# Pho 'n Rice: Agent-Direct Score D (50.8%)

Site: https://www.phoandricema.com
Report: https://directindex.org/r/phoandricema.com
Scanned: 2026-10-14 (provisional: the action test and the assistant citation check pending)
Pho 'n Rice is hard for agents to use.

## Direct links
- Menu: https://www.phoandricema.com/menu/
- Phone: +1 617 864 8888

## What to fix first, by points
- **No structured data for the business.** (+14 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). It is the one block every assistant reads first; the fix kit below has it filled in. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **No booking or ordering path at all.** (+13 points) Only a phone number or WhatsApp. Agents cannot act on those yet. Add a booking or ordering page. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website
- **Almost no text without JavaScript.** (+2 points) Crawlers that do not run scripts see an empty page. Render the menu, hours and address as plain HTML. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/website-blank-without-javascript
- **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, one block in the page head:

```html
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Restaurant",
  "name": "Pho 'n Rice",
  "url": "https://www.phoandricema.com",
  "telephone": "+1 617 864 8888",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Beacon Street 289",
    "postalCode": "02143",
    "addressLocality": "Somerville"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 42.3836582,
    "longitude": -71.112725
  },
  "openingHours": "Mo-Th 11:00-15:00,16:00-21:00; Fr,Sa 11:00-15:00,16:00-21:30; Su 12:00-15:00,16:00-21:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Monday",
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday"
      ],
      "opens": "11:00",
      "closes": "15:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Monday",
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday"
      ],
      "opens": "16:00",
      "closes": "21:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Friday",
        "Saturday"
      ],
      "opens": "11:00",
      "closes": "15:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Friday",
        "Saturday"
      ],
      "opens": "16:00",
      "closes": "21:30"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Sunday"
      ],
      "opens": "12:00",
      "closes": "15:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Sunday"
      ],
      "opens": "16:00",
      "closes": "21:00"
    }
  ],
  "servesCuisine": [
    "asian",
    "thai",
    "vietnamese"
  ],
  "hasMenu": "https://www.phoandricema.com/menu/"
}
</script>
```

llms.txt draft:

```
# Pho 'n Rice

> restaurant (asian, thai, vietnamese) in Beacon Street 289 02143 Somerville, Boston. Phone +1 617 864 8888.

## Book or order directly

- Menu: https://www.phoandricema.com/menu/

## Opening hours

Mo-Th 11:00-15:00,16:00-21:00; Fr,Sa 11:00-15:00,16:00-21:30; Su 12:00-15:00,16:00-21:00

## About

- Website: https://www.phoandricema.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.** There is no robots.txt, which allows everything.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all received a normal response.
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read items and prices directly.

## Where it stands
Rank 514 of 924 in Boston (top 56%).

| What the top tenth does | Top 10% | This site |
|---|---|---|
| Take bookings or orders on their own domain | 100% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 98% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 92% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 47% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 16% | no |

Nearest places with a similar menu: Phinista Café Cambridge (F, 764 m, https://directindex.org/r/phinista.com); Sugar and Spice (A, 894 m, https://directindex.org/r/sugarspices.com); Dakzen (C, 1250 m, https://directindex.org/r/dakzen.net); Pai Kin Kao (B, 2205 m, https://directindex.org/r/paikinkaoboston.com); The Mad Monkfish (A, 2337 m, https://directindex.org/r/themadmonkfish.com); Shōjō Cambridge (A, 2440 m, https://directindex.org/r/shojocambridge.com).

## What assistants answer
Not asked yet. Assistants are asked about the top-ranked and claimed businesses in each city index.

What an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/phoandricema.com/agent-view

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| reachable | 23 | 25 |
| readable | 8 | 25 |
| actionable | 2 | 15 (action_test pending) |
| cited | 0 | 0 (probes pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare criteria)
Level 0 of 5: Not Ready. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/phoandricema.com
- Link headers on the homepage: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/link-headers/SKILL.md)
- sitemap.xml: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/sitemap/SKILL.md)
- 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: no

Methodology: https://directindex.org/methodology · Rescan: https://directindex.org/scan?url=phoandricema.com&force=1