# Hide Away Restaurant & Lounge: Agent-Direct Score A (95.4%)

Site: https://thehideawaystl.com
Report: https://directindex.org/r/thehideawaystl.com
Scanned: 2026-11-14 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Hide Away Restaurant & Lounge is ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open Hide Away Restaurant & Lounge's website. It can read what Hide Away Restaurant & Lounge offers. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://thehideawaystl.com/-party?source=pop_up&spot_id=116098&destination=private_parties&promotion=holiday_party (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://thehideawaystl.com/drink-menu
- Phone: +13146458822
- Address: 5900 Arsenal St, St Louis 63139-2637
- Hours, from thehideawaystl.com: Mon 15:00–00:00; Tue–Sat 15:00–01:00; Sun 12:00–22:00

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Hide Away Restaurant & Lounge that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Ari's Restaurant and Bar (110 m): https://directindex.org/r/arisrestaurantstl.com
- Chris' Pancake & Dining (320 m): https://directindex.org/r/chrispancakeanddining.com
- Farmhaus Restaurant (1.4 km): https://directindex.org/r/farmhausrestaurant.com
- Miami Grill (1.6 km): https://directindex.org/r/mymiamigrill.com
- The Piccadilly at Manhattan (2.4 km): https://directindex.org/r/thepiccadilly.com

## What to fix first
- **No llms.txt.** (no points, but worth doing) Optional for now and cheap to add. It's a short text file that describes the business for language models. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/llms-txt-for-a-business

## Fix kit: What to paste

llms.txt. Save as /llms.txt at the root of the site.

```
# Hide Away Restaurant & Lounge

> restaurant (american) in 5900 Arsenal St, St Louis 63139-2637, St. Louis. Phone +13146458822.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://thehideawaystl.com/-party?source=pop_up&spot_id=116098&destination=private_parties&promotion=holiday_party (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://thehideawaystl.com/drink-menu

## Opening hours

Mo 15:00-24:00; Tu-Sa 15:00-01:00; Su 12:00-22:00

## About

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

## 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 (Restaurant).** address, phone, opening hours
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.
- **Booking on your own site.** Agents can book without going through a marketplace.

## Where it stands
23 of 574 in St. Louis. Top 4% 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 | 92% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 95% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 66% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 34% | no |

Nearest places with a similar menu: Ari's Restaurant and Bar (A, 110 m, https://directindex.org/r/arisrestaurantstl.com); Chris' Pancake & Dining (A, 324 m, https://directindex.org/r/chrispancakeanddining.com); Ponderosa Steak House (F, 463 m, https://directindex.org/r/ponderosasteakhouses.com); Farmhaus Restaurant (B, 1433 m, https://directindex.org/r/farmhausrestaurant.com); Miami Grill (A, 1630 m, https://directindex.org/r/mymiamigrill.com); Michael's Bar and Grill (D, 2218 m, https://directindex.org/r/michaelsstl.com); The Piccadilly at Manhattan (C, 2390 m, https://directindex.org/r/thepiccadilly.com); Mac's Local Eats (B, 2666 m, https://directindex.org/r/macslocaleats.com); Cafe Flora At the Botanical Garden (C, 2805 m, https://directindex.org/r/missouribotanicalgarden.org); Boundary (F, 3332 m, https://directindex.org/r/boundary-stl.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.

The assistants were asked 22 everyday questions about St. Louis and named 147 places. Hide Away Restaurant & Lounge wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/st-louis/recommended


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

## Businesses like Hide Away Restaurant & Lounge in St. Louis

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in St. Louis | 574 | 56% | 37% | 95.4% |

The best of the businesses of the same kind in St. Louis: Asian Arch (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/asianarchstl.com); Condado Tacos (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/condadotacos.com); Mama's On The Hill (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/mamasonthehill.com); Mositos On Washington (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/mositosbbq.com); Namaste Curry Lounge (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/namastecurrylounge.com).

## The direct record
What agents get for Hide Away Restaurant & Lounge, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/thehideawaystl.com
- Book: https://thehideawaystl.com/-party?source=pop_up&spot_id=116098&destination=private_parties&promotion=holiday_party (own site; found by the scan of 2026-11-14, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://thehideawaystl.com/drink-menu (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: Mo 15:00-24:00; Tu-Sa 15:00-01:00; Su 12:00-22:00 (open now) (from thehideawaystl.com)
- Phone: +13146458822
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/thehideawaystl.com/book, https://directindex.org/go/thehideawaystl.com/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

Found one hop past the home page: booking page /-party: booking via spoton.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 22 | 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/thehideawaystl.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: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/ai-rules/SKILL.md)
- 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: yes
- 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/thehideawaystl.com/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/thehideawaystl.com/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=thehideawaystl.com&force=1