# Lao Sze Chuan: Agent-Direct Score A (86.2%)

Site: https://laoszechuanusa.com
Report: https://directindex.org/r/laoszechuanusa.com
Scanned: 2026-10-23 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Lao Sze Chuan is ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open Lao Sze Chuan's website. What Lao Sze Chuan offers is in a PDF or an image, and assistants read those badly. To book or order, it is sent to OpenTable, a marketplace.

## Direct links
- Order directly: https://www.laoszechuanusa.com/locations (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://www.laoszechuanusa.com/_files/ugd/21354f_71daa74e083d4654a3415ecc6d7eb30b.pdf
- Phone: 312-326-5040
- Address: South Wabash Avenue 616 60605 Chicago
- Hours, from OpenStreetMap · Overture Maps: Mon–Thu 11:00–21:30; Fri–Sat 11:00–22:30; Sun 11:00–21:30

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Lao Sze Chuan that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Shang Noodle (530 m): https://directindex.org/r/shangnoodleandchinese.com
- Leiya (540 m): https://directindex.org/r/leiyachicago.com
- 3 Sauces Hainam Chicken Rice (2.1 km): https://directindex.org/r/3sauces.com

## What to fix first
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+3 points) Missing: opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **Menu or price list is a PDF.** (+3 points) Most agents skip PDFs or read them badly. Publish it as an HTML page and keep the PDF as a download. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai
- **Booking only through opentable.** (no points, but worth doing) 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

## 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": "Lao Sze Chuan",
  "url": "https://laoszechuanusa.com",
  "telephone": "312-326-5040",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "South Wabash Avenue 616",
    "postalCode": "60605",
    "addressLocality": "Chicago"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 41.8738787,
    "longitude": -87.6262247
  },
  "openingHours": "Mo-Th 11:00-21:30; Fr,Sa 11:00-22:30; Su 11:00-21:30",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Monday",
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday"
      ],
      "opens": "11:00",
      "closes": "21:30"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Friday",
        "Saturday"
      ],
      "opens": "11:00",
      "closes": "22:30"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Sunday"
      ],
      "opens": "11:00",
      "closes": "21:30"
    }
  ],
  "servesCuisine": [
    "chinese"
  ],
  "hasMenu": "https://www.laoszechuanusa.com/_files/ugd/21354f_71daa74e083d4654a3415ecc6d7eb30b.pdf",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "OrderAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://www.laoszechuanusa.com/locations",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

## 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 (LocalBusiness).** address, phone
- **Ordering on your own site.** Agents can order without going through a marketplace.

## Where it stands
490 of 3754 in Chicago. Top 13% 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 | 94% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 94% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 57% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 30% | yes |

Nearest places with a similar menu: Shang Noodle (A, 529 m, https://directindex.org/r/shangnoodleandchinese.com); Leiya (B, 535 m, https://directindex.org/r/leiyachicago.com); 65 Express (D, 794 m, https://directindex.org/r/sixtyfiveexpress.com); My Place (B, 947 m, https://directindex.org/r/myplacesouthloop.com); Silk Road & Cafe Juice (F, 973 m, https://directindex.org/r/silkr.com); Delmonico Restaurant (D, 1084 m, https://directindex.org/r/delmonicochicago.com); Yum Cha Dim Sum Parlor (D, 1412 m, https://directindex.org/r/yumchachicago.com); Lao 18 (F, 1833 m, https://directindex.org/r/lao18.com); Laojiumen Hotpot Chicago老九门火锅-hotpot 9 (F, 2130 m, https://directindex.org/r/hotpot9.us); 3 Sauces Hainam Chicken Rice (C, 2147 m, https://directindex.org/r/3sauces.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 12 everyday questions about Chicago and named 55 places. Lao Sze Chuan wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/chicago/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with Wix 52% (28% A or B, 48660 sites); Sites using OpenTable 69% (51% A or B, 6523 sites); This site 86.2%.

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

## Businesses like Lao Sze Chuan in Chicago

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Chicago | 3754 | 52% | 35% | 86.2% |
| Sites built with Wix in Chicago | 250 | 65% | 48% | 86.2% |
| Sites using OpenTable in Chicago | 205 | 72% | 60% | 86.2% |
| Sites built with Wix and using OpenTable in Chicago | 17 | 69% | 59% | 86.2% |

The best of the sites built with Wix and using OpenTable in Chicago: Butcher and the Bear (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/butcherandthebear.com); Nic + Junior's (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/nicandjuniors.com); Antepli Mediterranean Grill,Baklava&Kunefe (A 87.7%, https://directindex.org/r/anteplichicago.com); Avvio (A 87.7%, https://directindex.org/r/avviochicago.com); Lucky Trendy Sushi (B 83.1%, https://directindex.org/r/luckytrendysushichicago.com).

With the two fixes above (Structured data is incomplete; Menu or price list is a PDF), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 108th of 3,754 in Chicago, up from 490th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Lao Sze Chuan, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/laoszechuanusa.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: https://www.laoszechuanusa.com/locations (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-23, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://www.laoszechuanusa.com/_files/ugd/21354f_71daa74e083d4654a3415ecc6d7eb30b.pdf (pdf; from the scan)
- Hours: Mo-Th 11:00-21:30; Fr,Sa 11:00-22:30; Su 11:00-21:30 (open now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: 312-326-5040
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/laoszechuanusa.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/laoszechuanusa.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): yes
- 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

Found one hop past the home page: booking page /locations: ordering via chowbus_pos, phone.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 16 | 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/laoszechuanusa.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: yes
- 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/laoszechuanusa.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/laoszechuanusa.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=laoszechuanusa.com&force=1