The Direct Index
Report · Belfast · scanned 2026-11-14

Ox

oxbelfast.com is partly visible to agents.

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BookMenuWebsite

Ways to reach Ox directly, with no marketplace in between. Checked 2026-11-14. On the business's own site. Report a mistake

Oxford Street 1 BT1 3LA Belfast

Its menu mentions: allergens, a lunch or set menu

Nearby, also direct

Places near Ox that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.

Owners

The website's grade

Some AI assistants are turned away by Ox's website. It can read what Ox offers. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.

64.2%

41.7 of 65 points available

1/5

agent-readiness level, Basic Web Presence

4

things to fix

Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.

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Named by assistants

Named by Gemini for "I want to book a table for two tonight somewhere romantic" and "A wine bar with small plates tonight. Reserve two seats" in Belfast, November 2026

Each assistant was asked the way people ask, with web search on, for up to three places in Belfast and a link to each one's own site. This business was named in 2 answers, by 1 of the 2 assistants asked.

QuestionNamed byAsked
I want to book a table for two tonight somewhere romantic.Gemini with a link to this site2026-11-14
A wine bar with small plates tonight. Reserve two seats.Gemini with a link to this site2026-11-14

Every place named in Belfast, question by question.

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The badge shows how many of the assistants asked named this business, and the month. It updates after every round.

Named by 1 of 2 assistants, Direct Index

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Assistants

What assistants answer

Each assistant gets three questions about this business: the official website, where to book and where to order. Each cell shows where the answer sent people.

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.

Recommended when people ask:
“I want to book a table for two tonight somewhere romantic.” (Gemini, with a link to this site)
“A wine bar with small plates tonight. Reserve two seats.” (Gemini, with a link to this site)

Where it stands

How Ox compares

Where it stands

Not ranked yet in Belfast

The ranking updates every hour. This site joins it at the next update.

What the top 10% of the index doesTop 10%This site
Take bookings or orders on their own domain60%yes
Publish the menu or price list as HTML20%yes
Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt)80%no
Structured data with address, phone and hours0%no
Have an llms.txt20%no

Compared with its peers

Average scoreA or BThis site
Sites built with WordPress 263,486 sites55%25%64.2%

Nearest places in the index

PlaceDistanceGradeDirect booking or ordering
Zizzi italian182 mAyes
Wagamama asian199 mAyes
Munch regional218 mFyes
Frankie & Benny's american274 mAyes
The National277 mByes
Cosmo international320 mByes
Pizza Punks pizza369 mByes
The Muddlers Club Restaurant389 mByes
Greggs sandwich, bakery402 mCyes
The Chubby Cherub449 mAyes
Businesses like yours

Businesses like Ox in Belfast

GroupSitesAvg scoreA or BThis site
Businesses of the same kind in Belfast550%20%64.2%
Sites built with WordPress in Belfast1171%64%64.2%

After the top fixes

With the three fixes above (No structured data for the business; The server turns AI crawlers away at the door; Almost no text without JavaScript), the score would be about 95.4%, which would be first of 5 in Belfast.

Findings

What to fix first

  1. 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. How to fix it

  2. The server turns AI crawlers away at the door +3.3 points

    Requests as ClaudeBot (http_429) were refused, but a normal browser got the page. That's usually a bot list at the host or in a firewall that the owner never chose. Ask the host to allow these user agents. How to fix it

  3. 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. How to fix it

  4. 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. How to fix it

Send the fixes to your web person

One email with the fixes and the link. Nothing is stored.

No one is listed yet to fix this in Belfast. List your agency or yourself. It's free, and every listing is reviewed by hand.

Already right

  • robots.txt lets AI crawlers in No rule blocks the main AI user agents.
  • 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.

Builder: wordpress · contact page /about-ox/: nothing new; menu page /lunch-menu/: nothing new; booking page /book-table/: booking via resdiary · What to paste

Owners

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Claiming is free and takes one email to confirm. Then you can correct what assistants are told, and you get a message only when the score changes.

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Keep watching this business: the assistants are asked again every month, and you see what changed. 2 EUR a month or 19 EUR a year. Deep report: ten questions to each assistant, plus the places nearby. 5 EUR, paid once. Reading and scanning stay free. These few euros pay for the questions sent to the assistants and for the servers.

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For developers and agents

What agents get, and what the site publishes

The direct record agents get for this business, the rails an agent could transact through, and the agent standards the site publishes. Show the details