The Palms Restaurant & Lounge
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Ways to reach The Palms Restaurant & Lounge directly, with no marketplace in between. Checked 2026-11-14. On the business's own site. Report a mistake
Hours, from OpenStreetMap: Su-Th 16:00-23:00, Fr,Sa 16:00-01:00
1450 Douglas Street, V8W2G1 · +1-250-383-7310
Its menu mentions: vegan options, vegetarian dishes
Prices: 5 prices on the site, the middle one CA$16.00 · WhatsApp: a link on the site
Places near The Palms Restaurant & Lounge that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- The Mint30 m · indian
- Rudi70 m · italian
- Marilena Cafe & Raw Bar80 m · seafood
- Fül Canteen90 m
The website's grade
Some AI assistants are turned away by The Palms Restaurant & Lounge's website. It can read what The Palms Restaurant & Lounge offers. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.
51.3 of 65 points available
agent-readiness level, Bot-Aware
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.
What the site tells visitors Measured, not scored
These don't change the grade.
In Victoria, the middle price of comparable sites that show prices is CA$15.00.
Every city compared →Named by ChatGPT for "Birthday dinner for eight on Friday. I want to book online" and "Somewhere good that's actually open on Monday evening, book a table" in Victoria, November 2026
Each assistant was asked the way people ask, with web search on, for up to three places in Victoria and a link to each one's own site. This business was named in 2 answers, by 1 of the 2 assistants asked.
| Question | Named by | Asked |
|---|---|---|
| Birthday dinner for eight on Friday. I want to book online. | ChatGPT with a link to this site | 2026-11-13 |
| Somewhere good that's actually open on Monday evening, book a table. | ChatGPT with a link to this site | 2026-11-13 |
Every place named in Victoria, 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/thepalmsrestaurant.ca"><img src="https://directindex.org/badge/named/thepalmsrestaurant.ca.svg" alt="Named by 1 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:
“Birthday dinner for eight on Friday. I want to book online.” (ChatGPT, with a link to this site)
“Somewhere good that's actually open on Monday evening, book a table.” (ChatGPT, with a link to this site)
How The Palms Restaurant & Lounge compares
89 of 348 in Victoria
Top 26% of the sites scanned in this index. Just above: OPA! Of Greece B, Sarpino's Pizza B. Just below: Aura Waterfront Restaurant + Patio B, Bin4 B.
| 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 | 100% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 100% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 71% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 40% | yes |
Nearest places in the index
| Place | Distance | Grade | Direct booking or ordering |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Mint indian, asian | 34 m | A | yes |
| Rudi italian | 70 m | C | yes |
| John's Place | 74 m | D | no |
| Marilena Cafe & Raw Bar seafood | 75 m | C | yes |
| Fül Canteen | 85 m | C | yes |
| Burger King burger | 88 m | D | no |
| Sizzling Tandoor Downtown indian | 88 m | C | no |
| Ene Raw Fish and Sake Bar japanese | 99 m | D | no |
| Second Slice Pizza pizza | 102 m | A | no |
| Roll & Roll by Nubo sushi | 115 m | B | no |
Businesses like The Palms Restaurant & Lounge in Victoria
| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Victoria | 348 | 62% | 41% | 78.9% |
After the top fixes
With the two fixes above (The server turns AI crawlers away at the door; robots.txt blocks GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended), the score would be about 100%, which would be first of 348 in Victoria.
What to fix first
- The server turns AI crawlers away at the door +10 points
Requests as GPTBot (http_403), ClaudeBot (http_403), PerplexityBot (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
- robots.txt blocks GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended +3.7 points
These are the crawlers behind ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Google's AI features. Remove the Disallow lines for them, or add explicit Allow rules. How to fix it
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Already right
- Structured data found (Restaurant) address, phone, opening hours
- 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.
Builder: unknown · contact page /about: nothing new; menu page /menu: 49 menu items in JSON-LD, 49 prices; booking page /contact: nothing new · What to paste
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