# The Q: Agent-Direct Score F (16.9%)

Site: https://saltedeggmelbourne.com.au/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/saltedeggmelbourne.com.au
Scanned: 2026-10-17 (Provisional: the action test and the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.)
The Q is largely invisible to agents.
AI assistants cannot open the website of The Q, so they rely on what other sites say about it.

## Direct links
- Menu: https://saltedeggmelbourne.com.au/menu/
- Phone: +61 3 9492 7400

## What to fix first
- **The site turns every visitor without a browser away, AI agents included.** (+25 points) A plain fetch was refused (challenge:attention required); only a real browser got the page. Every AI crawler and agent is turned away the same way, so Reachable scores 0 and the rest is measured on the rendered page. Ask the host to let the AI user agents through. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing
- **No structured data for the business.** (+14 points) Add schema.org JSON-LD for the business (CafeOrCoffeeShop, BarOrPub or the closest type, with name, address, telephone and openingHoursSpecification, plus servesCuisine). 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
- **Booking only through opentable.** (+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

## 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": "BarOrPub",
  "name": "The Q",
  "url": "https://saltedeggmelbourne.com.au/",
  "telephone": "+61 3 9492 7400",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Flinders Lane 509"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": -37.8196528,
    "longitude": 144.9568731
  },
  "openingHours": "Tu-Fr 07:00-10:00, 12:00-15:00, 17:00-22:00; Sa 07:00-10:30, 17:00-22:00; Su 07:00-10:30; Mo 07:00-10:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday",
        "Friday"
      ],
      "opens": "07:00",
      "closes": "10:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday",
        "Friday"
      ],
      "opens": "12:00",
      "closes": "15:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday",
        "Friday"
      ],
      "opens": "17:00",
      "closes": "22:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Saturday"
      ],
      "opens": "07:00",
      "closes": "10:30"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Saturday"
      ],
      "opens": "17:00",
      "closes": "22:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Sunday"
      ],
      "opens": "07:00",
      "closes": "10:30"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Monday"
      ],
      "opens": "07:00",
      "closes": "10:00"
    }
  ],
  "hasMenu": "https://saltedeggmelbourne.com.au/menu/"
}
</script>
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** There is no robots.txt, which allows everything.
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read items and prices directly.
- **OpenTable works with agents through its partners.** OpenTable's terms page could not be fetched on 2026-10-15; OpenTable names over 200 authorized partners, Google, Meta and OpenAI among them, as the channels through which agents book. Read 2026-10-15: https://mynews13.com/fl/orlando/business/2026/07/14/opentable-new-terms. 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
828 of 911 in Melbourne cafes and bars. Top 91% 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 | 100% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 95% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 97% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 33% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 17% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Hunters' Roots (D, 38 m, https://directindex.org/r/huntersroots.com); Hardware Societe (B, 54 m, https://directindex.org/r/hardwaresociete.com); Waterside Hotel (B, 62 m, https://directindex.org/r/watersidehotel.com.au); @ Cafe 45 (F, 242 m, https://directindex.org/r/cafe45william.com); Saint & Rogue (B, 283 m, https://directindex.org/r/saintandrogue.com.au); Pocket (B, 289 m, https://directindex.org/r/pocketstore.com.au); Royal Melbourne Hotel (B, 349 m, https://directindex.org/r/rmh.com.au); Curious (D, 350 m, https://directindex.org/r/curiousmelbourne.com); Spin Coffee (F, 373 m, https://directindex.org/r/spincoffee.com.au); The Sherlock Holmes (B, 432 m, https://directindex.org/r/thesherlockholmes.com.au).

## 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 OpenTable 65% (40% A or B, 2156 sites); This site 16.9%.

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

## Businesses like The Q in Melbourne cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Melbourne cafes and bars | 911 | 56% | 34% | 16.9% |
| Sites using OpenTable in Melbourne cafes and bars | 51 | 59% | 29% | 16.9% |

The best of the sites using OpenTable in Melbourne cafes and bars: Asian Beer Cafe (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/asianbeercafe.com.au); Olive Lane (A 90.8%, https://directindex.org/r/olivelane.com.au); Rumour Mill (B 80%, https://directindex.org/r/rumourmill.coffee); Saint Jaxie (B 80%, https://directindex.org/r/saintjaxie.com); Cardinia Club (B 76.9%, https://directindex.org/r/cardiniaclub.com.au).

With the three fixes above (The site turns every visitor without a browser away, AI agents included; No structured data for the business; Booking only through opentable) the score would be about 95.4%: 12th of 911 in Melbourne cafes and bars, up from 828th.

## The direct record
What agents get for The Q, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/saltedeggmelbourne.com.au
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://saltedeggmelbourne.com.au/menu/ (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: Tu-Fr 07:00-10:00, 12:00-15:00, 17:00-22:00; Sa 07:00-10:30, 17:00-22:00; Su 07:00-10:30; Mo 07:00-10:00 (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +61 3 9492 7400
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/saltedeggmelbourne.com.au/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, OpenTable: Through partners. OpenTable's terms page could not be fetched on 2026-10-15; OpenTable names over 200 authorized partners, Google, Meta and OpenAI among them, as the channels through which agents book. Read 2026-10-15: https://mynews13.com/fl/orlando/business/2026/07/14/opentable-new-terms

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

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 0 | 25 |
| Readable | 8 | 25 |
| Actionable | 3 | 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: no

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/saltedeggmelbourne.com.au/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/saltedeggmelbourne.com.au/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=saltedeggmelbourne.com.au&force=1