# The Bailie: Agent-Direct Score F (33.8%)

Site: http://www.thebailiebar.co.uk/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/thebailiebar.com
Scanned: 2026-10-15 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
The Bailie is largely invisible to agents.
AI assistants can't open The Bailie's website, so they go by what other sites say about it.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://www.thebailiebar.com/bookings (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://www.thebailiebar.com/menus
- Phone: +44 131 225 4673
- Address: St Stephen Street 2-4 EH3 5AL Edinburgh
- Hours, from OpenStreetMap · Overture Maps: Mon–Thu 11:00–00:00; Fri–Sat 11:00–01:00; Sun 12:30–00:00
- Outdoor seating (OpenStreetMap)

## Nearby, also direct
Places near The Bailie that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Skua (70 m): https://directindex.org/r/skua.scot
- The Antiquary (80 m): https://directindex.org/r/theantiquarybar.co.uk
- The Captain Darling (100 m): https://directindex.org/r/thecaptaindarling.com
- Smith & Gertrude Wine&Cheese (110 m): https://directindex.org/r/smithandgertrude.com
- Pizza Express (140 m): https://directindex.org/r/pizzaexpress.com

## What to fix first
- **The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included.** (+25 points) A plain fetch was refused (cloudflare_challenge). Only a real browser got the page. Every AI crawler and agent gets turned away the same way, so Reachable scores 0 and the rest is measured on the page as the browser rendered it. Ask the host to let the AI user agents through. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing
- **No structured data for the business.** (+15 points) Add schema.org JSON-LD for the business (CafeOrCoffeeShop, BarOrPub or the closest type, with name, address, telephone and openingHoursSpecification, plus servesCuisine). Every assistant reads this block first, and the fix kit below has it filled in. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant

## 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": "BarOrPub",
  "name": "The Bailie",
  "url": "http://www.thebailiebar.co.uk/",
  "telephone": "+44 131 225 4673",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "St Stephen Street 2-4",
    "postalCode": "EH3 5AL",
    "addressLocality": "Edinburgh"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 55.9574763,
    "longitude": -3.2071208
  },
  "openingHours": "Mo-Th 11:00-00:00; Fr-Sa 11:00-01:00; Su 12:30-00:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Monday",
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday"
      ],
      "opens": "11:00",
      "closes": "00:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Friday",
        "Saturday"
      ],
      "opens": "11:00",
      "closes": "01:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Sunday"
      ],
      "opens": "12:30",
      "closes": "00:00"
    }
  ],
  "acceptsReservations": "https://www.thebailiebar.com/bookings",
  "hasMenu": "https://www.thebailiebar.com/menus",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://www.thebailiebar.com/bookings",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** There's no robots.txt, which means everything is allowed.
- **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.

## Since the scan of 2026-10-14 (F then)
- Fixed: The site couldn't be read at all
- New: The site turned away every visitor that wasn't a browser; No structured data for the business

## Where it stands
554 of 701 in Edinburgh cafes and bars. Top 79% 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 | 100% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 85% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 89% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 38% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 28% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Lovecrumbs (F, 27 m, https://directindex.org/r/lovecrumbs.co.uk); The Cider House (F, 41 m, https://directindex.org/r/edinburghcider.co.uk); zanzero (F, 43 m, https://directindex.org/r/zanzero.com); The Last Word (F, 45 m, https://directindex.org/r/lastwordsaloon.com); Skua (D, 70 m, https://directindex.org/r/skua.scot); The Antiquary (A, 78 m, https://directindex.org/r/theantiquarybar.co.uk); Patisserie Florentin (C, 78 m, https://directindex.org/r/patisserieflorentin.com); The Captain Darling (B, 99 m, https://directindex.org/r/thecaptaindarling.com); Smith & Gertrude Wine&Cheese (A, 107 m, https://directindex.org/r/smithandgertrude.com); Pizza Express (C, 144 m, https://directindex.org/r/pizzaexpress.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 Edinburgh cafes and bars and named 62 places. The Bailie wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/edinburgh-cafes-bars/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with Wix 54% (31% A or B, 42583 sites); This site 33.8%.

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

## Businesses like The Bailie in Edinburgh cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Edinburgh cafes and bars | 701 | 50% | 27% | 33.8% |
| Sites built with Wix in Edinburgh cafes and bars | 64 | 60% | 34% | 33.8% |

The best of the sites built with Wix in Edinburgh cafes and bars: Saltire Hospitality Ltd. (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/saltirehospitality.co.uk); Apothecary (A 90.8%, https://directindex.org/r/apothecary-bar.com); The Ferry Tap (A 90.8%, https://directindex.org/r/ferrytap.co.uk); The Waiting Room (A 90.8%, https://directindex.org/r/thewaitingroombar.co.uk); Tonic (A 90.8%, https://directindex.org/r/bar-tonic.co.uk).

With the two fixes above (The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included; No structured data for the business), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 6th of 701 in Edinburgh cafes and bars, up from 554th.

## The direct record
What agents get for The Bailie, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/thebailiebar.com
- Book: https://www.thebailiebar.com/bookings (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-15, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://www.thebailiebar.com/menus (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: Mo-Th 11:00-00:00; Fr-Sa 11:00-01:00; Su 12:30-00:00 (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +44 131 225 4673
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/thebailiebar.com/book, https://directindex.org/go/thebailiebar.com/menu
- Agents and people followed 4 direct links to this business this month (4 by AI agents).

## 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

Only a real browser got this page (a plain fetch got cloudflare_challenge); Readable and Actionable were measured on the rendered page.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 0 | 25 |
| Readable | 7 | 25 |
| Actionable | 15 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Not measured for this scan.
- JSON-LD for the business: no

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