# The Bistro: Agent-Direct Score C (69.2%)

Site: https://thebistro.be/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/thebistro.be
Scanned: 2026-10-14 (Provisional: the action test and the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.)
The Bistro is partly visible to agents.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://www.thebistro.be/nl#reservations (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://thebistro.be/home/menukaart-2026-06-17-the-bistro.pdf
- Phone: +3232323675

## What to fix first
- **No structured data for the business.** (+14 points) Add schema.org JSON-LD for the business (Restaurant, LocalBusiness or the closest type, with name, address, telephone and openingHoursSpecification, plus servesCuisine and acceptsReservations). It is the one block every assistant reads first; the fix kit below has it filled in. 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 (JSON-LD). One block in the page's head, or in the builder's custom-code slot. Replace anything that is wrong.

```html
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Restaurant",
  "name": "The Bistro",
  "url": "https://thebistro.be/",
  "telephone": "+3232323675",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Wapper 1,1A",
    "postalCode": "2000"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 51.2175933,
    "longitude": 4.4091888
  },
  "openingHours": "Su-Th 10:00-21:00; Fr-Sa 10:00-22:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Sunday",
        "Monday",
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday"
      ],
      "opens": "10:00",
      "closes": "21:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Friday",
        "Saturday"
      ],
      "opens": "10:00",
      "closes": "22:00"
    }
  ],
  "servesCuisine": [
    "barbecue",
    "fish and chips",
    "french",
    "local",
    "regional"
  ],
  "acceptsReservations": "https://www.thebistro.be/nl#reservations",
  "hasMenu": "https://thebistro.be/home/menukaart-2026-06-17-the-bistro.pdf",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://www.thebistro.be/nl#reservations",
        "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.

```
# The Bistro

> restaurant (barbecue, fish and chips, french, local, regional) in Wapper 1,1A 2000, Antwerp. Phone +3232323675.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://www.thebistro.be/nl#reservations (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://thebistro.be/home/menukaart-2026-06-17-the-bistro.pdf

## Opening hours

Su-Th 10:00-21:00; Fr-Sa 10:00-22:00

## About

- Website: https://thebistro.be/
- 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.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all received a normal response.
- **Booking on your own site.** Agents can book without a marketplace in the loop.

## Where it stands
148 of 411 in Antwerp. Top 36% of the sites scanned in this index.

| What the top tenth 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 | 100% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 100% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 29% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 21% | no |

Nearest places with a similar menu: De Mezzanine (C, 145 m, https://directindex.org/r/demezzanine.be); Brasserie Monico-Meir (D, 311 m, https://directindex.org/r/monicomeir.be); Fons (B, 390 m, https://directindex.org/r/fonsantwerp.be); De Godevaart (F, 423 m, https://directindex.org/r/degodevaart.be); Vioryna (D, 637 m, https://directindex.org/r/vioryna.be); De Pottekijker (D, 641 m, https://directindex.org/r/depottekijker.be); De Sinjoor (A, 673 m, https://directindex.org/r/desinjoor.be); De Roode Hoed (A, 681 m, https://directindex.org/r/deroodenhoed.be); Meat Factory (B, 721 m, https://directindex.org/r/meat-factory.be); ’t Hofke (D, 734 m, https://directindex.org/r/thofke.com).

## What assistants answer
Not asked yet. Assistants are asked about the top-ranked businesses in each city index, and about every claimed business the moment it is claimed; claim this page to be included.

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

## Businesses like The Bistro in Antwerp

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same kind in Antwerp | 411 | 54% | 35% | 69.2% |

The best of Same kind in Antwerp: Amuri (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/ristorante-amuri.be); Casa Mia (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/casamia-antwerp.be); Maritime (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/restaurantmaritime.be); Satay (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/satay.be); Taverne De Grave (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/tavernedegrave.be).

With the two fixes above (No structured data for the business; Menu or price list is a PDF) the score would be about 95.4%: 6th of 411 in Antwerp, up from 148th.

## The direct record
What agents get for The Bistro, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/thebistro.be
- Book: https://www.thebistro.be/nl#reservations (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-14, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://thebistro.be/home/menukaart-2026-06-17-the-bistro.pdf (pdf; from the scan)
- Hours: Su-Th 10:00-21:00; Fr-Sa 10:00-22:00 (open now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +3232323675
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/thebistro.be/book, https://directindex.org/go/thebistro.be/menu
- Agents and people followed 1 direct link to this business this month (1 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): not measured
- ACP discovery document (/.well-known/acp.json, OpenAI and Stripe's Agentic Commerce Protocol): not measured
- 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): not measured

Not measured at this scan; the next scan measures it.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 5 | 25 |
| Actionable | 15 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Level 0 of 5, Not Ready. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/thebistro.be
- Link headers on the homepage: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/link-headers/SKILL.md)
- sitemap.xml: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/sitemap/SKILL.md)
- 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: no

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/thebistro.be/plan): the assistants asked again every month, with what changed; 2 EUR a month or 19 EUR a year.
Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/thebistro.be/deep. Ten questions the way people ask, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF: 5 EUR, one-off. 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=thebistro.be&force=1