# Kaiten Zushi Nomad: Agent-Direct Score D (41.5%)

Site: https://www.kaitenzushiusa.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/kaitenzushiusa.com
Scanned: 2026-10-16 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Kaiten Zushi Nomad is hard for agents to use.
AI assistants can't open Kaiten Zushi Nomad's website, so they go by what other sites say about it.

## Direct links
- Order directly: https://pos.chowbus.com/online-ordering/store/14395 (through chowbus_pos acting for the business)
- Menu: https://www.kaitenzushiusa.com/about-1
- Phone: +1-212-671-6481
- Address: 5th Avenue 276 New York
- Hours, from OpenStreetMap · Overture Maps: Mon–Thu 11:30–22:00; Fri–Sat 11:30–22:30; Sun 11:30–22:00

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Kaiten Zushi Nomad that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- KRAAM Thai (120 m): https://directindex.org/r/kraamnyc.com
- Ben & Jack's Steakhouse (120 m): https://directindex.org/r/benandjackssteakhouse.com
- Café Carmellini (130 m): https://directindex.org/r/cafecarmellini.com

## What to fix first
- **The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included.** (+25 points) A plain fetch was refused (cloudflare_challenge). Only a real browser got the page. Every AI crawler and agent gets turned away the same way, so Reachable scores 0 and the rest is measured on the page as the browser rendered it. Ask the host to let the AI user agents through. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+5 points) Missing: telephone, opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **Booking only through resy.** (+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

## What the site tells visitors (Measured, not scored)
- **The footer says © 2023.** Visitors and assistants may read that year as the last time anyone looked after the site. In New York, 76% of comparable sites that show a year say 2025 or later.

## 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": "Kaiten Zushi Nomad",
  "url": "https://www.kaitenzushiusa.com/",
  "telephone": "+1-212-671-6481",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "5th Avenue 276",
    "addressLocality": "New York"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 40.7458899,
    "longitude": -73.9866573
  },
  "openingHours": "Su-Th 11:30-22:00; Fr-Sa 11:30-22:30",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Sunday",
        "Monday",
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday"
      ],
      "opens": "11:30",
      "closes": "22:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Friday",
        "Saturday"
      ],
      "opens": "11:30",
      "closes": "22:30"
    }
  ],
  "hasMenu": "https://www.kaitenzushiusa.com/about-1",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "OrderAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://pos.chowbus.com/online-ordering/store/14395",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** There's no robots.txt, which means everything is allowed.
- **Structured data found (LocalBusiness).** address
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.
- **Ordering through chowbus_pos on your own domain.** There's no marketplace commission, and the customer stays yours.

## Since the scan of 2026-10-14 (F then)
- Fixed: The site couldn't be read at all
- New: The site turned away every visitor that wasn't a browser; Structured data was incomplete; Booking only through a marketplace

## Where it stands
7046 of 11180 in New York. Top 63% 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% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 59% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 25% | no |

Nearest places in the index: German Bratwurst (F, 94 m, https://directindex.org/r/german-cater.com); Chandni Restaurant (F, 97 m, https://directindex.org/r/chandnirestaurantny.com); Olle (F, 100 m, https://directindex.org/r/ollenyc.com); L & W Oyster Company (F, 114 m, https://directindex.org/r/landwoyster.com); KRAAM Thai (A, 116 m, https://directindex.org/r/kraamnyc.com); Ben & Jack's Steakhouse (A, 119 m, https://directindex.org/r/benandjackssteakhouse.com); Koloman (F, 126 m, https://directindex.org/r/kolomanrestaurant.com); Let's Meat (C, 127 m, https://directindex.org/r/letsmeatnyc.com); Café Carmellini (A, 128 m, https://directindex.org/r/cafecarmellini.com); John Doe Craft Bar & Kitchen (D, 128 m, https://directindex.org/r/johndoenyc.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. Kaiten Zushi Nomad wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/new-york/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with Wix 54% (31% A or B, 42583 sites); Sites using Resy 67% (44% A or B, 2728 sites); Sites using Chowbus POS 67% (58% A or B, 132 sites); This site 41.5%.

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

## Businesses like Kaiten Zushi Nomad in New York

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in New York | 11180 | 52% | 34% | 41.5% |
| Sites built with Wix in New York | 687 | 65% | 42% | 41.5% |
| Sites using Resy in New York | 971 | 68% | 45% | 41.5% |
| Sites built with Wix and using Resy in New York | 92 | 60% | 28% | 41.5% |

The best of the sites built with Wix and using Resy in New York: One40 Rooftop Restaurant & Bar (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/one40rooftop.com); Aura Bar & Kitchen (A 87.7%, https://directindex.org/r/aurabarandkitchen.com); P.S. Kitchen (A 87.7%, https://directindex.org/r/ps-kitchen.com); The Queensboro (A 87.7%, https://directindex.org/r/thequeensboro.com); Mya's Bar & Kitchen (B 84.6%, https://directindex.org/r/myaskitchen.com).

With the three fixes above (The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included; Structured data is incomplete; Booking only through resy), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 343rd of 11,180 in New York, up from 7046th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Kaiten Zushi Nomad, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/kaitenzushiusa.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: https://pos.chowbus.com/online-ordering/store/14395 (vendor on own site: Chowbus POS; found by the scan of 2026-10-16, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://www.kaitenzushiusa.com/about-1 (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: Su-Th 11:30-22:00; Fr-Sa 11:30-22:30 (open now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +1-212-671-6481
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/kaitenzushiusa.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/kaitenzushiusa.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, Chowbus POS: 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.

Only a real browser got this page (a plain fetch got cloudflare_challenge); Readable and Actionable were measured on the rendered page.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 0 | 25 |
| Readable | 17 | 25 |
| Actionable | 10 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Not measured for this scan.
- JSON-LD for the business: yes

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/kaitenzushiusa.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/kaitenzushiusa.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=kaitenzushiusa.com&force=1