# The Star Of Bethnal Green: Agent-Direct Score D (51.2%)

Site: https://www.starofbethnalgreen.co.uk/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/starofbethnalgreen.co.uk
Scanned: 2026-10-14 (provisional: the action test and the assistant citation check pending)
The Star Of Bethnal Green is hard for agents to use.

## Direct links
- Menu: https://starofbethnalgreen.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/SOBG-MENU.pdf
- Phone: +44 20 8161 0502

## What to fix first, by points
- **No booking or ordering path at all.** (+13 points) Only a phone number or WhatsApp. Agents cannot act on those yet. Add a booking or ordering page. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website
- **The server turns AI crawlers away at the door.** (+6.7 points) Live fetches as GPTBot (http_429), ClaudeBot (http_429) were refused while a normal browser got the page. This is usually a hosting or firewall bot list the owner never chose. Ask the host to allow these user agents. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+6 points) Missing: address, telephone, opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **Menu or price list is a PDF.** (+3 points) Most agents skip PDFs or read them badly. Publish it as HTML, keep the PDF as a download. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai
- **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": "BarOrPub",
  "name": "The Star Of Bethnal Green",
  "url": "https://www.starofbethnalgreen.co.uk/",
  "telephone": "+44 20 8161 0502",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Bethnal Green Road 359",
    "postalCode": "E2 6LG",
    "addressLocality": "London"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 51.5268842,
    "longitude": -0.062121
  },
  "openingHours": "Mo 16:00-24:00; Tu-Th 16:00-24:00; Fr 16:00-02:00; Sa 14:00-02:00; Su 14:00-21:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Monday"
      ],
      "opens": "16:00",
      "closes": "24:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday"
      ],
      "opens": "16:00",
      "closes": "24:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Friday"
      ],
      "opens": "16:00",
      "closes": "02:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Saturday"
      ],
      "opens": "14:00",
      "closes": "02:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Sunday"
      ],
      "opens": "14:00",
      "closes": "21:00"
    }
  ],
  "servesCuisine": [
    "pizza"
  ],
  "hasMenu": "https://starofbethnalgreen.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/SOBG-MENU.pdf"
}
</script>
```

llms.txt draft:

```
# The Star Of Bethnal Green

> bar or pub (pizza) in Bethnal Green Road 359 E2 6LG London, London cafes and bars. Phone +44 20 8161 0502.

## Book or order directly

- Menu: https://starofbethnalgreen.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/SOBG-MENU.pdf

## Opening hours

Mo 16:00-24:00; Tu-Th 16:00-24:00; Fr 16:00-02:00; Sa 14:00-02:00; Su 14:00-21:00

## About

- Website: https://www.starofbethnalgreen.co.uk/
- 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.
- **Structured data present (Organization).** but without address, phone or hours

## Where it stands
Rank 1426 of 2869 in London cafes and bars (top 50%).

| What the top tenth does | Top 10% | This site |
|---|---|---|
| Take bookings or orders on their own domain | 100% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 96% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 95% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 56% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 13% | no |

Nearest places with a similar menu: The Dove (C, 1053 m, https://directindex.org/r/dovepubs.com); Red Lion (A, 1260 m, https://directindex.org/r/redlionhoxton.co.uk); The George Tavern (C, 1530 m, https://directindex.org/r/thegeorgetavern.london); Platform (B, 1734 m, https://directindex.org/r/experienceplatform.co.uk); Aldgate Tap (C, 1759 m, https://directindex.org/r/aldgatetap.com); Spurstowe Arms (D, 2056 m, https://directindex.org/r/spurstowearms.com); Dalston Eastern Curve Garden (F, 2339 m, https://directindex.org/r/dalstongarden.org); Chesham Arms (C, 2449 m, https://directindex.org/r/cheshamarms.com); Pelt Trader (F, 2667 m, https://directindex.org/r/pelttrader.com); The Regent (B, 3382 m, https://directindex.org/r/theregentpub.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 built with WordPress average 57% (26% A or B, 35830 sites); this site 51.2%.

What an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/starofbethnalgreen.co.uk/agent-view

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| reachable | 18.3 | 25 |
| readable | 13 | 25 |
| actionable | 2 | 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/starofbethnalgreen.co.uk
- 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: 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: yes
- OAuth protected resource metadata: yes
- 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

Methodology: https://directindex.org/methodology · Rescan: https://directindex.org/scan?url=starofbethnalgreen.co.uk&force=1