# The Floodgate: Agent-Direct Score F (0%)

Site: https://www.thefloodgate.co.uk
Report: https://directindex.org/r/thefloodgate.co.uk
Scanned: 2026-10-21 (Provisional, with the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
The scanner couldn't reach The Floodgate's website on 2026-10-21 (challenge:attention required). Rescans are free.
AI assistants can't open The Floodgate's website, so they go by what other sites say about it.

## Direct links
- Phone: 0121 227 2255
- Address: 104-108 Floodgate St, B5 5SR, Birmingham

## Nearby, also direct
Places near The Floodgate that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Chance & Counters (70 m): https://directindex.org/r/chanceandcounters.com
- Passing Fancies (100 m): https://directindex.org/r/passingfanciesbar.co.uk
- The Ruin (130 m): https://directindex.org/r/theruindigbeth.com

## What to fix first
- **The site couldn't be read at all.** There's a bot challenge in front of the site (challenge:attention required), so a plain fetch never gets to the page. A real browser tried too and got challenge:title.

## Already right
- Nothing.

## Where it stands
472 of 488 in Birmingham cafes and bars. Top 97% 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 | 98% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 96% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 88% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 46% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 20% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Chance & Counters (B, 66 m, https://directindex.org/r/chanceandcounters.com); NQ64 Arcade Bar (F, 66 m, https://directindex.org/r/nq64.co.uk); 21milkstreet (C, 73 m, https://directindex.org/r/tasteandliquor.com); Passing Fancies (D, 104 m, https://directindex.org/r/passingfanciesbar.co.uk); Boho Beer Garden (F, 109 m, https://directindex.org/r/bohobeergarden.co.uk); AutoBrew Digbeth (F, 117 m, https://directindex.org/r/autobrew.co.uk); The Ruin (A, 125 m, https://directindex.org/r/theruindigbeth.com); Big Bulls Head Digbeth (B, 132 m, https://directindex.org/r/thebigbullshead.co.uk); Ithaka Coffee (F, 132 m, https://directindex.org/r/ithaka.coffee); Jubilee Club - Birmingham (F, 142 m, https://directindex.org/r/jubileeclub.com).

## 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.


## Businesses like The Floodgate in Birmingham cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Birmingham cafes and bars | 488 | 48% | 24% | 0% |

The best of the businesses of the same kind in Birmingham cafes and bars: Peppers (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/pepperscity-handsworth.co.uk); Rosies (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/rosiesclubs.co.uk); The Goose at the O.V.T. (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/greatlocalpubs.co.uk); Vagabond Wines (A 96.3%, https://directindex.org/r/vagabondwines.co.uk); La Sante (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/lasante23.com).

## The direct record
What agents get for The Floodgate, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/thefloodgate.co.uk
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: 0121 227 2255

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 0 | 25 |
| Readable | 0 | 25 |
| Actionable | 0 | 30 |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Not measured for this scan.
- JSON-LD for the business: no

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