# Kitchen at Bala: Agent-Direct Score F (18.5%)

Site: https://kitchenatbala.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/kitchenatbala.com
Scanned: 2026-10-16 (Provisional: the action test and the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.)
Kitchen at Bala is largely invisible to agents.
AI assistants cannot open the website of Kitchen at Bala, so they rely on what other sites say about it.

## Direct links
- Order directly: https://www.clover.com/online-ordering/kitchen-at-bala-philadelphia?srsltid=AfmBOoqGGNud3Qw80wZw-JdiUYGqV2iXi58qXSEDBDTUUwVwvaNHRGbu (through clover acting for the business)
- Phone: +1-215-877-9843

## What to fix first
- **The site turns every visitor without a browser away, AI agents included.** (+25 points) A plain fetch was refused (http_403); only a real browser got the page. Every AI crawler and agent is turned away the same way, so Reachable scores 0 and the rest is measured on the rendered page. Ask the host to let the AI user agents through. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing
- **No structured data for the business.** (+15 points) Add schema.org JSON-LD for the business (CafeOrCoffeeShop, BarOrPub or the closest type, with name, address, telephone and openingHoursSpecification, plus servesCuisine). It is the one block every assistant reads first; the fix kit below has it filled in. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **Menu or price list lives on another site.** (+5 points) The link points to clover.com, so the credit and the traffic go there. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai
- **Clover's terms bar bots and automated use; a direct form on your own site has no such limit.** (+5 points) Clover's consumer app terms (8 June 2023, section 3.5), linked from its online ordering pages, bar any deep-link, robot, spider or other device or process to access, copy or monitor the site or app, and bar the use of buying agents; no agent programme was found. Read 2026-10-15: https://www.clover.com/consumer/terms. An agent that books or orders there acts outside the vendor's terms unless the vendor permits it; a form or booking page on your own domain has no such limit. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website

## Fix kit: What to paste

Structured data (JSON-LD). One block in the page's head, or in the builder's custom-code slot. Replace anything that is wrong.

```html
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "BarOrPub",
  "name": "Kitchen at Bala",
  "url": "https://kitchenatbala.com/",
  "telephone": "+1-215-877-9843",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "City Avenue 5004",
    "postalCode": "19131",
    "addressLocality": "Philadelphia",
    "addressCountry": "US"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 40.000087,
    "longitude": -75.228535
  },
  "openingHours": "11:00-24:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [],
      "opens": "11:00",
      "closes": "24:00"
    }
  ],
  "hasMenu": "https://www.clover.com/online-ordering/kitchen-at-bala-philadelphia?srsltid=AfmBOoqGGNud3Qw80wZw-JdiUYGqV2iXi58qXSEDBDTUUwVwvaNHRGbu",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "OrderAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://www.clover.com/online-ordering/kitchen-at-bala-philadelphia?srsltid=AfmBOoqGGNud3Qw80wZw-JdiUYGqV2iXi58qXSEDBDTUUwVwvaNHRGbu",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** There is no robots.txt, which allows everything.
- **Ordering through clover on your own domain.** No marketplace commission, and the guest stays yours.

## Where it stands
196 of 224 in Philadelphia cafes and bars. Top 88% of the sites scanned in this index.

| What the top tenth 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 | 96% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 100% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 43% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 4% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Great American Pub (D, 2762 m, https://directindex.org/r/greatamericanpub.net); Get Café (C, 2786 m, https://directindex.org/r/getincluded.org); The Greeks (D, 2801 m, https://directindex.org/r/narberthpa.com); Valerio Coffee Roasters (F, 2891 m, https://directindex.org/r/valeriocoffee.com); Tsaōcaa Fresh Tea (F, 2921 m, https://directindex.org/r/tsaocaatea.com); Lucky's Last Chance (F, 2929 m, https://directindex.org/r/luckyslastchance.com); United States Hotel Bar & Grill (F, 2953 m, https://directindex.org/r/ushotelmanayunk.com); Artesano Cafe (A, 3003 m, https://directindex.org/r/artesanocafemanayunk.com); Sweet Treat Hut (C, 3026 m, https://directindex.org/r/sweettreathut.com); Thunder Mug Cafe (D, 3051 m, https://directindex.org/r/thundermugcafe.com).

## What assistants answer
Not asked yet. Assistants are asked about the top-ranked businesses in each city index, and about every claimed business the moment it is claimed; claim this page to be included.

Against its peers: Sites built with Duda 27% (1% A or B, 263 sites); Sites using Clover 66% (46% A or B, 121 sites); This site 18.5%.

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

## Businesses like Kitchen at Bala in Philadelphia cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Philadelphia cafes and bars | 224 | 50% | 24% | 18.5% |
| Sites built with Duda in Philadelphia cafes and bars | 2 | 38% | 0% | 18.5% |
| Sites using Clover in Philadelphia cafes and bars | 2 | 42% | 0% | 18.5% |
| Sites built with Duda and using Clover in Philadelphia cafes and bars | 1 | 19% | 0% | 18.5% |

The best of the businesses of the same kind in Philadelphia cafes and bars: Dining Car (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/thediningcar.com); Eggcellent Cafe (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/eggcellent.cafe); The Plough & the Stars (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/ploughstars.com); 2637brew (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/2637brew.com); Devil's Alley Bar & Grill (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/devilsalleybarandgrill.com).

With the three fixes above (The site turns every visitor without a browser away, AI agents included; No structured data for the business; Menu or price list lives on another site) the score would be about 87.7%: 14th of 224 in Philadelphia cafes and bars, up from 196th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Kitchen at Bala, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/kitchenatbala.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: https://www.clover.com/online-ordering/kitchen-at-bala-philadelphia?srsltid=AfmBOoqGGNud3Qw80wZw-JdiUYGqV2iXi58qXSEDBDTUUwVwvaNHRGbu (vendor on own site: Clover; found by the scan of 2026-10-16, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://www.clover.com/online-ordering/kitchen-at-bala-philadelphia?srsltid=AfmBOoqGGNud3Qw80wZw-JdiUYGqV2iXi58qXSEDBDTUUwVwvaNHRGbu (external; from the scan)
- Hours: 11:00-24:00 (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +1-215-877-9843
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/kitchenatbala.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/kitchenatbala.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, Clover: No. Clover's consumer app terms (8 June 2023, section 3.5), linked from its online ordering pages, bar any deep-link, robot, spider or other device or process to access, copy or monitor the site or app, and bar the use of buying agents; no agent programme was found. Read 2026-10-15: https://www.clover.com/consumer/terms

Only a real browser got this page (a plain fetch got http_403); Readable and Actionable were measured on the rendered page.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 0 | 25 |
| Readable | 2 | 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: no

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/kitchenatbala.com/plan): the assistants asked again every month, with what changed; 2 EUR a month or 19 EUR a year.
Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/kitchenatbala.com/deep. Ten questions the way people ask, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF: 5 EUR, one-off. 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=kitchenatbala.com&force=1