# plates: Agent-Direct Score B (77.4%)

Site: http://www.plates-london.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/plates-london.com
Scanned: 2026-10-24 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
plates is mostly ready for agents.
Some AI assistants are turned away by plates's website. It can read what plates offers. It finds a way to book or order directly, through Resy.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://widgets.resy.com/embed.js (through resy acting for the business)
- Menu: https://plates-london.com/tasting-menu
- Phone: 0203 3719029
- Address: Old Street 320 EC1V 9DR London
- Its menu mentions: allergens
- Prices: 4 prices on the site, the middle one £117

## Nearby, also direct
Places near plates that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Kêu! (30 m): https://directindex.org/r/banhmikeu.co.uk
- YAYACAS Authentic Greek Restaurant (50 m): https://directindex.org/r/yayacas.co.uk
- Popolo (60 m): https://directindex.org/r/popoloshoreditch.com
- Senza Fondo (60 m): https://directindex.org/r/senzafondo.com
- Chicken N Steak (70 m): https://directindex.org/r/chickenandsteak.co.uk

## What to fix first
- **The server turns AI crawlers away at the door.** (+6.7 points) Requests as GPTBot (http_403), PerplexityBot (http_403) 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. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing
- **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

## What the site tells visitors (Measured, not scored)
- **4 prices on the landing page, the middle one £117.** In London, the middle price of comparable sites that show prices is £11.95.

## Fix kit: What to paste

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

```
# plates

> restaurant in Old Street 320 EC1V 9DR London, London. Phone 0203 3719029.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://widgets.resy.com/embed.js (through resy acting for the business)
- Menu: https://plates-london.com/tasting-menu

## About

- Website: http://www.plates-london.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.
- **Structured data found (LocalBusiness).** address, phone, opening hours
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.
- **Booking through resy on your own domain.** There's no marketplace commission, and the customer stays yours.
- **Resy works with agents through its partners.** Resy's terms (9 June 2025) bar automated software that crawls, harvests or scrapes the service and require written consent for other automated use; Resy opened bookings inside ChatGPT on 10 August 2026. Terms read on 2026-10-15: https://resy.com/terms. An assistant that isn't a partner may not be able to finish there. A direct path on your own domain works for all of them.

## Where it stands
1825 of 8985 in London. Top 20% 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) | 94% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 64% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 37% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Redemption (F, 19 m, https://directindex.org/r/redemptionbar.co.uk); 3thirty (F, 26 m, https://directindex.org/r/3thirty.co.uk); Kêu! (B, 32 m, https://directindex.org/r/banhmikeu.co.uk); On The Bab (D, 40 m, https://directindex.org/r/onthebab.com); YAYACAS Authentic Greek Restaurant (B, 49 m, https://directindex.org/r/yayacas.co.uk); Bottega Prelibato (D, 60 m, https://directindex.org/r/bottegaprelibato.com); Popolo (D, 60 m, https://directindex.org/r/popoloshoreditch.com); Senza Fondo (A, 61 m, https://directindex.org/r/senzafondo.com); Chicken N Steak (B, 67 m, https://directindex.org/r/chickenandsteak.co.uk); Pasta e Basta (D, 72 m, https://directindex.org/r/pastaebasta.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 London and named 66 places. plates wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/london/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with WordPress 55% (25% A or B, 236087 sites); Sites using Resy 67% (44% A or B, 2836 sites); This site 77.4%.

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

## Businesses like plates in London

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in London | 8985 | 54% | 36% | 77.4% |
| Sites built with WordPress in London | 2671 | 66% | 48% | 77.4% |
| Sites using Resy in London | 20 | 70% | 45% | 77.4% |
| Sites built with WordPress and using Resy in London | 13 | 70% | 54% | 77.4% |

The best of the sites built with WordPress and using Resy in London: Daddy Bao (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/daddybao.co.uk); Fallow (B 76.9%, https://directindex.org/r/fallowrestaurant.com); Scully St James (B 73.8%, https://directindex.org/r/scullyrestaurant.com); FOWL (B 72.3%, https://directindex.org/r/fowlrestaurant.com); Kitchen Table (B 72.3%, https://directindex.org/r/kitchentablelondon.co.uk).

With the fix above (The server turns AI crawlers away at the door), the score would be about 87.7%. That would be 818th of 8,985 in London, up from 1825th.

## The direct record
What agents get for plates, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/plates-london.com
- Book: https://widgets.resy.com/embed.js (vendor on own site: Resy; found by the scan of 2026-10-24, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://plates-london.com/tasting-menu (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: 0203 3719029
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/plates-london.com/book, https://directindex.org/go/plates-london.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, Resy: Through partners. Resy's terms (9 June 2025) bar automated software that crawls, harvests or scrapes the service and require written consent for other automated use; Resy opened bookings inside ChatGPT on 10 August 2026. Read 2026-10-15: https://resy.com/terms

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 18.3 | 25 |
| Readable | 22 | 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/plates-london.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: 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

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