# Istanbul Grill Bolton: Agent-Direct Score A (96.2%)

Site: https://www.istanbulgrillbolton.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/istanbulgrillbolton.com
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.)
Istanbul Grill Bolton is ready for agents.
Some AI assistants are turned away by Istanbul Grill Bolton's website. It can read what Istanbul Grill Bolton offers. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://www.istanbulgrillbolton.com/table-booking (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://www.istanbulgrillbolton.com/a-la-carte
- Phone: +441204589104
- Address: 122 Bradshaw Brow, BL2 3DD, Bolton
- Hours, from istanbulgrillbolton.com: Mon–Sun 10:00–23:00

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Istanbul Grill Bolton that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- The Crofters (420 m): https://directindex.org/r/croftersbradshaw.co.uk
- The Chip Shop (1.1 km): https://directindex.org/r/terryspizza.co.uk
- Tonge Thai (1.3 km): https://directindex.org/r/tongethai.uk

## What to fix first
- **robots.txt blocks GPTBot, Google-Extended.** (+2.5 points) These are the crawlers behind ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Google's AI features. Remove the Disallow lines for them, or add explicit Allow rules. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/robots-txt-for-ai-agents
- **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

## Fix kit: What to paste

robots.txt. Add these lines to /robots.txt and delete any Disallow rule that names these crawlers.

```
# Let AI assistants read the site: they send people to you; a marketplace keeps them.
# Remove any Disallow lines for these names elsewhere in this file.
User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /

User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /

User-agent: Claude-User
Allow: /

User-agent: Perplexity-User
Allow: /
```

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

```
# Istanbul Grill Bolton

> restaurant (mediterranean) in 122 Bradshaw Brow, BL2 3DD, Bolton, Manchester. Phone +441204589104.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://www.istanbulgrillbolton.com/table-booking (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://www.istanbulgrillbolton.com/a-la-carte

## Opening hours

Mo-Su 10:00-23:00

## About

- Website: https://www.istanbulgrillbolton.com/
- This file follows llms.txt (https://llmstxt.org): a short plain-text description for language models.
```

## Already right
- **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.
- **Booking on your own site.** Agents can book without going through a marketplace.

## Where it stands
41 of 2377 in Manchester. Top 2% 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 | 99% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 85% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 94% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 49% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 28% | no |

Nearest places in the index: The Bradshaw (D, 28 m, https://directindex.org/r/bradshawtandoori.com); The Crofters (C, 420 m, https://directindex.org/r/croftersbradshaw.co.uk); Thai Kitchen (D, 634 m, https://directindex.org/r/thaikitchen.co.uk); Raw Dogs Dinner (F, 840 m, https://directindex.org/r/dogsrawfood.co.uk); The Chip Shop (B, 1091 m, https://directindex.org/r/terryspizza.co.uk); Santinis_fastfood (F, 1098 m, https://directindex.org/r/santinis.co.uk); La Pizza (D, 1105 m, https://directindex.org/r/lapizza.co.uk); Perfect Pizza (F, 1235 m, https://directindex.org/r/perfectpizza.co.uk); Tonge Thai (A, 1303 m, https://directindex.org/r/tongethai.uk); Turkish Shawarma & Grill House (C, 1308 m, https://directindex.org/r/turkishshawarmaandgrillhouse.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 23 everyday questions about Manchester and named 142 places. Istanbul Grill Bolton wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/manchester/recommended


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

## Businesses like Istanbul Grill Bolton in Manchester

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Manchester | 2377 | 55% | 33% | 96.2% |

The best of the businesses of the same kind in Manchester: Abaseen Oldham (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/abaseenoldham.co.uk); Beech Inn (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/socialpubandkitchen.co.uk); Bread & Butties - Sale (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/breadandbuttiessale.online); Double Tree (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/doubletreealtrincham.co.uk); Emilio's (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/emilios.online).

With the fix above (robots.txt blocks GPTBot, Google-Extended), the score would be about 100%, which would be first of 2,377 in Manchester.

## The direct record
What agents get for Istanbul Grill Bolton, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/istanbulgrillbolton.com
- Book: https://www.istanbulgrillbolton.com/table-booking (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-21, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://www.istanbulgrillbolton.com/a-la-carte (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: Mo-Su 10:00-23:00 (open now) (from istanbulgrillbolton.com)
- Phone: +441204589104
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/istanbulgrillbolton.com/book, https://directindex.org/go/istanbulgrillbolton.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 | 22.5 | 25 |
| Readable | 25 | 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/istanbulgrillbolton.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: 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/istanbulgrillbolton.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/istanbulgrillbolton.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=istanbulgrillbolton.com&force=1