# Elephant & Castle: Agent-Direct Score F (0%)

Site: https://www.elephantcastle.com/en/locations/dc/washington/1201-pennsylvania-avenue-nw
Report: https://directindex.org/r/elephantcastle.com
Scanned: 2026-10-14 (Provisional: the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.)
Elephant & Castle's website could not be reached by the scanner on 2026-10-14 (challenge:access denied). Rescans are free.

## Direct links
- Phone: +1 202-347-7707

## What to fix first
- **The site could not be read at all.** A bot challenge stands in front of the site (challenge:access denied); a plain fetch never reaches the page.

## Already right
- Nothing.

## Where it stands
385 of 464 in Washington, DC cafes and bars. Top 83% of the sites scanned in this index.

| What the top tenth of the index does | Top 10% | This site |
|---|---|---|
| Take bookings or orders on their own domain | 98% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 98% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 100% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 38% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 17% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Timgad (D, 228 m, https://directindex.org/r/timgadcafe.com); SPIN (C, 277 m, https://directindex.org/r/wearespin.com); Asia Nine Bar and Lounge (C, 296 m, https://directindex.org/r/asianine.com); Round Robin Bar (C, 351 m, https://directindex.org/r/intercontinental.com); Cafe du Parc (B, 392 m, https://directindex.org/r/cafeduparc.com); Pinea (C, 450 m, https://directindex.org/r/trikslotpulsa.com); Teaism (B, 453 m, https://directindex.org/r/teaism.com); Starbucks Reserve (F, 468 m, https://directindex.org/r/starbucks.com); Marianne's (B, 495 m, https://directindex.org/r/dccentralkitchen.org); Dirty Habit (B, 529 m, https://directindex.org/r/dirtyhabitdc.com).

## What assistants answer
Not asked yet. Assistants are asked about the top-ranked businesses in each city index, and about every claimed business the moment it is claimed; claim this page to be included.

## Businesses like Elephant & Castle in Washington, DC cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same kind in Washington, DC cafes and bars | 464 | 48% | 33% | 0% |

The best of Same kind in Washington, DC cafes and bars: PubKey (A 97.5%, https://directindex.org/r/pubkey.com); Bluestone Lane (A 96.3%, https://directindex.org/r/bluestonelane.com); Buddy's (A 96.3%, https://directindex.org/r/buddysdc.com); Courthaus Social (A 95%, https://directindex.org/r/courthaussocial.com); Boundary Stone (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/boundarystonedc.com).

This site appears in 3 cities (3 places on elephantcastle.com). https://directindex.org/brand/elephantcastle.com

## The direct record
What agents get for Elephant & Castle, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/elephantcastle.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: 11:00-23:00 (open now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +1 202-347-7707

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 0 | 25 |
| Readable | 0 | 25 |
| Actionable | 0 | 30 |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Not measured for this scan.
- JSON-LD for the business: no

Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/elephantcastle.com/deep. Ten questions the way people ask, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF: 19 EUR, one-off.
Methodology: https://directindex.org/methodology · Rescan now: https://directindex.org/scan?url=elephantcastle.com&force=1