# The Marquee Restaurant & Lounge: Agent-Direct Score D (52.3%)

Site: https://www.themarqueestl.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/themarqueestl.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.)
The Marquee Restaurant & Lounge is hard for agents to use.
AI assistants can't open The Marquee Restaurant & Lounge's website, so they go by what other sites say about it.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://themarqueestl.com/reservations (on the business's own site)
- Order directly: https://themarqueestl.com/order (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://themarqueestl.com/menu
- Phone: +13149439657
- Address: 1911 Locust Street, Saint Louis, MO 63103

## Nearby, also direct
Places near The Marquee Restaurant & Lounge that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Bootleggin' (140 m): https://directindex.org/r/bootlegginbbq.com
- Schlafly Tap room (220 m): https://directindex.org/r/schlafly.com
- Bank of America (260 m): https://directindex.org/r/bankofamerica.com
- The Pitch (420 m): https://directindex.org/r/thepitch-stl.com
- A&W Restaurant (430 m): https://directindex.org/r/awrestaurants.com

## What to fix first
- **The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included.** (+25 points) A plain fetch was refused (cloudflare_challenge). Only a real browser got the page. Every AI crawler and agent gets turned away the same way, so Reachable scores 0 and the rest is measured on the page as the browser rendered it. Ask the host to let the AI user agents through. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+3 points) Missing: opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant

## 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": "Restaurant",
  "name": "The Marquee Restaurant & Lounge",
  "url": "https://www.themarqueestl.com/",
  "telephone": "+13149439657",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "1911 Locust Street",
    "postalCode": "63103",
    "addressLocality": "Saint Louis",
    "addressRegion": "MO"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 38.6330879,
    "longitude": -90.2072474
  },
  "acceptsReservations": "https://themarqueestl.com/reservations",
  "hasMenu": "https://themarqueestl.com/menu",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://themarqueestl.com/reservations",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    },
    {
      "@type": "OrderAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://themarqueestl.com/order",
        "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.
- **Structured data found (Restaurant).** address, phone
- **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.
- **Ordering on your own site.** Agents can order without going through a marketplace.

## Where it stands
343 of 574 in St. Louis. Top 60% 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% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 66% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 34% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Bootleggin' (B, 138 m, https://directindex.org/r/bootlegginbbq.com); Schlafly Tap room (A, 221 m, https://directindex.org/r/schlafly.com); Bank of America (D, 262 m, https://directindex.org/r/bankofamerica.com); 荒井屋本店 (D, 301 m, https://directindex.org/r/araiya.co.jp); The Pitch (B, 421 m, https://directindex.org/r/thepitch-stl.com); A&W Restaurant (C, 425 m, https://directindex.org/r/awrestaurants.com); Gourmet Soul Restaurant and Catering (F, 462 m, https://directindex.org/r/gourmetsoul.com); Blood & Sand (A, 521 m, https://directindex.org/r/bloodandsandstl.com); Syberg's On Market (C, 523 m, https://directindex.org/r/sybergs.com); Landry's Seafood House (B, 591 m, https://directindex.org/r/landrysseafoodhouse.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.

Recommended when people ask: "A cheap lunch menu near the centre." (ChatGPT)


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

## Named by ChatGPT for "A cheap lunch menu near the centre" in St. Louis, November 2026
- "A cheap lunch menu near the centre." (2026-11-13): ChatGPT with a link to this site. https://directindex.org/city/st-louis/recommended/cheap-lunch
Named by 1 of 3 assistants asked. Badge: https://directindex.org/badge/named/themarqueestl.com.svg

## Businesses like The Marquee 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% | 52.3% |

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).

With the two fixes above (The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included; Structured data is incomplete), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 17th of 574 in St. Louis, up from 343rd.

## The direct record
What agents get for The Marquee Restaurant & Lounge, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/themarqueestl.com
- Book: https://themarqueestl.com/reservations (own site; found by the scan of 2026-11-14, not yet tested)
- Order: https://themarqueestl.com/order (own site; found by the scan of 2026-11-14, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://themarqueestl.com/menu (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +13149439657
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/themarqueestl.com/book, https://directindex.org/go/themarqueestl.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/themarqueestl.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

Only a real browser got this page (a plain fetch got cloudflare_challenge); Readable and Actionable were measured on the rendered page.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 0 | 25 |
| Readable | 19 | 25 |
| Actionable | 15 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Not measured for this scan.
- JSON-LD for the business: yes

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