# SEP Hong Kong: Agent-Direct Score F (27.7%)

Site: http://www.sep-hk.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/sep-hk.com
Scanned: 2026-10-20 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
SEP Hong Kong is largely invisible to agents.
AI assistants can't open SEP Hong Kong's website, so they go by what other sites say about it.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://www.sevenrooms.com/reservations/sep/ (through sevenrooms acting for the business)
- Menu: https://sep-hk.com/#SEPmenu
- Phone: +85221165433
- Address: Block, H Code, 45 Pottinger StreetHigh19/F, 000000, Hong Kong
- WhatsApp: a link on the site

## Nearby, also direct
Places near SEP Hong Kong that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Bêp Vietnamese Kitchen (70 m): https://directindex.org/r/bep.hk
- Banh Mi Kitchen (200 m): https://directindex.org/r/oddle.me
- 越僑 (290 m): https://directindex.org/r/vietnamfood.com.hk
- An Choi (430 m): https://directindex.org/r/anchoi.hk
- Le Garcon Saigon (1.6 km): https://directindex.org/r/legarconsaigon.com

## What to fix first
- **The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included.** (+25 points) A plain fetch was refused (http_403). Only a real browser got the page. Every AI crawler and agent gets turned away the same way, so Reachable scores 0 and the rest is measured on the page as the browser rendered it. 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 (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

## 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": "SEP Hong Kong",
  "url": "http://www.sep-hk.com/",
  "telephone": "+85221165433",
  "address": "Block, H Code, 45 Pottinger StreetHigh19/F, 000000, Hong Kong",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 22.28219382,
    "longitude": 114.15430445
  },
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://www.sevenrooms.com/reservations/sep/",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** No rule blocks the main AI user agents.
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.
- **Booking through sevenrooms on your own domain.** There's no marketplace commission, and the customer stays yours.
- **SevenRooms works with agents through its partners.** SevenRooms' terms (17 April 2026) bar any robot, spider, scraper or other automated means except bona fide search engines; Google names SevenRooms as an AI Mode booking partner. Terms read on 2026-10-15: https://sevenrooms.com/terms-of-service/. 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
1222 of 1491 in Hong Kong. Top 82% 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 | 87% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 75% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 92% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 25% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 43% | no |

Nearest places with a similar menu: Bêp Vietnamese Kitchen (B, 71 m, https://directindex.org/r/bep.hk); The Brass Spoon (F, 129 m, https://directindex.org/r/thebrassspoon.com); Banh Mi Kitchen (A, 198 m, https://directindex.org/r/oddle.me); Co Thanh (D, 258 m, https://directindex.org/r/cothanhrestaurant.com); 越僑 (B, 285 m, https://directindex.org/r/vietnamfood.com.hk); An Choi (C, 427 m, https://directindex.org/r/anchoi.hk); Le Garcon Saigon (A, 1553 m, https://directindex.org/r/legarconsaigon.com); Golden Bull Vietnamese Cuisine (D, 2695 m, https://directindex.org/r/goldenbull.com.hk); Bun Cha Vietnamese Cafe (D, 2720 m, https://directindex.org/r/bunchacafe.com); 老趙越南餐廳 Lo Chiu Vietnamese Restaurant (F, 3067 m, https://directindex.org/r/lochiu.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 12 everyday questions about Hong Kong and named 87 places. SEP Hong Kong wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/hong-kong/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with WordPress 58% (29% A or B, 108921 sites); Sites using SevenRooms 70% (53% A or B, 1786 sites); This site 27.7%.

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

## Businesses like SEP Hong Kong in Hong Kong

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Hong Kong | 1491 | 45% | 17% | 27.7% |
| Sites built with WordPress in Hong Kong | 298 | 54% | 22% | 27.7% |
| Sites using SevenRooms in Hong Kong | 86 | 66% | 38% | 27.7% |
| Sites built with WordPress and using SevenRooms in Hong Kong | 26 | 62% | 35% | 27.7% |

The best of the sites built with WordPress and using SevenRooms in Hong Kong: Chilli Fagara (A 87.5%, https://directindex.org/r/chillifagara.com); Beefbar Hong Kong (B 83.1%, https://directindex.org/r/beefbar.com); Shiro Central (B 78.5%, https://directindex.org/r/shiro-sushi.com); Vesu Pizza Bar (B 78.5%, https://directindex.org/r/vesupizzabar.com.hk); 雅谷餐廳 Amigo Restaurant (B 78.5%, https://directindex.org/r/amigo.com.hk).

With the two fixes above (The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included; No structured data for the business), the score would be about 87.7%. That would be 41st of 1,491 in Hong Kong, up from 1222nd.

## The direct record
What agents get for SEP Hong Kong, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/sep-hk.com
- Book: https://www.sevenrooms.com/reservations/sep/ (vendor on own site: SevenRooms; found by the scan of 2026-10-20, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://sep-hk.com/#SEPmenu (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +85221165433
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/sep-hk.com/book, https://directindex.org/go/sep-hk.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, SevenRooms: Through partners. SevenRooms' terms (17 April 2026) bar any robot, spider, scraper or other automated means except bona fide search engines; Google names SevenRooms as an AI Mode booking partner. Read 2026-10-15: https://sevenrooms.com/terms-of-service/

Only a real browser got this page (a plain fetch got http_403); Readable and Actionable were measured on the rendered page.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 0 | 25 |
| Readable | 8 | 25 |
| Actionable | 10 | 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/sep-hk.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/sep-hk.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=sep-hk.com&force=1