# Middle Eastern Restaurant: Agent-Direct Score B (74.8%)

Site: http://www.middleeasternrestaurant.com.au/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/middleeasternrestaurant.com.au
Scanned: 2026-10-18 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Middle Eastern Restaurant is mostly ready for agents.
Some AI assistants are turned away by Middle Eastern Restaurant's website. It can read what Middle Eastern Restaurant offers. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.

## Direct links
- Book directly: http://www.middleeasternrestaurant.com.au/#contact (on the business's own site)
- Menu: http://www.middleeasternrestaurant.com.au/#menu
- Phone: +61 3 9384 1931

## What to fix first
- Prices: 56 prices on the site, the middle one A$8.00

## What the site tells visitors (Measured, not scored)
- **56 prices on the landing page, the middle one A$8.00.** In Melbourne, the middle price of comparable sites that show prices is A$18.00.

- **The server turns AI crawlers away at the door.** (+6.7 points) Requests as GPTBot (http_403), ClaudeBot (http_403) were refused, but a normal browser got the page. That's usually a bot list at the host or in a firewall that the owner never chose. Ask the host to allow these user agents. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing
- **robots.txt blocks GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended.** (+3.7 points) These are the crawlers behind ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Google's AI features. Remove the Disallow lines for them, or add explicit Allow rules. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/robots-txt-for-ai-agents
- **No working HTTPS.** (+3 points) The page is only served over plain http. Browsers and agents rank it lower or refuse it.
- **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
- **The phone number on the site doesn't match the open map data.** The site shows 0406664357, but OpenStreetMap or Overture Maps lists +61 3 9384 1931. An assistant that sees two numbers can't tell which one to trust. Fix whichever is wrong, on the site or in the map data at openstreetmap.org.

## Fix kit: What to paste

robots.txt. Add these lines to /robots.txt and delete any Disallow rule that names these crawlers.

```
# Let AI assistants read the site: they send people to you; a marketplace keeps them.
# Remove any Disallow lines for these names elsewhere in this file.
User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /

User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /

User-agent: Claude-User
Allow: /

User-agent: Perplexity-User
Allow: /
```

llms.txt. Save as /llms.txt at the root of the site.

```
# Middle Eastern Restaurant

> restaurant in Sydney Road 141, Melbourne. Phone +61 3 9384 1931.

## Book or order directly

- Book: http://www.middleeasternrestaurant.com.au/#contact (on the business's own site)
- Menu: http://www.middleeasternrestaurant.com.au/#menu

## About

- Website: http://www.middleeasternrestaurant.com.au/
- This file follows llms.txt (https://llmstxt.org): a short plain-text description for language models.
```

## Already right
- **Structured data found (Restaurant).** address, phone, opening hours
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.
- **Booking on your own site.** Agents can book without going through a marketplace.

## Where it stands
935 of 4394 in Melbourne. Top 21% 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 | 91% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 95% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 51% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 27% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Zara (F, 90 m, https://directindex.org/r/zararestaurant.com.au); Lazzat Kadah (F, 278 m, https://directindex.org/r/lazzatkadah.com.au); Antalya (C, 321 m, https://directindex.org/r/businessinabox.com.au); Coburg Pizza (B, 341 m, https://directindex.org/r/coburg-pizza.com.au); Hotel Lombardo (C, 419 m, https://directindex.org/r/hotellombardo.com.au); Aghadeer Restaurant and Reception (D, 514 m, https://directindex.org/r/aghadeer.com.au); Peshawri - Brunswick (F, 534 m, https://directindex.org/r/peshawri.com.au); Bilal (F, 553 m, https://directindex.org/r/bilalrestaurant.com.au); Zaatar (F, 706 m, https://directindex.org/r/zaatar.com.au); Flakes on Sydney Road (F, 996 m, https://directindex.org/r/orderup.com.au).

## 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 Melbourne and named 56 places. Middle Eastern Restaurant wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/melbourne/recommended


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

## Businesses like Middle Eastern Restaurant in Melbourne

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Melbourne | 4394 | 56% | 32% | 74.8% |

The best of the businesses of the same kind in Melbourne: Afghan Central Restaurant (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/afghancentral.com.au); An Di (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/andivietnamese.com.au); Aurelle Café & Restaurant (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/aurelles.com.au); Añada (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/anada.com.au); BAMBU Asian Eating House (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/eatbambu.com.au).

With the three fixes above (The server turns AI crawlers away at the door; robots.txt blocks GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended; No working HTTPS), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 96th of 4,394 in Melbourne, up from 935th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Middle Eastern Restaurant, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/middleeasternrestaurant.com.au
- Book: http://www.middleeasternrestaurant.com.au/#contact (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-18, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: http://www.middleeasternrestaurant.com.au/#menu (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +61 3 9384 1931
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/middleeasternrestaurant.com.au/book, https://directindex.org/go/middleeasternrestaurant.com.au/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 | 11.6 | 25 |
| Readable | 22 | 25 |
| Actionable | 15 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Level 2 of 5, Bot-Aware. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/middleeasternrestaurant.com.au
- 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: yes
- 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: 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: yes

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