# Old School Barbecue Bus: Agent-Direct Score C (61.5%)

Site: https://www.theoldschoolbbqbus.co.uk/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/oldschoolbbq.co.uk
Scanned: 2026-10-18 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Old School Barbecue Bus is partly visible to agents.
AI assistants can't open Old School Barbecue Bus's website, so they go by what other sites say about it.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://oldschoolbbq.co.uk/tickets/ (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://oldschoolbbq.co.uk/menu/
- Phone: +44 161 682 5006

## What to fix first
- Prices: 3 prices on the site, the middle one £18.95

## What the site tells visitors (Measured, not scored)
- **3 prices on the landing page, the middle one £18.95.** 

- **The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included.** (+25 points) A plain fetch was refused (TimeoutError: The operation was aborted due to timeout). 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

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** No rule blocks the main AI user agents.
- **Structured data found (Restaurant).** address, phone, opening hours
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.
- **Booking on your own site.** Agents can book without going through a marketplace.

## Where it stands
184 of 370 in Manchester. Top 50% 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 | 87% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 95% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 58% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 29% | no |

Nearest places in the index: BurgerEats (B, 1197 m, https://directindex.org/r/burger-eats.com); Indish (B, 1387 m, https://directindex.org/r/indishrestaurant.co.uk); Tasties (C, 1693 m, https://directindex.org/r/tastiesmoston.com); Prime Pizza (C, 1718 m, https://directindex.org/r/primepizzamoston.co.uk); Kurry Hut (C, 1724 m, https://directindex.org/r/kurryhutonline.co.uk); Desi Lounge (C, 2124 m, https://directindex.org/r/desiloungerestaurant.co.uk); Corner Slice (F, 2280 m, https://directindex.org/r/cornerslicemcr.com); Cake Box (C, 2283 m, https://directindex.org/r/cakebox.com); Greggs Outlet (C, 3082 m, https://directindex.org/r/greggs.com); Cafe East Oldham (D, 3215 m, https://directindex.org/r/cafeeast.co.uk).

## 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 Manchester and named 90 places. Old School Barbecue Bus wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/manchester/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with WordPress 58% (30% A or B, 68857 sites); This site 61.5%.

See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/oldschoolbbq.co.uk/agent-view

## Businesses like Old School Barbecue Bus in Manchester

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Manchester | 370 | 57% | 38% | 61.5% |
| Sites built with WordPress in Manchester | 105 | 68% | 51% | 61.5% |

The best of the sites built with WordPress in Manchester: Fazenda (A 96.3%, https://directindex.org/r/fogodechao.uk); Pho (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/phocafe.co.uk); Maki & Ramen (A 90%, https://directindex.org/r/makiramen.com); Tattu (A 90%, https://directindex.org/r/tattu.co.uk); Canto (A 88.8%, https://directindex.org/r/cantorestaurant.com).

With the fix above (The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included), the score would be about 100%, which would be first of 370 in Manchester.

## The direct record
What agents get for Old School Barbecue Bus, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/oldschoolbbq.co.uk
- Book: https://oldschoolbbq.co.uk/tickets/ (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-18, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://oldschoolbbq.co.uk/menu/ (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: We-Th 16:00-22:00; Fr-Sa 12:00-23:00; Su 12:00-22:00 (open now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +44 161 682 5006
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/oldschoolbbq.co.uk/book, https://directindex.org/go/oldschoolbbq.co.uk/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

Only a real browser got this page (a plain fetch got TimeoutError: The operation was aborted due to timeout); Readable and Actionable were measured on the rendered page.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 0 | 25 |
| Readable | 25 | 25 |
| Actionable | 15 | 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/oldschoolbbq.co.uk/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/oldschoolbbq.co.uk/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=oldschoolbbq.co.uk&force=1