The Direct Index
Report · Ghent · scanned 2026-10-28

De Kastart

dekastart.be is partly visible to agents.

Listed by OpenStreetMap · Overture Maps.

BookOrderCallWebsite

Ways to reach De Kastart directly, with no marketplace in between. Checked 2026-10-28. On the business's own site. Report a mistake

Hours, from OpenStreetMap · Overture Maps: Mon–Sat 11:00–23:00 · Sun closed

+32 9 224 36 27

Step-free access (OpenStreetMap)

Languages: English, Dutch

Cette page en français · Deze pagina in het Nederlands

Nearby, also direct

Places near De Kastart 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 De Kastart's website. It can't find a menu or price list, so it answers from other sites. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.

63.1%

41 of 65 points available

1/5

agent-readiness level, Basic Web Presence

3

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.

Score over 2 scans since 2026-10-16: 63% → 63%

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Since the scan of 2026-10-16: the findings haven't changed.

Named by assistants

Named by Gemini for "A cheap lunch menu near the centre" and "Dinner with two kids tonight, somewhere relaxed. Book a table for four" in Ghent, November 2026

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

QuestionNamed byAsked
A cheap lunch menu near the centre.Gemini by name, without a link2026-11-01
Dinner with two kids tonight, somewhere relaxed. Book a table for four.Gemini with a link to this site2026-11-01

Every place named in Ghent, 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 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, by name, without a link)
“Dinner with two kids tonight, somewhere relaxed. Book a table for four.” (Gemini, with a link to this site)

Where it stands

How De Kastart compares

Where it stands

Not ranked yet in Ghent

The ranking updates every hour. This site joins it at the next update.

What the top 10% of the index doesTop 10%This site
Take bookings or orders on their own domain99%yes
Publish the menu or price list as HTML90%no
Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt)100%yes
Structured data with address, phone and hours35%no
Have an llms.txt30%no

Nearest places with a similar menu

PlaceDistanceGradeDirect booking or ordering
Bavet pasta420 mDno
Mister Spaghetti pasta515 mByes
Nonna pasta610 mDno
Marengo pasta692 mByes
Fusilli pasta839 mByes
Bocca pasta1.6 kmAyes
Noah local, pasta, mediterranean1.7 kmFno
l'Arbre sandwich, soup, pasta1.7 kmByes
Basic Italian pasta1.9 kmByes
Asmin pita, pasta, pizza2.2 kmFno
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. No menu or price list found +7 points

    Agents answer 'what do they offer?' from marketplaces instead. Add a page with the menu or price list and link to it from the homepage. How to fix it

  3. 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 Ghent. 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.
  • 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: unknown · booking page /nl/reserveren: nothing new · What to paste

Owners

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