# Mizu Izakaya: Agent-Direct Score D (49.2%)

Site: http://www.mizudenver.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/mizudenver.com
Scanned: 2026-10-25 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Mizu Izakaya is hard for agents to use.
AI assistants can't open Mizu Izakaya's website, so they go by what other sites say about it.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://mizudenver.com/reservations%2Fevents (on the business's own site)
- Order directly: https://www.toasttab.com/local/order/mizu-izakaya/r-b9f15a49-e8dd-4ccb-b66b-53c65830d3fc?diningOption=takeout&rwg_token=AAiGsoaFIUOvhA61GdfVD_UNHz4l6GB7YdW-3EFnIObfbMmdvjShJqQ620w5xZ4kSF1Cde5qZx5uBHL4hwiu13OCxwXiuiQXLA%3D%3D (through toast acting for the business)
- Phone: +1 720 372 7100
- Address: Boulder Street 1560 80211 Denver

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Mizu Izakaya that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Maine Shack (100 m): https://directindex.org/r/maineshack.com
- Ohana Island Kitchen (120 m): https://directindex.org/r/ohanadenver.com
- Rush Bowls (160 m): https://directindex.org/r/rushbowls.com
- Bamboo Sushi (270 m): https://directindex.org/r/bamboosushi.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
- **Menu or price list is on another site.** (+5 points) The link goes to squarespace.com, so that site gets the credit and the visits. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** There's no robots.txt, which means everything is allowed.
- **Structured data found (LocalBusiness).** address, phone, opening hours
- **Booking on your own site.** Agents can book without going through a marketplace.
- **Ordering through toast on your own domain.** There's no marketplace commission, and the customer stays yours.

## Since the scan of 2026-10-23 (D then)
- Fixed: nothing
- New: nothing

## Where it stands
919 of 1435 in Denver. Top 64% 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 | 98% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 91% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 64% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 33% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Vita Restaurant (C, 51 m, https://directindex.org/r/vitadenver.com); Maine Shack (B, 100 m, https://directindex.org/r/maineshack.com); Ohana Island Kitchen (C, 115 m, https://directindex.org/r/ohanadenver.com); Alma Fonda Fina (C, 141 m, https://directindex.org/r/almalohidenver.com); Mezcaleria Alma (C, 144 m, https://directindex.org/r/mezcaleriaalma.com); Rush Bowls (B, 156 m, https://directindex.org/r/rushbowls.com); Blossom by SYC (F, 179 m, https://directindex.org/r/blossombysyc.com); Modis in the City (F, 243 m, https://directindex.org/r/modisinthecity.com); Dave's Hot Chicken (D, 260 m, https://directindex.org/r/daveshotchicken.com); Bamboo Sushi (C, 273 m, https://directindex.org/r/bamboosushi.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 Denver and named 54 places. Mizu Izakaya wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/denver/recommended


Score over 2 scans since 2026-10-23: 2026-10-23 49%, 2026-10-25 49%.

Compared with its peers: Sites built with Squarespace 61% (41% A or B, 33756 sites); Sites using Toast 73% (62% A or B, 6735 sites); This site 49.2%.

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

## Businesses like Mizu Izakaya in Denver

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Denver | 1435 | 56% | 39% | 49.2% |
| Sites built with Squarespace in Denver | 154 | 71% | 61% | 49.2% |
| Sites using Toast in Denver | 180 | 74% | 64% | 49.2% |
| Sites built with Squarespace and using Toast in Denver | 46 | 78% | 80% | 49.2% |

The best of the sites built with Squarespace and using Toast in Denver: Marco's Pizza (A 95%, https://directindex.org/r/marcoscfp.com); Stowaway Kitchen (A 95%, https://directindex.org/r/stowawaydenver.com); Hop Alley (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/hopalleydenver.com); Safta (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/eatwithsafta.com); Rhein Haus Denver (A 90.8%, https://directindex.org/r/rheinhausdenver.com).

With the two fixes above (The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included; Menu or price list is on another site), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 47th of 1,435 in Denver, up from 919th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Mizu Izakaya, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/mizudenver.com
- Book: https://mizudenver.com/reservations%2Fevents (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-25, not yet tested)
- Order: https://www.toasttab.com/local/order/mizu-izakaya/r-b9f15a49-e8dd-4ccb-b66b-53c65830d3fc?diningOption=takeout&rwg_token=AAiGsoaFIUOvhA61GdfVD_UNHz4l6GB7YdW-3EFnIObfbMmdvjShJqQ620w5xZ4kSF1Cde5qZx5uBHL4hwiu13OCxwXiuiQXLA%3D%3D (vendor on own site: Toast; found by the scan of 2026-10-25, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://mizudenver.squarespace.com/ (external; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +1 720 372 7100
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/mizudenver.com/book, https://directindex.org/go/mizudenver.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/mizudenver.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 (Toast): yes

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 | 17 | 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/mizudenver.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/mizudenver.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=mizudenver.com&force=1