# Elephant Ear : Agent-Direct Score A (90.8%)

Site: https://www.elephantear.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/elephantear.com
Scanned: 2026-10-23 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Elephant Ear  is ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open Elephant Ear 's website. It can read what Elephant Ear  offers. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://www.elephantear.com/book (on the business's own site)
- Order directly: https://pos.chowbus.com/online-ordering/store/DD-Soup-Dumpling-Hibachi-47/13620 (through chowbus_pos acting for the business)
- Menu: https://www.elephantear.com/menu/
- Phone: +16464788661
- Address: 690 9th Ave, 10036-3629, New York
- Prices: 8 prices on the site, the middle one $19.00

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Elephant Ear  that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- UT47 Kitchen & Bar (30 m): https://directindex.org/r/ut47kitchen.com
- Qi (30 m): https://directindex.org/r/chaanteng.com
- The Corner Chinese Restaurant (30 m): https://directindex.org/r/thecornerchinese.com
- Tumi Peruvian Restaurant NYC (40 m): https://directindex.org/r/tuminycrestaurant.com
- Yummy Cheese Pasta (50 m): https://directindex.org/r/yummycheesepastanyc.com

## What to fix first
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+3 points) Missing: address, telephone. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **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

## What the site tells visitors (Measured, not scored)
- **8 prices on the landing page, the middle one $19.00.** In New York, the middle price of comparable sites that show prices is $14.00.

## 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": "Elephant Ear ",
  "url": "https://www.elephantear.com/",
  "telephone": "+16464788661",
  "address": "690 9th Ave, 10036-3629, New York",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 40.76182,
    "longitude": -73.98994
  },
  "acceptsReservations": "https://www.elephantear.com/book",
  "hasMenu": "https://www.elephantear.com/menu/",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://www.elephantear.com/book",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    },
    {
      "@type": "OrderAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://pos.chowbus.com/online-ordering/store/DD-Soup-Dumpling-Hibachi-47/13620",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

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

```
# Elephant Ear 

> restaurant in 690 9th Ave, 10036-3629, New York, New York. Phone +16464788661.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://www.elephantear.com/book (on the business's own site)
- Order: https://pos.chowbus.com/online-ordering/store/DD-Soup-Dumpling-Hibachi-47/13620 (through chowbus_pos acting for the business)
- Menu: https://www.elephantear.com/menu/

## About

- Website: https://www.elephantear.com/
- 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.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all got a normal response.
- **Structured data found (Restaurant).** 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 through chowbus_pos on your own domain.** There's no marketplace commission, and the customer stays yours.

## Where it stands
870 of 11000 in New York. Top 8% 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 | 95% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 96% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 59% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 25% | no |

Nearest places in the index: AA Jing (D, 16 m, https://directindex.org/r/jingnyc.com); UT47 Kitchen & Bar (C, 28 m, https://directindex.org/r/ut47kitchen.com); Qi (D, 31 m, https://directindex.org/r/chaanteng.com); The Corner Chinese Restaurant (C, 31 m, https://directindex.org/r/thecornerchinese.com); Tumi Peruvian Restaurant NYC (C, 42 m, https://directindex.org/r/tuminycrestaurant.com); El Mil Sabores (F, 43 m, https://directindex.org/r/leonrestaurantbakery.com); Chaan Teng (D, 45 m, https://directindex.org/r/chaantengnyc.com); Yummy Cheese Pasta (C, 51 m, https://directindex.org/r/yummycheesepastanyc.com); B Squared (C, 54 m, https://directindex.org/r/bsquared-nyc.com); Mari (B, 65 m, https://directindex.org/r/marinyc.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 13 everyday questions about New York and named 69 places. Elephant Ear  wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/new-york/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with WordPress 55% (24% A or B, 224455 sites); Sites using Chowbus POS 67% (58% A or B, 132 sites); This site 90.8%.

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

## Businesses like Elephant Ear  in New York

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in New York | 11000 | 52% | 34% | 90.8% |
| Sites built with WordPress in New York | 1841 | 61% | 37% | 90.8% |
| Sites using Chowbus POS in New York | 34 | 67% | 59% | 90.8% |
| Sites built with WordPress and using Chowbus POS in New York | 9 | 76% | 78% | 90.8% |

The best of the sites built with WordPress and using Chowbus POS in New York: Chubby Skewers | Authentic Chinese BBQ (A 90.8%, https://directindex.org/r/chubbyskewers.com); Congee Village Restaurant and Bar (A 87.2%, https://directindex.org/r/congeevillage.com); Ziggle Tofu & Grill (B 84.6%, https://directindex.org/r/zigglekfood.com); Shoo Loong Kan Hot Pot Manhattan 小龙坎火锅 (B 81.1%, https://directindex.org/r/shooloongkan.us); Mikiya Wagyu Shabu House | Manhattan (B 78.5%, https://directindex.org/r/mikiyashabu.com).

With the fix above (Structured data is incomplete), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 336th of 11,000 in New York, up from 870th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Elephant Ear , as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/elephantear.com
- Book: https://www.elephantear.com/book (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-23, not yet tested)
- Order: https://pos.chowbus.com/online-ordering/store/DD-Soup-Dumpling-Hibachi-47/13620 (vendor on own site: Chowbus POS; found by the scan of 2026-10-23, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://www.elephantear.com/menu/ (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +16464788661
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/elephantear.com/book, https://directindex.org/go/elephantear.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/elephantear.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

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 19 | 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/elephantear.com
- 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/elephantear.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/elephantear.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=elephantear.com&force=1