# The Stellenbosch Kitchen: Agent-Direct Score B (77.6%) Site: https://stellenboschkitchen.co.za/ Report: https://directindex.org/r/stellenboschkitchen.co.za Scanned: 2026-10-24 (Provisional, with the action test still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.) The Stellenbosch Kitchen is mostly ready for agents. 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. ## Direct links - Book directly: https://stellenboschkitchen.co.za/restaurant-bookings-stellenbosch/ (on the business's own site) - Menu: https://stellenboschkitchen.co.za/restaurant-menu-stellenbosch-kitchen/ - Phone: +27 21 883 2893 - Hours, from OpenStreetMap: Mon–Sun 07:00–22:00 - 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. - Java (50 m): https://directindex.org/r/javabistro.net ## What to fix first - **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. 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 - **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. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/llms-txt-for-a-business ## Fix kit: What 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. ```html ``` llms.txt. Save as /llms.txt at the root of the site. ``` # 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. ``` ## 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. ## Where it stands 8 of 31 in Stellenbosch. Top 26% 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 | 80% | yes | | Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 90% | yes | | Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 80% | no | | Structured data with address, phone and hours | 30% | no | | Have an llms.txt | 60% | no | Nearest places in the index: NoodleBox (D, 26 m, https://directindex.org/r/noodlebox.co.za); SushiBox (C, 29 m, https://directindex.org/r/sushibox.co.za); Java (B, 54 m, https://directindex.org/r/javabistro.net); Helena's Restaurant (B, 76 m, https://directindex.org/r/helenasrestaurant.co.za); Hygge hygge (D, 97 m, https://directindex.org/r/hyggestellenbosch.com); Senobia (C, 137 m, https://directindex.org/r/eendracht-hotel.com); MERTIA (C, 158 m, https://directindex.org/r/mertia.co.za); Dusk (C, 159 m, https://directindex.org/r/duskrestaurant.co.za); Stud. (D, 165 m, https://directindex.org/r/studtheburgershop.co.za); The Pottery (C, 168 m, https://directindex.org/r/thepottery.co.za). ## What assistants answer Asked on 2026-10-28 with web search on. 83% of the answers pointed to the business's own site or to a vendor working for it. That share is the Cited part of the score. | Assistant | Official website? | Where to book? | Where to order? | |---|---|---|---| | ChatGPT | own site | other site: www.dineplan.com | own site | | Gemini | own site | own site | own site | Recommended when people ask: "A traditional local restaurant that tourists don't know. Book me a table for Saturday." (ChatGPT); "Brunch on Sunday for four. Where can I reserve?" (Gemini); "A cheap lunch menu near the centre." (ChatGPT); "Dinner with two kids tonight, somewhere relaxed. Book a table for four." (ChatGPT, Gemini); "I'm coeliac. A restaurant with real gluten-free options for dinner, book it." (ChatGPT); "Good breakfast near the centre tomorrow from 8. Can I book?" (ChatGPT, Gemini); "Somewhere good that's actually open on Monday evening, book a table." (Gemini); "Birthday dinner for eight on Friday. I want to book online." (Claude) **What ChatGPT said, Official website? (2026-10-28):** https://stellenboschkitchen.co.za/ (stellenboschkitchen.co.za (https://stellenboschkitchen.co.za/?utmsource=openai)) **What ChatGPT said, Where to book? (2026-10-28):** Book online via Dineplan’s Stellenbosch Kitchen page (https://www.dineplan.com/restaurant/stellenbosch-kitchen). (dineplan.com (https://www.dineplan.com/restaurant/stellenbosch-kitchen?utmsource=openai)) **What ChatGPT said, Where to order? (2026-10-28):** I couldn’t find an online food-ordering link for Stellenbosch Kitchen—their website offers menus and table bookings, not online ordering. You can contact them directly to ask about takeaway or delivery: stellenboschkitchen.co.za (https://stellenboschkitchen.co.za/) or call +27 21 883 2893. (stellenboschkitchen.co.za (https://stellenboschkitchen.co.za/restaurant-bookings-stellenbosch/?utmsource=openai)) **What Gemini said, Official website? (2026-10-28):** The official website of The Stellenbosch Kitchen, a restaurant in Stellenbosch, South Africa, is https://stellenboschkitchen.co.za/. **What Gemini said, Where to book? (2026-10-28):** You can book a table online at The Stellenbosch Kitchen through their official website. Please use the following link: https://stellenboschkitchen.co.za/reserve-your-table/ **What Gemini said, Where to order? (2026-10-28):** To order food online from The Stellenbosch Kitchen, you should visit their official website or contact them directly. The provided search results indicate that while they have an online presence for viewing their menu and making reservations, a direct online food ordering link for delivery or pickup is not explicitly available through the provided information. You can find their official website at:… Compared with its peers: Sites built with WordPress 55% (25% A or B, 236087 sites); This site 77.6%. See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/stellenboschkitchen.co.za/agent-view ## 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 - "A traditional local restaurant that tourists don't know. Book me a table for Saturday." (2026-10-22): ChatGPT with a link to this site. https://directindex.org/city/stellenbosch/recommended/local-saturday - "Brunch on Sunday for four. Where can I reserve?" (2026-10-22): Gemini with a link to this site. https://directindex.org/city/stellenbosch/recommended/brunch - "A cheap lunch menu near the centre." (2026-10-22): ChatGPT with a link to this site. https://directindex.org/city/stellenbosch/recommended/cheap-lunch - "Birthday dinner for eight on Friday. I want to book online." (2026-10-22): Claude through a marketplace. https://directindex.org/city/stellenbosch/recommended/birthday-8 - "Dinner with two kids tonight, somewhere relaxed. Book a table for four." (2026-10-22): ChatGPT with a link to this site; Gemini with a link to this site. https://directindex.org/city/stellenbosch/recommended/kids-family - "I'm coeliac. A restaurant with real gluten-free options for dinner, book it." (2026-10-22): ChatGPT with a link to this site. https://directindex.org/city/stellenbosch/recommended/gluten-free - "Good breakfast near the centre tomorrow from 8. Can I book?" (2026-10-22): ChatGPT with a link to this site; Gemini by name, without a link. https://directindex.org/city/stellenbosch/recommended/breakfast - "Somewhere good that's actually open on Monday evening, book a table." (2026-10-22): Gemini with a link to this site. https://directindex.org/city/stellenbosch/recommended/open-monday Named by 3 of 3 assistants asked. Badge: https://directindex.org/badge/named/stellenboschkitchen.co.za.svg Why (2026-10-28): ChatGPT sent users to Dineplan because the server turns AI crawlers away at the door, preventing the assistant from reading the booking page on the site. ## Businesses like The Stellenbosch Kitchen in Stellenbosch | Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site | |---|---|---|---|---| | Businesses of the same kind in Stellenbosch | 31 | 65% | 42% | 77.6% | | Sites built with WordPress in Stellenbosch | 9 | 71% | 44% | 77.6% | The best of the sites built with WordPress in Stellenbosch: Spek & Bone (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/bertusbasson.com); Hungry Lion (B 81.1%, https://directindex.org/r/hungrylion.co.za); Gino's (B 70.6%, https://directindex.org/r/ginos.co.za); MERTIA (C 69.4%, https://directindex.org/r/mertia.co.za); Senobia (C 66.9%, https://directindex.org/r/eendracht-hotel.com). With the two fixes above (The server turns AI crawlers away at the door; Structured data is incomplete), the score would be about 92.6%. That would be 2nd of 31 in Stellenbosch, up from 8th. ## The direct record What agents get for The Stellenbosch Kitchen, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/stellenboschkitchen.co.za - Book: https://stellenboschkitchen.co.za/restaurant-bookings-stellenbosch/ (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-24, not yet tested) - Order: none on record - Menu: https://stellenboschkitchen.co.za/restaurant-menu-stellenbosch-kitchen/ (html_page; from the scan) - Hours: Mo-Su 07:00-22:00 (open now) (from OpenStreetMap) - Phone: +27 21 883 2893 - Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/stellenboschkitchen.co.za/book, https://directindex.org/go/stellenboschkitchen.co.za/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 Found one hop past the home page: booking page /restaurant-bookings-stellenbosch/: booking link (other). ## Score breakdown | Component | Points | Available | |---|---|---| | Reachable | 18.3 | 25 | | Readable | 16 | 25 | | Actionable | 15 | 15 (the action test: pending) | | Cited | 16.7 | 20 | ## Agent readiness (Cloudflare) Level 1 of 5, Basic Web Presence. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/stellenboschkitchen.co.za - 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: 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: yes Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/stellenboschkitchen.co.za/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/stellenboschkitchen.co.za/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=stellenboschkitchen.co.za&force=1