# Nikko Hibachi: Agent-Direct Score D (50.8%)

Site: http://www.nikkohibachiny.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/nikkohibachiny.com
Scanned: 2026-10-23 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Nikko Hibachi is hard for agents to use.
An AI assistant can open Nikko Hibachi's website. What Nikko Hibachi offers is in a PDF or an image, and assistants read those badly. It finds a way to book or order directly, through onlineorder.abcpos.com.

## Direct links
- Menu: http://www.nikkohibachiny.com/menu.pdf
- Phone: 7188208818
- Address: Union Turnpike 177-21 11366 Fresh Meadows

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Nikko Hibachi that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Mira Sushi (1.8 km): https://directindex.org/r/mirasushi.com
- Top Notch Sushi (2.7 km): https://directindex.org/r/topnotchsushiny.com
- Hado (3.1 km): https://directindex.org/r/hadosushi.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
- **Ordering through an unrecognised third party.** (+9 points) Check that the provider keeps your business as the seller of record. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/online-ordering-without-delivery-apps
- **No working HTTPS.** (+3 points) The page is only served over plain http. Browsers and agents rank it lower or refuse it.
- **Menu or price list is a PDF.** (+3 points) Most agents skip PDFs or read them badly. Publish it as an HTML page and keep the PDF as a download. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai
- **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

## 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": "Nikko Hibachi",
  "url": "http://www.nikkohibachiny.com/",
  "telephone": "7188208818",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Union Turnpike 177-21",
    "postalCode": "11366",
    "addressLocality": "Fresh Meadows"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 40.7264224,
    "longitude": -73.7901719
  },
  "servesCuisine": [
    "sushi",
    "steak house"
  ],
  "hasMenu": "http://www.nikkohibachiny.com/menu.pdf"
}
</script>
```

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

```
# Nikko Hibachi

> restaurant (sushi, steak house) in Union Turnpike 177-21 11366 Fresh Meadows, New York. Phone 7188208818.

## Book or order directly

- Menu: http://www.nikkohibachiny.com/menu.pdf

## About

- Website: http://www.nikkohibachiny.com/
- 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.

## Where it stands
6265 of 11171 in New York. Top 56% 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 | 95% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 96% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 59% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 25% | no |

Nearest places with a similar menu: Otoro (C, 184 m, https://directindex.org/r/otoromiami.com); Tokyo (F, 1478 m, https://directindex.org/r/tokyosteakhousenyc.com); Zen (F, 1750 m, https://directindex.org/r/zenqueens.com); Mira Sushi (B, 1843 m, https://directindex.org/r/mirasushi.com); Hapisgah (D, 2225 m, https://directindex.org/r/hapisgah.com); Sushi Meshuga (D, 2555 m, https://directindex.org/r/sushimeshuga.com); Top Notch Sushi (C, 2706 m, https://directindex.org/r/topnotchsushiny.com); Hado (C, 3077 m, https://directindex.org/r/hadosushi.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 13 everyday questions about New York and named 69 places. Nikko Hibachi wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/new-york/recommended


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

## Businesses like Nikko Hibachi in New York

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in New York | 11171 | 52% | 34% | 50.8% |

The best of the businesses of the same kind in New York: 3 Guys Sushi (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/3guyssushi.com); 3rd Ave Deli Gourmet and Juice Bar (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/3rdavegourmet.com); 57s All American Grill (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/57sburger.com); 8-Bit Bites (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/8bitbitesusa.com); A1 Asian Fusion (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/a1asianfusion.com).

With the three fixes above (No structured data for the business; Ordering through an unrecognised third party; No working HTTPS), the score would be about 90.8%. That would be 841st of 11,171 in New York, up from 6265th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Nikko Hibachi, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/nikkohibachiny.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: http://www.nikkohibachiny.com/menu.pdf (pdf; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: 7188208818
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/nikkohibachiny.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

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 22 | 25 |
| Readable | 5 | 25 |
| Actionable | 6 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Level 0 of 5, Not Ready. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/nikkohibachiny.com
- Link headers on the homepage: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/link-headers/SKILL.md)
- sitemap.xml: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/sitemap/SKILL.md)
- 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/nikkohibachiny.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/nikkohibachiny.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=nikkohibachiny.com&force=1
