# Kirin Restaurant: Agent-Direct Score A (92.3%)

Site: https://kirinrestauranthawaii.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/kirinrestauranthawaii.com
Scanned: 2026-11-12 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Kirin Restaurant is ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open Kirin Restaurant's website. It can read what Kirin Restaurant offers. It finds a way to book or order directly, through SpotOn.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://static.spotapps.co/spots/2c/2ce3dd052a4eee87be2d124208b844/full (through spoton acting for the business)
- Menu: https://kirinrestauranthawaii.com/food-menu
- Phone: +18089421888
- Address: 2424 Kalākaua Avenue, Honolulu, HI 96815
- Hours, from OpenStreetMap · Overture Maps: Mon–Sun 11:00–14:00, 17:00–22:00
- Its menu mentions: a lunch or set menu
- Prices: 3 prices on the site, the middle one $28.95

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Kirin Restaurant that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Tim Ho Wan (500 m): https://directindex.org/r/timhowan.com
- Nabeya Maido (1.9 km): https://directindex.org/r/nabeyamaidohi.com
- Royal Garden Chinese Restaurant (2.1 km): https://directindex.org/r/alamoanahotelhonolulu.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 $28.95.** 

## Fix kit: What to paste

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

```
# Kirin Restaurant

> restaurant (chinese) in 2424 Kalākaua Avenue, Honolulu, HI 96815, Honolulu. Phone +18089421888.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://static.spotapps.co/spots/2c/2ce3dd052a4eee87be2d124208b844/full (through spoton acting for the business)
- Menu: https://kirinrestauranthawaii.com/food-menu

## Opening hours

Mo-Su 11:00-14:00,17:00-22:00

## About

- Website: https://kirinrestauranthawaii.com/
- 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.
- **Booking through spoton on your own domain.** There's no marketplace commission, and the customer stays yours.

## Where it stands
15 of 835 in Honolulu. 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 | 92% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 98% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 57% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 36% | no |

Nearest places with a similar menu: Beijing Restaurant (F, 277 m, https://directindex.org/r/beijinghawaii.com); Tim Ho Wan (B, 502 m, https://directindex.org/r/timhowan.com); Hot Pot Heaven (D, 1702 m, https://directindex.org/r/hotpotheaven.com); Fun Station (F, 1722 m, https://directindex.org/r/fetail.com); Honolulu's Chinatown (D, 1801 m, https://directindex.org/r/hawaii.com); Nabeya Maido (C, 1927 m, https://directindex.org/r/nabeyamaidohi.com); Golden Eagle Chinese Restaurant (C, 1967 m, https://directindex.org/r/goldeneaglehonolulu.com); The Mandalay (F, 1989 m, https://directindex.org/r/mandalayhawaii.com); Royal Garden Chinese Restaurant (C, 2137 m, https://directindex.org/r/alamoanahotelhonolulu.com); Mini Garden Orient Cuisine (C, 2201 m, https://directindex.org/r/minigardenhawaii.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 22 everyday questions about Honolulu and named 105 places. Kirin Restaurant wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/honolulu/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites using SpotOn 78% (69% A or B, 2375 sites); This site 92.3%.

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

## Businesses like Kirin Restaurant in Honolulu

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Honolulu | 835 | 54% | 34% | 92.3% |
| Sites using SpotOn in Honolulu | 38 | 78% | 79% | 92.3% |

The best of the sites using SpotOn in Honolulu: Brew'd Craft Pub (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/brewdcraftpub.com); Kau Kau Grill (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/kaukaugrill.com); Cream Pot (A 90.8%, https://directindex.org/r/creampothawaii.com); Kozo Sushi (A 90.8%, https://directindex.org/r/kozosushihawaii.com); San Paolo Restaurant (A 90.8%, https://directindex.org/r/sanpaolopizzeria.com).

## The direct record
What agents get for Kirin Restaurant, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/kirinrestauranthawaii.com
- Book: https://static.spotapps.co/spots/2c/2ce3dd052a4eee87be2d124208b844/full (vendor on own site: SpotOn; found by the scan of 2026-11-12, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://kirinrestauranthawaii.com/food-menu (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: Mo-Su 11:00-14:00,17:00-22:00 (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +18089421888
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/kirinrestauranthawaii.com/book, https://directindex.org/go/kirinrestauranthawaii.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, SpotOn: 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.

Found one hop past the home page: menu page /food-menu: almost no text without JavaScript.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 25 | 25 |
| Actionable | 10 | 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/kirinrestauranthawaii.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: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/ai-rules/SKILL.md)
- 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/kirinrestauranthawaii.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/kirinrestauranthawaii.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=kirinrestauranthawaii.com&force=1