# Merriman’s Honolulu: Agent-Direct Score C (66.2%) Site: http://www.merrimanshawaii.com/honolulu Report: https://directindex.org/r/merrimanshawaii.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.) Merriman’s Honolulu is partly visible to agents. An AI assistant can open Merriman’s Honolulu's website. It can read what Merriman’s Honolulu offers. To book or order, it is sent to OpenTable, a marketplace. ## Direct links - Order directly: https://media-cdn.getbento.com/accounts/6db51802be5a34030975528e8f6cea1a/media/SSzEf1YIQuCxMW5MFLvn_WineList_HNL_2026_91326.pdf (through bentobox acting for the business) - Menu: https://www.merrimanshawaii.com/location/honolulu/ - Phone: (808) 215-0022 - Prices: 122 prices on the site, the middle one $15.00 ## Nearby, also direct Places near Merriman’s Honolulu that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between. - Z Pizza Hawaii (50 m): https://directindex.org/r/zpizza.com - An Di Dzo (90 m): https://directindex.org/r/andidzohawaii.com - Ali’i Coffee Ward Village (100 m): https://directindex.org/r/aliicoffee.com - Taqueria “el Gallo Rosa” (100 m): https://directindex.org/r/taqueriaelgallorosa.com - Rinka (110 m): https://directindex.org/r/rinkahawaii.com ## What to fix first - **No structured data for the business.** (+14 points) Add schema.org JSON-LD for the business (Restaurant, LocalBusiness or the closest type, with name, address, telephone and openingHoursSpecification, plus servesCuisine and acceptsReservations). Every assistant reads this block first, and the fix kit below has it filled in. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant - **Booking only through opentable.** (+5 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 - **No llms.txt.** (no points, but worth doing) Optional for now and cheap to add. It's a short text file that describes the business for language models. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/llms-txt-for-a-business ## What the site tells visitors (Measured, not scored) - **122 prices on the landing page, the middle one $15.00.** ## 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 ``` llms.txt. Save as /llms.txt at the root of the site. ``` # Merriman’s Honolulu > restaurant in Honolulu. Phone (808) 215-0022. ## Book or order directly - Order: https://media-cdn.getbento.com/accounts/6db51802be5a34030975528e8f6cea1a/media/SSzEf1YIQuCxMW5MFLvn_WineList_HNL_2026_91326.pdf (through bentobox acting for the business) - Menu: https://www.merrimanshawaii.com/location/honolulu/ ## About - Website: http://www.merrimanshawaii.com/honolulu - 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 main AI user agents. - **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all got a normal response. - **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices. - **Ordering through bentobox on your own domain.** There's no marketplace commission, and the customer stays yours. ## Where it stands 331 of 835 in Honolulu. Top 40% 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 | 99% | yes | | Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 92% | yes | | Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 98% | yes | | Structured data with address, phone and hours | 57% | no | | Have an llms.txt | 36% | no | Nearest places in the index: Z Pizza Hawaii (A, 52 m, https://directindex.org/r/zpizza.com); Fat Cheeks Hawaii (F, 81 m, https://directindex.org/r/fatcheekshawaii.com); An Di Dzo (A, 89 m, https://directindex.org/r/andidzohawaii.com); Guy Fieri's Flavortown Kitchen (F, 96 m, https://directindex.org/r/guysflavortownkitchen.com); Istanbul Hawai'i (F, 101 m, https://directindex.org/r/istanbulhawaii.com); Ali’i Coffee Ward Village (B, 103 m, https://directindex.org/r/aliicoffee.com); Taqueria “el Gallo Rosa” (B, 103 m, https://directindex.org/r/taqueriaelgallorosa.com); Rinka (B, 114 m, https://directindex.org/r/rinkahawaii.com); Mr. Beast Burger (B, 121 m, https://directindex.org/r/mrbeastburger.com); LBD Japanese Bar & Lounge (C, 134 m, https://directindex.org/r/jinyaramenbar.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. Recommended when people ask: "Brunch on Sunday for four. Where can I reserve?" (Gemini); "Birthday dinner for eight on Friday. I want to book online." (Gemini); "I'm coeliac. A restaurant with real gluten-free options for dinner, book it." (ChatGPT, Gemini); "Somewhere good that's actually open on Monday evening, book a table." (Gemini) Compared with its peers: Sites built with BentoBox 80% (86% A or B, 2391 sites); Sites using OpenTable 69% (51% A or B, 6562 sites); Sites using BentoBox 86% (92% A or B, 511 sites); This site 66.2%. See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/merrimanshawaii.com/agent-view ## Named by ChatGPT and Gemini for 4 questions, including "Brunch on Sunday for four. Where can I reserve?" in Honolulu, November 2026 - "Brunch on Sunday for four. Where can I reserve?" (2026-11-12): Gemini with a link to this site. https://directindex.org/city/honolulu/recommended/brunch - "Birthday dinner for eight on Friday. I want to book online." (2026-11-12): Gemini with a link to this site. https://directindex.org/city/honolulu/recommended/birthday-8 - "I'm coeliac. A restaurant with real gluten-free options for dinner, book it." (2026-11-12): ChatGPT with a link to this site; Gemini with a link to this site. https://directindex.org/city/honolulu/recommended/gluten-free - "Somewhere good that's actually open on Monday evening, book a table." (2026-11-12): Gemini with a link to this site. https://directindex.org/city/honolulu/recommended/open-monday Named by 2 of 2 assistants asked. Badge: https://directindex.org/badge/named/merrimanshawaii.com.svg ## Businesses like Merriman’s Honolulu in Honolulu | Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site | |---|---|---|---|---| | Businesses of the same kind in Honolulu | 835 | 54% | 34% | 66.2% | | Sites built with BentoBox in Honolulu | 16 | 76% | 75% | 66.2% | | Sites using OpenTable in Honolulu | 63 | 68% | 41% | 66.2% | | Sites built with BentoBox and using OpenTable in Honolulu | 1 | 66% | 0% | 66.2% | The best of the sites using OpenTable in Honolulu: Mezzo (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/mezzobistrohawaii.com); Podmore (A 96.3%, https://directindex.org/r/barpodmore.com); Shorefyre Beach Bar + Grill (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/shorefyre.com); Hideout (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/hideoutwaikiki.com); Koko Head Cafe (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/kokoheadcafe.com). With the two fixes above (No structured data for the business; Booking only through opentable), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 8th of 835 in Honolulu, up from 331st. ## The direct record What agents get for Merriman’s Honolulu, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/merrimanshawaii.com - Book: none on record - Order: https://media-cdn.getbento.com/accounts/6db51802be5a34030975528e8f6cea1a/media/SSzEf1YIQuCxMW5MFLvn_WineList_HNL_2026_91326.pdf (vendor on own site: BentoBox; found by the scan of 2026-11-12, not yet tested) - Menu: https://www.merrimanshawaii.com/location/honolulu/ (html_page; from the scan) - Hours: none on record - Phone: (808) 215-0022 - Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/merrimanshawaii.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/merrimanshawaii.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, BentoBox: Not stated. BentoBox's terms (last updated 5 January 2023) bar automated means such as spiders, robots and crawlers to download or scrape data, except search engines and public archives; they do not address an agent making a reservation for a person, and no agent programme was found. Read 2026-10-15: https://getbento.com/terms ## Score breakdown | Component | Points | Available | |---|---|---| | Reachable | 25 | 25 | | Readable | 8 | 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/merrimanshawaii.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: 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: no Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/merrimanshawaii.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/merrimanshawaii.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=merrimanshawaii.com&force=1