# Essort: Agent-Direct Score D (44.6%)

Site: https://www.essort.ch
Report: https://directindex.org/r/restaurant-essort.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.)
Essort is hard for agents to use.
AI assistants can't open Essort's website, so they go by what other sites say about it.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://sdk.zenchef.com/v1/sdk.min.js (through zenchef acting for the business)
- Menu: https://www.restaurant-essort.ch/essen
- Phone: +41 31 3681111
- Hours, from OpenStreetMap · Overture Maps: Mon closed; Tue–Fri 11:30–14:30, 17:30–23:30; Sat 18:00–23:30; Sun closed
- Outdoor seating (OpenStreetMap)

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Essort that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Sportbar Bern (230 m): https://directindex.org/r/sportbarbern.ch

## What to fix first
- **The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included.** (+25 points) A plain fetch was refused (cloudflare_challenge). Only a real browser got the page. Every AI crawler and agent gets turned away the same way, so Reachable scores 0 and the rest is measured on the page as the browser rendered it. Ask the host to let the AI user agents through. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+3 points) Missing: opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant

## 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 Bern, 22% of comparable sites declare one.

## Fix kit: What to paste

Structured data (JSON-LD). Paste it as one block in the page's head, or in the builder's custom code box. Change anything that's wrong.

```html
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Restaurant",
  "name": "Essort",
  "url": "https://www.essort.ch",
  "telephone": "+41 31 3681111",
  "email": "info@essort.ch",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 46.9355219,
    "longitude": 7.4461654
  },
  "openingHours": "Tu-Fr 11:30-14:30,17:30-23:30; Sa 18:00-23:30",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday",
        "Friday"
      ],
      "opens": "11:30",
      "closes": "14:30"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday",
        "Friday"
      ],
      "opens": "17:30",
      "closes": "23:30"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Saturday"
      ],
      "opens": "18:00",
      "closes": "23:30"
    }
  ],
  "acceptsReservations": "https://sdk.zenchef.com/v1/sdk.min.js",
  "hasMenu": "https://www.restaurant-essort.ch/essen",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://sdk.zenchef.com/v1/sdk.min.js",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** There's no robots.txt, which means everything is allowed.
- **Structured data found (LocalBusiness).** address, phone
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.
- **Booking through zenchef on your own domain.** There's no marketplace commission, and the customer stays yours.
- **Zenchef works with agents through its partners.** Zenchef's website terms (19 February 2024) forbid robots, scripts or automated systems that extract content and forbid crawling or scraping; agents book only through partner integrations a restaurant enables. Terms read on 2026-10-15: https://www.zenchef.com/terms-conditions. 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
251 of 385 in Bern. Top 65% 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% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 59% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 85% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 36% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 28% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Grottino by Metzgerstübli (F, 90 m, https://directindex.org/r/grottino-an-der-aare.ch); Sportbar Bern (C, 228 m, https://directindex.org/r/sportbarbern.ch); Dählhölzli Eulen Bistro (C, 343 m, https://directindex.org/r/tierpark-bern.ch); Little Greek Taverna (C, 544 m, https://directindex.org/r/littlegreek.ch); Dampfzentrale (D, 578 m, https://directindex.org/r/restaurant-dampfzentrale.ch); Numidia (B, 611 m, https://directindex.org/r/numidia-bern.ch); Tängi-Curry (D, 635 m, https://directindex.org/r/weebly.com); Serini Kantine (F, 641 m, https://directindex.org/r/serini-kantine.ch); Ragazzi di Berna (C, 669 m, https://directindex.org/r/ragazzidiberna.ch); Bistrot L'esprit nouveau (D, 704 m, https://directindex.org/r/bistrot-bern.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.

The assistants were asked 12 everyday questions about Bern and named 77 places. Essort wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/bern/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with Wix 52% (28% A or B, 48660 sites); Sites using Zenchef 75% (63% A or B, 3760 sites); This site 44.6%.

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

## Businesses like Essort in Bern

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Bern | 385 | 50% | 19% | 44.6% |
| Sites built with Wix in Bern | 37 | 51% | 22% | 44.6% |
| Sites using Zenchef in Bern | 5 | 59% | 20% | 44.6% |
| Sites built with Wix and using Zenchef in Bern | 1 | 45% | 0% | 44.6% |

The best of the sites using Zenchef in Bern: Klötzlikeller (B 76.9%, https://directindex.org/r/kloetzlikeller.ch); Restaurant & Bar ALLMEND (C 61.5%, https://directindex.org/r/restaurantallmendbern.ch); Caledonia (C 55.4%, https://directindex.org/r/caledonia-bern.ch); The BEEF (C 55.4%, https://directindex.org/r/beef-steakhouse.ch).

With the two fixes above (The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included; Structured data is incomplete), the score would be about 87.7%. That would be 9th of 385 in Bern, up from 251st.

## The direct record
What agents get for Essort, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/restaurant-essort.ch
- Book: https://sdk.zenchef.com/v1/sdk.min.js (vendor on own site: Zenchef; found by the scan of 2026-10-16, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://www.restaurant-essort.ch/essen (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: Tu-Fr 11:30-14:30,17:30-23:30; Sa 18:00-23:30 (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +41 31 3681111
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/restaurant-essort.ch/book, https://directindex.org/go/restaurant-essort.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
- Vendor terms for agents, Zenchef: Through partners. Zenchef's website terms (19 February 2024) forbid robots, scripts or automated systems that extract content and forbid crawling or scraping; agents book only through partner integrations a restaurant enables. Read 2026-10-15: https://www.zenchef.com/terms-conditions

Only a real browser got this page (a plain fetch got cloudflare_challenge); Readable and Actionable were measured on the rendered page.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 0 | 25 |
| Readable | 19 | 25 |
| Actionable | 10 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Not measured for this scan.
- JSON-LD for the business: yes

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/restaurant-essort.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/restaurant-essort.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=restaurant-essort.ch&force=1