# NoodleBox: Agent-Direct Score D (42.7%) Site: https://www.noodlebox.co.za/ Report: https://directindex.org/r/noodlebox.co.za Scanned: 2026-10-24 (Provisional, with the action test still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.) NoodleBox is hard for agents to use. An AI assistant can open NoodleBox's website. It can't find a menu or price list, so it answers from other sites. It can't find a link to book or order online. ## Direct links - Phone: +27 72 875 4253 - Address: Andringa Street 2 - Hours, from OpenStreetMap: Mon–Sun 11:30–20:30 - Outdoor seating (OpenStreetMap) ## Nearby, also direct Places near NoodleBox that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between. - The Stellenbosch Kitchen (30 m): https://directindex.org/r/stellenboschkitchen.co.za - Java (50 m): https://directindex.org/r/javabistro.net ## What to fix first - **No structured data for the business.** (+15 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 - **No booking or ordering link on the website.** (+15 points) There's no link on the site for an agent to follow. If you take bookings or orders through a platform, link to it from the site so agents can find it. Add a booking or ordering page on your own domain. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website - **No menu or price list found.** (+7 points) Agents answer 'what do they offer?' from marketplaces instead. Add a page with the menu or price list and link to it from the homepage. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai - **Almost no text without JavaScript.** (+2 points) Crawlers that don't run scripts see an empty page. Put the menu, hours and address in plain HTML. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/website-blank-without-javascript - **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 ``` llms.txt. Save as /llms.txt at the root of the site. ``` # NoodleBox > restaurant (asian) in Andringa Street 2, Stellenbosch. Phone +27 72 875 4253. ## Opening hours 11:30-20:30 ## About - Website: https://www.noodlebox.co.za/ - 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 28 of 31 in Stellenbosch. Top 90% 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 | 80% | no | | Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 90% | no | | Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 80% | yes | | Structured data with address, phone and hours | 30% | no | | Have an llms.txt | 60% | no | Nearest places in the index: SushiBox (C, 5 m, https://directindex.org/r/sushibox.co.za); The Stellenbosch Kitchen (B, 26 m, https://directindex.org/r/stellenboschkitchen.co.za); Java (B, 51 m, https://directindex.org/r/javabistro.net); Hygge hygge (D, 71 m, https://directindex.org/r/hyggestellenbosch.com); Helena's Restaurant (B, 86 m, https://directindex.org/r/helenasrestaurant.co.za); MERTIA (C, 133 m, https://directindex.org/r/mertia.co.za); Dusk (C, 155 m, https://directindex.org/r/duskrestaurant.co.za); Senobia (C, 162 m, https://directindex.org/r/eendracht-hotel.com); Stud. (D, 163 m, https://directindex.org/r/studtheburgershop.co.za); The Pottery (C, 190 m, https://directindex.org/r/thepottery.co.za). ## What assistants answer Asked on 2026-10-28 with web search on. 67% of the answers pointed to the business's own site or to a vendor working for it. That share is the Cited part of the score. | Assistant | Official website? | Where to book? | Where to order? | |---|---|---|---| | ChatGPT | own site | own site | marketplace: ubereats | | Gemini | own site | own site | other site: mrd.com | The assistants were asked 22 everyday questions about Stellenbosch and named 100 places. NoodleBox wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/stellenbosch/recommended **What ChatGPT said, Official website? (2026-10-28):** https://www.noodlebox.co.za/ (noodlebox.co.za (https://www.noodlebox.co.za/?utmsource=openai)) **What ChatGPT said, Where to book? (2026-10-28):** NoodleBox in Stellenbosch doesn’t take bookings—it’s walk-in only. You can see their locations and contact details here: https://www.noodlebox.co.za/find-us (noodlebox.co.za (https://www.noodlebox.co.za/find-us?utmsource=openai)) **What ChatGPT said, Where to order? (2026-10-28):** You can order delivery from NoodleBox Stellenbosch on Uber Eats: Order online (https://www.ubereats.com/za/store/noodle-box-stellenbosch/M0bvTNKnWc6XuZdG93Z1mA?diningMode=DELIVERY). **What Gemini said, Official website? (2026-10-28):** The official website of NoodleBox, a restaurant in Stellenbosch, South Africa, is noodlebox.co.za. **What Gemini said, Where to book? (2026-10-28):** NoodleBox in Stellenbosch operates on a "first come, first served" basis and does not take online table bookings. Therefore, there is no link available to book a table online. However, you can order online for collection or delivery. NoodleBox offers an online ordering system through its website. You can also find them on delivery platforms such as Uber Eats and Mr D. **What Gemini said, Where to order? (2026-10-28):** To order food online from NoodleBox in Stellenbosch, South Africa, you can use the Mr D Food delivery service. You can place your order using this link: NoodleBox Stellenbosch on Mr D Food See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/noodlebox.co.za/agent-view ## Why the assistants send people elsewhere Why (2026-10-28): ChatGPT sent people to Uber Eats and Gemini sent them to Mr D Food because NoodleBox's website had no ordering link and almost no readable text without JavaScript. ## Businesses like NoodleBox in Stellenbosch | Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site | |---|---|---|---|---| | Businesses of the same kind in Stellenbosch | 31 | 65% | 42% | 42.7% | The best of the businesses of the same kind in Stellenbosch: Fishaways (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/fishaways.co.za); Debonairs Pizza (A 90%, https://directindex.org/r/debonairspizza.co.za); Rocco & Riley (A 88.6%, https://directindex.org/r/roccoandriley.co.za); Spek & Bone (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/bertusbasson.com); De Vier (B 83.2%, https://directindex.org/r/devier.co.za). With the three fixes above (No structured data for the business; No booking or ordering link on the website; No menu or price list found), the score would be about 86.2%. That would be 4th of 31 in Stellenbosch, up from 28th. ## The direct record What agents get for NoodleBox, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/noodlebox.co.za - Book: none on record - Order: none on record - Menu: none on record - Hours: 11:30-20:30 (open now) (from OpenStreetMap) - Phone: +27 72 875 4253 ## 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 | 23 | 25 | | Readable | 0 | 25 | | Actionable | 0 | 15 (the action test: pending) | | Cited | 13.3 | 20 | ## Agent readiness (Cloudflare) Level 1 of 5, Basic Web Presence. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/noodlebox.co.za - 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: 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/noodlebox.co.za/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/noodlebox.co.za/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=noodlebox.co.za&force=1