The Direct Index
Report · Stellenbosch · scanned 2026-10-24

The Stellenbosch Kitchen

stellenboschkitchen.co.za is mostly ready for agents.

Listed by OpenStreetMap.

BookMenuCallWebsite

Ways to reach The Stellenbosch Kitchen directly, with no marketplace in between. Checked 2026-10-24. On the business's own site. Report a mistake

Hours, from OpenStreetMap: Mon–Sun 07:00–22:00

+27 21 883 2893

Its menu mentions: vegan options · Outdoor seating (OpenStreetMap)

Nearby, also direct

Places near The Stellenbosch Kitchen that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.

Owners

The website's grade

Some AI assistants are turned away by The Stellenbosch Kitchen's website. It can read what The Stellenbosch Kitchen offers. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.

75.8%

49.3 of 65 points available

1/5

agent-readiness level, Basic Web Presence

3

things to fix

Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.

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Named by assistants

Named by ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini for 8 questions, including "A traditional local restaurant that tourists don't know. Book me a table for Saturday" in Stellenbosch, October 2026

Each assistant was asked the way people ask, with web search on, for up to three places in Stellenbosch and a link to each one's own site. This business was named in 8 answers, by 3 of the 3 assistants asked.

QuestionNamed byAsked
A traditional local restaurant that tourists don't know. Book me a table for Saturday.ChatGPT with a link to this site2026-10-22
Brunch on Sunday for four. Where can I reserve?Gemini with a link to this site2026-10-22
A cheap lunch menu near the centre.ChatGPT with a link to this site2026-10-22
Birthday dinner for eight on Friday. I want to book online.Claude through a marketplace2026-10-22
Dinner with two kids tonight, somewhere relaxed. Book a table for four.ChatGPT with a link to this site
Gemini with a link to this site
2026-10-22
I'm coeliac. A restaurant with real gluten-free options for dinner, book it.ChatGPT with a link to this site2026-10-22
Good breakfast near the centre tomorrow from 8. Can I book?ChatGPT with a link to this site
Gemini by name, without a link
2026-10-22
Somewhere good that's actually open on Monday evening, book a table.Gemini with a link to this site2026-10-22

Every place named in Stellenbosch, question by question.

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The badge shows how many of the assistants asked named this business, and the month. It updates after every round.

Named by 3 of 3 assistants, Direct Index

<a href="https://directindex.org/r/stellenboschkitchen.co.za"><img src="https://directindex.org/badge/named/stellenboschkitchen.co.za.svg" alt="Named by 3 of 3 assistants, Direct Index" width="300" height="40"></a>
Assistants

What assistants answer

Each assistant gets three questions about this business: the official website, where to book and where to order. Each cell shows where the answer sent people.

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Recommended when people ask:
“A traditional local restaurant that tourists don't know. Book me a table for Saturday.” (ChatGPT, with a link to this site)
“Brunch on Sunday for four. Where can I reserve?” (Gemini, with a link to this site)
“A cheap lunch menu near the centre.” (ChatGPT, with a link to this site)
“Dinner with two kids tonight, somewhere relaxed. Book a table for four.” (ChatGPT, Gemini, with a link to this site)
“I'm coeliac. A restaurant with real gluten-free options for dinner, book it.” (ChatGPT, with a link to this site)
“Good breakfast near the centre tomorrow from 8. Can I book?” (ChatGPT, Gemini, with a link to this site)
“Somewhere good that's actually open on Monday evening, book a table.” (Gemini, with a link to this site)
“Birthday dinner for eight on Friday. I want to book online.” (Claude, through a marketplace)

Where it stands

How The Stellenbosch Kitchen compares

Where it stands

9 of 31 in Stellenbosch

Top 29% of the sites scanned in this index. Just above: Hungry Lion B, Asta B. Just below: De Eetkamer B, Helena's Restaurant B.

What the top 10% of the index doesTop 10%This site
Take bookings or orders on their own domain80%yes
Publish the menu or price list as HTML90%yes
Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt)80%no
Structured data with address, phone and hours30%no
Have an llms.txt60%no

The top 10% are the 10 highest-scoring reachable sites in the index at the last update.

Compared with its peers

Average scoreA or BThis site
Sites built with WordPress 224,455 sites55%24%75.8%

Nearest places in the index

PlaceDistanceGradeDirect booking or ordering
NoodleBox asian26 mFno
SushiBox sushi29 mCno
Java54 mCyes
Helena's Restaurant76 mBno
Hygge hygge97 mDno
Senobia regional137 mCno
MERTIA158 mCno
Dusk159 mCno
Stud. burger165 mDno
The Pottery168 mCno
Businesses like yours

Businesses like The Stellenbosch Kitchen in Stellenbosch

GroupSitesAvg scoreA or BThis site
Businesses of the same kind in Stellenbosch3164%35%75.8%
Sites built with WordPress in Stellenbosch968%33%75.8%

The best of the sites built with WordPress in Stellenbosch

Spek & Bone A 86.2% · Hungry Lion B 81.1% · Senobia C 66.9% · The Pottery C 62.6% · Dusk C 61.5%

After the top fixes

With the two fixes above (The server turns AI crawlers away at the door; Structured data is incomplete), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 2nd of 31 in Stellenbosch, up from 9th.

Peers are the businesses in the same index that have a reachable site, using the latest scan of each. The rank comes from the index's current ranking.

Findings

What to fix first

  1. The server turns AI crawlers away at the door +6.7 points

    Requests as GPTBot (http_403), ClaudeBot (http_403) 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. How to fix it

  2. Structured data is incomplete +6 points

    Missing: address, telephone, opening hours. How to fix it

  3. No llms.txt no points, but worth doing

    Optional for now and cheap to add. It's a short text file that describes the business for language models. How to fix it

Send the fixes to your web person

One email with the fixes and the link. Nothing is stored.

No one is listed yet to fix this in Stellenbosch. List your agency or yourself. It's free, and every listing is reviewed by hand.

Already right

  • robots.txt lets AI crawlers in No rule blocks the main AI user agents.
  • Structured data found (Organization) no address, phone or hours in it
  • Menu or price list is an HTML page Agents can read the items and prices.
  • Booking on your own site Agents can book without going through a marketplace.

Builder: wordpress · contact page /restaurants-in-stellenbosch/: nothing new; menu page /restaurant-menu-stellenbosch-kitchen/: nothing new; booking page /restaurant-bookings-stellenbosch/: booking link (other)

Fix kit

What to paste

Filled in from the business's own record and this scan. Check every line before it goes live. The guides show where it goes on wordpress.

Where to paste it on WordPress: a plugin that adds code to every page's header, such as WPCode (Insert Headers and Footers), in its Header box. the official help page.

Show the code 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. Guide.

<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Restaurant",
  "name": "The Stellenbosch Kitchen",
  "url": "https://stellenboschkitchen.co.za/",
  "telephone": "+27 21 883 2893",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": -33.9385759,
    "longitude": 18.8614176
  },
  "openingHours": "Mo-Su 07:00-22:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Monday",
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday",
        "Friday",
        "Saturday",
        "Sunday"
      ],
      "opens": "07:00",
      "closes": "22:00"
    }
  ],
  "servesCuisine": [
    "regional"
  ],
  "acceptsReservations": "https://stellenboschkitchen.co.za/restaurant-bookings-stellenbosch/",
  "hasMenu": "https://stellenboschkitchen.co.za/restaurant-menu-stellenbosch-kitchen/",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://stellenboschkitchen.co.za/restaurant-bookings-stellenbosch/",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>

llms.txt

Save as /llms.txt at the root of the site. Guide.

# The Stellenbosch Kitchen

> restaurant (regional) in Stellenbosch. Phone +27 21 883 2893.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://stellenboschkitchen.co.za/restaurant-bookings-stellenbosch/ (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://stellenboschkitchen.co.za/restaurant-menu-stellenbosch-kitchen/

## Opening hours

Mo-Su 07:00-22:00

## About

- Website: https://stellenboschkitchen.co.za/
- This file follows llms.txt (https://llmstxt.org): a short plain-text description for language models.
Owners

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Agent-Direct Score B

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For developers and agents

What agents get, and what the site publishes

The direct record agents get for this business, the rails an agent could transact through, and the agent standards the site publishes.

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The direct record

What agents get for The Stellenbosch Kitchen

The links an assistant is sent when it books, orders or reads the menu for this business, where each leads, and when a browser last checked it. The same record is served as JSON at /api/direct/stellenboschkitchen.co.za, through the MCP tool direct_record and in the city feed /city/stellenbosch/direct.json.

PathLinkStatus
Bookstellenboschkitchen.co.za/restaurant-bookings-stellenbosch/ own sitefound by the scan of 2026-10-24, not yet tested
Ordernone on record
Menustellenboschkitchen.co.za/restaurant-menu-stellenbosch-kitch html_pagefrom the scan
HoursMo-Su 07:00-22:00 (open now)from OpenStreetMap
Phone+27 21 883 2893

Stable links that count: /go/stellenboschkitchen.co.za/book, /go/stellenboschkitchen.co.za/menu answer 302 to the links above; the count is the line "followed N direct links" on this page.

Owners: claim the business below to correct this record; the claim email carries the link.

Transactable

Can an agent transact?

Measured, not scored: the Agent-Direct Score stays at specification v1.0. This says which rails an agent could transact through today, and what the booking or ordering vendor's terms allow.

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

Found one hop past the home page: booking page /restaurant-bookings-stellenbosch/: booking link (other).

Agent readiness

Level 1 of 5, Basic Web Presence

These are the standards an agent looks for before it reads a page, checked the same way as Cloudflare's Agent Readiness scan. They don't count toward the score. Each missing item links to a how-to. Cloudflare's report.

Link headers on the homepageno how
sitemap.xmlyes
AI bot rules in robots.txtyes
Content Signals in robots.txtno how
Markdown on Accept: text/markdownno how
llms.txtno how
API catalog (RFC 9727)no how
MCP server cardno how
A2A agent cardno how
Agent Skills indexno how
OAuth or OIDC discoveryno how
OAuth protected resource metadatano how
auth.mdno how
Web Bot Auth key directoryno how
ARD capability manifestno how
DNS-AID recordsno how
WebMCP tools on the pageno how
JSON-LD for the businessyes