# エッセン: Agent-Direct Score D (51.2%)

Site: http://essen-setagaya.com
Report: https://directindex.org/r/essen-setagaya.com
Scanned: 2026-10-22 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
エッセン is hard for agents to use.
Some AI assistants are turned away by エッセン's website. It can read what エッセン offers. It finds a phone number, but no link to book or order online.

## Direct links
- Menu: http://essen-setagaya.com/plusmenu/
- Phone: 03-3416-5480
- Address: 砧6-28-5, 157-0073, 世田谷区

## Nearby, also direct
Places near エッセン that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- ハンバーグ＆グリル Yuki Mi (70 m): https://directindex.org/r/yuki-mi.net
- Monte (100 m): https://directindex.org/r/osteria-monte.tokyo
- ズッペリア オステリア ピティリアーノ (340 m): https://directindex.org/r/zo-pitigliano.com

## What to fix first
- **No booking or ordering link on the website.** (+13 points) There's only a phone number or WhatsApp, and agents can't use those yet. If you take bookings or orders through a platform, link to it from the site so agents can find it. Add a booking or ordering page. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website
- **The server turns AI crawlers away at the door.** (+6.7 points) Requests as GPTBot (http_403), ClaudeBot (http_403) were refused, but a normal browser got the page. That's usually a bot list at the host or in a firewall that the owner never chose. Ask the host to allow these user agents. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+6 points) Missing: address, telephone, opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **No working HTTPS.** (+3 points) The page is only served over plain http. Browsers and agents rank it lower or refuse it.

## What the site tells visitors (Measured, not scored)
- **No English version declared.** Visitors from abroad, and assistants answering in English, read the page as it is. In Tokyo, 12% of comparable sites declare one.

## 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": "Organization",
  "name": "エッセン",
  "url": "http://essen-setagaya.com",
  "telephone": "03-3416-5480",
  "address": "砧6-28-5, 157-0073, 世田谷区",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 35.640355113552985,
    "longitude": 139.60821677195668
  }
}
</script>
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** No rule blocks the main AI user agents.
- **Structured data found (Organization).** no address, phone or hours in it
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.

## Where it stands
3035 of 10281 in Tokyo. Top 30% 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 | 77% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 81% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 88% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 17% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 21% | yes |

Nearest places in the index: ハンバーグ＆グリル Yuki Mi (B, 70 m, https://directindex.org/r/yuki-mi.net); ごはん屋 ヒバリ (F, 87 m, https://directindex.org/r/hibarigohan.com); Monte (B, 104 m, https://directindex.org/r/osteria-monte.tokyo); ブーランジェリー ビストロ サンセリテ (C, 149 m, https://directindex.org/r/sincerite-pan.com); 朝日屋 (D, 180 m, https://directindex.org/r/asahiya-soshigaya.com); ネムクリュ (D, 240 m, https://directindex.org/r/nemcru.com); Osteria Egidio Sala (F, 262 m, https://directindex.org/r/egidiosala.com); 四川麺条香氣祖師谷大蔵店 (F, 264 m, https://directindex.org/r/cou-ki.com); フィオッキ (C, 327 m, https://directindex.org/r/fiocchi-web.com); ズッペリア オステリア ピティリアーノ (B, 336 m, https://directindex.org/r/zo-pitigliano.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 22 everyday questions about Tokyo and named 111 places. エッセン wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/tokyo/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with WordPress 55% (24% A or B, 217120 sites); This site 51.2%.

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

## Businesses like エッセン in Tokyo

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Tokyo | 10281 | 41% | 8% | 51.2% |
| Sites built with WordPress in Tokyo | 3486 | 52% | 14% | 51.2% |

The best of the sites built with WordPress in Tokyo: PANAME Crêpes de Paris ＆ Café Bar (GINZA TOKYO) (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/panamecrepes.com); WORLD BURGER Ikebukuro West Main Store (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/worldburger.jp); リストランテステファノ (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/stefano-jp.com); 東海飯店新館 (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/toukaihanten.tokyo); CRAFTALE (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/craftale-nakameguro.jp).

With the three fixes above (No booking or ordering link on the website; The server turns AI crawlers away at the door; Structured data is incomplete), the score would be about 90.8%. That would be 44th of 10,281 in Tokyo, up from 3035th.

## The direct record
What agents get for エッセン, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/essen-setagaya.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: http://essen-setagaya.com/plusmenu/ (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: 03-3416-5480
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/essen-setagaya.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 | 15.3 | 25 |
| Readable | 16 | 25 |
| Actionable | 2 | 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/essen-setagaya.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: 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/essen-setagaya.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/essen-setagaya.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=essen-setagaya.com&force=1