# The Orient: Agent-Direct Score D (48.8%)

Site: http://www.seasideorient.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/seasideorient.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.)
The Orient is hard for agents to use.
Some AI assistants are turned away by The Orient's website. What The Orient offers is on another site. It finds a way to book or order directly, through SpotOn.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://order.spoton.com/so-the-orient-restaurant-17559/seaside-ca/65dcc1552c372e8f9db319b6 (through spoton acting for the business)
- Phone: (718) 798-6666
- Address: 3748 Boston Rd, 10469, Bronx

## Nearby, also direct
Places near The Orient that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Guang hui restaurant (1 km): https://directindex.org/r/sylvanlearning.com
- Ugly Dumpling (2.1 km): https://directindex.org/r/uglydumpling.us
- Li's Kitchen (2.5 km): https://directindex.org/r/liskitchenny.com
- Happy Garden - 2414 Williamsbridge Rd (2.6 km): https://directindex.org/r/happycleaners.com
- Wonderful (2.9 km): https://directindex.org/r/wonderfulchinesebronx.com

## 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). Every assistant reads this block first, and the fix kit below has it filled in. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **Menu or price list is on another site.** (+5 points) The link goes to spoton.com, so that site gets the credit and the visits. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai
- **The server turns AI crawlers away at the door.** (+3.3 points) Requests as GPTBot (http_429) 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
- **Almost no text without JavaScript.** (+2 points) Crawlers that don't run scripts see an empty page. Put the menu, hours and address in plain HTML. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/website-blank-without-javascript
- **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

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": "LocalBusiness",
  "name": "The Orient",
  "url": "http://www.seasideorient.com/",
  "telephone": "(718) 798-6666",
  "address": "3748 Boston Rd, 10469, Bronx",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 40.880773114452275,
    "longitude": -73.83984735455256
  },
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://order.spoton.com/so-the-orient-restaurant-17559/seaside-ca/65dcc1552c372e8f9db319b6",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

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

```
# The Orient

> local business (chinese) in 3748 Boston Rd, 10469, Bronx, New York. Phone (718) 798-6666.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://order.spoton.com/so-the-orient-restaurant-17559/seaside-ca/65dcc1552c372e8f9db319b6 (through spoton acting for the business)
- Menu: https://order.spoton.com/so-the-orient-restaurant-17559/seaside-ca/65dcc1552c372e8f9db319b6

## About

- Website: http://www.seasideorient.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.
- **Booking through spoton on your own domain.** There's no marketplace commission, and the customer stays yours.

## Where it stands
6517 of 11000 in New York. Top 59% 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% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 95% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 96% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 59% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 25% | no |

Nearest places with a similar menu: China Wok (D, 971 m, https://directindex.org/r/chinawoksushibar.com); Guang hui restaurant (B, 1037 m, https://directindex.org/r/sylvanlearning.com); Golden Star (D, 1311 m, https://directindex.org/r/goldenstar.com); Xin Hi (D, 1490 m, https://directindex.org/r/xinhirestaurant.com); Ugly Dumpling (A, 2058 m, https://directindex.org/r/uglydumpling.us); Li's Kitchen (A, 2481 m, https://directindex.org/r/liskitchenny.com); Happy Garden - 2414 Williamsbridge Rd (B, 2600 m, https://directindex.org/r/happycleaners.com); China Pavillion (B, 2742 m, https://directindex.org/r/china-pavilion.com); Century (F, 2752 m, https://directindex.org/r/booknower.com); Wonderful (A, 2913 m, https://directindex.org/r/wonderfulchinesebronx.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. The Orient wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/new-york/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites using SpotOn 78% (68% A or B, 2171 sites); This site 48.8%.

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

## Businesses like The Orient in New York

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in New York | 11000 | 52% | 34% | 48.8% |
| Sites using SpotOn in New York | 284 | 82% | 81% | 48.8% |

The best of the sites using SpotOn in New York: Astoria Provisions (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/cafelunaastoria.com); Azara Kitchen (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/azarakitchen.com); BOTTINO | modern italian dining (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/bottinonyc.com); Bono Trattoria (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/bononyc.com); Cafe Luna Astoria (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/cafelunaastoria.com).

With the three fixes above (No structured data for the business; Menu or price list is on another site; The server turns AI crawlers away at the door), the score would be about 84.6%. That would be 1540th of 11,000 in New York, up from 6517th.

## The direct record
What agents get for The Orient, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/seasideorient.com
- Book: https://order.spoton.com/so-the-orient-restaurant-17559/seaside-ca/65dcc1552c372e8f9db319b6 (vendor on own site: SpotOn; found by the scan of 2026-10-23, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://order.spoton.com/so-the-orient-restaurant-17559/seaside-ca/65dcc1552c372e8f9db319b6 (external; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: (718) 798-6666
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/seasideorient.com/book, https://directindex.org/go/seasideorient.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, SpotOn: Not stated. The terms do not address an agent acting for a person (several bar scraping or data extraction only), could not be read on the date given, or the vendor has not been researched yet.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 19.7 | 25 |
| Readable | 2 | 25 |
| Actionable | 10 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Level 0 of 5, Not Ready. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/seasideorient.com
- Link headers on the homepage: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/link-headers/SKILL.md)
- sitemap.xml: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/sitemap/SKILL.md)
- AI bot rules in robots.txt: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/ai-rules/SKILL.md)
- 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

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