# Kauai: Agent-Direct Score C (64.2%)

Site: https://kauai.co.za/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/kauai.co.za
Scanned: 2026-10-25 (Provisional, with the action test still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Kauai is partly visible to agents.
Some AI assistants are turned away by Kauai's website. It can read what Kauai offers. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.

## Direct links
- Order directly: https://kauai.co.za/eventorders/ (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://kauai.co.za/menu/?_sft_menu-group=all-day-breakfast
- Its menu mentions: vegetarian dishes, allergens

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Kauai that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- RocoMamas (2.8 km): https://directindex.org/r/rocomamas.com
- The Big Mouth (3.2 km): https://directindex.org/r/thebigmouth.co.za
- Fournos Bakery (3.3 km): https://directindex.org/r/fournos.co.za

## What to fix first
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+7 points) Missing: address, telephone, opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **The server turns AI crawlers away at the door.** (+6.7 points) Requests as GPTBot (http_403), ClaudeBot (http_403) were refused, but a normal browser got the page. That's usually a bot list at the host or in a firewall that the owner never chose. Ask the host to allow these user agents. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing
- **robots.txt blocks GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended.** (+3.7 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

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": "Kauai",
  "url": "https://kauai.co.za/",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": -26.1334062,
    "longitude": 28.0679223
  },
  "servesCuisine": [
    "breakfast",
    "burger",
    "salad"
  ],
  "hasMenu": "https://kauai.co.za/menu/?_sft_menu-group=all-day-breakfast",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "OrderAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://kauai.co.za/eventorders/",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

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.

```
# Kauai

> restaurant (breakfast, burger, salad) in Johannesburg.

## Book or order directly

- Order: https://kauai.co.za/eventorders/ (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://kauai.co.za/menu/?_sft_menu-group=all-day-breakfast

## About

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

## Already right
- **Structured data found (Organization).** no address, phone or hours in it
- **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
Not ranked yet in Johannesburg.

| What the top 10% of the index does | Top 10% | This site |
|---|---|---|
| Take bookings or orders on their own domain | 97% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 92% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 96% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 25% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 27% | no |

Nearest places with a similar menu: Burgerack Melrose Crossing (D, 426 m, https://directindex.org/r/burgerack.co.za); Kleinsky's (C, 1132 m, https://directindex.org/r/kleinskys.co.za); Parea (B, 1912 m, https://directindex.org/r/parea.co.za); Burger King (F, 2751 m, https://directindex.org/r/bk.com); Ready To Go (F, 2784 m, https://directindex.org/r/readytogo.co.za); George's Grill House (C, 2795 m, https://directindex.org/r/georgesgrillhouse.co.za); RocoMamas (B, 2844 m, https://directindex.org/r/rocomamas.com); The Big Mouth (B, 3169 m, https://directindex.org/r/thebigmouth.co.za); Fournos Bakery (A, 3332 m, https://directindex.org/r/fournos.co.za); BGR (C, 3350 m, https://directindex.org/r/eatbgr.com).

## What assistants answer
Asked on 2026-10-28 with web search on. 50% of the answers pointed to the business's own site or to a vendor working for it. That share is the Cited part of the score.
| Assistant | Official website? | Where to book? | Where to order? |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | own site | own site | marketplace: ubereats |
| Gemini | own site | directory: wikipedia | marketplace: ubereats |

The assistants were asked 12 everyday questions about Johannesburg and named 78 places. Kauai wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/johannesburg/recommended


**What ChatGPT said, Official website? (2026-10-28):** https://kauai.co.za/ (restaurantguru.com (https://restaurantguru.com/Kauai-Pretoria?utmsource=openai))

**What ChatGPT said, Where to book? (2026-10-28):** I couldn’t find an online table-booking option for KAUAI in Pretoria. The official site has its locations, but not reservations: KAUAI Pretoria locations (https://locations.kauai.co.za/). (locations.kauai.co.za (https://locations.kauai.co.za/FoodDrink-Pretoria-KAUAIMenlynMaine?utmsource=openai))

**What ChatGPT said, Where to order? (2026-10-28):** Order through Uber Eats: KAUAI restaurants in Pretoria (https://www.ubereats.com/za/brand-city/city-of-tshwane-gp/kauai-1). Enter your delivery address to see which location serves you. (ubereats.com…

**What Gemini said, Official website? (2026-10-28):** The official website for Kauai, a restaurant chain in South Africa, is kauai.co.za.

**What Gemini said, Where to book? (2026-10-28):** Based on the available information, Kauai in Pretoria, South Africa, is a health food chain that operates more like a casual cafe, offering made-to-order sandwiches, wraps, and smoothies. While dine-in is an option at locations such as Kauai Brooklyn in Pretoria, direct online table booking through a specific link does not appear to be widely available. One platform, CozeeTable, explicitly states that online…

**What Gemini said, Where to order? (2026-10-28):** You can order food online from Kauai in Pretoria, South Africa, through third-party delivery services. The most common platforms that list Kauai restaurants for online ordering in Pretoria are Uber Eats and Mr D. Here are the links you can use: Uber Eats: https://www.ubereats.com/za/city/johannesburg-and-pretoria/kauai (https://www.ubereats.com/za/city/johannesburg-and-pretoria/kauai) Mr D:…

Compared with its peers: Sites built with WordPress 55% (25% A or B, 236087 sites); This site 64.2%.

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

## Why the assistants send people elsewhere
Why (2026-10-28): ChatGPT and Gemini sent users to Uber Eats and Wikipedia because the site blocks AI crawlers in robots.txt and server settings, preventing the assistants from discovering its direct ordering page and booking information.

## Businesses like Kauai in Johannesburg

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sites built with WordPress in Johannesburg | 322 | 60% | 31% | 64.2% |

The best of the sites built with WordPress in Johannesburg: Er Buco Italian Restaurant (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/erbuco.co.za); Saigon Suzy (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/saigonsuzy.co.za); Social On Main (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/socialonmain.co.za); Texan Wing Bar (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/texanwingbar.com); Verdicchio Restaurant and Wine Cellar (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/verdicchio.co.za).

This site appears in 6 cities (9 places on kauai.co.za). https://directindex.org/brand/kauai.co.za

## The direct record
What agents get for Kauai, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/kauai.co.za
- Book: none on record
- Order: https://kauai.co.za/eventorders/ (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-25, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://kauai.co.za/menu/?_sft_menu-group=all-day-breakfast (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: none on record
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/kauai.co.za/order, https://directindex.org/go/kauai.co.za/menu
- Agents and people followed 1 direct link to this business this month (1 by AI agents).

## 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 | 14.6 | 25 |
| Readable | 15 | 25 |
| Actionable | 15 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| Cited | 10 | 20 |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Level 2 of 5, Bot-Aware. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/kauai.co.za
- 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: yes
- 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/kauai.co.za/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/kauai.co.za/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=kauai.co.za&force=1