# The Empress: Agent-Direct Score B (76.9%)

Site: https://empresse9.co.uk/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/empresse9.co.uk
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.)
The Empress is mostly ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open the website of The Empress. It can read what The Empress offers. It finds a way to book or order directly, through Dojo.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://web.dojo.app/create_booking/vendor/MPlvBXdZMVr2rxgSwkRp4ZEkgkZek_vwHcwrWEutEHc_restaurant (through dojo acting for the business)
- Menu: https://empresse9.co.uk/menu/
- Phone: +44 20 8533 5123

## What to fix first
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+7 points) Missing: address, telephone, 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": "BarOrPub",
  "name": "The Empress",
  "url": "https://empresse9.co.uk/",
  "telephone": "+44 20 8533 5123",
  "email": "hello@empresse9.co.uk",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Lauriston Road 130a",
    "postalCode": "E9 7LH",
    "addressLocality": "London"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 51.5369808,
    "longitude": -0.04491
  },
  "openingHours": "Mo 16:00-23:00; Tu-Sa 12:00-23:00; Su 12:00-10:30",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Monday"
      ],
      "opens": "16:00",
      "closes": "23:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday",
        "Friday",
        "Saturday"
      ],
      "opens": "12:00",
      "closes": "23:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Sunday"
      ],
      "opens": "12:00",
      "closes": "10:30"
    }
  ],
  "servesCuisine": [
    "gastropub"
  ],
  "acceptsReservations": "https://web.dojo.app/create_booking/vendor/MPlvBXdZMVr2rxgSwkRp4ZEkgkZek_vwHcwrWEutEHc_restaurant",
  "hasMenu": "https://empresse9.co.uk/menu/",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://web.dojo.app/create_booking/vendor/MPlvBXdZMVr2rxgSwkRp4ZEkgkZek_vwHcwrWEutEHc_restaurant",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

## 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 (Organization).** but without address, phone or hours
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read items and prices directly.
- **Booking through dojo on your own domain.** No marketplace commission, and the guest stays yours.

## Where it stands
491 of 2270 in London cafes and bars. Top 22% 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 | 96% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 98% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 68% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 11% | yes |

Nearest places in the index: The Lauriston (C, 100 m, https://directindex.org/r/thelauriston.com); The Royal Inn on the Park (B, 118 m, https://directindex.org/r/royalinnonthepark.co.uk); Bar Bruno (B, 149 m, https://directindex.org/r/bruno-london.com); Pavilion Cafe (F, 422 m, https://directindex.org/r/pavilionbread.com); The Hub Cafe (B, 638 m, https://directindex.org/r/thehubvictoriapark.net); People's Park Tavern (B, 718 m, https://directindex.org/r/peoplesparktavern.pub); Well Street Kitchen (D, 752 m, https://directindex.org/r/wellstreetkitchen.com); The Victory (F, 784 m, https://directindex.org/r/thevictory.uk); The Approach Tavern (B, 786 m, https://directindex.org/r/theapproachtavern.co.uk); The Gun (B, 817 m, https://directindex.org/r/thegunhackney.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 WordPress 58% (29% A or B, 36926 sites); Sites using Dojo 71% (51% A or B, 61 sites); This site 76.9%.

See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/empresse9.co.uk/agent-view

## Businesses like The Empress in London cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in London cafes and bars | 2270 | 52% | 37% | 76.9% |
| Sites built with WordPress in London cafes and bars | 744 | 65% | 46% | 76.9% |
| Sites using Dojo in London cafes and bars | 14 | 65% | 43% | 76.9% |
| Sites built with WordPress and using Dojo in London cafes and bars | 6 | 67% | 33% | 76.9% |

The best of the sites built with WordPress and using Dojo in London cafes and bars: Vintage Cafe (B 78.5%, https://directindex.org/r/vintagecafeshoreditch.co.uk); The Tally Ho (C 66.2%, https://directindex.org/r/thetallyhopub.co.uk); The Duchess W6 (C 61.1%, https://directindex.org/r/theduchesshammersmith.co.uk); The Hanbury (C 61.1%, https://directindex.org/r/thehanbury.co.uk); cinitas cafe (C 56.5%, https://directindex.org/r/cintias.cafe).

With the fix above (Structured data is incomplete) the score would be about 87.7%: 211th of 2,270 in London cafes and bars, up from 491st.

## The direct record
What agents get for The Empress, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/empresse9.co.uk
- Book: https://web.dojo.app/create_booking/vendor/MPlvBXdZMVr2rxgSwkRp4ZEkgkZek_vwHcwrWEutEHc_restaurant (vendor on own site: Dojo; found by the scan of 2026-10-14, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://empresse9.co.uk/menu/ (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: Mo 16:00-23:00; Tu-Sa 12:00-23:00; Su 12:00-10:30 (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +44 20 8533 5123
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/empresse9.co.uk/book, https://directindex.org/go/empresse9.co.uk/menu
- Agents and people followed 1 direct link to this business this month (1 by AI agents).

## 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, Dojo: Not stated. The terms do not address an agent acting for a person (several bar scraping or data extraction only), could not be read on the date given, or the vendor has not been researched yet.

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

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 15 | 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/empresse9.co.uk
- 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: yes
- 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/empresse9.co.uk/plan): the assistants asked again every month, with what changed; 2 EUR a month or 19 EUR a year.
Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/empresse9.co.uk/deep. Ten questions the way people ask, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF: 5 EUR, one-off. 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=empresse9.co.uk&force=1