The Direct Index
Report · scanned 2026-10-18

What an AI agent reads on The East Chinese Restaurant

An assistant's crawler fetches the page once, without running JavaScript, and reads the text, the structured data and the links. Below is what it gets from theeast.com.au, taken from the copy the scanner kept.

2,583

characters of text without JavaScript

none

structured data for the business

0

of 3 AI crawlers turned away at the edge

Text

The words an agent gets

Title: Home - The East · language en-CA. First 1,800 of 2,583 characters:

Home - The East Home Menus About Gallery Book Now The East Sydney's leading Chinese restaurant by the Opera House is open! About Us The East is Sydney’s leading fine dining Chinese restaurant by the Opera House, Circular Quay. With both indoor and outdoor seating with a view of the Sydney Harbor Bridge, we proudly serve authentic Chinese cuisine, offering a diverse and delicious menu inspired by rich Chinese history. Our menu is very extensive, with dishes that are hot and powerful to those that are more mild and subtle. Whether you’re craving sweet and sour flavors, or steamed natural aromas, or perhaps exotic herbs and spices, The East has dishes that will tantalize your taste buds. Open 7 days a week including public holidays. Trading hours Lunch: 12pm-3pm(Mon-Thurs) 12pm-5pm (Fri-Sun) Dinner: 5pm-9:30pm (Sun-Thurs) 5pm-10:30pm (Fri-Sat) 10% surcharge for Saturdays and Sundays & 15% surcharge for public holidays. Our Menu A range of culinary delights to suit every palate View Our MenusView Our Menus Our Reviews “Loved it! Brought my family of five and we were seated on the esplanade with amazing views of the bridge and opera house - during Vivid Sydney no less. The food is spectacular; highly recommend the soft shell crab, XO Vermicelli Prawns, and shark fin soup (the best we had ever tasted by far). Add to that lightning quick and friendly service and we had an incredible night. The East should be listed with the bridge and opera house as a can't miss stop in Sydney!” Guillaume Delépine “Without a doubt our favourite place to eat in Sydney! Melt in your mouth salt and pepper squid and they still cook me my favourite dish even though they removed it from their menu a few years ago! Can't rate them highly enough!!!” Bek Hosking “I have never been disappointed with thi
Facts

What it can say about the business

A business type in JSON-LDno
Nameno
Telephoneno
Addressno
Opening hoursno
Menu or price lista menu or price-list page in HTML theeast.com.au/menus/
Cuisine in structured datano
JSON-LD blocks1 (SearchAction, WebSite)
Actions

The links it would act on

LinkRoleWhere it goes
theeast.com.au/contact/bookingthe business's own site
www.opentable.com.au/widget/reservation/loader?rid=59627&type=stabookingopentable, acting for the business

Everything here comes from fetching the homepage once as a crawler. The report turns it into a score and a list of fixes, with code to paste.