# Louie: Agent-Direct Score A (87.7%)

Site: http://www.louie-london.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/thehouseoflouie.com
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.)
Louie is ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open Louie's website. What Louie offers is in a PDF or an image, and assistants read those badly. It finds a way to book or order directly, through SevenRooms.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://www.sevenrooms.com/events/louie (through sevenrooms acting for the business)
- Menu: https://thehouseoflouie.com/uploads/2026/09/260923_Louie_ALC_Menu_Web.pdf
- Phone: 0208 0576 500
- Address: West Street 36 London

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Louie that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Pierre Hermé (90 m): https://directindex.org/r/pierreherme.com
- Cafe Boheme (150 m): https://directindex.org/r/cafeboheme.co.uk
- Buvette (190 m): https://directindex.org/r/buvette-london.com
- L'Escargot (190 m): https://directindex.org/r/lescargot.co.uk
- Le Garrick (240 m): https://directindex.org/r/legarrick.co.uk

## What to fix first
- **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
- **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.

```
# Louie

> restaurant (french) in West Street 36 London, London. Phone 0208 0576 500.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://www.sevenrooms.com/events/louie (through sevenrooms acting for the business)
- Menu: https://thehouseoflouie.com/uploads/2026/09/260923_Louie_ALC_Menu_Web.pdf

## About

- Website: http://www.louie-london.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
- **Booking through sevenrooms on your own domain.** There's no marketplace commission, and the customer stays yours.
- **SevenRooms works with agents through its partners.** SevenRooms' terms (17 April 2026) bar any robot, spider, scraper or other automated means except bona fide search engines; Google names SevenRooms as an AI Mode booking partner. Terms read on 2026-10-15: https://sevenrooms.com/terms-of-service/. An assistant that isn't a partner may not be able to finish there. A direct path on your own domain works for all of them.

## Where it stands
861 of 8985 in London. Top 10% 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 | 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% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 37% | no |

Nearest places with a similar menu: Pierre Hermé (B, 93 m, https://directindex.org/r/pierreherme.com); Cafe Boheme (D, 147 m, https://directindex.org/r/cafeboheme.co.uk); Mon Plaisir (B, 188 m, https://directindex.org/r/monplaisir.co.uk); Buvette (B, 189 m, https://directindex.org/r/buvette-london.com); L'Escargot (A, 194 m, https://directindex.org/r/lescargot.co.uk); Le Garrick (C, 239 m, https://directindex.org/r/legarrick.co.uk); Prix Fixe (B, 260 m, https://directindex.org/r/prixfixe.net); Cafe Des Amis (F, 351 m, https://directindex.org/r/cafedesamis.co.uk); La Duree- Maison foundee en 1862 - Fabricant de douxceurs Paris ~ London (B, 373 m, https://directindex.org/r/laduree.com); Randall & Aubin (D, 401 m, https://directindex.org/r/randallandaubin.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 23 everyday questions about London and named 108 places. Louie wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/london/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with WordPress 55% (25% A or B, 236087 sites); Sites using SevenRooms 74% (64% A or B, 4812 sites); This site 87.7%.

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

## Businesses like Louie in London

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in London | 8985 | 54% | 36% | 87.7% |
| Sites built with WordPress in London | 2671 | 66% | 48% | 87.7% |
| Sites using SevenRooms in London | 601 | 74% | 63% | 87.7% |
| Sites built with WordPress and using SevenRooms in London | 288 | 74% | 62% | 87.7% |

The best of the sites built with WordPress and using SevenRooms in London: Aki (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/akilondon.com); Brasserie Zedel (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/brasseriezedel.com); Cacciari's Asia (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/cacciaris.co.uk); Hutong (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/hutong.co.uk); Minnow (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/minnowclapham.co.uk).

With the fix above (Menu or price list is a PDF), the score would be about 92.3%. That would be 432nd of 8,985 in London, up from 861st.

## The direct record
What agents get for Louie, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/thehouseoflouie.com
- Book: https://www.sevenrooms.com/events/louie (vendor on own site: SevenRooms; found by the scan of 2026-10-24, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://thehouseoflouie.com/uploads/2026/09/260923_Louie_ALC_Menu_Web.pdf (pdf; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: 0208 0576 500
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/thehouseoflouie.com/book, https://directindex.org/go/thehouseoflouie.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
- Vendor terms for agents, SevenRooms: Through partners. SevenRooms' terms (17 April 2026) bar any robot, spider, scraper or other automated means except bona fide search engines; Google names SevenRooms as an AI Mode booking partner. Read 2026-10-15: https://sevenrooms.com/terms-of-service/

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 22 | 25 |
| Actionable | 10 | 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/thehouseoflouie.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: 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: 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: 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/thehouseoflouie.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/thehouseoflouie.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=thehouseoflouie.com&force=1