# Starchild Rooftop Bar & Lounge: Agent-Direct Score C (62%)

Site: https://starchildrooftop.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/starchildrooftop.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.)
Starchild Rooftop Bar & Lounge is partly visible to agents.
Some AI assistants are turned away by Starchild Rooftop Bar & Lounge's website. What Starchild Rooftop Bar & Lounge offers is in a PDF or an image, and assistants read those badly. To book or order, it is sent to Resy, a marketplace.

## Direct links
- Menu: https://starchildrooftop.com/daytime-menu/
- Phone: +12123009859
- Address: 305 W 48th St, 10036, New York

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Starchild Rooftop Bar & Lounge that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Sir Henry’s (30 m): https://directindex.org/r/sirhenrysnyc.com
- Latitude Bar & Lounge (60 m): https://directindex.org/r/latitudebarnyc.com
- The Dickens (60 m): https://directindex.org/r/thedickensnyc.com
- Bar Sprezzatura (80 m): https://directindex.org/r/barsprezzatura.com
- Dutch Freds (90 m): https://directindex.org/r/dutchfreds.com

## What to fix first
- **Booking only through resy.** (+12 points) 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
- **The server turns AI crawlers away at the door.** (+6.7 points) Requests as GPTBot (http_429), ClaudeBot (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
- **Menu or price list is a PDF.** (+3 points) Most agents skip PDFs or read them badly. Publish it as an HTML page and keep the PDF as a download. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** No rule blocks the main AI user agents.
- **Structured data found (BarOrPub).** address, phone, opening hours
- **Resy works with agents through its partners.** Resy's terms (9 June 2025) bar automated software that crawls, harvests or scrapes the service and require written consent for other automated use; Resy opened bookings inside ChatGPT on 10 August 2026. Terms read on 2026-10-15: https://resy.com/terms. 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
1466 of 4076 in New York cafes and bars. Top 36% 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 | 97% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 95% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 98% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 36% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 22% | yes |

Nearest places in the index: Sir Henry’s (A, 25 m, https://directindex.org/r/sirhenrysnyc.com); Social (D, 34 m, https://directindex.org/r/socialbarnyc.com); West Side Tm (F, 45 m, https://directindex.org/r/westsidesteakhousenyc.com); Latitude Bar & Lounge (C, 56 m, https://directindex.org/r/latitudebarnyc.com); The Dickens (B, 63 m, https://directindex.org/r/thedickensnyc.com); Bar Sprezzatura (B, 79 m, https://directindex.org/r/barsprezzatura.com); Dutch Freds (A, 91 m, https://directindex.org/r/dutchfreds.com); Bar92 (B, 103 m, https://directindex.org/r/guinyc.com); All the Way (F, 115 m, https://directindex.org/r/allthewaybroadway.com); Lillie‘s (B, 122 m, https://directindex.org/r/lilliesnyc.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.


Compared with its peers: Sites built with WordPress 55% (24% A or B, 224455 sites); Sites using Resy 67% (44% A or B, 2728 sites); This site 62%.

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

## Businesses like Starchild Rooftop Bar & Lounge in New York cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in New York cafes and bars | 4076 | 48% | 26% | 62% |
| Sites built with WordPress in New York cafes and bars | 681 | 57% | 27% | 62% |
| Sites using Resy in New York cafes and bars | 304 | 66% | 42% | 62% |
| Sites built with WordPress and using Resy in New York cafes and bars | 43 | 64% | 26% | 62% |

The best of the sites built with WordPress and using Resy in New York cafes and bars: Ayza Wine & Chocolate Bar (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/ayzanyc.com); Saar Indian Cuisine & Bar (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/saarnyc.com); Grimm Tavern (B 84.6%, https://directindex.org/r/grimmales.com); Pinky Swear (B 84.6%, https://directindex.org/r/pinkyswearnyc.com); Club Room (B 81.5%, https://directindex.org/r/clubroomnyc.com).

With the three fixes above (Booking only through resy; The server turns AI crawlers away at the door; Menu or price list is a PDF), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 44th of 4,076 in New York cafes and bars, up from 1466th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Starchild Rooftop Bar & Lounge, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/starchildrooftop.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://starchildrooftop.com/daytime-menu/ (pdf; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +12123009859
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/starchildrooftop.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): yes
- Ordering vendor that takes agent orders (Square, Toast, or a vendor whose terms allow agents): no
- Vendor terms for agents, Resy: Through partners. Resy's terms (9 June 2025) bar automated software that crawls, harvests or scrapes the service and require written consent for other automated use; Resy opened bookings inside ChatGPT on 10 August 2026. Read 2026-10-15: https://resy.com/terms

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 18.3 | 25 |
| Readable | 19 | 25 |
| Actionable | 3 | 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/starchildrooftop.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): yes
- MCP server card: yes
- A2A agent card: yes
- Agent Skills index: yes
- 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: yes
- JSON-LD for the business: yes

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