# Ginger Lounge: Agent-Direct Score A (95.4%)

Site: http://gingerlounge.co.uk/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/gingerlounge.co.uk
Scanned: 2026-10-21 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Ginger Lounge is ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open Ginger Lounge's website. It can read what Ginger Lounge offers. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.

## Direct links
- Order directly: https://gingerlounge.co.uk/takeaway-menu.html (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://gingerlounge.co.uk/dine-menu.html
- Phone: +44 1708 259111
- Address: Corbets Tey Road 121-123 RM14 2AA Upminster
- Its menu mentions: vegetarian dishes, allergens
- Prices: 3 prices on the site, the middle one £4.50

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Ginger Lounge that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Passage to India (1.2 km): https://directindex.org/r/passagetoindias.co.uk
- Uraswamy’s Hornchurch (1.9 km): https://directindex.org/r/uraswamys.com
- Moon Lee Garden (2 km): https://directindex.org/r/moonleegarden.co.uk
- Mustard Indian Kitchen (2 km): https://directindex.org/r/mustardindian.com

## What to fix first
- **No llms.txt.** (no points, but worth doing) Optional for now and cheap to add. It's a short text file that describes the business for language models. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/llms-txt-for-a-business

## What the site tells visitors (Measured, not scored)
- **3 prices on the landing page, the middle one £4.50.** In London, the middle price of comparable sites that show prices is £11.95.

## Fix kit: What to paste

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

```
# Ginger Lounge

> restaurant (chinese, indian) in Corbets Tey Road 121-123 RM14 2AA Upminster, London. Phone +44 1708 259111.

## Book or order directly

- Order: https://gingerlounge.co.uk/takeaway-menu.html (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://gingerlounge.co.uk/dine-menu.html

## About

- Website: http://gingerlounge.co.uk/
- 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 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 on your own site.** Agents can order without going through a marketplace.

## Where it stands
236 of 8985 in London. Top 3% 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 | 87% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 94% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 63% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 36% | no |

Nearest places with a similar menu: Kalijeera (F, 113 m, https://directindex.org/r/kalijeera.com); Kushoom Bugh (F, 502 m, https://directindex.org/r/opendi.co.uk); Village Indian Dining (C, 577 m, https://directindex.org/r/villageupminster.com); Zaitun (C, 921 m, https://directindex.org/r/zaituntakeaway.co.uk); MyParatha (F, 1003 m, https://directindex.org/r/myparatha.co.uk); Passage to India (C, 1174 m, https://directindex.org/r/passagetoindias.co.uk); Uraswamy’s Hornchurch (B, 1861 m, https://directindex.org/r/uraswamys.com); Taste Of Bengal (F, 1991 m, https://directindex.org/r/taste-of-bengal.co.uk); Moon Lee Garden (C, 1998 m, https://directindex.org/r/moonleegarden.co.uk); Mustard Indian Kitchen (C, 2001 m, https://directindex.org/r/mustardindian.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 London and named 66 places. Ginger Lounge wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/london/recommended


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

## Businesses like Ginger Lounge in London

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in London | 8985 | 54% | 36% | 95.4% |

The best of the businesses of the same kind in London: ALBA London - Italian Restaurant Knightsbridge (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/alba-ldn.uk); AVA - Steakhouse & Grill (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/avagrill.co.uk); Akatuki (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/akatuki.co.uk); Aki (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/akilondon.com); Al-Fanar (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/alfanarrestaurant.com).

## The direct record
What agents get for Ginger Lounge, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/gingerlounge.co.uk
- Book: none on record
- Order: https://gingerlounge.co.uk/takeaway-menu.html (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-21, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://gingerlounge.co.uk/dine-menu.html (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +44 1708 259111
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/gingerlounge.co.uk/order, https://directindex.org/go/gingerlounge.co.uk/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 | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 22 | 25 |
| Actionable | 15 | 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/gingerlounge.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: 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

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/gingerlounge.co.uk/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/gingerlounge.co.uk/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=gingerlounge.co.uk&force=1