# Hat Bistro: Agent-Direct Score A (86.2%)

Site: https://www.hatbistro.co.uk/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/hatbistro.co.uk
Scanned: 2026-10-24 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Hat Bistro is ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open Hat Bistro's website. What Hat Bistro offers is in a PDF or an image, and assistants read those badly. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://www.hatbistro.co.uk/reservations (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://www.hatbistro.co.uk/_files/ugd/218871_57d0455364cc4306a973d737ecd06997.pdf
- Phone: +44 117 239 2472
- Address: Denmark Street 5 BS1 5DQ Bristol

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Hat Bistro that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Miss Millie's (30 m): https://directindex.org/r/missmillies.co.uk
- Turtle Bay (120 m): https://directindex.org/r/turtlebay.co.uk
- Pieminister (120 m): https://directindex.org/r/pieminister.co.uk
- Tonkotsu (140 m): https://directindex.org/r/tonkotsu.co.uk
- Bella Italia (160 m): https://directindex.org/r/bellaitalia.co.uk

## What to fix first
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+3 points) Missing: opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **Menu or price list is a PDF.** (+3 points) Most agents skip PDFs or read them badly. Publish it as an HTML page and keep the PDF as a download. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai

## 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": "Restaurant",
  "name": "Hat Bistro",
  "url": "https://www.hatbistro.co.uk/",
  "telephone": "+44 117 239 2472",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Denmark Street 5",
    "postalCode": "BS1 5DQ",
    "addressLocality": "Bristol"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 51.4528322,
    "longitude": -2.5985973
  },
  "servesCuisine": [
    "greek"
  ],
  "acceptsReservations": "https://www.hatbistro.co.uk/reservations",
  "hasMenu": "https://www.hatbistro.co.uk/_files/ugd/218871_57d0455364cc4306a973d737ecd06997.pdf",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://www.hatbistro.co.uk/reservations",
        "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 main AI user agents.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all got a normal response.
- **Structured data found (LocalBusiness).** address, phone
- **Booking on your own site.** Agents can book without going through a marketplace.

## Where it stands
26 of 168 in Bristol. Top 15% 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 | 100% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 100% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 76% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 41% | yes |

Nearest places in the index: Miss Millie's (A, 28 m, https://directindex.org/r/missmillies.co.uk); Ciao Amici (D, 34 m, https://directindex.org/r/ciaoamicibristol.co.uk); Turtle Bay (B, 122 m, https://directindex.org/r/turtlebay.co.uk); Pieminister (B, 123 m, https://directindex.org/r/pieminister.co.uk); Tonkotsu (B, 136 m, https://directindex.org/r/tonkotsu.co.uk); Miller & Carter Steakhouse (C, 143 m, https://directindex.org/r/millerandcarter.co.uk); Bella Italia (A, 157 m, https://directindex.org/r/bellaitalia.co.uk); Pizzarova (A, 172 m, https://directindex.org/r/pizzarova.com); Sergio's (F, 192 m, https://directindex.org/r/sergios.co.uk); Franco Manca (A, 226 m, https://directindex.org/r/francomanca.co.uk).

## 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 Bristol and named 96 places. Hat Bistro wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/bristol/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with Wix 54% (31% A or B, 42583 sites); This site 86.2%.

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

## Businesses like Hat Bistro in Bristol

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Bristol | 168 | 63% | 49% | 86.2% |
| Sites built with Wix in Bristol | 14 | 81% | 71% | 86.2% |

The best of the sites built with Wix in Bristol: Prego (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/pregobar.co.uk); Kasundi (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/kasundi.co.uk); Your kitchen 渝湘 (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/yourkitchenbristol.com); Mayflower (A 90.8%, https://directindex.org/r/mayflowerbristol.com); Ragu (A 90.8%, https://directindex.org/r/ragurestaurant.com).

With the two fixes above (Structured data is incomplete; Menu or price list is a PDF), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 5th of 168 in Bristol, up from 26th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Hat Bistro, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/hatbistro.co.uk
- Book: https://www.hatbistro.co.uk/reservations (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-24, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://www.hatbistro.co.uk/_files/ugd/218871_57d0455364cc4306a973d737ecd06997.pdf (pdf; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +44 117 239 2472
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/hatbistro.co.uk/book, https://directindex.org/go/hatbistro.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): yes
- 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 | 16 | 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/hatbistro.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/hatbistro.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/hatbistro.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=hatbistro.co.uk&force=1