# Lion and Key: Agent-Direct Score C (55.8%)

Site: http://www.thelionandkeyhotel.co.uk/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/thelionandkeyhotel.co.uk
Scanned: 2026-10-21 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Lion and Key is partly visible to agents.
Some AI assistants are turned away by Lion and Key's website. It can read what Lion and Key offers. It finds a phone number, but no link to book or order online.

## Direct links
- Menu: https://thelionandkeyhotel.co.uk/arla-brasserie/
- Phone: +442085587850
- Address: 475 High Rd. Leyton, E10 5EL, London
- Its menu mentions: vegan options, vegetarian dishes, a children's menu
- Prices: 40 prices on the site, the middle one £169

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Lion and Key that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Pizza & BBQ - Leyton (220 m): https://directindex.org/r/pizzanbbq.co.uk
- Kamu at the Stapleton (320 m): https://directindex.org/r/thecoachleyton.com
- Zaxx (410 m): https://directindex.org/r/zaxxfood.com
- Five Lads (460 m): https://directindex.org/r/fivelads.co.uk
- Llandudno North Wales (570 m): https://directindex.org/r/visitconwy.org.uk

## What to fix first
- **No booking or ordering link on the website.** (+13 points) There's only a phone number or WhatsApp, and agents can't use those yet. If you take bookings or orders through a platform, link to it from the site so agents can find it. Add a booking or ordering page. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website
- **The server turns AI crawlers away at the door.** (+6.7 points) Requests as GPTBot (http_403), ClaudeBot (http_403) were refused, but a normal browser got the page. That's usually a bot list at the host or in a firewall that the owner never chose. Ask the host to allow these user agents. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+6 points) Missing: address, telephone, opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **The phone number on the site doesn't match the open map data.** The site shows 020%208558%207850, but OpenStreetMap or Overture Maps lists +442085587850. An assistant that sees two numbers can't tell which one to trust. Fix whichever is wrong, on the site or in the map data at openstreetmap.org.

## What the site tells visitors (Measured, not scored)
- **The footer says © 2020.** Visitors and assistants may read that year as the last time anyone looked after the site. In London, 71% of comparable sites that show a year say 2025 or later.
- **40 prices on the landing page, the middle one £169.** In London, the middle price of comparable sites that show prices is £11.95.

## 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": "Lion and Key",
  "url": "http://www.thelionandkeyhotel.co.uk/",
  "telephone": "+442085587850",
  "address": "475 High Rd. Leyton, E10 5EL, London",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 51.56439934,
    "longitude": -0.01152157
  }
}
</script>
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** No rule blocks the main AI user agents.
- **Structured data found (Organization).** no address, phone or hours in it
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.

## Where it stands
4900 of 8985 in London. Top 55% 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% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 87% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 94% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 63% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 37% | yes |

Nearest places in the index: Smoke & Pepper (D, 65 m, https://directindex.org/r/smokeandpepper.com); Pizza & BBQ - Leyton (A, 216 m, https://directindex.org/r/pizzanbbq.co.uk); Kamu at the Stapleton (C, 323 m, https://directindex.org/r/thecoachleyton.com); Flame & Frappe Leyton (C, 385 m, https://directindex.org/r/flameandfrappeleyton.com); Zaxx (B, 411 m, https://directindex.org/r/zaxxfood.com); Five Lads (B, 455 m, https://directindex.org/r/fivelads.co.uk); Llandudno North Wales (B, 574 m, https://directindex.org/r/visitconwy.org.uk); Fat Bites (F, 601 m, https://directindex.org/r/fatbites.co.uk); Triobite Ltd (B, 607 m, https://directindex.org/r/triobite.com); Punjab Grill (F, 1044 m, https://directindex.org/r/punjabgrilluk.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. Lion and Key wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/london/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with WordPress 55% (24% A or B, 251601 sites); This site 55.8%.

See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/thelionandkeyhotel.co.uk/agent-view

Read by AI agents 3 times this month (ClaudeBot 3).

## Businesses like Lion and Key in London

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in London | 8985 | 54% | 36% | 55.8% |
| Sites built with WordPress in London | 2671 | 66% | 48% | 55.8% |

The best of the sites built with WordPress in London: AVA - Steakhouse & Grill (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/avagrill.co.uk); Aki (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/akilondon.com); Ara Restaurant (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/ararestaurant.co.uk); Baba Restaurant Chelsea (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/babachelsea.co.uk); Bonheur by Matt Abe (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/bonheurbymattabe.com).

With the three fixes above (No booking or ordering link on the website; The server turns AI crawlers away at the door; Structured data is incomplete), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 187th of 8,985 in London, up from 4900th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Lion and Key, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/thelionandkeyhotel.co.uk
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://thelionandkeyhotel.co.uk/arla-brasserie/ (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +442085587850
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/thelionandkeyhotel.co.uk/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

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 18.3 | 25 |
| Readable | 16 | 25 |
| Actionable | 2 | 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/thelionandkeyhotel.co.uk
- 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/thelionandkeyhotel.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/thelionandkeyhotel.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=thelionandkeyhotel.co.uk&force=1