# Elm Epicurean: Agent-Direct Score D (52.3%)

Site: https://www.elmepicurean.ie/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/elmepicurean.ie
Scanned: 2026-10-15 (Provisional: the action test and the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.)
Elm Epicurean is hard for agents to use.

## Direct links
- Order directly: https://www.elmepicurean.ie/ordering (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://www.elmepicurean.ie/menu
- Phone: +353 1 5341 516

## What to fix first
- **The site turns every visitor without a browser away, AI agents included.** (+25 points) A plain fetch was refused (cloudflare_challenge); only a real browser got the page. Every AI crawler and agent is turned away the same way, so Reachable scores 0 and the rest is measured on the rendered page. Ask the host to let the AI user agents through. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+3 points) Missing: opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant

## Fix kit: What to paste

Structured data (JSON-LD). One block in the page's head, or in the builder's custom-code slot. Replace anything that is wrong.

```html
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Restaurant",
  "name": "Elm Epicurean",
  "url": "https://www.elmepicurean.ie/",
  "telephone": "+353 1 5341 516",
  "email": "hello@elmepicurean.ie",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Llandaff Terrace 205",
    "postalCode": "D04 E4H5",
    "addressLocality": "Dublin"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 53.3133561,
    "longitude": -6.202733
  },
  "openingHours": "Mo-Fr 08:00-17:00; Sa-Su off",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Monday",
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday",
        "Friday"
      ],
      "opens": "08:00",
      "closes": "17:00"
    }
  ],
  "hasMenu": "https://www.elmepicurean.ie/menu",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "OrderAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://www.elmepicurean.ie/ordering",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** There is no robots.txt, which allows everything.
- **Structured data present (LocalBusiness).** address, phone
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read items and prices directly.
- **Ordering on your own site.** Agents can order without a marketplace in the loop.

## Since the scan of 2026-10-14 (F then)
- Fixed: The site could not be read at all
- New: The site turned every visitor without a browser away; Structured data was incomplete

## Where it stands
285 of 412 in Dublin. Top 69% 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 | 51% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 95% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 79% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 16% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Keshk Mediterranean Cuisine (A, 582 m, https://directindex.org/r/keshkrestaurant.ie); Merrion Inn (B, 790 m, https://directindex.org/r/themerrioninn.com); Musashi (C, 1925 m, https://directindex.org/r/musashi.ie); McDonald's (C, 1928 m, https://directindex.org/r/mcdonalds.com); Dunne and Crescenzi (B, 1939 m, https://directindex.org/r/dunneandcrescenzi.com); San Sab (B, 2088 m, https://directindex.org/r/sansab.ie); Berman & Wallace (B, 2098 m, https://directindex.org/r/bermanandwallace.ie); Liath (A, 2126 m, https://directindex.org/r/liathrestaurant.com); Shaka Poké (F, 2129 m, https://directindex.org/r/shakapoke.ie); El Celler (B, 2133 m, https://directindex.org/r/elceller.ie).

## 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 Wix 58% (35% A or B, 3255 sites); This site 52.3%.

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

## Businesses like Elm Epicurean in Dublin

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same kind in Dublin | 412 | 61% | 50% | 52.3% |
| Built with Wix in Dublin | 25 | 57% | 28% | 52.3% |

The best of Built with Wix in Dublin: Brass Onion (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/brassonion.ie); Thunder Road Cafe (A 92.5%, https://directindex.org/r/thunderroadcafe.com); Pho Kim (A 86.3%, https://directindex.org/r/phokim.ie); Bellagio (A 85.1%, https://directindex.org/r/bellagiorestaurant.ie); Corfu (B 73.8%, https://directindex.org/r/corfugreekrestaurant.ie).

With the two fixes above (The site turns every visitor without a browser away, AI agents included; Structured data is incomplete) the score would be about 95.4%: 10th of 412 in Dublin, up from 285th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Elm Epicurean, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/elmepicurean.ie
- Book: none on record
- Order: https://www.elmepicurean.ie/ordering (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-15, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://www.elmepicurean.ie/menu (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: Mo-Fr 08:00-17:00; Sa-Su off (open now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +353 1 5341 516
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/elmepicurean.ie/order, https://directindex.org/go/elmepicurean.ie/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 | 19 | 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

Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/elmepicurean.ie/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=elmepicurean.ie&force=1