# Ek Bar: Agent-Direct Score B (70.3%)

Site: https://ekbar.ca/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/ekbar.ca
Scanned: 2026-10-19 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Ek Bar is mostly ready for agents.
Some AI assistants are turned away by Ek Bar'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.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://ekbar.ca/reservation/ (on the business's own site)
- Order directly: https://app.squareup.com/gift/PJDGX3MX0NH0Y/order (through square acting for the business)
- Phone: (343)%20588-3137

## What to fix first

- **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. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+6 points) Missing: address, telephone, opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **The server turns AI crawlers away at the door.** (+3.3 points) Requests as GPTBot (http_429) were refused, but a normal browser got the page. That's usually a bot list at the host or in a firewall that the owner never chose. Ask the host to allow these user agents. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing
- **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. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/llms-txt-for-a-business

## 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": "Restaurant",
  "name": "Ek Bar",
  "url": "https://ekbar.ca/",
  "telephone": "(343)%20588-3137",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 45.405663,
    "longitude": -75.7123338
  },
  "acceptsReservations": "https://ekbar.ca/reservation/",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://ekbar.ca/reservation/",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    },
    {
      "@type": "OrderAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://app.squareup.com/gift/PJDGX3MX0NH0Y/order",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

llms.txt. Save as /llms.txt at the root of the site.

```
# Ek Bar

> restaurant in Ottawa. Phone (343)%20588-3137.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://ekbar.ca/reservation/ (on the business's own site)
- Order: https://app.squareup.com/gift/PJDGX3MX0NH0Y/order (through square acting for the business)

## About

- Website: https://ekbar.ca/
- This file follows llms.txt (https://llmstxt.org): a short plain-text description for language models.
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** No rule blocks the main AI user agents.
- **Structured data found (Organization).** no address, phone or hours in it
- **Booking on your own site.** Agents can book without going through a marketplace.
- **Ordering through square on your own domain.** There's no marketplace commission, and the customer stays yours.

## Where it stands
388 of 1147 in Ottawa. Top 34% 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 | 98% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 96% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 98% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 40% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 38% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Casa Mexico (F, 38 m, https://directindex.org/r/casa-mexico-preston.ca); La Taverna (F, 40 m, https://directindex.org/r/lataverna.ca); Rosebowl Steak & Seafood (B, 52 m, https://directindex.org/r/rosebowlsteakhouse.com); Umbrella Burger (F, 64 m, https://directindex.org/r/umbrellaburger.com); Sanguiccio (C, 99 m, https://directindex.org/r/sanguiccio.ca); Fiesta & Tequila (F, 105 m, https://directindex.org/r/fiestaandtequila.com); Trattoria Caffé Italia (B, 111 m, https://directindex.org/r/trattoriaitalia.com); DreamLand Cafe (C, 150 m, https://directindex.org/r/dreamlandcafe.ca); Kochu sushi and korean food (F, 157 m, https://directindex.org/r/kochu.ca); Gray Jay (D, 248 m, https://directindex.org/r/enthrallinggumption.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.

The assistants were asked 12 everyday questions about Ottawa and named 61 places. Ek Bar wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/ottawa/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with WordPress 58% (30% A or B, 68857 sites); Sites using Square 65% (41% A or B, 1644 sites); This site 70.3%.

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

## Businesses like Ek Bar in Ottawa

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Ottawa | 1147 | 53% | 34% | 70.3% |
| Sites built with WordPress in Ottawa | 339 | 65% | 47% | 70.3% |
| Sites using Square in Ottawa | 17 | 71% | 47% | 70.3% |
| Sites built with WordPress and using Square in Ottawa | 6 | 71% | 50% | 70.3% |

The best of the sites built with WordPress and using Square in Ottawa: Pearson Street SmashBurgers n' Melts (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/pearsonstreetsmashburgers.ca); Tomaso Grilled Pizza & Panini (B 83.1%, https://directindex.org/r/tomaso.ca); The Prescott (C 68.8%, https://directindex.org/r/theprescott.com); Lexington Smokehouse & Bar (C 64.6%, https://directindex.org/r/lexingtonottawa.com); Koichi Ramen (D 53.8%, https://directindex.org/r/koichiramen.com).

With the three fixes above (No menu or price list found; Structured data is incomplete; The server turns AI crawlers away at the door), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 20th of 1,147 in Ottawa, up from 388th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Ek Bar, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/ekbar.ca
- Book: https://ekbar.ca/reservation/ (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-19, not yet tested)
- Order: https://app.squareup.com/gift/PJDGX3MX0NH0Y/order (vendor on own site: Square; found by the scan of 2026-10-19, not yet tested)
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: (343)%20588-3137
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/ekbar.ca/book, https://directindex.org/go/ekbar.ca/order

## 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): yes

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 21.7 | 25 |
| Readable | 9 | 25 |
| Actionable | 15 | 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/ekbar.ca
- 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: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/llms-txt/SKILL.md)
- 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: yes

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