# The China: Agent-Direct Score D (50.8%)

Site: http://thechinarestaurant.co.uk/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/thechinarestaurant.co.uk
Scanned: 2026-10-24 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
The China is hard for agents to use.
An AI assistant can open The China's website. What The China offers is in a PDF or an image, and assistants read those badly. It finds a way to book or order directly, through mealmap.co.uk.

## Direct links
- Menu: https://irp.cdn-website.com/029c3376/files/uploaded/leaflet_2024_The_China_2nd_Edition.pdf
- Phone: 07305995716
- Address: Kentish Town Road 243 London
- WhatsApp: a link on the site

## Nearby, also direct
Places near The China that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Old Chang Kee (180 m): https://directindex.org/r/oldchangkee.co.uk
- Anise (750 m): https://directindex.org/r/loveanise.co.uk
- Fungsun Kitchen (860 m): https://directindex.org/r/fungsunlondon.co.uk
- Vegan Planet (1.1 km): https://directindex.org/r/veganplanet.uk
- The New Culture Revolution (1.1 km): https://directindex.org/r/newculturerevolution.co.uk

## 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). Every assistant reads this block first, and the fix kit below has it filled in. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **Ordering through an unrecognised third party.** (+9 points) Check that the provider keeps your business as the seller of record. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/online-ordering-without-delivery-apps
- **No working HTTPS.** (+3 points) The page is only served over plain http. Browsers and agents rank it lower or refuse it.
- **Menu or price list is a PDF.** (+3 points) Most agents skip PDFs or read them badly. Publish it as an HTML page and keep the PDF as a download. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai

## 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": "Restaurant",
  "name": "The China",
  "url": "http://thechinarestaurant.co.uk/",
  "telephone": "07305995716",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Kentish Town Road 243",
    "addressLocality": "London"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 51.5481805,
    "longitude": -0.1415133
  },
  "servesCuisine": [
    "chinese"
  ],
  "hasMenu": "https://irp.cdn-website.com/029c3376/files/uploaded/leaflet_2024_The_China_2nd_Edition.pdf"
}
</script>
```

## 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.

## Where it stands
5438 of 8985 in London. Top 61% 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% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 87% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 94% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 64% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 37% | yes |

Nearest places with a similar menu: Old Chang Kee (C, 183 m, https://directindex.org/r/oldchangkee.co.uk); Anise (C, 753 m, https://directindex.org/r/loveanise.co.uk); Fungsun Kitchen (C, 859 m, https://directindex.org/r/fungsunlondon.co.uk); Vegan Planet (C, 1067 m, https://directindex.org/r/veganplanet.uk); Fong's Kitchen (C, 1134 m, https://directindex.org/r/fongskitchenonline.co.uk); The New Culture Revolution (B, 1144 m, https://directindex.org/r/newculturerevolution.co.uk); Feng Shang (B, 1392 m, https://directindex.org/r/fengshang.co.uk); King's Chinese (D, 1581 m, https://directindex.org/r/kingschinese.co.uk); Holy Chinese Takeaway (D, 1861 m, https://directindex.org/r/holychinesetakeaway.co.uk); New Wok's Cooking - Caledonian Road (F, 1916 m, https://directindex.org/r/ocean-food.co.uk).

## 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 13 everyday questions about London and named 66 places. The China wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/london/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with Duda 41% (9% A or B, 4087 sites); This site 50.8%.

See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/thechinarestaurant.co.uk/agent-view

## Businesses like The China in London

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in London | 8985 | 54% | 36% | 50.8% |
| Sites built with Duda in London | 34 | 55% | 29% | 50.8% |

The best of the sites built with Duda in London: The City Pride (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/cityprideclerkenwell.co.uk); Tower Tandoori (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/towertandoori.co.uk); The Royal Oak (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/royaloakisleworth.co.uk); The Wheatsheaf (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/wheatsheaf-ealing.co.uk); The Warwick Arms (B 80%, https://directindex.org/r/warwick-arms-kensington.co.uk).

With the three fixes above (No structured data for the business; Ordering through an unrecognised third party; No working HTTPS), the score would be about 90.8%. That would be 525th of 8,985 in London, up from 5438th.

## The direct record
What agents get for The China, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/thechinarestaurant.co.uk
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://irp.cdn-website.com/029c3376/files/uploaded/leaflet_2024_The_China_2nd_Edition.pdf (pdf; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: 07305995716
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/thechinarestaurant.co.uk/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

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 22 | 25 |
| Readable | 5 | 25 |
| Actionable | 6 | 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/thechinarestaurant.co.uk
- 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: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/ai-rules/SKILL.md)
- Content Signals in robots.txt: yes
- Markdown on Accept: text/markdown: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/markdown-negotiation/SKILL.md)
- llms.txt: yes
- 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: no

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/thechinarestaurant.co.uk/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/thechinarestaurant.co.uk/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=thechinarestaurant.co.uk&force=1