# Nando's: Agent-Direct Score A (86.2%)

Site: https://store.nandos.ae/details/al-raha
Report: https://directindex.org/r/nandos.ae
Scanned: 2026-10-17 (Provisional: the action test and the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.)
Nando's is ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open the website of Nando's. It can read what Nando's offers. It finds a way to book or order directly, through images.nandos.co.za.

## Direct links
- Menu: https://www.nandos.ae/eat/menu
- Phone: +971 600 542525

## What to fix first
- **Ordering through an unrecognised third party.** (+9 points) Check that the provider keeps you as the merchant of record. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/online-ordering-without-delivery-apps
- **No llms.txt.** (no points, still worth doing) Optional today, cheap to add: a short text file describing the business for language models. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/llms-txt-for-a-business

## Fix kit: What to paste

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

```
# Nando's

> restaurant (chicken, portuguese) in Abu Dhabi. Phone +971 600 542525.

## Book or order directly

- Menu: https://www.nandos.ae/eat/menu

## Opening hours

Mo-Su 08:00-01:00

## About

- Website: https://store.nandos.ae/details/al-raha
- 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 key AI user agents.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all received a normal response.
- **Structured data present (LocalBusiness).** address, phone, opening hours
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read items and prices directly.

## Where it stands
2 of 77 in Abu Dhabi. Top 3% of the sites scanned in this index.

| What the top tenth of the index does | Top 10% | This site |
|---|---|---|
| Take bookings or orders on their own domain | 90% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 90% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 90% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 20% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 40% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Graphos Social Kitchen (F, 1363 m, https://directindex.org/r/hilton.com); Jim's Kitchen Table (F, 2315 m, https://directindex.org/r/jims.kitchen); Rozalina (C, 2526 m, https://directindex.org/r/rozalina.ae); Burro Blanco (A, 2571 m, https://directindex.org/r/burroblanco.ae); Matsu (B, 2984 m, https://directindex.org/r/matsu.ae).

## What assistants answer
Not asked yet. Assistants are asked about the top-ranked businesses in each city index, and about every claimed business the moment it is claimed; claim this page to be included.

Recommended when people ask: "I'm feeling like chicken tonight. Where can I order from?" (Claude, Gemini)


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

## Named by Claude and Gemini for "I'm feeling like chicken tonight. Where can I order from?" in Abu Dhabi, October 2026
- "I'm feeling like chicken tonight. Where can I order from?" (2026-10-16): Claude with a link to this site; Gemini with a link to this site. https://directindex.org/city/abu-dhabi/recommended/chicken
Named by 2 of 3 assistants asked. Badge: https://directindex.org/badge/named/nandos.ae.svg

## Businesses like Nando's in Abu Dhabi

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Abu Dhabi | 77 | 49% | 25% | 86.2% |

The best of the businesses of the same kind in Abu Dhabi: Burro Blanco (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/burroblanco.ae); Baja Fresh (B 84.6%, https://directindex.org/r/bajafresh.com); Which Wich? (B 84.6%, https://directindex.org/r/whichwich.com); Matsu (B 83.1%, https://directindex.org/r/matsu.ae); Figaro's Pizza (B 79.5%, https://directindex.org/r/figaros.com).

With the fix above (Ordering through an unrecognised third party) the score would be about 100%: first of 77 in Abu Dhabi.

## The direct record
What agents get for Nando's, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/nandos.ae
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://www.nandos.ae/eat/menu (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: Mo-Su 08:00-01:00 (open now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +971 600 542525
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/nandos.ae/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

Found one hop past the home page: menu page /eat/menu: ordering link (other).

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 25 | 25 |
| Actionable | 6 | 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/nandos.ae
- 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: yes

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/nandos.ae/plan): the assistants asked again every month, with what changed; 2 EUR a month or 19 EUR a year.
Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/nandos.ae/deep. Ten questions the way people ask, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF: 5 EUR, one-off. 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=nandos.ae&force=1