# Rice Restaurant & Market: Agent-Direct Score B (71.2%)

Site: https://www.ricerestaurant.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/ricedc.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.)
Rice Restaurant & Market is mostly ready for agents.

## Direct links
- Order directly: https://direct.chownow.com/order/3725/locations/4822 (through chownow acting for the business)
- Phone: +1-202-234-2400

## What to fix first
- **No menu or price list found.** (+7 points) Agents answer 'what do they offer' from marketplaces instead. Add a menu or price list page and link it from the homepage. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai
- **The server turns AI crawlers away at the door.** (+6.7 points) Live fetches as GPTBot (http_403), ClaudeBot (http_403) were refused while a normal browser got the page. This is usually a hosting or firewall bot list the owner never chose. Ask the host to allow these user agents. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing
- **ChowNow's terms do not allow agents; a direct form on your own site would.** (+5 points) ChowNow's customer terms (8 September 2025) say you will not use automated means, including spiders, robots, crawlers or data mining tools, except search engines; no agent programme was found. Read 2026-10-15: https://get.chownow.com/terms-of-service. An agent that books or orders there acts against the vendor's terms; a form or booking page on your own domain has no such limit. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** No rule blocks the key AI user agents.
- **Structured data present (Restaurant).** address, phone, opening hours
- **Ordering through chownow on your own domain.** No marketplace commission, and the guest stays yours.

## Where it stands
Not ranked yet in Washington, DC.

| What the top tenth 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 | 100% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 95% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 53% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 25% | yes |

Nearest places with a similar menu: Beau Thai (A, 892 m, https://directindex.org/r/beauthaidc.com); The Regent Thai Cuisine (A, 979 m, https://directindex.org/r/regentthai.com); Sabai Thai-Lao Dining (C, 1116 m, https://directindex.org/r/sabaithai-laodining.com); Sura (B, 1189 m, https://directindex.org/r/suradcrestaurant.com); Soi 38 (A, 1507 m, https://directindex.org/r/soi38dc.com); Zumo Thai (C, 1543 m, https://directindex.org/r/zumothai.com); Baan Siam (C, 1760 m, https://directindex.org/r/baansiamdc.com); Aroi Thai (A, 1767 m, https://directindex.org/r/aroithaidc.com); Absolute Thai Restaurant (A, 1808 m, https://directindex.org/r/absolutethaidcrestaurant.com); Donsak (A, 2213 m, https://directindex.org/r/donsakthai.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 using ChowNow 72% (53% A or B, 270 sites); This site 71.2%.

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

Read by AI agents 8 times this month (ClaudeBot 8).

## Businesses like Rice Restaurant & Market in Washington, DC

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Using ChowNow in Washington, DC | 15 | 68% | 40% | 71.2% |

The best of Using ChowNow in Washington, DC: Parthenon Restaurant & Chevy Chase Lounge (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/parthenondc.com); Poki DC (B 84.6%, https://directindex.org/r/pokidc.com); Poki DC (B 84.6%, https://directindex.org/r/pokidc.com); Thip Khao (B 73.8%, https://directindex.org/r/thipkhao.com); Mexicali Blues (B 72.8%, https://directindex.org/r/mexicali-blues.com).

## The direct record
What agents get for Rice Restaurant & Market, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/ricedc.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: https://direct.chownow.com/order/3725/locations/4822 (vendor on own site: ChowNow; found by the scan of 2026-10-14, not yet tested)
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: Mo-Su 11:30-22:00 (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +1-202-234-2400
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/ricedc.com/order

## 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, ChowNow: No. ChowNow's customer terms (8 September 2025) say you will not use automated means, including spiders, robots, crawlers or data mining tools, except search engines; no agent programme was found. Read 2026-10-15: https://get.chownow.com/terms-of-service

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

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 18.3 | 25 |
| Readable | 18 | 25 |
| Actionable | 10 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Level 2 of 5, Bot-Aware. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/ricedc.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: yes
- 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: 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

Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/ricedc.com/deep. Ten questions the way people ask, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF: 19 EUR, one-off.
Methodology: https://directindex.org/methodology · Rescan now: https://directindex.org/scan?url=ricedc.com&force=1