# The Moat Bar & Café: Agent-Direct Score B (84.6%)

Site: https://www.themoat.com.au/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/themoat.com.au
Scanned: 2026-10-17 (Provisional: the action test and the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.)
The Moat Bar & Café is mostly ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open the website of The Moat Bar & Café. It can read what The Moat Bar & Café offers. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://www.themoat.com.au/bookings (on the business's own site)
- Order directly: https://ordering.chownow.com/order/6568/locations?add_cn_ordering_class=true (through chownow acting for the business)
- Menu: https://www.themoat.com.au/menu
- Phone: +61 3 9094 7820

## What to fix first
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+7 points) Missing: address, telephone, opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **No llms.txt.** (no points, still worth doing) Optional today, cheap to add: a short text file describing the business for language models. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/llms-txt-for-a-business

## Fix kit: What to paste

Structured data (JSON-LD). One block in the page's head, or in the builder's custom-code slot. Replace anything that is wrong.

```html
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "BarOrPub",
  "name": "The Moat Bar & Café",
  "url": "https://www.themoat.com.au/",
  "telephone": "+61 3 9094 7820",
  "email": "info@themoat.com.au",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Little Lonsdale Street 176"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": -37.8101724,
    "longitude": 144.9652411
  },
  "openingHours": "Mo-Fr 08:00+; Sa 12:00+",
  "acceptsReservations": "https://www.themoat.com.au/bookings",
  "hasMenu": "https://www.themoat.com.au/menu",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://www.themoat.com.au/bookings",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    },
    {
      "@type": "OrderAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://ordering.chownow.com/order/6568/locations?add_cn_ordering_class=true",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

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

```
# The Moat Bar & Café

> bar or pub in Little Lonsdale Street 176, Melbourne cafes and bars. Phone +61 3 9094 7820.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://www.themoat.com.au/bookings (on the business's own site)
- Order: https://ordering.chownow.com/order/6568/locations?add_cn_ordering_class=true (through chownow acting for the business)
- Menu: https://www.themoat.com.au/menu

## Opening hours

Mo-Fr 08:00+; Sa 12:00+

## About

- Website: https://www.themoat.com.au/
- 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 key AI user agents.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all received a normal response.
- **Structured data present (LocalBusiness).** but without address, phone or hours
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read items and prices directly.
- **Booking on your own site.** Agents can book without a marketplace in the loop.
- **Ordering through chownow on your own domain.** No marketplace commission, and the guest stays yours.

## Where it stands
148 of 911 in Melbourne cafes and bars. Top 16% of the sites scanned in this index.

| What the top tenth 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 | 95% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 97% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 33% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 17% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Max Brenner (F, 54 m, https://directindex.org/r/maxbrenner.com); Yi Fang Tea (D, 120 m, https://directindex.org/r/yifangteaglobal.com); Asian Beer Cafe (A, 129 m, https://directindex.org/r/asianbeercafe.com.au); Flight Club (C, 156 m, https://directindex.org/r/flightclubdarts.com.au); Section 8 Container Bar (F, 176 m, https://directindex.org/r/section8.com.au); Her (B, 178 m, https://directindex.org/r/her.melbourne); Goldilocks Rooftop Bar (F, 184 m, https://directindex.org/r/goldilocksbar.com.au); Realfoods Canteen (B, 206 m, https://directindex.org/r/rmit.edu.au); Heartbreaker (D, 215 m, https://directindex.org/r/heartbreakerbar.com.au); Miscellania (F, 217 m, https://directindex.org/r/miscellania.club).

## What assistants answer
Not asked yet. Assistants are asked about the top-ranked businesses in each city index, and about every claimed business the moment it is claimed; claim this page to be included.

Against its peers: Sites built with Squarespace 66% (51% A or B, 9908 sites); Sites using ChowNow 70% (50% A or B, 400 sites); This site 84.6%.

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

## Businesses like The Moat Bar & Café in Melbourne cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Melbourne cafes and bars | 911 | 56% | 34% | 84.6% |
| Sites built with Squarespace in Melbourne cafes and bars | 213 | 75% | 62% | 84.6% |
| Sites using ChowNow in Melbourne cafes and bars | 1 | 85% | 100% | 84.6% |
| Sites built with Squarespace and using ChowNow in Melbourne cafes and bars | 1 | 85% | 100% | 84.6% |

The best of the sites built with Squarespace in Melbourne cafes and bars: Bincho Boss (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/binchoboss.com.au); Good Heavens Rooftop (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/goodheavens.com.au); Green Man's Arms (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/greenmansarms.com.au); Micawber Tavern (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/micawbertavern.com.au); Rochester Castle Hotel (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/rochey.com.au).

With the fix above (Structured data is incomplete) the score would be about 95.4%: 12th of 911 in Melbourne cafes and bars, up from 148th.

## The direct record
What agents get for The Moat Bar & Café, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/themoat.com.au
- Book: https://www.themoat.com.au/bookings (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-17, not yet tested)
- Order: https://ordering.chownow.com/order/6568/locations?add_cn_ordering_class=true (vendor on own site: ChowNow; found by the scan of 2026-10-17, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://www.themoat.com.au/menu (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: Mo-Fr 08:00+; Sa 12:00+ (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +61 3 9094 7820
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/themoat.com.au/book, https://directindex.org/go/themoat.com.au/order, https://directindex.org/go/themoat.com.au/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 /bookings: booking via opentable.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 15 | 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/themoat.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: 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/themoat.com.au/plan): the assistants asked again every month, with what changed; 2 EUR a month or 19 EUR a year.
Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/themoat.com.au/deep. Ten questions the way people ask, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF: 5 EUR, one-off. 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=themoat.com.au&force=1