# Oceana: Agent-Direct Score A (92.3%)

Site: http://www.oceanarestaurant.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/oceanarestaurant.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.)
Oceana is ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open Oceana's website. It can read what Oceana offers. It finds a way to book or order directly, through ChowNow.

## Direct links
- Order directly: https://order.chownow.com/order/7659/locations?cn_script=true (through chownow acting for the business)
- Menu: https://www.oceanarestaurant.com/menus/
- Phone: +12127595941
- Address: 120 W 49th St, 10020, New York
- Its menu mentions: vegan options, vegetarian dishes

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Oceana that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Le Bernardin (190 m): https://directindex.org/r/le-bernardin.com
- Blue Fin (260 m): https://directindex.org/r/bluefinnyc.com
- Big Blue Seafood & Grill (420 m): https://directindex.org/r/bigblueseafoodandgrill.com
- Grand Salon at Baccarat Hotel (430 m): https://directindex.org/r/baccarathotels.com
- Bubba Gump Shrimp Company (440 m): https://directindex.org/r/bubbagump.com

## What to fix first
- **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

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

```
# Oceana

> food establishment (seafood) in 120 W 49th St, 10020, New York, New York. Phone +12127595941.

## Book or order directly

- Order: https://order.chownow.com/order/7659/locations?cn_script=true (through chownow acting for the business)
- Menu: https://www.oceanarestaurant.com/menus/

## About

- Website: http://www.oceanarestaurant.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.
- **Structured data found (FoodEstablishment).** address, phone, opening hours
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.
- **Ordering through chownow on your own domain.** There's no marketplace commission, and the customer stays yours.

## Where it stands
775 of 11000 in New York. Top 7% 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 | 95% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 96% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 59% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 25% | no |

Nearest places with a similar menu: Pebble Bar (B, 163 m, https://directindex.org/r/pebblebarnyc.com); Le Bernardin (D, 191 m, https://directindex.org/r/le-bernardin.com); Blue Fin (A, 261 m, https://directindex.org/r/bluefinnyc.com); Limani (F, 339 m, https://directindex.org/r/limani.com); Big Blue Seafood & Grill (A, 421 m, https://directindex.org/r/bigblueseafoodandgrill.com); Grand Salon at Baccarat Hotel (B, 430 m, https://directindex.org/r/baccarathotels.com); Bubba Gump Shrimp Company (B, 443 m, https://directindex.org/r/bubbagump.com); The Mermaid Bar (A, 455 m, https://directindex.org/r/themermaidnyc.com); Akoya (C, 584 m, https://directindex.org/r/theknickerbocker.com); Bob's Steak & Chop House (B, 605 m, https://directindex.org/r/omnihotels.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. Oceana wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/new-york/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with BentoBox 81% (87% A or B, 2052 sites); Sites using ChowNow 73% (54% A or B, 970 sites); This site 92.3%.

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

## Businesses like Oceana in New York

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in New York | 11000 | 52% | 34% | 92.3% |
| Sites built with BentoBox in New York | 532 | 83% | 89% | 92.3% |
| Sites using ChowNow in New York | 217 | 75% | 59% | 92.3% |
| Sites built with BentoBox and using ChowNow in New York | 12 | 86% | 100% | 92.3% |

The best of the sites built with BentoBox and using ChowNow in New York: Gino's (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/ginosbayridge.com); Calexico - East Village (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/calexico.com); Javelina (A 90.8%, https://directindex.org/r/javelinatexmex.com); Calexico (A 87.7%, https://directindex.org/r/calexico.com); Patricia's I Brick Oven Pizza & Pasta (A 87.7%, https://directindex.org/r/emiliosofmorrispark.com).

## The direct record
What agents get for Oceana, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/oceanarestaurant.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: https://order.chownow.com/order/7659/locations?cn_script=true (vendor on own site: ChowNow; found by the scan of 2026-10-23, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://www.oceanarestaurant.com/menus/ (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +12127595941
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/oceanarestaurant.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/oceanarestaurant.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
- Vendor terms for agents, ChowNow: Not stated. ChowNow's customer terms (8 September 2025) bar automated means such as spiders, robots and crawlers to download or scrape data, except search engines; they do not address an agent placing an order for a person, and no agent programme was found. Read 2026-10-15: https://get.chownow.com/terms-of-service

Found one hop past the home page: menu page /menus/: menu schema, ordering via bentobox.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 25 | 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/oceanarestaurant.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: 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: yes

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/oceanarestaurant.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/oceanarestaurant.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=oceanarestaurant.com&force=1