# McDonald's: Agent-Direct Score F (16.7%)

Site: https://www.mcdonalds.pt/restaurantes/coimbra-fernao-magalhaes/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/mcdonalds.pt
Scanned: 2026-10-25
The scanner couldn't reach McDonald's's website on 2026-10-25 (challenge:access denied). Rescans are free.
AI assistants can't open McDonald's's website, so they go by what other sites say about it.

## Direct links
- Phone: +351 239 823 230
- Address: Avenida Fernão de Magalhães 701 3000-178 Coimbra
- Hours, from OpenStreetMap · Overture Maps: Mon–Sun 00:00–24:00

## Nearby, also direct
Places near McDonald's that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Restaurante Inevitável (300 m): https://directindex.org/r/vilagale.com
- Sushi em tua Casa (550 m): https://directindex.org/r/sushiemtuacasa.pt
- allôpizza (620 m): https://directindex.org/r/allopizza.pt
- Combatentes catering coimbra (660 m): https://directindex.org/r/ligacombatentes.org
- Churrasqueira Mamma Mia (730 m): https://directindex.org/r/mammamiacoimbra.net

## What to fix first
- **The site couldn't be read at all.** There's a bot challenge in front of the site (challenge:access denied), so a plain fetch never gets to the page. A real browser tried too and got challenge:title.

## Already right
- Nothing.

## Where it stands
91 of 100 in Coimbra. Top 91% 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% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 50% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 83% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 50% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 58% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Tarantella Coimbra (F, 150 m, https://directindex.org/r/tarantellacoimbra.pt); Restaurante Inevitável (A, 298 m, https://directindex.org/r/vilagale.com); Sushi em tua Casa (F, 546 m, https://directindex.org/r/sushiemtuacasa.pt); Dux - Taberna Urbana (F, 569 m, https://directindex.org/r/duxrestaurante.com); Nacional (F, 603 m, https://directindex.org/r/restaurantenacional.pt); allôpizza (B, 621 m, https://directindex.org/r/allopizza.pt); Combatentes catering coimbra (B, 660 m, https://directindex.org/r/ligacombatentes.org); Restaurante da Liga dos Combatentes (F, 672 m, https://directindex.org/r/ligacombatentes.org.pt); Chimarrão/Bifão (D, 705 m, https://directindex.org/r/chimarrao.pt); Churrasqueira Mamma Mia (F, 728 m, https://directindex.org/r/mammamiacoimbra.net).

## What assistants answer
Asked on 2026-10-27 with web search on. 83% of the answers pointed to the business's own site or to a vendor working for it. That share is the Cited part of the score.
| Assistant | Official website? | Where to book? | Where to order? |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | own site | own site | marketplace: ubereats |
| Gemini | own site | own site | own site |

Recommended when people ask: "Something to eat after midnight, delivered or open late." (Gemini)


**What ChatGPT said, Official website? (2026-10-27):** https://www.mcdonalds.pt/ (mcdonalds.pt (https://www.mcdonalds.pt/?utmsource=openai))

**What ChatGPT said, Where to book? (2026-10-27):** McDonald’s Portugal doesn’t appear to offer online table reservations. You can find Funchal locations on its official restaurant page: mcdonalds.pt/restaurantes (https://www.mcdonalds.pt/restaurantes). (mcdonalds.pt (https://www.mcdonalds.pt/restaurantes?utmsource=openai))

**What ChatGPT said, Where to order? (2026-10-27):** Order McDonald’s for delivery in Funchal through Uber Eats: Order McDonald’s in Funchal (https://www.ubereats.com/pt-en/brand-city/funchal-regi%C3%A3o-aut%C3%B3noma-da-madeira/mcdonalds). Enter your delivery address to see which restaurants serve your area. (ubereats.com…

**What Gemini said, Official website? (2026-10-27):** The official website for McDonald's in Portugal, which includes information about restaurants in Funchal, is www.mcdonalds.pt. You can also find specific information about the McDonald's Funchal Drive restaurant directly on their website.

**What Gemini said, Where to book? (2026-10-27):** McDonald's does not offer online table reservations in Funchal, Portugal, or generally at its restaurants. Their official policy states that they do not offer reservations in fairness to all customers. While McDonald's does provide "Table Service" where staff bring your order to your table, this is done after you've placed your order in-store (at the counter or a self-ordering kiosk) or through their app, not by…

**What Gemini said, Where to order? (2026-10-27):** You can order food online from McDonald's in Funchal, Portugal, through several platforms. The most direct way to order online is via third-party delivery services or the official McDonald's Portugal app. Here are your options: Uber Eats: You can order from various McDonald's locations in Funchal, such as McDonald's (Funchal Drive), McDonald's (MadeiraShopping), and McDonald's (Avenida do Mar), through Uber Eats.…

## Named by Gemini for "Something to eat after midnight, delivered or open late" in Coimbra, November 2026
- "Something to eat after midnight, delivered or open late." (2026-11-01): Gemini with a link to this site. https://directindex.org/city/coimbra/recommended/late-night
Named by 1 of 2 assistants asked. Badge: https://directindex.org/badge/named/mcdonalds.pt.svg
Why (2026-10-27): ChatGPT sent people to Uber Eats because the scan found no way to order on the site and could not read the website at all.

## Businesses like McDonald's in Coimbra

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Coimbra | 100 | 48% | 19% | 16.7% |

The best of the businesses of the same kind in Coimbra: Dom Espeto (A 90%, https://directindex.org/r/eatbu.com); Bresca (A 87.5%, https://directindex.org/r/bresca.es); Restaurante Inevitável (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/vilagale.com); ECI COIMBRA (B 83.8%, https://directindex.org/r/sushidaily.com); KFC (B 83%, https://directindex.org/r/kfc.pt).

This site appears in 6 cities (12 places on mcdonalds.pt). https://directindex.org/brand/mcdonalds.pt

## The direct record
What agents get for McDonald's, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/mcdonalds.pt
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: 24/7 (open now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +351 239 823 230

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 0 | 25 |
| Readable | 0 | 25 |
| Actionable | 0 | 30 |
| Cited | 16.7 | 20 |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Not measured for this scan.
- JSON-LD for the business: no

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