# Epona: Agent-Direct Score B (76.9%)

Site: https://lyon.intercontinental.com/le-restaurant-epona/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/restaurant-epona-lyon.com
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.)
Epona is mostly ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open the website of Epona. What Epona offers is in a PDF or an image, which assistants read poorly. To book or order, it is sent to TheFork, a marketplace.

## Direct links
- Menu: https://restaurant-epona-lyon.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/FR-Menu-Enfants-Epona-Septembre-2026.pdf
- Phone: +33 4 26 99 24 24

## What to fix first
- **Booking only through thefork.** (+12 points) Every agent transaction goes through the marketplace and its commission. Add a direct path on your own site, even a simple form. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website
- **Menu or price list is a PDF.** (+3 points) Most agents skip PDFs or read them badly. Publish it as HTML, keep the PDF as a download. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** No rule blocks the key AI user agents.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all received a normal response.
- **Structured data present (Restaurant).** address, phone, opening hours
- **TheFork works with agents through its partners.** TheFork's terms page could not be fetched on 2026-10-15; TheFork integrated OpenAI's Operator agent for UK bookings in February 2025 and is a named Google AI Mode booking partner. Read 2026-10-15: https://itbrief.co.uk/story/thefork-integrates-openai-s-operator-for-uk-bookings. An assistant that is not a partner may not finish the step there; a direct path on your own domain works for all of them.

## Where it stands
127 of 806 in Lyon. Top 16% 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 | 98% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 91% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 96% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 60% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 44% | yes |

Nearest places in the index: Le Grand Réfectoire (A, 64 m, https://directindex.org/r/legrandrefectoire.com); Artic Juice & Cafe (B, 80 m, https://directindex.org/r/arcticjuicecafe.com); Shiyo (A, 82 m, https://directindex.org/r/shiyo.fr); New School Tacos X Big Smash (D, 157 m, https://directindex.org/r/newschooltacos.fr); Hello Brooklyn (F, 174 m, https://directindex.org/r/hello-brooklyn.com); Krousty Sabaidi (C, 197 m, https://directindex.org/r/kroustyresto.fr); Angelo (A, 212 m, https://directindex.org/r/boscolocollection.com); Prêt à Manger (B, 221 m, https://directindex.org/r/pret.com); Yulan (B, 225 m, https://directindex.org/r/restaurantyulan.com); Ushi (A, 235 m, https://directindex.org/r/ushi-bbq.com).

## 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.

Against its peers: Sites built with WordPress 58% (29% A or B, 36926 sites); Sites using TheFork 60% (23% A or B, 574 sites); This site 76.9%.

See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/restaurant-epona-lyon.com/agent-view

Read by AI agents 1 times this month.

## Businesses like Epona in Lyon

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Lyon | 806 | 57% | 39% | 76.9% |
| Sites built with WordPress in Lyon | 283 | 64% | 37% | 76.9% |
| Sites using TheFork in Lyon | 29 | 59% | 17% | 76.9% |
| Sites built with WordPress and using TheFork in Lyon | 20 | 59% | 15% | 76.9% |

The best of the sites built with WordPress and using TheFork in Lyon: Basilic & Co (B 81.3%, https://directindex.org/r/basilic-and-co.com); Harner (B 76.9%, https://directindex.org/r/harner.fr); La Tête de Lard (C 67.7%, https://directindex.org/r/bouchon-latetedelard.fr); Souk Souk (C 67.7%, https://directindex.org/r/souk-souk.com); Nano Trattoria Lyon VI (C 58.5%, https://directindex.org/r/trattorianano.com).

With the two fixes above (Booking only through thefork; Menu or price list is a PDF) the score would be about 100%: first of 806 in Lyon.

## The direct record
What agents get for Epona, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/restaurant-epona-lyon.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://restaurant-epona-lyon.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/FR-Menu-Enfants-Epona-Septembre-2026.pdf (pdf; from the scan)
- Hours: Mo-Su 12:00-14:00, 19:00-22:00 (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +33 4 26 99 24 24
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/restaurant-epona-lyon.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): 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
- Vendor terms for agents, TheFork: Through partners. TheFork's terms page could not be fetched on 2026-10-15; TheFork integrated OpenAI's Operator agent for UK bookings in February 2025 and is a named Google AI Mode booking partner. Read 2026-10-15: https://itbrief.co.uk/story/thefork-integrates-openai-s-operator-for-uk-bookings

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

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 22 | 25 |
| Actionable | 3 | 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/restaurant-epona-lyon.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: yes
- 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: yes
- OAuth protected resource metadata: yes
- 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/restaurant-epona-lyon.com/plan): the assistants asked again every month, with what changed; 2 EUR a month or 19 EUR a year.
Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/restaurant-epona-lyon.com/deep. Ten questions the way people ask, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF: 5 EUR, one-off. 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=restaurant-epona-lyon.com&force=1