# Ellen's Stardust Diner: Agent-Direct Score A (87.7%)

Site: https://www.ellensstardustdiner.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/ellensstardustdiner.com
Scanned: 2026-10-14 (Provisional: the action test and the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.)
Ellen's Stardust Diner is ready for agents.

## Direct links
- Order directly: https://getbento.com/?utm_source=header&utm_campaign=ellensstardustdiner.com (through bentobox acting for the business)
- Menu: https://www.ellensstardustdiner.com/menus/
- Phone: (212) 956-5151

## What to fix first
- **BentoBox's terms do not allow agents; a direct form on your own site would.** (+5 points) BentoBox's terms of service (5 January 2023) say you will not use automated means, including spiders, robots, crawlers or data mining tools, except search engines; no agent programme was found. Read 2026-10-15: https://getbento.com/terms. An agent that books or orders there acts against the vendor's terms; a form or booking page on your own domain has no such limit. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website
- **No llms.txt.** (no points, still worth doing) Optional today, cheap to add: a short text file describing the business for language models. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/llms-txt-for-a-business

## Fix kit: What to paste

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

```
# Ellen's Stardust Diner

> restaurant (american) in Broadway 1650 10019 New York, New York. Phone (212) 956-5151.

## Book or order directly

- Order: https://getbento.com/?utm_source=header&utm_campaign=ellensstardustdiner.com (through bentobox acting for the business)
- Menu: https://www.ellensstardustdiner.com/menus/

## About

- Website: https://www.ellensstardustdiner.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 key AI user agents.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all received a normal response.
- **Structured data present (FoodEstablishment).** address, phone, opening hours
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read items and prices directly.
- **Ordering through bentobox on your own domain.** No marketplace commission, and the guest stays yours.

## Where it stands
495 of 4270 in New York. Top 12% 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 | 100% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 99% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 94% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 50% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 13% | no |

Nearest places with a similar menu: Gallaghers Steakhouse (B, 115 m, https://directindex.org/r/gallaghersnysteakhouse.com); Cosmic Diner (B, 229 m, https://directindex.org/r/foodeist.com); Ted's Montana Grill (B, 256 m, https://directindex.org/r/tedsmontanagrill.com); Gui Steakhouse (A, 332 m, https://directindex.org/r/guinyc.com); Carnegie Diner & Cafe (B, 518 m, https://directindex.org/r/carnegiediner.com); Mom's Kitchen & Bar (B, 547 m, https://directindex.org/r/eatatmomsnyc.com); Hard Rock Cafe (B, 598 m, https://directindex.org/r/hardrock.com); Miss Nellie's (C, 621 m, https://directindex.org/r/venetiaitalian.com); Robert (D, 634 m, https://directindex.org/r/robertnyc.com); Valerie (A, 652 m, https://directindex.org/r/valerienewyorkcity.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.

Against its peers: Sites built with BentoBox 84% (96% A or B, 911 sites); Sites using BentoBox 83% (93% A or B, 343 sites); This site 87.7%.

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

## Businesses like Ellen's Stardust Diner in New York

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same kind in New York | 4270 | 52% | 40% | 87.7% |
| Built with BentoBox in New York | 317 | 86% | 96% | 87.7% |
| Using BentoBox in New York | 115 | 83% | 91% | 87.7% |
| Built with BentoBox and using BentoBox in New York | 110 | 83% | 92% | 87.7% |

The best of Built with BentoBox and using BentoBox in New York: Miss Lily's (Soho) (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/misslilys.com); Place des Fêtes (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/pdfnyc.com); Lilia (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/lilianewyork.com); Sonnyboy (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/sonnyboynyc.com); Alfie's (A 90.8%, https://directindex.org/r/alfiesnyc.com).

With the fix above (BentoBox's terms do not allow agents; a direct form on your own site would) the score would be about 95.4%: 74th of 4,270 in New York, up from 495th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Ellen's Stardust Diner, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/ellensstardustdiner.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: https://getbento.com/?utm_source=header&utm_campaign=ellensstardustdiner.com (vendor on own site: BentoBox; found by the scan of 2026-10-14, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://www.ellensstardustdiner.com/menus/ (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: (212) 956-5151
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/ellensstardustdiner.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/ellensstardustdiner.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): not measured
- ACP discovery document (/.well-known/acp.json, OpenAI and Stripe's Agentic Commerce Protocol): not measured
- 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): not measured
- Vendor terms for agents, BentoBox: No. BentoBox's terms of service (5 January 2023) say you will not use automated means, including spiders, robots, crawlers or data mining tools, except search engines; no agent programme was found. Read 2026-10-15: https://getbento.com/terms

Not measured at this scan; the next scan measures it.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 22 | 25 |
| Actionable | 10 | 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/ellensstardustdiner.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: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/ai-rules/SKILL.md)
- 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

Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/ellensstardustdiner.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=ellensstardustdiner.com&force=1