# East India Co.: Agent-Direct Score C (61.5%)

Site: https://www.eicpdx.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/eicpdx.com
Scanned: 2026-10-24 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
East India Co. is partly visible to agents.
AI assistants can't open East India Co.'s website, so they go by what other sites say about it.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://eicpdx.com/page/reservation (on the business's own site)
- Order directly: https://eicpdx.com/menu?dialogState=orderDetails (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://eicpdx.com/menu
- Phone: +1-503-227-8815
- Address: Southwest 11th Avenue 821 97205 Portland
- Hours, from OpenStreetMap: Tu-Th 17:00-09:00, Fr-Su 16:30-21:30

## Nearby, also direct
Places near East India Co. that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- The Daily Feast (20 m): https://directindex.org/r/thedailyfeastpdx.com
- Addy's Sandwich Bar (110 m): https://directindex.org/r/addyssandwichbar.com
- India House (110 m): https://directindex.org/r/indiahouseportland.com
- Mucca (120 m): https://directindex.org/r/muccaosteria.com
- Tanaka (150 m): https://directindex.org/r/tanakakatsusando.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

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** No rule blocks the main AI user agents.
- **Structured data found (Restaurant).** address, phone, opening hours
- **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
421 of 758 in Portland. 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 | 100% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 100% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 96% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 53% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 30% | no |

Nearest places in the index: The Daily Feast (C, 21 m, https://directindex.org/r/thedailyfeastpdx.com); Addy's Sandwich Bar (A, 108 m, https://directindex.org/r/addyssandwichbar.com); India House (C, 114 m, https://directindex.org/r/indiahouseportland.com); Virginia Cafe (D, 121 m, https://directindex.org/r/virginiacafepdx.com); Mucca (B, 123 m, https://directindex.org/r/muccaosteria.com); Urban Crêperie (F, 146 m, https://directindex.org/r/urbancreperiepdx.com); Tanaka (A, 153 m, https://directindex.org/r/tanakakatsusando.com); Pastini (B, 171 m, https://directindex.org/r/pastini.com); Petunia's Pies & Pastries (B, 182 m, https://directindex.org/r/petuniaspiesandpastries.com); Sushi Fukami (D, 190 m, https://directindex.org/r/sushifukami.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.

Recommended when people ask: "A good vegan or vegetarian lunch near the centre, today." (Claude)


Compared with its peers: Sites built with Owner 72% (36% A or B, 1123 sites); This site 61.5%.

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

## Named by Claude for "A good vegan or vegetarian lunch near the centre, today" in Portland, October 2026
- "A good vegan or vegetarian lunch near the centre, today." (2026-10-22): Claude through a marketplace. https://directindex.org/city/portland/recommended/vegan-lunch
Named by 1 of 3 assistants asked. Badge: https://directindex.org/badge/named/eicpdx.com.svg

## Businesses like East India Co. in Portland

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Portland | 758 | 60% | 43% | 61.5% |
| Sites built with Owner in Portland | 17 | 78% | 47% | 61.5% |

The best of the sites built with Owner in Portland: Bete-Lukas (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/bete-lukas.com); Delish Kitchen 108 (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/delishkitchen108.com); Farmhouse Kitchen (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/farmhousethai.com); Matsunoki Ramen (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/matsunokiramen.com); Po'Shines Café de la Soul (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/poshinespdx.com).

With the fix above (The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included), the score would be about 100%, which would be first of 758 in Portland.

## The direct record
What agents get for East India Co., as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/eicpdx.com
- Book: https://eicpdx.com/page/reservation (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-24, not yet tested)
- Order: https://eicpdx.com/menu?dialogState=orderDetails (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-24, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://eicpdx.com/menu (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: Tu-Th 17:00-09:00, Fr-Su 16:30-21:30 (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +1-503-227-8815
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/eicpdx.com/book, https://directindex.org/go/eicpdx.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/eicpdx.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 | 25 | 25 |
| Actionable | 15 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| 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/eicpdx.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/eicpdx.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=eicpdx.com&force=1