# Marble: Agent-Direct Score B (70.3%)

Site: https://marble.restaurant/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/marble.restaurant
Scanned: 2026-10-17 (Provisional: the action test and the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.)
Marble is mostly ready for agents.
Some AI assistants are turned away by the website of Marble. It can read what Marble offers. It finds no link to book or order online, only a phone number.

## Direct links
- Menu: https://marble.restaurant/menu/
- Phone: +27 10 594 5550

## What to fix first

- **No booking or ordering link on the website.** (+13 points) Only a phone number or WhatsApp, which agents cannot use yet. If you take bookings or orders through a platform, link to it from the site so an agent can find it. Add a booking or ordering page. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website
- **The server turns AI crawlers away at the door.** (+3.3 points) Live fetches as ClaudeBot (http_429) were refused while a normal browser got the page. This is usually a hosting or firewall bot list the owner never chose. Ask the host to allow these user agents. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** There is no robots.txt, which allows everything.
- **Structured data present (Restaurant).** address, phone, opening hours
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read items and prices directly.

## Where it stands
23 of 94 in Johannesburg. Top 24% 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% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 70% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 100% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 10% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 10% | yes |

Nearest places in the index: BGR (C, 48 m, https://directindex.org/r/eatbgr.com); Napz Pizzeria Napoletana (D, 364 m, https://directindex.org/r/napz.co.za); Perrier-Jouët Champagne Bar (B, 497 m, https://directindex.org/r/southernsun.com); Chunky Chau (B, 614 m, https://directindex.org/r/chunkychau.co.za); La Cucina Di Ciro (B, 627 m, https://directindex.org/r/lacucinadiciro.co.za); Coalition Pizza (F, 634 m, https://directindex.org/r/coalitionpizza.co.za); Proud Mary (A, 634 m, https://directindex.org/r/proudmary.co.za); Fugazzi (B, 673 m, https://directindex.org/r/fugazzi.co.za); Mamasamba (C, 687 m, https://directindex.org/r/mamasamba.co.za); Krispy Kreme (F, 714 m, https://directindex.org/r/krispykreme.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.

Recommended when people ask: "I want to book a table for two tonight somewhere romantic." (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini); "Seafood dinner with a view, table for four this week." (ChatGPT, Gemini); "Birthday dinner for eight on Friday. I want to book online." (Claude, Gemini)


Against its peers: Sites built with WordPress 59% (32% A or B, 54721 sites); This site 70.3%.

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

## Named by ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini for 3 questions, among them "I want to book a table for two tonight somewhere romantic" in Johannesburg, October 2026
- "I want to book a table for two tonight somewhere romantic." (2026-10-16): ChatGPT with a link to this site; Claude with a link to this site; Gemini with a link to this site. https://directindex.org/city/johannesburg/recommended/romantic
- "Seafood dinner with a view, table for four this week." (2026-10-16): ChatGPT with a link to this site; Gemini by name, without a link. https://directindex.org/city/johannesburg/recommended/seafood-view
- "Birthday dinner for eight on Friday. I want to book online." (2026-10-16): Claude with a link to this site; Gemini with a link to this site. https://directindex.org/city/johannesburg/recommended/birthday-8
Named by 3 of 3 assistants asked. Badge: https://directindex.org/badge/named/marble.restaurant.svg

## Businesses like Marble in Johannesburg

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Johannesburg | 94 | 54% | 24% | 70.3% |
| Sites built with WordPress in Johannesburg | 38 | 59% | 24% | 70.3% |

The best of the sites built with WordPress in Johannesburg: Istanbul Kebab (B 84.6%, https://directindex.org/r/istanbulkebab.co.za); Fournos Bakery (B 81.5%, https://directindex.org/r/fournos.co.za); Amuse-Bouche (B 80%, https://directindex.org/r/fairlawns.co.za); Café del Sol Botanico (B 80%, https://directindex.org/r/cafedelsol.co.za); Ukkō (B 73.8%, https://directindex.org/r/ukkorestaurant.co.za).

With the two fixes above (No booking or ordering link on the website; The server turns AI crawlers away at the door) the score would be about 95.4%: first of 94 in Johannesburg.

This site appears in 2 cities (2 places on marble.restaurant). https://directindex.org/brand/marble.restaurant

## The direct record
What agents get for Marble, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/marble.restaurant
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://marble.restaurant/menu/ (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +27 10 594 5550
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/marble.restaurant/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

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 21.7 | 25 |
| Readable | 22 | 25 |
| Actionable | 2 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Level 0 of 5, Not Ready. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/marble.restaurant
- 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: 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: yes
- OAuth protected resource metadata: yes
- 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/marble.restaurant/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/marble.restaurant/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=marble.restaurant&force=1