# Niu Japanese Fusion: Agent-Direct Score A (87.7%)

Site: http://www.niusushi.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/niusushi.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.)
Niu Japanese Fusion is ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open Niu Japanese Fusion's website. It can read what Niu Japanese Fusion offers. To book or order, it is sent to Resy, a marketplace.

## Direct links
- Order directly: https://order.toasttab.com/online/niusushi (through toast acting for the business)
- Menu: https://www.niusushi.com/projects-2
- Phone: 312-527-2888
- Address: East Illinois Street 332 60611 Chicago

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Niu Japanese Fusion that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Birdman Ramen (330 m): https://directindex.org/r/birdman-ramen.com
- Gyu-Kaku (340 m): https://directindex.org/r/gyu-kaku.com
- Miru (440 m): https://directindex.org/r/mirurestaurant.com
- Sushi-san (970 m): https://directindex.org/r/sushisanrestaurant.com
- Benihana (970 m): https://directindex.org/r/benihana.com

## What to fix first
- **Booking only through resy.** (+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

## 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.
- **Structured data found (Restaurant).** address, phone, opening hours
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.
- **Ordering through toast on your own domain.** There's no marketplace commission, and the customer stays yours.
- **Toast works with agents through its partners.** Toast's guest terms could not be read on 2026-10-15 (bot challenge); since August 2026 Google's Ask Maps completes orders at Toast restaurants through Toast Local under the UCP for Food standard. Terms read on 2026-10-15: https://www.digitaltransactions.net/square-toast-jump-into-ai-boosted-google-maps/. An assistant that isn't a partner may not be able to finish there. A direct path on your own domain works for all of them.

## Where it stands
398 of 3640 in Chicago. Top 11% 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 | 94% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 94% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 58% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 29% | yes |

Nearest places with a similar menu: Birdman Ramen (B, 326 m, https://directindex.org/r/birdman-ramen.com); Ron of Japan (D, 329 m, https://directindex.org/r/rojfordinner.com); Gyu-Kaku (B, 335 m, https://directindex.org/r/gyu-kaku.com); Miru (C, 437 m, https://directindex.org/r/mirurestaurant.com); Omakase by Kanemaru (B, 879 m, https://directindex.org/r/omakaseroom.com); Sushi-san (C, 972 m, https://directindex.org/r/sushisanrestaurant.com); Benihana (A, 972 m, https://directindex.org/r/benihana.com); Friends Sushi Izakaya (B, 1030 m, https://directindex.org/r/friendssushiizakaya.com); Roka Akor (A, 1048 m, https://directindex.org/r/rokaakor.com); Ryo Sushi (F, 1144 m, https://directindex.org/r/ryosushi.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 Chicago and named 57 places. Niu Japanese Fusion wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/chicago/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with Wix 53% (30% A or B, 24646 sites); Sites using Resy 67% (45% A or B, 830 sites); Sites using Toast 72% (57% A or B, 3305 sites); This site 87.7%.

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

## Businesses like Niu Japanese Fusion in Chicago

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Chicago | 3640 | 52% | 35% | 87.7% |
| Sites built with Wix in Chicago | 238 | 65% | 50% | 87.7% |
| Sites using Resy in Chicago | 89 | 72% | 55% | 87.7% |
| Sites built with Wix and using Resy in Chicago | 7 | 73% | 71% | 87.7% |

The best of the sites built with Wix and using Resy in Chicago: Shang Noodle (A 90.8%, https://directindex.org/r/shangnoodleandchinese.com); Amor Y Tequila (B 76.9%, https://directindex.org/r/amorytequilachicago.com); Fiya (B 72.3%, https://directindex.org/r/fiyarestaurant.com); Jerry's Sandwiches (B 72.3%, https://directindex.org/r/jerryssandwiches.com); Taquizo (C 66.2%, https://directindex.org/r/taquizo.com).

With the fix above (Booking only through resy), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 104th of 3,640 in Chicago, up from 398th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Niu Japanese Fusion, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/niusushi.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: https://order.toasttab.com/online/niusushi (vendor on own site: Toast; found by the scan of 2026-10-23, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://www.niusushi.com/projects-2 (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: 312-527-2888
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/niusushi.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/niusushi.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): yes
- 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
- Vendor terms for agents, Toast: Through partners. Toast's guest terms could not be read on 2026-10-15 (bot challenge); since August 2026 Google's Ask Maps completes orders at Toast restaurants through Toast Local under the UCP for Food standard. Read 2026-10-15: https://www.digitaltransactions.net/square-toast-jump-into-ai-boosted-google-maps/

Found one hop past the home page: menu page /projects-2: almost no text without JavaScript.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 22 | 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/niusushi.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: yes
- 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: yes
- 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/niusushi.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/niusushi.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=niusushi.com&force=1