# Sotano: Agent-Direct Score F (10.8%)

Site: https://www.sotanorestaurant.info/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/sotanorestaurant.info
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.)
Sotano is largely invisible to agents.
AI assistants cannot open the website of Sotano, so they rely on what other sites say about it.

## Direct links
- Menu: https://www.sotanorestaurant.info/
- Phone: +27 21 433 1757

## What to fix first

- **The site turns every visitor without a browser away, AI agents included.** (+23 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.** (+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 link on the website.** (+15 points) Agents find no link to follow on the site. If you take bookings or orders through a platform, link to it from the site so an agent can find it. Add a booking or ordering page on your own domain. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website
- **Almost no text without JavaScript.** (no points, still worth doing) 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

## 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": "Sotano",
  "url": "https://www.sotanorestaurant.info/",
  "telephone": "+27 21 433 1757",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Beach Road 121",
    "postalCode": "8005",
    "addressLocality": "Cape Town"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": -33.9015255,
    "longitude": 18.4008452
  },
  "openingHours": "07:00-23:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [],
      "opens": "07:00",
      "closes": "23:00"
    }
  ],
  "servesCuisine": [
    "mediterranean"
  ],
  "hasMenu": "https://www.sotanorestaurant.info/"
}
</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.

## Where it stands
121 of 134 in Cape Town. Top 90% 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 | 86% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 86% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 36% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 43% | no |

Nearest places in the index: The Butcher Shop & Grill (C, 30 m, https://directindex.org/r/thebutchershop.co.za); Lily’s (B, 441 m, https://directindex.org/r/kovecollection.co.za); Mochachos (B, 798 m, https://directindex.org/r/mochachos.com); Cafe Extrablatt (B, 1212 m, https://directindex.org/r/cafe-extrablatt.co.za); Cozco (C, 1661 m, https://directindex.org/r/cozco.co.za); Terrarium Restaurant (B, 1733 m, https://directindex.org/r/newmarkhotels.com); Mitchell's Scottish Ale House Victoria & Alfred Waterfront (A, 1758 m, https://directindex.org/r/mitchellsalehouse.co.za); Ferrymans Tavern (A, 1763 m, https://directindex.org/r/ferrymans.co.za); The Falafel Guy (C, 1789 m, https://directindex.org/r/thefalafelguy.co.za); Marble (B, 1831 m, https://directindex.org/r/marble.restaurant).

## 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.

Asked 12 everyday questions about Cape Town, the assistants named 65 places; Sotano was not among them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/cape-town/recommended


Against its peers: Sites built with Wix 49% (24% A or B, 10627 sites); This site 10.8%.

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

## Businesses like Sotano in Cape Town

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Cape Town | 134 | 53% | 23% | 10.8% |
| Sites built with Wix in Cape Town | 12 | 41% | 8% | 10.8% |

The best of the sites built with Wix in Cape Town: Dunes Beach Restaurant & Bar (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/dunesrestaurant.co.za); The Mill & Press Cafe and Deli (C 67.7%, https://directindex.org/r/millandpress.co.za); Reverie Social Table (C 63.1%, https://directindex.org/r/reverie.capetown); Banana Jam (D 54.3%, https://directindex.org/r/bananajamcafe.co.za); Vadivelu (D 53.8%, https://directindex.org/r/vadivelu.co.za).

With the three fixes above (The site turns every visitor without a browser away, AI agents included; No structured data for the business; No booking or ordering link on the website) the score would be about 92.3%: 5th of 134 in Cape Town, up from 121st.

## The direct record
What agents get for Sotano, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/sotanorestaurant.info
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://www.sotanorestaurant.info/ (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: 07:00-23:00 (open now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +27 21 433 1757
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/sotanorestaurant.info/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

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 | 7 | 25 |
| Actionable | 0 | 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/sotanorestaurant.info/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/sotanorestaurant.info/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=sotanorestaurant.info&force=1