457 in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Findings

What to fix first

  1. Structured data is incomplete +3 points

    Missing: opening hours. How to fix it

  2. 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. How to fix it

Send the fixes to your web person

One email with the fixes and the link. Nothing is stored.

No one is listed yet to fix this in Newcastle upon Tyne. 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.
  • Structured data found (Restaurant) 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.

Builder: webflow · contact page /about-dabbawal: address, telephone; menu page /menus: nothing new; booking page /reservations: phone · What to paste

Owners

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Claiming is free and takes one email to confirm. Then you can correct what assistants are told, and you get a message only when the score changes.

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For developers and agents

What agents get, and what the site publishes

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