# Mario Express: Agent-Direct Score D (50.8%)

Site: http://www.mariasexpress.com
Report: https://directindex.org/r/mariasitaliankitchen.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.)
Mario Express is hard for agents to use.
AI assistants can't open Mario Express's website, so they go by what other sites say about it.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://l.spoton.com/63V992?__cf_chl_tk=.MrsgoruoVBvZ0MR95BA4WayDY_LZPFuTFCvoyyXJaU-1753109960-1.0.1.1-HGEr.8L98l8Nvih08hSu8jrHVdlcdIKV7k9XyS0NXGA (through spoton acting for the business)
- Order directly: https://mariasitaliankitchen.com/take-out-menu/ (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://mariasitaliankitchen.com/summer-sized-menu/
- Phone: (323) 846-8282
- Address: 3670 Broadway Pl, 90007, Los Angeles

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Mario Express that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- KOMAL (400 m): https://directindex.org/r/toast.site
- Thai Corner Food Express (410 m): https://directindex.org/r/thaicornerfoodexpress.net
- Holbox (410 m): https://directindex.org/r/holboxla.com
- The BLT Shop (420 m): https://directindex.org/r/thebltshopla.com
- Hank's Chicken Sandwiches (420 m): https://directindex.org/r/hankschickensandwiches.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 (TimeoutError: The operation was aborted due to timeout). 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
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+7 points) Missing: address, telephone, opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant

## 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": "Mario Express",
  "url": "http://www.mariasexpress.com",
  "telephone": "(323) 846-8282",
  "address": "3670 Broadway Pl, 90007, Los Angeles",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 34.01561766585195,
    "longitude": -118.27436496508524
  },
  "acceptsReservations": "https://l.spoton.com/63V992?__cf_chl_tk=.MrsgoruoVBvZ0MR95BA4WayDY_LZPFuTFCvoyyXJaU-1753109960-1.0.1.1-HGEr.8L98l8Nvih08hSu8jrHVdlcdIKV7k9XyS0NXGA",
  "hasMenu": "https://mariasitaliankitchen.com/summer-sized-menu/",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://l.spoton.com/63V992?__cf_chl_tk=.MrsgoruoVBvZ0MR95BA4WayDY_LZPFuTFCvoyyXJaU-1753109960-1.0.1.1-HGEr.8L98l8Nvih08hSu8jrHVdlcdIKV7k9XyS0NXGA",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    },
    {
      "@type": "OrderAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://mariasitaliankitchen.com/take-out-menu/",
        "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.
- **Structured data found (Restaurant).** no address, phone or hours in it
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.
- **Booking through spoton 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
455 of 4566 in Los Angeles. Top 10% 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 | 95% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 98% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 59% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 38% | no |

Nearest places in the index: KOMAL (B, 400 m, https://directindex.org/r/toast.site); Mo-Chica (F, 409 m, https://directindex.org/r/mo-chica.com); Thai Corner Food Express (C, 411 m, https://directindex.org/r/thaicornerfoodexpress.net); Holbox (C, 414 m, https://directindex.org/r/holboxla.com); Taqueria Vista Hermosa (D, 417 m, https://directindex.org/r/taqueriavistahermosa.com); The BLT Shop (A, 418 m, https://directindex.org/r/thebltshopla.com); Hank's Chicken Sandwiches (A, 418 m, https://directindex.org/r/hankschickensandwiches.com); Oaxacalifornia (F, 422 m, https://directindex.org/r/oaxacaneats.com); La Victoria Restaurant (D, 426 m, https://directindex.org/r/lavictoriarestaurant.com); The Original Taco Pete (F, 437 m, https://directindex.org/r/originaltacopete.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 Los Angeles and named 95 places. Mario Express wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/los-angeles/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with WordPress 55% (25% A or B, 236087 sites); Sites using SpotOn 78% (69% A or B, 2369 sites); This site 50.8%.

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

## Businesses like Mario Express in Los Angeles

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Los Angeles | 4566 | 50% | 32% | 50.8% |
| Sites built with WordPress in Los Angeles | 914 | 61% | 37% | 50.8% |
| Sites using SpotOn in Los Angeles | 110 | 80% | 74% | 50.8% |
| Sites built with WordPress and using SpotOn in Los Angeles | 9 | 69% | 33% | 50.8% |

The best of the sites built with WordPress and using SpotOn in Los Angeles: Donny's Breakfast Spot (B 78.5%, https://directindex.org/r/donnysbreakfastspot.com); Open Face Food Shop (B 70.8%, https://directindex.org/r/openfacefoodshop.com); Souplantation (C 68.6%, https://directindex.org/r/sweettomatoes.com); La Maria Restaurant (C 66.2%, https://directindex.org/r/lamariarestaurant.com); Pizza Buona (C 64.6%, https://directindex.org/r/pizzabuonala.com).

With the two fixes above (The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included; Structured data is incomplete), the score would be about 100%, which would be first of 4,566 in Los Angeles.

## The direct record
What agents get for Mario Express, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/mariasitaliankitchen.com
- Book: https://l.spoton.com/63V992?__cf_chl_tk=.MrsgoruoVBvZ0MR95BA4WayDY_LZPFuTFCvoyyXJaU-1753109960-1.0.1.1-HGEr.8L98l8Nvih08hSu8jrHVdlcdIKV7k9XyS0NXGA (vendor on own site: SpotOn; found by the scan of 2026-10-23, not yet tested)
- Order: https://mariasitaliankitchen.com/take-out-menu/ (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-23, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://mariasitaliankitchen.com/summer-sized-menu/ (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: (323) 846-8282
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/mariasitaliankitchen.com/book, https://directindex.org/go/mariasitaliankitchen.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/mariasitaliankitchen.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

Only a real browser got this page (a plain fetch got TimeoutError: The operation was aborted due to timeout); Readable and Actionable were measured on the rendered page.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 0 | 25 |
| Readable | 18 | 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: yes

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/mariasitaliankitchen.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/mariasitaliankitchen.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=mariasitaliankitchen.com&force=1