The Monarch Bar
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Ways to reach The Monarch Bar directly, with no marketplace in between. Checked 2026-11-13. On the business's own site. Report a mistake
4808 Roanoke Pkwy, Kansas City 64112 · +18168968484
Places near The Monarch Bar that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- The Granfalloon270 m
- The Bar West Plaza340 m
- Barnes & Noble530 m
- Bruú Café640 m · bubble tea
The website's grade
Some AI assistants are turned away by The Monarch Bar's website. It can read what The Monarch Bar offers. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.
44.7 of 65 points available
agent-readiness level, Basic Web Presence
things to fix
Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.
Named by ChatGPT and Gemini for "Good cocktails tonight, and I want to reserve a table for four" and "A quiet bar for a first date on Thursday evening. Can I book?" in Kansas City cafes and bars, November 2026
Each assistant was asked the way people ask, with web search on, for up to three places in Kansas City cafes and bars and a link to each one's own site. This business was named in 2 answers, by 2 of the 2 assistants asked.
| Question | Named by | Asked |
|---|---|---|
| Good cocktails tonight, and I want to reserve a table for four. | ChatGPT with a link to this site Gemini with a link to this site | 2026-11-13 |
| A quiet bar for a first date on Thursday evening. Can I book? | Gemini with a link to this site | 2026-11-13 |
Every place named in Kansas City cafes and bars, question by question.
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The badge shows how many of the assistants asked named this business, and the month. It updates after every round.
<a href="https://directindex.org/r/themonarchbar.com"><img src="https://directindex.org/badge/named/themonarchbar.com.svg" alt="Named by 2 of 2 assistants, Direct Index" width="300" height="40"></a>
What assistants answer
Each assistant gets three questions about this business: the official website, where to book and where to order. Each cell shows where the answer sent people.
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:
“Good cocktails tonight, and I want to reserve a table for four.” (ChatGPT, Gemini, with a link to this site)
“A quiet bar for a first date on Thursday evening. Can I book?” (Gemini, with a link to this site)
How The Monarch Bar compares
94 of 257 in Kansas City cafes and bars
Top 37% of the sites scanned in this index. Just above: Hooters C, Harry’s Country Club C. Just below: In Good Company KC - Membership Cocktail Lounge C, Percheron Rooftop Bar C.
| 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 | 89% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 100% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 44% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 30% | no |
Compared with its peers
| Average score | A or B | This site | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sites built with WordPress 259,325 sites | 55% | 24% | 68.8% |
Nearest places in the index
| Place | Distance | Grade | Direct booking or ordering |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nine Zero One Rooftop Bar and Lounge | 87 m | B | no |
| Miracle on the Plaza | 230 m | F | no |
| The Granfalloon | 267 m | B | yes |
| The Bar West Plaza | 343 m | A | yes |
| Chingu Coffee | 361 m | C | no |
| Capital One Café | 428 m | F | no |
| Prime Social | 450 m | F | no |
| START Coffee Co. | 471 m | D | no |
| Barnes & Noble | 529 m | F | yes |
| Bruú Café bubble_tea | 643 m | B | yes |
Businesses like The Monarch Bar in Kansas City cafes and bars
| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Kansas City cafes and bars | 257 | 53% | 32% | 68.8% |
| Sites built with WordPress in Kansas City cafes and bars | 44 | 58% | 30% | 68.8% |
After the top fixes
With the two fixes above (No structured data for the business; The server turns AI crawlers away at the door), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 2nd of 257 in Kansas City cafes and bars, up from 94th.
What to fix first
- No structured data for the business +14 points
Add schema.org JSON-LD for the business (CafeOrCoffeeShop, BarOrPub or the closest type, with name, address, telephone and openingHoursSpecification, plus servesCuisine). Every assistant reads this block first, and the fix kit below has it filled in. How to fix it
- The server turns AI crawlers away at the door +3.3 points
Requests as 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. How to fix it
- Ordering through an unrecognised third party no points, but worth doing
Check that the provider keeps your business as the seller of record. How to fix it
- 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. How to fix it
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Already right
- robots.txt lets AI crawlers in No rule blocks the main AI user agents.
- 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.
Builder: wordpress · contact page /contact/: phone; menu page /menus/: nothing new; booking page /visit/reservations/: nothing new · What to paste
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