# The Cherie Bistro: Agent-Direct Score C (66.2%)

Site: https://www.thecheriebistro.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/thecheriebistro.com
Scanned: 2026-10-14 (provisional: the action test and the assistant citation check pending)
The Cherie Bistro is partly visible to agents.

## Direct links
- Menu: https://www.thecheriebistro.com/menu
- Phone: +1 416-968-1010

## What to fix first, by points
- **robots.txt blocks GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Google-Extended, OAI-SearchBot, ChatGPT-User, Claude-User, Perplexity-User.** (+10 points) These are the crawlers behind ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Google's AI features. Remove the Disallow lines for them, or add explicit Allow rules. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/robots-txt-for-ai-agents
- **Booking through an unrecognised third party.** (+9 points) Check that the provider keeps you as the merchant of record. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website
- **Ordering through an unrecognised third party.** (+9 points) Check that the provider keeps you as the merchant of record. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/online-ordering-without-delivery-apps
- **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

robots.txt lines:

```
# Let AI assistants read the site: they send people to you; a marketplace keeps them.
# Remove any Disallow lines for these names elsewhere in this file.
User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /

User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /

User-agent: Claude-User
Allow: /

User-agent: Perplexity-User
Allow: /
```

llms.txt draft:

```
# The Cherie Bistro

> restaurant (french, italian) in Church Street 538 Toronto, Toronto. Phone +1 416-968-1010.

## Book or order directly

- Menu: https://www.thecheriebistro.com/menu

## Opening hours

Mo-Fr 10:00-22:00; Fr 10:00-23:00; Sa 09:00-23:00; Su 09:00-22:00

## About

- Website: https://www.thecheriebistro.com/
- This file follows llms.txt (https://llmstxt.org): a short plain-text description for language models.
```

## Already right
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all received a normal response.
- **Structured data present (Restaurant).** address, phone, opening hours
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read items and prices directly.

## Where it stands
Rank 539 of 1531 in Toronto (top 35%).

| What the top tenth does | Top 10% | This site |
|---|---|---|
| Take bookings or orders on their own domain | 97% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 95% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 92% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 45% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 20% | no |

Nearest places with a similar menu: Constantine (C, 528 m, https://directindex.org/r/constantineto.com); Tosto (B, 609 m, https://directindex.org/r/tostoquickfire.ca); Maison Selby (B, 767 m, https://directindex.org/r/maisonselby.com); Eataly Toronto (B, 814 m, https://directindex.org/r/eataly.ca); Elm Street Italian Deli (B, 847 m, https://directindex.org/r/elmstdeli.com); Donatello (A, 889 m, https://directindex.org/r/donatellorestaurant.ca); Valens (B, 1401 m, https://directindex.org/r/valens.ca); Trattoria Fieramosca (B, 1413 m, https://directindex.org/r/fieramoscatoronto.ca); Sotto Sotto (B, 1579 m, https://directindex.org/r/sottosotto.ca); Osteria Giulia (C, 1636 m, https://directindex.org/r/osteriagiulia.ca).

## What assistants answer
Not asked yet. Assistants are asked about the top-ranked and claimed businesses in each city index.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| reachable | 15 | 25 |
| readable | 22 | 25 |
| actionable | 6 | 15 (action_test pending) |
| cited | 0 | 0 (probes pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare criteria)
Level 1 of 5: Basic Web Presence. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/thecheriebistro.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: 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

Methodology: https://directindex.org/methodology · Rescan: https://directindex.org/scan?url=thecheriebistro.com&force=1