# Noodle Lane: Agent-Direct Score B (72.3%)

Site: https://www.noodlelane.com
Report: https://directindex.org/r/noodlelane.com
Scanned: 2026-10-14 (Provisional: the action test and the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.)
Noodle Lane is mostly ready for agents.

## Direct links
- Order directly: https://www.toasttab.com/noodlelane/giftcards (through toast acting for the business)
- Menu: https://www.noodlelane.com/s/NL-menu-Aug2026-1.pdf
- Phone: +1-347-599-2009

## What to fix first
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+7 points) Missing: address, telephone, opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **Menu or price list is a PDF.** (+3 points) Most agents skip PDFs or read them badly. Publish it as HTML, keep the PDF as a download. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai
- **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

Structured data (JSON-LD). One block in the page's head, or in the builder's custom-code slot. Replace anything that is wrong.

```html
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Restaurant",
  "name": "Noodle Lane",
  "url": "https://www.noodlelane.com",
  "telephone": "+1-347-599-2009",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 40.6701163,
    "longitude": -73.9790899
  },
  "openingHours": "Mo,We-Su 11:30-21:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Monday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday",
        "Friday",
        "Saturday",
        "Sunday"
      ],
      "opens": "11:30",
      "closes": "21:00"
    }
  ],
  "servesCuisine": [
    "chinese"
  ],
  "hasMenu": "https://www.noodlelane.com/s/NL-menu-Aug2026-1.pdf",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "OrderAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://www.toasttab.com/noodlelane/giftcards",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

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

```
# Noodle Lane

> restaurant (chinese) in New York. Phone +1-347-599-2009.

## Book or order directly

- Order: https://www.toasttab.com/noodlelane/giftcards (through toast acting for the business)
- Menu: https://www.noodlelane.com/s/NL-menu-Aug2026-1.pdf

## Opening hours

Mo,We-Su 11:30-21:00

## About

- Website: https://www.noodlelane.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 key AI user agents.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all received a normal response.
- **Structured data present (LocalBusiness).** but without address, phone or hours
- **Ordering through toast on your own domain.** No marketplace commission, and the guest 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. Read 2026-10-15: https://www.digitaltransactions.net/square-toast-jump-into-ai-boosted-google-maps/. An assistant that is not a partner may not finish the step there; a direct path on your own domain works for all of them.

## Where it stands
1612 of 4270 in New York. Top 38% 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 | 100% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 99% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 94% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 50% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 13% | no |

Nearest places with a similar menu: Petite Dumpling (D, 542 m, https://directindex.org/r/petitedumpling.com); Hunan Delight (F, 591 m, https://directindex.org/r/hunandelightbk.com); Mr. Wonton (C, 663 m, https://directindex.org/r/mrwontonbk.com); East Wind Snack Shop (D, 781 m, https://directindex.org/r/eastwindsnackshop.com); Dragon King (B, 1496 m, https://directindex.org/r/eatdragonking.com); Oh! Dumpling (B, 1864 m, https://directindex.org/r/ohdumplings.com); Luo's Burgers (C, 2147 m, https://directindex.org/r/luosburgers.com); Yummy Chinese (A, 2468 m, https://directindex.org/r/yummychinesebrooklyn.com); Sal Tang's (B, 2473 m, https://directindex.org/r/saltangs.com); Zhongzhong Noodles (F, 2608 m, https://directindex.org/r/zhongzhong.us).

## 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.

Against its peers: Sites built with Squarespace 65% (48% A or B, 7098 sites); Sites using Toast 74% (63% A or B, 1884 sites); This site 72.3%.

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

## Businesses like Noodle Lane in New York

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same kind in New York | 4270 | 52% | 40% | 72.3% |
| Built with Squarespace in New York | 584 | 74% | 65% | 72.3% |
| Using Toast in New York | 324 | 77% | 69% | 72.3% |
| Built with Squarespace and using Toast in New York | 94 | 76% | 70% | 72.3% |

The best of Built with Squarespace and using Toast in New York: Fitzgerald's 1928 (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/fitzgeralds1928.com); Red Rooster Harlem (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/redroosterharlem.com); BLACKBARN Restaurant (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/blackbarnrestaurant.com); Beach Cafe (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/thebeachcafe.com); Bierhaus NYC (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/bierhausnyc.com).

With the two fixes above (Structured data is incomplete; Menu or price list is a PDF) the score would be about 87.7%: 471st of 4,270 in New York, up from 1612th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Noodle Lane, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/noodlelane.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: https://www.toasttab.com/noodlelane/giftcards (vendor on own site: Toast; found by the scan of 2026-10-14, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://www.noodlelane.com/s/NL-menu-Aug2026-1.pdf (pdf; from the scan)
- Hours: Mo,We-Su 11:30-21:00 (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +1-347-599-2009
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/noodlelane.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/noodlelane.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): not measured
- ACP discovery document (/.well-known/acp.json, OpenAI and Stripe's Agentic Commerce Protocol): not measured
- 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): not measured
- 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/

Not measured at this scan; the next scan measures it.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 12 | 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/noodlelane.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: 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

Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/noodlelane.com/deep. Ten questions the way people ask, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF: 19 EUR, one-off.
Methodology: https://directindex.org/methodology · Rescan now: https://directindex.org/scan?url=noodlelane.com&force=1