# L'Ovale: Agent-Direct Score F (35.4%)

Site: http://www.lovale.fr/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/lovale.fr
Scanned: 2026-10-20 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
L'Ovale is largely invisible to agents.
AI assistants can't open L'Ovale's website, so they go by what other sites say about it.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://module.lafourchette.com/fr_FR/module/560891-40078?wmode=transparent&wmode=transparent (through thefork acting for the business)
- Order directly: https://lovale.fr/fr/post/actualites/foie-gras-a-nice-a-emporter-et-en-livraison-sur-commande (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://lovale.fr/fr/page/carte-menus#menu-de-f%C3%AAtes
- Phone: 04 93 80 31 65

## Nearby, also direct
Places near L'Ovale that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Eatsa (30 m): https://directindex.org/r/eatsa.fr
- Gillou (50 m): https://directindex.org/r/lebistrotdegillou.fr
- Les Sens (80 m): https://directindex.org/r/les-sens-nice.fr
- Flaveur (100 m): https://directindex.org/r/restaurant-flaveur.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 (http_403). 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
- **No structured data for the business.** (+14 points) Add schema.org JSON-LD for the business (Restaurant, LocalBusiness or the closest type, with name, address, telephone and openingHoursSpecification, plus servesCuisine and acceptsReservations). Every assistant reads this block first, and the fix kit below has it filled in. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant

## What the site tells visitors (Measured, not scored)
- **No English version declared.** Visitors from abroad, and assistants answering in English, read the page as it is. In Nice, 28% of comparable sites declare one.

## 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": "L'Ovale",
  "url": "http://www.lovale.fr/",
  "telephone": "04 93 80 31 65",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 43.7006053,
    "longitude": 7.2711213
  },
  "acceptsReservations": "https://module.lafourchette.com/fr_FR/module/560891-40078?wmode=transparent&amp;wmode=transparent",
  "hasMenu": "https://lovale.fr/fr/page/carte-menus#menu-de-f%C3%AAtes",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://module.lafourchette.com/fr_FR/module/560891-40078?wmode=transparent&amp;wmode=transparent",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    },
    {
      "@type": "OrderAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://lovale.fr/fr/post/actualites/foie-gras-a-nice-a-emporter-et-en-livraison-sur-commande",
        "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.
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.
- **Booking through thefork on your own domain.** There's no marketplace commission, and the customer stays yours.
- **Ordering on your own site.** Agents can order without going through a marketplace.

## Where it stands
533 of 661 in Nice. Top 81% 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 | 90% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 94% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 37% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 24% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Sushi Shop (B, 24 m, https://directindex.org/r/sushishop.fr); Le Bistrot de Jeff (F, 25 m, https://directindex.org/r/lebistrotdejeffnice.com); La Cantine de Lulu (F, 25 m, https://directindex.org/r/cuisinenicoise.fr); Eatsa (B, 33 m, https://directindex.org/r/eatsa.fr); Restaurant la petite table (D, 34 m, https://directindex.org/r/boulangerie-lanicoise.com); Le Zinc (D, 34 m, https://directindex.org/r/cabinet-avocat-nice-wolff.fr); Gillou (B, 48 m, https://directindex.org/r/lebistrotdegillou.fr); Ô Mai (F, 79 m, https://directindex.org/r/omai-nice.com); Les Sens (A, 84 m, https://directindex.org/r/les-sens-nice.fr); Flaveur (C, 96 m, https://directindex.org/r/restaurant-flaveur.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 Nice and named 62 places. L'Ovale wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/nice/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites using TheFork 60% (25% A or B, 1171 sites); This site 35.4%.

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

## Businesses like L'Ovale in Nice

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Nice | 661 | 55% | 31% | 35.4% |
| Sites using TheFork in Nice | 13 | 62% | 38% | 35.4% |

The best of the sites using TheFork in Nice: Côté Sushi (B 81.5%, https://directindex.org/r/cotesushi.com); Maison Joia (B 81.5%, https://directindex.org/r/maison-joia.com); PAMELA'S Bar & Restaurant (B 81.5%, https://directindex.org/r/nice-pamelas-bar.com); Arkose Cantine (B 76.9%, https://directindex.org/r/arkose.com); Influence (B 73.8%, https://directindex.org/r/restaurant-influence-nice.fr).

With the two fixes above (The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included; No structured data for the business), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 8th of 661 in Nice, up from 533rd.

## The direct record
What agents get for L'Ovale, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/lovale.fr
- Book: https://module.lafourchette.com/fr_FR/module/560891-40078?wmode=transparent&amp;wmode=transparent (vendor on own site: TheFork; found by the scan of 2026-10-20, not yet tested)
- Order: https://lovale.fr/fr/post/actualites/foie-gras-a-nice-a-emporter-et-en-livraison-sur-commande (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-20, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://lovale.fr/fr/page/carte-menus#menu-de-f%C3%AAtes (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: 04 93 80 31 65
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/lovale.fr/book, https://directindex.org/go/lovale.fr/order, https://directindex.org/go/lovale.fr/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

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 | 8 | 25 |
| Actionable | 15 | 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/lovale.fr/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/lovale.fr/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=lovale.fr&force=1