# Ruth's Chris Steak House: Agent-Direct Score F (35.4%)

Site: https://www.ruthschris.com/restaurant-locations/washington-dc-3/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/ruthschris.com
Scanned: 2026-10-15 (Provisional: the action test and the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.)
Ruth's Chris Steak House is largely invisible to agents.

## Direct links
- Phone: +1-202-918-5583

## What to fix first
- **No structured data for the business.** (+15 points) Add schema.org JSON-LD for the business (Restaurant, LocalBusiness or the closest type, with name, address, telephone and openingHoursSpecification, plus servesCuisine and acceptsReservations). It is the one block every assistant reads first; the fix kit below has it filled in. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **No booking or ordering path at all.** (+15 points) Agents have nothing to act on. Add a booking or ordering page on your own domain. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website
- **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
- **Almost no text without JavaScript.** (+2 points) Crawlers that do not run scripts see an empty page. Render the menu, hours and address as plain HTML. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/website-blank-without-javascript
- **No llms.txt.** (no points, still worth doing) Optional today, cheap to add: a short text file describing the business for language models. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/llms-txt-for-a-business

## Fix kit: What to paste

Structured data (JSON-LD). One block in the page's head, or in the builder's custom-code slot. Replace anything that is wrong.

```html
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Restaurant",
  "name": "Ruth's Chris Steak House",
  "url": "https://www.ruthschris.com/restaurant-locations/washington-dc-3/",
  "telephone": "+1-202-918-5583",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "K Street Northwest 2001",
    "postalCode": "20036",
    "addressLocality": "Washington"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 38.9035857,
    "longitude": -77.04639
  },
  "openingHours": "Mo-Th,Su 16:00-21:00; Fr-Sa 16:00-21:30",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Monday",
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday",
        "Sunday"
      ],
      "opens": "16:00",
      "closes": "21:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Friday",
        "Saturday"
      ],
      "opens": "16:00",
      "closes": "21:30"
    }
  ],
  "servesCuisine": [
    "american",
    "steak house"
  ]
}
</script>
```

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

```
# Ruth's Chris Steak House

> restaurant (american, steak house) in K Street Northwest 2001 20036 Washington, Washington, DC. Phone +1-202-918-5583.

## Opening hours

Mo-Th,Su 16:00-21:00; Fr-Sa 16:00-21:30

## About

- Website: https://www.ruthschris.com/restaurant-locations/washington-dc-3/
- 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 key AI user agents.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all received a normal response.

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

Nearest places with a similar menu: The Prime Rib (B, 151 m, https://directindex.org/r/theprimeribs.com); The Green Bee (A, 189 m, https://directindex.org/r/thegreenbeecafe.com); Ellington Park Bistro (C, 248 m, https://directindex.org/r/eurostarshotels.co.uk); Ris (A, 297 m, https://directindex.org/r/risdc.com); Equinox on 19th (B, 315 m, https://directindex.org/r/equinoxrestaurant.com); Founding Farmers (B, 402 m, https://directindex.org/r/wearefoundingfarmers.com); Circa at Foggy Bottom (A, 425 m, https://directindex.org/r/circabistros.com); Blue Duck Tavern (B, 466 m, https://directindex.org/r/blueducktavern.com); City Tap House (A, 525 m, https://directindex.org/r/citytap.com); Morton's The Steakhouse (B, 540 m, https://directindex.org/r/mortons.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.

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

## Businesses like Ruth's Chris Steak House in Washington, DC

This site appears in 7 cities (9 places on ruthschris.com). https://directindex.org/brand/ruthschris.com

## The direct record
What agents get for Ruth's Chris Steak House, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/ruthschris.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: Mo-Th,Su 16:00-21:00; Fr-Sa 16:00-21:30 (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +1-202-918-5583

## 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

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 23 | 25 |
| Readable | 0 | 25 |
| Actionable | 0 | 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/ruthschris.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: no

Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/ruthschris.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=ruthschris.com&force=1