# Gelso & Grand: Agent-Direct Score A (92.3%)

Site: http://www.gelsoandgrand.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/gelsoandgrand.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.)
Gelso & Grand is ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open Gelso & Grand's website. It can read what Gelso & Grand offers. To book or order, it is sent to OpenTable, a marketplace.

## Direct links
- Order directly: https://www.order.store/store/gelso-%26-grand-soho/KFkrw5eCQQq2LfVeqSE-lw (through ubereats_storefront acting for the business)
- Menu: https://www.gelsoandgrand.com/menu
- Phone: +1 212-226-1600

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Gelso & Grand that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Da Nico (30 m): https://directindex.org/r/danicoristorante.com
- Amici Ristorante (40 m): https://directindex.org/r/amicinyc.com
- La Mela (50 m): https://directindex.org/r/lamelarestaurant.com

## What to fix first
- **Booking only through opentable.** (+5 points) Every transaction an agent makes goes through the marketplace, which takes its commission. Add a direct way on your own site. Even a simple form will do. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website

## 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).** address, phone, opening hours
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.
- **Ordering through ubereats_storefront on your own domain.** There's no marketplace commission, and the customer stays yours.

## Where it stands
755 of 11180 in New York. Top 7% 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% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 25% | yes |

Nearest places in the index: Da Nico (A, 34 m, https://directindex.org/r/danicoristorante.com); Genuine Superette (F, 38 m, https://directindex.org/r/eatgenuine.com); Amici Ristorante (A, 38 m, https://directindex.org/r/amicinyc.com); Onieal’s (B, 45 m, https://directindex.org/r/onieals.com); La Mela (B, 45 m, https://directindex.org/r/lamelarestaurant.com); Dolce Vita (D, 49 m, https://directindex.org/r/dolcevitanyc.com); Margherita NYC (D, 51 m, https://directindex.org/r/margheritanyc.com); Taormina of Mulberry St. (F, 56 m, https://directindex.org/r/taorminany.com); Pep's on Grand (F, 57 m, https://directindex.org/r/pepsongrand.com); L' Amore (B, 63 m, https://directindex.org/r/lamoreristorante.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. Gelso & Grand wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/new-york/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with Popmenu 75% (67% A or B, 728 sites); Sites using OpenTable 69% (51% A or B, 6523 sites); Sites using Uber Eats Storefront 72% (60% A or B, 793 sites); This site 92.3%.

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

## Businesses like Gelso & Grand in New York

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in New York | 11180 | 52% | 34% | 92.3% |
| Sites built with Popmenu in New York | 31 | 88% | 84% | 92.3% |
| Sites using OpenTable in New York | 358 | 70% | 52% | 92.3% |
| Sites built with Popmenu and using OpenTable in New York | 3 | 75% | 67% | 92.3% |

The best of the sites using OpenTable in New York: Antoya Korean BBQ (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/anto.com); Aquarelle seafood & mediterranean east village restaurant NYC (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/aquarellenyc.com); Ben & Jack's Steakhouse (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/benandjackssteakhouse.com); Bobo (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/bobonyc.com); Havana Heights (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/havanaheightsnyc.com).

With the fix above (Booking only through opentable), the score would be about 100%, which would be first of 11,180 in New York.

## The direct record
What agents get for Gelso & Grand, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/gelsoandgrand.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: https://www.order.store/store/gelso-%26-grand-soho/KFkrw5eCQQq2LfVeqSE-lw (vendor on own site: Uber Eats Storefront; found by the scan of 2026-10-23, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://www.gelsoandgrand.com/menu (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +1 212-226-1600
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/gelsoandgrand.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/gelsoandgrand.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
- Vendor terms for agents, Uber Eats Storefront: 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.

Found one hop past the home page: menu page /menu: 158 menu items in JSON-LD.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 25 | 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/gelsoandgrand.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: yes
- 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/gelsoandgrand.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/gelsoandgrand.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=gelsoandgrand.com&force=1