# Merchants Restaurant: Agent-Direct Score B (72.3%)

Site: https://www.merchantsrestaurant.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/merchantsrestaurant.com
Scanned: 2026-11-12 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Merchants Restaurant is mostly ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open Merchants Restaurant's website. It can read what Merchants Restaurant offers. To book or order, it is sent to OpenTable, a marketplace.

## Direct links
- Menu: https://www.merchantsrestaurant.com/menu
- Phone: +1-615-254-1892
- Address: 401 Broadway, Nashville, TN 37203

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Merchants Restaurant that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Dierks Bentley's Whiskey Row - Nashville (60 m): https://directindex.org/r/dierkswhiskeyrow.com
- Jimmy Buffett Margaritaville (70 m): https://directindex.org/r/margaritavillenashville.com
- Jack's (80 m): https://directindex.org/r/eatatjacks.com
- Jason Aldean’s Kitchen & Rooftop Bar (110 m): https://directindex.org/r/jasonaldeansbar.com
- Ole Red (140 m): https://directindex.org/r/olered.com

## What to fix first
- **Booking only through opentable.** (+12 points) Every transaction an agent makes goes through the marketplace, which takes its commission. Add a direct way on your own site. Even a simple form will do. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+3 points) Missing: 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": "Merchants Restaurant",
  "url": "https://www.merchantsrestaurant.com/",
  "telephone": "+1-615-254-1892",
  "email": "info@merchantsrestaurant.com",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "401 Broadway",
    "postalCode": "37203",
    "addressLocality": "Nashville",
    "addressRegion": "TN"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 36.1607103,
    "longitude": -86.7771965
  },
  "hasMenu": "https://www.merchantsrestaurant.com/menu"
}
</script>
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** No rule blocks the main AI user agents.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all got a normal response.
- **Structured data found (Restaurant).** address, phone
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.
- **OpenTable works with agents through its partners.** OpenTable's terms page could not be fetched on 2026-10-15; OpenTable names over 200 authorized partners, Google, Meta and OpenAI among them, as the channels through which agents book. Terms read on 2026-10-15: https://mynews13.com/fl/orlando/business/2026/07/14/opentable-new-terms. An assistant that isn't a partner may not be able to finish there. A direct path on your own domain works for all of them.

## Where it stands
480 of 1158 in Nashville. Top 41% 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 | 99% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 95% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 75% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 36% | yes |

Nearest places in the index: Dierks Bentley's Whiskey Row - Nashville (A, 58 m, https://directindex.org/r/dierkswhiskeyrow.com); Jimmy Buffett Margaritaville (A, 73 m, https://directindex.org/r/margaritavillenashville.com); Jack's (A, 79 m, https://directindex.org/r/eatatjacks.com); Rippy's Honky Tonk (C, 97 m, https://directindex.org/r/rippyshonkytonk.com); Jason Aldean’s Kitchen & Rooftop Bar (B, 111 m, https://directindex.org/r/jasonaldeansbar.com); Ole Red (B, 140 m, https://directindex.org/r/olered.com); The Twelve Thirty Club (C, 167 m, https://directindex.org/r/thetwelvethirtyclub.com); Han's Banh Mi & Pho (B, 179 m, https://directindex.org/r/assemblyfoodhall.com); CAVA (C, 196 m, https://directindex.org/r/cava.com); Barstool (A, 212 m, https://directindex.org/r/barstoolnashville.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 22 everyday questions about Nashville and named 99 places. Merchants Restaurant wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/nashville/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with Popmenu 75% (67% A or B, 729 sites); Sites using OpenTable 69% (51% A or B, 6562 sites); This site 72.3%.

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

## Businesses like Merchants Restaurant in Nashville

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Nashville | 1158 | 58% | 45% | 72.3% |
| Sites built with Popmenu in Nashville | 27 | 84% | 81% | 72.3% |
| Sites using OpenTable in Nashville | 69 | 80% | 74% | 72.3% |
| Sites built with Popmenu and using OpenTable in Nashville | 9 | 94% | 100% | 72.3% |

The best of the sites built with Popmenu and using OpenTable in Nashville: 360 Bistro (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/360bistro.com); Kayne Prime (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/kayneprimenashville.com); Mesero - 12South, Nashville (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/mesero.net); Moto (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/motonashville.com); Saint Anejo (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/saintanejonashville.com).

With the two fixes above (Booking only through opentable; Structured data is incomplete), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 53rd of 1,158 in Nashville, up from 480th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Merchants Restaurant, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/merchantsrestaurant.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://www.merchantsrestaurant.com/menu (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +1-615-254-1892
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/merchantsrestaurant.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
- Vendor terms for agents, OpenTable: Through partners. OpenTable's terms page could not be fetched on 2026-10-15; OpenTable names over 200 authorized partners, Google, Meta and OpenAI among them, as the channels through which agents book. Read 2026-10-15: https://mynews13.com/fl/orlando/business/2026/07/14/opentable-new-terms

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 19 | 25 |
| Actionable | 3 | 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/merchantsrestaurant.com
- 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: yes
- 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: 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

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