# Soto Japanese Restaurant & Sushi Bar: Agent-Direct Score B (73.8%)

Site: https://sotoaustin.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/sotoaustin.com
Scanned: 2026-10-14 (provisional: the action test and the assistant citation check pending)
Soto Japanese Restaurant & Sushi Bar is mostly ready for agents.

## Direct links
- Book: https://sotoaustin.com/#reservations_open_table (on the business's own site)
- Order: https://www.toasttab.com/soto-japanese/giftcards?utmCampaign=onlineOrdering (through toast acting for the business)
- Menu: https://sotoaustin.com/austin-soto-cedar-park-food-menu
- Phone: +1-512-257-0788

## What to fix first, by points
- **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). 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 llms.txt.** (no points, still worth doing) Optional today, cheap to add: a short text file describing the business for language models. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/llms-txt-for-a-business

## Fix kit: what to paste

Structured data, one block in the page head:

```html
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Restaurant",
  "name": "Soto Japanese Restaurant & Sushi Bar",
  "url": "https://sotoaustin.com/",
  "telephone": "+1-512-257-0788",
  "email": "manager@sotoaustin.com",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Pecan Park Boulevard 11066",
    "postalCode": "78613",
    "addressLocality": "Cedar Park"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 30.4700704,
    "longitude": -97.8010511
  },
  "servesCuisine": [
    "japanese"
  ],
  "acceptsReservations": "https://sotoaustin.com/#reservations_open_table",
  "hasMenu": "https://sotoaustin.com/austin-soto-cedar-park-food-menu",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://sotoaustin.com/#reservations_open_table",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    },
    {
      "@type": "OrderAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://www.toasttab.com/soto-japanese/giftcards?utmCampaign=onlineOrdering",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

llms.txt draft:

```
# Soto Japanese Restaurant & Sushi Bar

> restaurant (japanese) in Pecan Park Boulevard 11066 78613 Cedar Park, Austin. Phone +1-512-257-0788.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://sotoaustin.com/#reservations_open_table (on the business's own site)
- Order: https://www.toasttab.com/soto-japanese/giftcards?utmCampaign=onlineOrdering (through toast acting for the business)
- Menu: https://sotoaustin.com/austin-soto-cedar-park-food-menu

## About

- Website: https://sotoaustin.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 key AI user agents.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all received a normal response.
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read items and prices directly.
- **Booking on your own site.** Agents can book without a marketplace in the loop.
- **Ordering through toast on your own domain.** No marketplace commission, and the guest stays yours.

## Where it stands
Rank 217 of 720 in Austin (top 30%).

| What the top tenth does | Top 10% | This site |
|---|---|---|
| Take bookings or orders on their own domain | 100% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 96% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 95% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 63% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 23% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Texican Cafe (B, 114 m, https://directindex.org/r/texicancafe.com); Fire Bowl Cafe (B, 218 m, https://directindex.org/r/firebowlcafe.com); Mad Greens (A, 225 m, https://directindex.org/r/madgreens.com); Applebee's (A, 266 m, https://directindex.org/r/applebees.com); Olive Garden (B, 470 m, https://directindex.org/r/olivegarden.com); Great American Cookies (B, 498 m, https://directindex.org/r/greatamericancookies.com); Fuddruckers (B, 507 m, https://directindex.org/r/fuddruckers.com); Foxhole Culinary Tavern (C, 552 m, https://directindex.org/r/foxholeaustin.com); Auntie Anne's (F, 599 m, https://directindex.org/r/auntieannes.com); Hot Dog on a Stick (B, 608 m, https://directindex.org/r/hotdogonastick.com).

## What assistants answer
Not asked yet. Assistants are asked about the top-ranked and claimed businesses in each city index.

Against its peers: Sites using Toast average 74% (62% A or B, 1749 sites); this site 73.8%.

What an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/sotoaustin.com/agent-view

Read by AI agents 7 times this month.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| reachable | 25 | 25 |
| readable | 8 | 25 |
| actionable | 15 | 15 (action_test pending) |
| cited | 0 | 0 (probes pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare criteria)
Level 1 of 5: Basic Web Presence. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/sotoaustin.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: 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

Methodology: https://directindex.org/methodology · Rescan: https://directindex.org/scan?url=sotoaustin.com&force=1