# Patiala: Agent-Direct Score A (89.7%)

Site: https://www.patiala.co.uk
Report: https://directindex.org/r/patiala.co.uk
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.)
Patiala is ready for agents.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://www.patiala.co.uk/patiala-birmingham/book (on the business's own site)
- Order directly: https://www.patiala.co.uk/patiala-birmingham/order (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://www.patiala.co.uk/patiala-birmingham/menu
- Phone: +44 121 486 3939

## What to fix first
- **The server turns AI crawlers away at the door.** (+6.7 points) Live fetches as GPTBot (http_403), ClaudeBot (http_403) were refused while a normal browser got the page. This is usually a hosting or firewall bot list the owner never chose. Ask the host to allow these user agents. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing
- **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

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

```
# Patiala

> restaurant (indian) in Pershore Road 1260 B30 2XU Birmingham, Birmingham. Phone +44 121 486 3939.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://www.patiala.co.uk/patiala-birmingham/book (on the business's own site)
- Order: https://www.patiala.co.uk/patiala-birmingham/order (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://www.patiala.co.uk/patiala-birmingham/menu

## Opening hours

Su-Th 17:00-23:00; Fr-Sa 17:00-23:30

## About

- Website: https://www.patiala.co.uk
- 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.
- **Structured data present (Restaurant).** address, phone, opening hours
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read items and prices directly.
- **Booking on your own site.** Agents can book without a marketplace in the loop.
- **Ordering on your own site.** Agents can order without a marketplace in the loop.

## Where it stands
19 of 313 in Birmingham. Top 6% 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 | 97% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 88% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 50% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 28% | no |

Nearest places with a similar menu: Kolkata Lounge (B, 584 m, https://directindex.org/r/kolkatalounge.co.uk); Balti Bites (A, 731 m, https://directindex.org/r/baltibites.co.uk); Tandoori Nights (C, 750 m, https://directindex.org/r/tandoorinightsbarandgrill.co.uk); Taste of Chennai (C, 1603 m, https://directindex.org/r/tasteofchennaibirmingham.co.uk); Zindiya (B, 3033 m, https://directindex.org/r/zindiya.co.uk); Kababish (C, 3080 m, https://directindex.org/r/kababish.co.uk); Milan Sweet Centre (A, 4118 m, https://directindex.org/r/milansweetcentre.co.uk).

## 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.

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

Read by AI agents 5 times this month.

## Businesses like Patiala in Birmingham

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same kind in Birmingham | 313 | 55% | 43% | 89.7% |

The best of Same kind in Birmingham: Siamais (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/siamais.co.uk); Three Church Road Restaurant (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/audleyrestaurants.co.uk); Fogo de Chão (A 96.3%, https://directindex.org/r/fogodechao.uk); Gusto (A 96.3%, https://directindex.org/r/gustorestaurants.com); Regina's Bar & Restaurant (A 96.3%, https://directindex.org/r/reginas.co.uk).

With the fix above (The server turns AI crawlers away at the door) the score would be about 100%: first of 313 in Birmingham.

## The direct record
What agents get for Patiala, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/patiala.co.uk
- Book: https://www.patiala.co.uk/patiala-birmingham/book (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-14, not yet tested)
- Order: https://www.patiala.co.uk/patiala-birmingham/order (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-14, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://www.patiala.co.uk/patiala-birmingham/menu (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: Su-Th 17:00-23:00; Fr-Sa 17:00-23:30 (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +44 121 486 3939
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/patiala.co.uk/book, https://directindex.org/go/patiala.co.uk/order, https://directindex.org/go/patiala.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): 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

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

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 18.3 | 25 |
| Readable | 25 | 25 |
| Actionable | 15 | 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/patiala.co.uk
- 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/patiala.co.uk/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=patiala.co.uk&force=1