The Chefs' Table
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Ways to reach The Chefs' Table directly, with no marketplace in between. Checked 2026-11-14. Through dineplan acting for the business. Report a mistake
Hours, from thechefstable.co.za: Mon–Sat 12:00–14:30, 17:30–22:30 · Sun closed
25/28 First Floor, Protea Mall, 1 Chartwell Drive, Umhlanga Rocks, 4023, Umhlanga · +27310010200
Its menu mentions: vegan options, vegetarian dishes
Places near The Chefs' Table that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Joita's Portuguese Foods70 m · portuguese
- Butcher Boys70 m
- Salsa Mexican Grill80 m · mexican
- Bird & Co90 m · chicken
The website's grade
An AI assistant can open The Chefs' Table's website. It can read what The Chefs' Table offers. It finds a way to book or order directly, through dineplan.
56 of 65 points available
agent-readiness level, Basic Web Presence
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.
Named by ChatGPT and Gemini for 8 questions, including "I want to book a table for two tonight somewhere romantic" in Durban, November 2026
Each assistant was asked the way people ask, with web search on, for up to three places in Durban and a link to each one's own site. This business was named in 8 answers, by 2 of the 2 assistants asked.
| Question | Named by | Asked |
|---|---|---|
| I want to book a table for two tonight somewhere romantic. | Gemini with a link to this site | 2026-11-05 |
| Birthday dinner for eight on Friday. I want to book online. | Gemini with a link to this site | 2026-11-05 |
| I'm coeliac. A restaurant with real gluten-free options for dinner, book it. | Gemini with a link to this site | 2026-11-05 |
| A dinner for a group of twelve next Thursday. Who takes big tables online? | Gemini with a link to this site | 2026-11-05 |
| A special tasting menu for our anniversary next month. Book us in. | ChatGPT with a link to this site Gemini with a link to this site | 2026-11-05 |
| A quiet place for a business lunch on Tuesday, book for three at noon. | Gemini with a link to this site | 2026-11-05 |
| A wine bar with small plates tonight. Reserve two seats. | Gemini with a link to this site | 2026-11-05 |
| Somewhere good that's actually open on Monday evening, book a table. | Gemini with a link to this site | 2026-11-05 |
Every place named in Durban, question by question.
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<a href="https://directindex.org/r/thechefstable.co.za"><img src="https://directindex.org/badge/named/thechefstable.co.za.svg" alt="Named by 2 of 2 assistants, Direct Index" width="300" height="40"></a>
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.
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.
Recommended when people ask:
“I want to book a table for two tonight somewhere romantic.” (Gemini, with a link to this site)
“Birthday dinner for eight on Friday. I want to book online.” (Gemini, with a link to this site)
“I'm coeliac. A restaurant with real gluten-free options for dinner, book it.” (Gemini, with a link to this site)
“A dinner for a group of twelve next Thursday. Who takes big tables online?” (Gemini, with a link to this site)
“A special tasting menu for our anniversary next month. Book us in.” (ChatGPT, Gemini, with a link to this site)
“A quiet place for a business lunch on Tuesday, book for three at noon.” (Gemini, with a link to this site)
“A wine bar with small plates tonight. Reserve two seats.” (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)
How The Chefs' Table compares
19 of 292 in Durban
Top 7% of the sites scanned in this index. Just above: Las Palmas Taqueria A, Panarottis Express Bluff Towers A. Just below: Tiago's Hillcrest A, Salsa Mexican Grill A.
| What the top 10% of the index does | Top 10% | This site |
|---|---|---|
| Take bookings or orders on their own domain | 93% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 93% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 87% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 30% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 33% | no |
Compared with its peers
| Average score | A or B | This site | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sites built with Squarespace 39,056 sites | 61% | 42% | 86.2% |
| Sites using Dineplan 61 sites | 64% | 43% | 86.2% |
Nearest places in the index
| Place | Distance | Grade | Direct booking or ordering |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steak & Oyster | 34 m | B | no |
| Marco's Italian Umhlanga italian | 58 m | D | no |
| 14 on Chartwell american | 58 m | F | no |
| Café 1999 | 61 m | F | no |
| Joita's Portuguese Foods portuguese | 71 m | B | yes |
| Butcher Boys | 72 m | C | yes |
| Salsa Mexican Grill mexican | 80 m | A | yes |
| Steak & Ale | 82 m | F | no |
| Bird & Co chicken | 89 m | C | yes |
| fish fish | 100 m | C | no |
Businesses like The Chefs' Table in Durban
| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Durban | 292 | 51% | 24% | 86.2% |
| Sites built with Squarespace in Durban | 7 | 67% | 29% | 86.2% |
| Sites using Dineplan in Durban | 23 | 69% | 52% | 86.2% |
After the top fixes
With the fix above (Structured data is incomplete), the score would be about 87.7%. That would be 13th of 292 in Durban, up from 19th.
What to fix first
- Structured data is incomplete +1 points
Missing: telephone. How to fix it
- 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
No one is listed yet to fix this in Durban. 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.
- 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.
- Booking through dineplan on your own domain There's no marketplace commission, and the customer stays yours.
Builder: squarespace · contact page /contact: nothing new; menu page /menu: nothing new · What to paste
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