# The Grounds By The Sea: Agent-Direct Score B (73.8%)

Site: http://thegrounds.com.au/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/thegrounds.com.au
Scanned: 2026-10-19 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
The Grounds By The Sea is mostly ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open The Grounds By The Sea's website. It can't find a menu or price list, so it answers from other sites. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://thegrounds.com.au/booking/ (on the business's own site)
- Order directly: https://thegrounds.com.au/takeaway/ (on the business's own site)

## What to fix first

- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+7 points) Missing: address, telephone, opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **No menu or price list found.** (+7 points) Agents answer 'what do they offer?' from marketplaces instead. Add a page with the menu or price list and link to it from the homepage. 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": "Organization",
  "name": "The Grounds By The Sea",
  "url": "http://thegrounds.com.au/",
  "address": "Marks Park, 2026, Sydney",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": -33.898488,
    "longitude": 151.27522
  },
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://thegrounds.com.au/booking/",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    },
    {
      "@type": "OrderAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://thegrounds.com.au/takeaway/",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}
</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.
- **Structured data found (Organization).** no address, phone or hours in it
- **Booking on your own site.** Agents can book without going through a marketplace.
- **Ordering on your own site.** Agents can order without going through a marketplace.

## Where it stands
775 of 3965 in Sydney. Top 20% 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% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 96% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 93% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 55% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 32% | yes |

Nearest places in the index: Bondi Trattoria (C, 558 m, https://directindex.org/r/amalfibondibeach.com.au); Bondi Social Restaurant & Bar (D, 599 m, https://directindex.org/r/hugedomains.com); Ikaria Bondi (B, 681 m, https://directindex.org/r/ikariabondi.com); Gelbison Pizzeria Ristorante Italiano (A, 708 m, https://directindex.org/r/gelbisonbondi.com.au); The Corner House (A, 742 m, https://directindex.org/r/thecornerhouse.com.au); Trattoria Elva (A, 770 m, https://directindex.org/r/elvabondi.com.au); Just Thai Kitchen (F, 783 m, https://directindex.org/r/justthai.com); Stuffed Beaver Dining Parlour (F, 785 m, https://directindex.org/r/stuffedbeaver.com.au); Sefa Kitchen Bondi (A, 793 m, https://directindex.org/r/sefakitchen.com.au); Carbon Mexican Woodfire Restaurant Bondi (A, 805 m, https://directindex.org/r/carbonmexican.com.au).

## 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.

Recommended when people ask: "Brunch on Sunday for four. Where can I reserve?" (Gemini); "Dinner with two kids tonight, somewhere relaxed. Book a table for four." (Gemini); "Good breakfast near the centre tomorrow from 8. Can I book?" (ChatGPT, Gemini)


Compared with its peers: Sites built with WordPress 58% (30% A or B, 68857 sites); This site 73.8%.

See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/thegrounds.com.au/agent-view

## Named by ChatGPT and Gemini for 3 questions, including "Brunch on Sunday for four. Where can I reserve?" in Sydney, October 2026
- "Brunch on Sunday for four. Where can I reserve?" (2026-10-18): Gemini with a link to this site. https://directindex.org/city/sydney/recommended/brunch
- "Dinner with two kids tonight, somewhere relaxed. Book a table for four." (2026-10-18): Gemini with a link to this site. https://directindex.org/city/sydney/recommended/kids-family
- "Good breakfast near the centre tomorrow from 8. Can I book?" (2026-10-18): ChatGPT with a link to this site; Gemini with a link to this site. https://directindex.org/city/sydney/recommended/breakfast
Named by 2 of 2 assistants asked. Badge: https://directindex.org/badge/named/thegrounds.com.au.svg

## Businesses like The Grounds By The Sea in Sydney

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Sydney | 3965 | 55% | 34% | 73.8% |
| Sites built with WordPress in Sydney | 257 | 69% | 50% | 73.8% |

The best of the sites built with WordPress in Sydney: 170 Grammi (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/170grammi.com.au); El Jannah (Randwick) chicken shop (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/eljannah.com.au); Lavendra (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/lavendra.com.au); Malabar South Indian Cuisine (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/malabarcuisine.com.au); My Bella Asian (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/mybellaasian.com.au).

With the two fixes above (Structured data is incomplete; No menu or price list found), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 96th of 3,965 in Sydney, up from 775th.

## The direct record
What agents get for The Grounds By The Sea, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/thegrounds.com.au
- Book: https://thegrounds.com.au/booking/ (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-19, not yet tested)
- Order: https://thegrounds.com.au/takeaway/ (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-19, not yet tested)
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: none on record
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/thegrounds.com.au/book, https://directindex.org/go/thegrounds.com.au/order

## 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

Found one hop past the home page: booking page /booking/: booking via opentable.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 8 | 25 |
| Actionable | 15 | 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/thegrounds.com.au
- 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: 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: yes

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/thegrounds.com.au/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/thegrounds.com.au/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=thegrounds.com.au&force=1