# Portofino Basel: Agent-Direct Score C (65.1%)

Site: https://www.portofino-basel.ch
Report: https://directindex.org/r/portofino-basel.ch
Scanned: 2026-10-16 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Portofino Basel is partly visible to agents.
Some AI assistants are turned away by Portofino Basel's website. What Portofino Basel offers is in a PDF or an image, and assistants read those badly. It finds a phone number, but no link to book or order online.

## Direct links
- Menu: https://www.portofino-basel.ch/Portofino-Basel-Menukarten/a_la_carte.pdf
- Phone: +41 61 261 54 42
- Address: Blumenrain 20 4051 Basel
- Hours, from OpenStreetMap · Overture Maps: Mon closed; Tue–Fri 11:30–14:00, 18:00–23:00; Sat 18:00–23:00; Sun closed
- Outdoor seating (OpenStreetMap)

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Portofino Basel that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Trattoria Antichi Sapori (330 m): https://directindex.org/r/antichi-sapori.ch
- Zur Mägd (380 m): https://directindex.org/r/zurmaegd.ch
- Sonne (400 m): https://directindex.org/r/sonne.restaurant
- Pizzeria Centro am Barfi (680 m): https://directindex.org/r/centroambarfi.ch
- VITO Klybeck (740 m): https://directindex.org/r/vito.ch

## What to fix first
- **No booking or ordering link on the website.** (+13 points) There's only a phone number or WhatsApp, and agents can't use those yet. If you take bookings or orders through a platform, link to it from the site so agents can find it. Add a booking or ordering page. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website
- **The server turns AI crawlers away at the door.** (+6.7 points) Requests as GPTBot (http_403), ClaudeBot (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
- **Menu or price list is a PDF.** (+3 points) Most agents skip PDFs or read them badly. Publish it as an HTML page and keep the PDF as a download. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai
- **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)
- **No English version declared.** Visitors from abroad, and assistants answering in English, read the page as it is. In Basel, 29% of comparable sites declare one.

## Fix kit: What to paste

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

```
# Portofino Basel

> restaurant (italian) in Blumenrain 20 4051 Basel, Basel. Phone +41 61 261 54 42.

## Book or order directly

- Menu: https://www.portofino-basel.ch/Portofino-Basel-Menukarten/a_la_carte.pdf

## Opening hours

Tu-Fr 11:30-14:00, 18:00-23:00; Sa 18:00-23:00

## About

- Website: https://www.portofino-basel.ch
- 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 (Restaurant).** address, phone, opening hours

## Where it stands
123 of 385 in Basel. Top 32% 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 | 92% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 82% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 95% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 46% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 38% | no |

Nearest places with a similar menu: Trattoria Antichi Sapori (D, 333 m, https://directindex.org/r/antichi-sapori.ch); Etna Lounge (F, 367 m, https://directindex.org/r/etna-bar.ch); Zur Mägd (C, 376 m, https://directindex.org/r/zurmaegd.ch); Sonne (B, 400 m, https://directindex.org/r/sonne.restaurant); Castello Toscana (D, 462 m, https://directindex.org/r/castello-toscana.com); Aroma (F, 569 m, https://directindex.org/r/a-roma.ch); Pizzeria Centro am Barfi (C, 684 m, https://directindex.org/r/centroambarfi.ch); VITO Klybeck (C, 737 m, https://directindex.org/r/vito.ch); Pizzeria La Perla (C, 797 m, https://directindex.org/r/pizzeria-laperla.ch); Otto Pizza (C, 803 m, https://directindex.org/r/ottopizza.ch).

## 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.

Recommended when people ask: "Seafood dinner with a view, table for four this week." (Claude)


See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/portofino-basel.ch/agent-view

## Named by Claude for "Seafood dinner with a view, table for four this week" in Basel, November 2026
- "Seafood dinner with a view, table for four this week." (2026-11-01): Claude with a link to this site. https://directindex.org/city/basel/recommended/seafood-view
Named by 1 of 3 assistants asked. Badge: https://directindex.org/badge/named/portofino-basel.ch.svg

## Businesses like Portofino Basel in Basel

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Basel | 385 | 54% | 24% | 65.1% |

The best of the businesses of the same kind in Basel: Lotus Leaf (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/lotusleaf-basel.ch); Tuk Tuk (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/tuktuk-thaikitchen.ch); Clarastübli (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/clarastuebli.ch); El Mexicano (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/elmexicano.ch); Mezem (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/mezem-restaurant.ch).

With the three fixes above (No booking or ordering link on the website; The server turns AI crawlers away at the door; Menu or price list is a PDF), the score would be about 100%, which would be first of 385 in Basel.

## The direct record
What agents get for Portofino Basel, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/portofino-basel.ch
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://www.portofino-basel.ch/Portofino-Basel-Menukarten/a_la_carte.pdf (pdf; from the scan)
- Hours: Tu-Fr 11:30-14:00, 18:00-23:00; Sa 18:00-23:00 (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +41 61 261 54 42
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/portofino-basel.ch/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

A browser path finder looked at the rendered home page on 2026-10-16 and found no booking or ordering link the scan had missed (controls without a destination: reservation, reservationen).

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 18.3 | 25 |
| Readable | 22 | 25 |
| Actionable | 2 | 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/portofino-basel.ch
- 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/portofino-basel.ch/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/portofino-basel.ch/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=portofino-basel.ch&force=1