# The Backroom: Agent-Direct Score B (70.8%)

Site: http://thebackroomvt.com
Report: https://directindex.org/r/thebackroomvt.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.)
The Backroom is mostly ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open The Backroom's website. It can read what The Backroom offers. To book or order, it is sent to Resy, a marketplace.

## Direct links
- Menu: https://thebackroomvt.com/menu
- Phone: +17027337000
- Address: 4100 Paradise Rd, 89169-6528, Las Vegas
- Its menu mentions: vegan options

## Nearby, also direct
Places near The Backroom that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Morton's The Steakhouse (130 m): https://directindex.org/r/mortons.com
- Lotus of Siam (240 m): https://directindex.org/r/lotusofsiamlv.com
- Pieology Pizzeria (320 m): https://directindex.org/r/pieology.com
- Wings N Things (390 m): https://directindex.org/r/epicwings.com
- Mint Indian Bistro (400 m): https://directindex.org/r/mintbistro.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
- **Almost no text without JavaScript.** (+2 points) Crawlers that don't run scripts see an empty page. Put the menu, hours and address in plain HTML. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/website-blank-without-javascript
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+2 points) Missing: telephone. 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
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "LocalBusiness",
  "name": "The Backroom",
  "url": "http://thebackroomvt.com",
  "telephone": "+17027337000",
  "address": "4100 Paradise Rd, 89169-6528, Las Vegas",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 36.1141246,
    "longitude": -115.1520274
  }
}
</script>
```

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

```
# The Backroom

> local business in 4100 Paradise Rd, 89169-6528, Las Vegas, Las Vegas. Phone +17027337000.

## Book or order directly

- Menu: https://thebackroomvt.com/menu

## About

- Website: http://thebackroomvt.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 main AI user agents.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all got a normal response.
- **Structured data found (LocalBusiness).** address, opening hours
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.
- **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
Not ranked yet in Las Vegas.

| What the top 10% of the index does | Top 10% | This site |
|---|---|---|
| Take bookings or orders on their own domain | 100% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 96% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 80% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 64% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 36% | no |

Nearest places in the index: S7 Buffet (D, 46 m, https://directindex.org/r/silversevenscasino.com); Buca di Beppo (F, 94 m, https://directindex.org/r/bucadebeppo.com); Morton's The Steakhouse (A, 133 m, https://directindex.org/r/mortons.com); Lotus of Siam (C, 238 m, https://directindex.org/r/lotusofsiamlv.com); Pieology Pizzeria (B, 315 m, https://directindex.org/r/pieology.com); Urban Turban (F, 385 m, https://directindex.org/r/urbanturbanlv.com); Himalayan Cuisine (F, 389 m, https://directindex.org/r/himalayancuisine.com); Wings N Things (B, 389 m, https://directindex.org/r/epicwings.com); Mint Indian Bistro (A, 396 m, https://directindex.org/r/mintbistro.com); Twisted Tenders (B, 431 m, https://directindex.org/r/twistedchickentenders.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.

The assistants were asked 12 everyday questions about Las Vegas and named 61 places. The Backroom wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/las-vegas/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with Squarespace 63% (46% A or B, 18903 sites); Sites using Resy 67% (45% A or B, 830 sites); This site 70.8%.

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

## Businesses like The Backroom in Las Vegas

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Las Vegas | 242 | 59% | 40% | 70.8% |
| Sites built with Squarespace in Las Vegas | 60 | 71% | 57% | 70.8% |
| Sites using Resy in Las Vegas | 16 | 73% | 56% | 70.8% |
| Sites built with Squarespace and using Resy in Las Vegas | 3 | 66% | 33% | 70.8% |

The best of the sites using Resy in Las Vegas: La Palapa (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/lapalapa.com); Hamburger Mary's (A 89.2%, https://directindex.org/r/hamburgermarys.com); P.j. Clarke's (A 87.7%, https://directindex.org/r/pjclarkes.com); Soulbelly BBQ (A 87.7%, https://directindex.org/r/soulbellybbq.com); Emeril's New Orleans Fish House (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/emerilsrestaurants.com).

With the three fixes above (Booking only through resy; Almost no text without JavaScript; Structured data is incomplete), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 9th of 242 in Las Vegas, up from not ranked today.

## The direct record
What agents get for The Backroom, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/thebackroomvt.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://thebackroomvt.com/menu (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +17027337000
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/thebackroomvt.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): no
- 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

Found one hop past the home page: booking page /reservations: booking via resy.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 23 | 25 |
| Readable | 20 | 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/thebackroomvt.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: 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: yes
- 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/thebackroomvt.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/thebackroomvt.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=thebackroomvt.com&force=1
