# Royal 35 Steakhouse: Agent-Direct Score B (71.2%)

Site: http://www.royal35steakhouse.com
Report: https://directindex.org/r/royal35steakhouse.com
Scanned: 2026-10-23 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Royal 35 Steakhouse is mostly ready for agents.
Some AI assistants are turned away by Royal 35 Steakhouse's website. It can read what Royal 35 Steakhouse offers. To book or order, it is sent to Resy, a marketplace.

## Direct links
- Menu: https://www.royal35steakhouse.com/menus/holidays/thanksgiving.html
- Phone: (212) 804-7276
- Address: East 35th Street 1 10016

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Royal 35 Steakhouse that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- The Keg (290 m): https://directindex.org/r/thekegroom.nyc
- Wagyu Room (320 m): https://directindex.org/r/wagyuroom.com
- Benjamin Prime (420 m): https://directindex.org/r/benjaminsteakhouse.com
- La Brochette Steakhouse (520 m): https://directindex.org/r/labrochetteny.com
- Ben & Jack's Steakhouse (540 m): https://directindex.org/r/benandjackssteakhouse.com

## What to fix first
- **Booking only through resy.** (+12 points) Every transaction an agent makes goes through the marketplace, which takes its commission. Add a direct way on your own site. Even a simple form will do. 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 (challenge:attention required), ClaudeBot (challenge:attention required) 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

## Fix kit: What to paste

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

```
# Royal 35 Steakhouse

> restaurant (steak house) in East 35th Street 1 10016, New York. Phone (212) 804-7276.

## Book or order directly

- Menu: https://www.royal35steakhouse.com/menus/holidays/thanksgiving.html

## About

- Website: http://www.royal35steakhouse.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 (Restaurant).** address, phone, opening hours
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.
- **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
3446 of 11180 in New York. Top 31% 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% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 95% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 96% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 59% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 25% | no |

Nearest places with a similar menu: The Keg (A, 287 m, https://directindex.org/r/thekegroom.nyc); Wagyu Room (B, 320 m, https://directindex.org/r/wagyuroom.com); Benjamin Prime (B, 418 m, https://directindex.org/r/benjaminsteakhouse.com); La Brochette Steakhouse (B, 523 m, https://directindex.org/r/labrochetteny.com); Ben & Jack's Steakhouse (A, 543 m, https://directindex.org/r/benandjackssteakhouse.com); Medium Rare (A, 574 m, https://directindex.org/r/mediumrarerestaurant.com); Skirt Steak (B, 611 m, https://directindex.org/r/skirtsteaknyc.com); Palladino's Steak & Seafood (B, 680 m, https://directindex.org/r/palladinos.com); Charlie Palmer Steak (C, 746 m, https://directindex.org/r/charliepalmersteak.com); Bobby Van's Steakhouse - Park Ave (B, 892 m, https://directindex.org/r/bobbyvans.com).

## 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 New York and named 69 places. Royal 35 Steakhouse wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/new-york/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites using Resy 67% (44% A or B, 2836 sites); This site 71.2%.

See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/royal35steakhouse.com/agent-view

## Businesses like Royal 35 Steakhouse in New York

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in New York | 11180 | 52% | 34% | 71.2% |
| Sites using Resy in New York | 971 | 68% | 45% | 71.2% |

The best of the sites using Resy in New York: Adrianna's Pizzeria (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/adriennespizzabar.com); Angelina's (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/angelinasristorante.com); Black Iris (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/blackirisny.com); Casa Louie (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/casalouienyc.com); Cross Road BK (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/crossroadbk.com).

With the two fixes above (Booking only through resy; The server turns AI crawlers away at the door), the score would be about 100%, which would be first of 11,180 in New York.

## The direct record
What agents get for Royal 35 Steakhouse, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/royal35steakhouse.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://www.royal35steakhouse.com/menus/holidays/thanksgiving.html (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: (212) 804-7276
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/royal35steakhouse.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

Found one hop past the home page: contact page /about.html: opening hours; menu page /menus/holidays/thanksgiving.html: 3 menu items in JSON-LD; booking page /reservations.html: booking via opentable, booking via resy.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 18.3 | 25 |
| Readable | 25 | 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/royal35steakhouse.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/royal35steakhouse.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/royal35steakhouse.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=royal35steakhouse.com&force=1