# Lyla: Agent-Direct Score C (67.7%)

Site: https://lylaedinburgh.co.uk/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/lylaedinburgh.co.uk
Scanned: 2026-10-14 (Provisional: the action test and the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.)
Lyla is partly visible to agents.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://www.sevenrooms.com/explore/lyla/subscription (through sevenrooms acting for the business)
- Phone: +441312858808

## What to fix first
- **No menu or price list found.** (+7 points) Agents answer 'what do they offer' from marketplaces instead. Add a menu or price list page and link it from the homepage. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+4 points) Missing: telephone, opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **Almost no text without JavaScript.** (+2 points) Crawlers that do not run scripts see an empty page. Render the menu, hours and address as plain HTML. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/website-blank-without-javascript
- **No llms.txt.** (no points, still worth doing) Optional today, cheap to add: a short text file describing the business for language models. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/llms-txt-for-a-business

## 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": "Restaurant",
  "name": "Lyla",
  "url": "https://lylaedinburgh.co.uk/",
  "telephone": "+441312858808",
  "email": "reservations@lylaedinburgh.co.uk",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Royal Terrace 3",
    "postalCode": "EH7 5AB",
    "addressLocality": "Edinburgh"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 55.9568023,
    "longitude": -3.1806669
  },
  "acceptsReservations": "https://www.sevenrooms.com/explore/lyla/subscription",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://www.sevenrooms.com/explore/lyla/subscription",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

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

```
# Lyla

> restaurant in Royal Terrace 3 EH7 5AB Edinburgh, Edinburgh. Phone +441312858808.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://www.sevenrooms.com/explore/lyla/subscription (through sevenrooms acting for the business)

## About

- Website: https://lylaedinburgh.co.uk/
- 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 key AI user agents.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all received a normal response.
- **Structured data present (LocalBusiness).** address
- **Booking through sevenrooms on your own domain.** No marketplace commission, and the guest stays yours.
- **SevenRooms lets agents act only through its partners.** SevenRooms' terms (17 April 2026) bar any robot, spider, scraper or other automated means except bona fide search engines; Google names SevenRooms as an AI Mode booking partner. Read 2026-10-15: https://sevenrooms.com/terms-of-service/. An assistant that is not a partner cannot finish the step there; a direct path on your own domain works for all of them.

## Where it stands
233 of 459 in Edinburgh. Top 51% 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 | 74% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 94% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 68% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 23% | no |

Nearest places in the index: The Cottage (B, 75 m, https://directindex.org/r/thecottageedinburgh.com); Jolly (C, 255 m, https://directindex.org/r/jollyrestaurant.co.uk); 1802 Lounge (C, 259 m, https://directindex.org/r/1802loungeandgrill.co.uk); Star Kebab and Pizza House (C, 269 m, https://directindex.org/r/starkebabpizzahouse.com); Kahani (A, 307 m, https://directindex.org/r/kahanirestaurant.co.uk); Ada (B, 308 m, https://directindex.org/r/adarestaurant.co.uk); Mamma Roma (C, 309 m, https://directindex.org/r/mamma-roma.net); Cosmo (D, 311 m, https://directindex.org/r/cosmo-restaurants.co.uk); Lasal (F, 322 m, https://directindex.org/r/lasal.co.uk); Passage to India (B, 324 m, https://directindex.org/r/passage2india.co.uk).

## 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 Squarespace 65% (48% A or B, 7098 sites); Sites using SevenRooms 71% (53% A or B, 669 sites); This site 67.7%.

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

## Businesses like Lyla in Edinburgh

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same kind in Edinburgh | 459 | 57% | 46% | 67.7% |
| Built with Squarespace in Edinburgh | 49 | 73% | 69% | 67.7% |
| Using SevenRooms in Edinburgh | 10 | 73% | 60% | 67.7% |
| Built with Squarespace and using SevenRooms in Edinburgh | 4 | 70% | 50% | 67.7% |

The best of Built with Squarespace and using SevenRooms in Edinburgh: eleanore (B 76.9%, https://directindex.org/r/eleanore.uk); The Little Chartroom (B 75.4%, https://directindex.org/r/thelittlechartroom.com); Whirlybird (C 58.5%, https://directindex.org/r/whirlybirdedinburgh.co.uk).

With the three fixes above (No menu or price list found; Structured data is incomplete; Almost no text without JavaScript) the score would be about 87.7%: 38th of 459 in Edinburgh, up from 233rd.

## The direct record
What agents get for Lyla, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/lylaedinburgh.co.uk
- Book: https://www.sevenrooms.com/explore/lyla/subscription (vendor on own site: SevenRooms; found by the scan of 2026-10-14, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +441312858808
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/lylaedinburgh.co.uk/book

## 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): not measured
- ACP discovery document (/.well-known/acp.json, OpenAI and Stripe's Agentic Commerce Protocol): not measured
- 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): not measured
- Vendor terms for agents, SevenRooms: Partners only. SevenRooms' terms (17 April 2026) bar any robot, spider, scraper or other automated means except bona fide search engines; Google names SevenRooms as an AI Mode booking partner. Read 2026-10-15: https://sevenrooms.com/terms-of-service/

Not measured at this scan; the next scan measures it.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 23 | 25 |
| Readable | 11 | 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/lylaedinburgh.co.uk
- 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: 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

Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/lylaedinburgh.co.uk/deep. Ten questions the way people ask, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF: 19 EUR, one-off.
Methodology: https://directindex.org/methodology · Rescan now: https://directindex.org/scan?url=lylaedinburgh.co.uk&force=1