# Noodlehead: Agent-Direct Score F (29.2%)

Site: https://noodleheadpgh.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/noodleheadpgh.com
Scanned: 2026-10-24 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Noodlehead is largely invisible to agents.
AI assistants can't open Noodlehead's website, so they go by what other sites say about it.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://order.spoton.com/so-noodlehead-27259/pittsburgh-pa/69a0a52e5e39032aee40ac54 (through spoton acting for the business)
- Phone: 412%20295-4580
- Address: South Highland Avenue 242 15206 Pittsburgh
- Hours, from OpenStreetMap: Mon–Sun 12:00–22:00
- Outdoor seating (OpenStreetMap)
- Step-free access (OpenStreetMap)
- Prices: 45 prices on the site, the middle one $8.00

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Noodlehead that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Casbah (50 m): https://directindex.org/r/casbah.kitchen
- Honeygrow (370 m): https://directindex.org/r/honeygrow.com
- Reva Modern Indian Cuisine (590 m): https://directindex.org/r/revapgh.com
- Alta Via Pizzeria (790 m): https://directindex.org/r/altaviapizzeria.com
- Jimmy John's (800 m): https://directindex.org/r/jimmyjohns.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 (challenge:checking your browser). 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
- **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
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+6 points) Missing: address, telephone, opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant

## What the site tells visitors (Measured, not scored)
- **45 prices on the landing page, the middle one $8.00.** 

## 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": "Noodlehead",
  "url": "https://noodleheadpgh.com/",
  "telephone": "412%20295-4580",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "South Highland Avenue 242",
    "postalCode": "15206",
    "addressLocality": "Pittsburgh"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 40.4577716,
    "longitude": -79.9252948
  },
  "openingHours": "12:00-22:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Monday",
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday",
        "Friday",
        "Saturday",
        "Sunday"
      ],
      "opens": "12:00",
      "closes": "22:00"
    }
  ],
  "servesCuisine": [
    "thai"
  ],
  "acceptsReservations": "https://order.spoton.com/so-noodlehead-27259/pittsburgh-pa/69a0a52e5e39032aee40ac54",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://order.spoton.com/so-noodlehead-27259/pittsburgh-pa/69a0a52e5e39032aee40ac54",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** There's no robots.txt, which means everything is allowed.
- **Structured data found (Organization).** no address, phone or hours in it
- **Booking through spoton on your own domain.** There's no marketplace commission, and the customer stays yours.

## Where it stands
226 of 250 in Pittsburgh. 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 | 100% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 100% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 92% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 80% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 28% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Casbah (B, 51 m, https://directindex.org/r/casbah.kitchen); CAVA (F, 353 m, https://directindex.org/r/cava.com); Honeygrow (A, 367 m, https://directindex.org/r/honeygrow.com); Reva Modern Indian Cuisine (B, 592 m, https://directindex.org/r/revapgh.com); Ventos (F, 755 m, https://directindex.org/r/ventospizzapgh.com); Alta Via Pizzeria (A, 791 m, https://directindex.org/r/altaviapizzeria.com); Jimmy John's (A, 800 m, https://directindex.org/r/jimmyjohns.com); täkō tôrtä (C, 886 m, https://directindex.org/r/richarddeshantz.com); Verde (B, 963 m, https://directindex.org/r/verdepgh.com); KuJiRa Sushi & Bar (A, 1027 m, https://directindex.org/r/kujirasushi.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 22 everyday questions about Pittsburgh and named 93 places. Noodlehead wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/pittsburgh/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with WordPress 55% (24% A or B, 224455 sites); Sites using SpotOn 78% (68% A or B, 2171 sites); This site 29.2%.

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

## Businesses like Noodlehead in Pittsburgh

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Pittsburgh | 250 | 62% | 45% | 29.2% |
| Sites built with WordPress in Pittsburgh | 55 | 67% | 42% | 29.2% |
| Sites using SpotOn in Pittsburgh | 23 | 74% | 57% | 29.2% |
| Sites built with WordPress and using SpotOn in Pittsburgh | 2 | 61% | 50% | 29.2% |

The best of the sites using SpotOn in Pittsburgh: Genoa Pizza (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/genoapizza.com); Giovanni's Pizza & Pasta (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/ilovegiovannis.com); Grapow (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/grapowpgh.com); Pizza Parma (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/pizzaparma.us); Shady Grove (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/eatshady.com).

With the three fixes above (The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included; No menu or price list found; Structured data is incomplete), the score would be about 87.7%. That would be 45th of 250 in Pittsburgh, up from 226th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Noodlehead, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/noodleheadpgh.com
- Book: https://order.spoton.com/so-noodlehead-27259/pittsburgh-pa/69a0a52e5e39032aee40ac54 (vendor on own site: SpotOn; found by the scan of 2026-10-24, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: 12:00-22:00 (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: 412%20295-4580
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/noodleheadpgh.com/book

## 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
- Vendor terms for agents, SpotOn: Not stated. The terms do not address an agent acting for a person (several bar scraping or data extraction only), could not be read on the date given, or the vendor has not been researched yet.

Only a real browser got this page (a plain fetch got challenge:checking your browser); Readable and Actionable were measured on the rendered page.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 0 | 25 |
| Readable | 9 | 25 |
| Actionable | 10 | 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/noodleheadpgh.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/noodleheadpgh.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=noodleheadpgh.com&force=1