# East Village Hotel Balmain: Agent-Direct Score D (50.8%)

Site: http://eastvillagebalmain.com.au/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/eastvillagebalmain.com.au
Scanned: 2026-10-18 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
East Village Hotel Balmain is hard for agents to use.
An AI assistant can open East Village Hotel Balmain's website. What East Village Hotel Balmain offers is in a PDF or an image, and assistants read those badly. To book or order, it is sent to OpenTable, a marketplace.

## Direct links
- Menu: https://www.eastvillagebalmain.com.au/_files/ugd/99d919_e0cbf306a34d45cb99a49b485409bf28.pdf
- Phone: +61 2 9810 3333

## What to fix first

- **No structured data for the business.** (+14 points) Add schema.org JSON-LD for the business (CafeOrCoffeeShop, BarOrPub or the closest type, with name, address, telephone and openingHoursSpecification, plus servesCuisine). Every assistant reads this block first, and the fix kit below has it filled in. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **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. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website
- **Menu or price list is a PDF.** (+3 points) Most agents skip PDFs or read them badly. Publish it as an HTML page and keep the PDF as a download. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai

## 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": "BarOrPub",
  "name": "East Village Hotel Balmain",
  "url": "http://eastvillagebalmain.com.au/",
  "telephone": "+61 2 9810 3333",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Darling Street 82",
    "postalCode": "2041"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": -33.857618,
    "longitude": 151.1924966
  },
  "hasMenu": "https://www.eastvillagebalmain.com.au/_files/ugd/99d919_e0cbf306a34d45cb99a49b485409bf28.pdf"
}
</script>
```

## 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.
- **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.

## Where it stands
1445 of 2594 in Sydney cafes and bars. Top 56% 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 | 99% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 95% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 96% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 32% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 23% | yes |

Nearest places in the index: Ciao Thyme (C, 645 m, https://directindex.org/r/ciaothymebalmain.com); Henry Deane (A, 903 m, https://directindex.org/r/hotelpalisade.com.au); Zebra Lounge (A, 913 m, https://directindex.org/r/zebralounge.com.au); Dry Dock Hotel (C, 956 m, https://directindex.org/r/thedrydock.com.au); The Cricketers Balmain (B, 961 m, https://directindex.org/r/thecricketersbalmain.com.au); Argyle Bar (C, 973 m, https://directindex.org/r/argylebar.com.au); Lord Nelson Brewery Hotel (D, 1008 m, https://directindex.org/r/lordnelsonbrewery.com); Haven Coffee (F, 1056 m, https://directindex.org/r/havencoffee.com.au); La Taza Cafe (D, 1061 m, https://directindex.org/r/lataza.com.au); Zupano (B, 1062 m, https://directindex.org/r/zupano.com.au).

## 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 49% (24% A or B, 10627 sites); Sites using OpenTable 65% (40% A or B, 2352 sites); This site 50.8%.

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

## Businesses like East Village Hotel Balmain in Sydney cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Sydney cafes and bars | 2594 | 54% | 30% | 50.8% |
| Sites built with Wix in Sydney cafes and bars | 212 | 64% | 44% | 50.8% |
| Sites using OpenTable in Sydney cafes and bars | 42 | 62% | 26% | 50.8% |
| Sites built with Wix and using OpenTable in Sydney cafes and bars | 4 | 49% | 0% | 50.8% |

The best of the sites built with Wix and using OpenTable in Sydney cafes and bars: 4 Donkey Bar (C 56.3%, https://directindex.org/r/wixsite.com); Tigra (D 50.8%, https://directindex.org/r/bartigra.com.au); Disco Pantera (D 40%, https://directindex.org/r/barpantera.com.au).

With the three fixes above (No structured data for the business; Booking only through opentable; Menu or price list is a PDF), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 25th of 2,594 in Sydney cafes and bars, up from 1445th.

## The direct record
What agents get for East Village Hotel Balmain, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/eastvillagebalmain.com.au
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://www.eastvillagebalmain.com.au/_files/ugd/99d919_e0cbf306a34d45cb99a49b485409bf28.pdf (pdf; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +61 2 9810 3333
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/eastvillagebalmain.com.au/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): yes
- 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: 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. Read 2026-10-15: https://mynews13.com/fl/orlando/business/2026/07/14/opentable-new-terms

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 5 | 25 |
| Actionable | 3 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Level 1 of 5, Basic Web Presence. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/eastvillagebalmain.com.au
- Link headers on the homepage: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/link-headers/SKILL.md)
- sitemap.xml: yes
- 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: yes
- 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: no

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