# Shang Noodle: Agent-Direct Score A (90.8%)

Site: https://www.shangnoodleandchinese.com
Report: https://directindex.org/r/shangnoodleandchinese.com
Scanned: 2026-10-24 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Shang Noodle is ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open Shang Noodle's website. It can read what Shang Noodle offers. To book or order, it is sent to Resy, a marketplace.

## Direct links
- Order directly: https://www.shangnoodleandchinese.com/atelier-shang-menu (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://www.shangnoodleandchinese.com/copy-of-home-page
- Phone: 1 847 859 6868
- Address: 608 Davis St., Evanston, IL 60201

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Shang Noodle that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Leiya (10 m): https://directindex.org/r/leiyachicago.com
- Lao Sze Chuan (530 m): https://directindex.org/r/laoszechuanusa.com
- Flat Top Grill (1.3 km): https://directindex.org/r/flattopgrill.com
- 3 Sauces Hainam Chicken Rice (1.7 km): https://directindex.org/r/3sauces.com

## What to fix first
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+3 points) Missing: opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **Booking only through resy.** (no points, but worth doing) 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

## 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": "Restaurant",
  "name": "Shang Noodle",
  "url": "https://www.shangnoodleandchinese.com",
  "telephone": "1 847 859 6868",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "608 Davis St.",
    "postalCode": "60201",
    "addressLocality": "Evanston",
    "addressRegion": "IL",
    "addressCountry": "US"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 41.8691366,
    "longitude": -87.6256838
  },
  "servesCuisine": [
    "asian",
    "chinese",
    "noodles"
  ],
  "hasMenu": "https://www.shangnoodleandchinese.com/copy-of-home-page",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "OrderAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://www.shangnoodleandchinese.com/atelier-shang-menu",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** No rule blocks the main AI user agents.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all got a normal response.
- **Structured data found (LocalBusiness).** address, phone
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.
- **Ordering on your own site.** Agents can order without going through a marketplace.

## Since the scan of 2026-10-23 (A then)
- Fixed: nothing
- New: nothing

## Where it stands
Not ranked yet in Chicago.

| 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 | 94% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 94% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 57% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 30% | yes |

Nearest places with a similar menu: Leiya (B, 7 m, https://directindex.org/r/leiyachicago.com); My Place (B, 418 m, https://directindex.org/r/myplacesouthloop.com); Lao Sze Chuan (A, 529 m, https://directindex.org/r/laoszechuanusa.com); 65 Express (D, 1162 m, https://directindex.org/r/sixtyfiveexpress.com); Flat Top Grill (B, 1340 m, https://directindex.org/r/flattopgrill.com); Silk Road & Cafe Juice (F, 1469 m, https://directindex.org/r/silkr.com); Delmonico Restaurant (D, 1593 m, https://directindex.org/r/delmonicochicago.com); Mycha (Block 37) (C, 1617 m, https://directindex.org/r/mychachicago.com); Laojiumen Hotpot Chicago老九门火锅-hotpot 9 (F, 1621 m, https://directindex.org/r/hotpot9.us); 3 Sauces Hainam Chicken Rice (C, 1652 m, https://directindex.org/r/3sauces.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 Chicago and named 55 places. Shang Noodle wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/chicago/recommended


Score over 2 scans since 2026-10-23: 2026-10-23 91%, 2026-10-24 91%.

Compared with its peers: Sites built with Wix 52% (28% A or B, 48660 sites); Sites using Resy 67% (44% A or B, 2836 sites); This site 90.8%.

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

## Businesses like Shang Noodle in Chicago

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sites built with Wix in Chicago | 250 | 65% | 48% | 90.8% |
| Sites using Resy in Chicago | 88 | 72% | 56% | 90.8% |
| Sites built with Wix and using Resy in Chicago | 7 | 73% | 71% | 90.8% |

The best of the sites built with Wix and using Resy in Chicago: Niu Japanese Fusion (A 87.7%, https://directindex.org/r/niusushi.com); Amor Y Tequila (B 76.9%, https://directindex.org/r/amorytequilachicago.com); Fiya (B 72.3%, https://directindex.org/r/fiyarestaurant.com); Jerry's Sandwiches (B 72.3%, https://directindex.org/r/jerryssandwiches.com); Taquizo (C 66.2%, https://directindex.org/r/taquizo.com).

## The direct record
What agents get for Shang Noodle, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/shangnoodleandchinese.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: https://www.shangnoodleandchinese.com/atelier-shang-menu (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-24, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://www.shangnoodleandchinese.com/copy-of-home-page (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: 1 847 859 6868
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/shangnoodleandchinese.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/shangnoodleandchinese.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): yes
- 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

Found one hop past the home page: menu page /copy-of-home-page: ordering via toast, booking via resy.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 19 | 25 |
| Actionable | 15 | 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/shangnoodleandchinese.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: yes
- 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/shangnoodleandchinese.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/shangnoodleandchinese.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=shangnoodleandchinese.com&force=1