# The Pearl Restaurant & Bar: Agent-Direct Score D (52.3%)

Site: https://www.thepearlrestaurant.co.uk/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/thepearlrestaurant.co.uk
Scanned: 2026-10-18 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
The Pearl Restaurant & Bar is hard for agents to use.
An AI assistant can open The Pearl Restaurant & Bar's website. What The Pearl Restaurant & Bar offers is in a PDF or an image, and assistants read those badly. It finds a way to book or order directly, through webclient.restaurant-live.co.uk.

## Direct links
- Menu: https://www.thepearlrestaurant.co.uk/_files/ugd/c8f8e7_31db0cf63f8a411d9f27073d7238630b.pdf
- Phone: +44 161 301 5680

## What to fix first

- **No structured data for the business.** (+14 points) Add schema.org JSON-LD for the business (Restaurant, LocalBusiness or the closest type, with name, address, telephone and openingHoursSpecification, plus servesCuisine and acceptsReservations). Every assistant reads this block first, and the fix kit below has it filled in. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **Booking through an unrecognised third party.** (+9 points) Check that the provider keeps your business as the seller of record. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website
- **Menu or price list is a PDF.** (+3 points) Most agents skip PDFs or read them badly. Publish it as an HTML page and keep the PDF as a download. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai
- **Almost no text without JavaScript.** (+2 points) Crawlers that don't run scripts see an empty page. Put the menu, hours and address in plain HTML. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/website-blank-without-javascript

## 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 Pearl Restaurant & Bar",
  "url": "https://www.thepearlrestaurant.co.uk/",
  "telephone": "+44 161 301 5680",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Manchester Road 119",
    "postalCode": "M34 5PY",
    "addressLocality": "Manchester"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 53.4750894,
    "longitude": -2.1408286
  },
  "servesCuisine": [
    "indian"
  ],
  "hasMenu": "https://www.thepearlrestaurant.co.uk/_files/ugd/c8f8e7_31db0cf63f8a411d9f27073d7238630b.pdf"
}
</script>
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** No rule blocks the main AI user agents.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all got a normal response.

## Where it stands
246 of 370 in Manchester. Top 66% 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% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 95% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 58% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 29% | yes |

Nearest places in the index: Plaza (B, 1394 m, https://directindex.org/r/indianplaza.uk); Clunk 'n' Crust (C, 1395 m, https://directindex.org/r/cluckncrustonline.co.uk); Zimos (C, 1409 m, https://directindex.org/r/zimosonline.com); China Red (D, 1487 m, https://directindex.org/r/chinaredmanchester.co.uk); 333 Take Away (D, 1579 m, https://directindex.org/r/333chinesemanchester.co.uk); Peri Fried Cottage (D, 1854 m, https://directindex.org/r/perifriedcottage.co.uk); Famous Indian (D, 2050 m, https://directindex.org/r/famousindian.co.uk); IKEA Restaurant (C, 3157 m, https://directindex.org/r/ikea.com); Corner Slice (F, 3182 m, https://directindex.org/r/cornerslicemcr.com); Lily's (C, 3199 m, https://directindex.org/r/lilysindianvegetarian.co.uk).

## 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 13 everyday questions about Manchester and named 90 places. The Pearl Restaurant & Bar wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/manchester/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with Wix 49% (24% A or B, 10627 sites); This site 52.3%.

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

## Businesses like The Pearl Restaurant & Bar in Manchester

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Manchester | 370 | 57% | 38% | 52.3% |
| Sites built with Wix in Manchester | 14 | 74% | 64% | 52.3% |

The best of the sites built with Wix in Manchester: Ban Di Bul (A 96.3%, https://directindex.org/r/bandibul.co.uk); Ouvra Indian Kitchen (A 90.8%, https://directindex.org/r/ouvra.uk); Babbo Cucina Italiana (A 87.9%, https://directindex.org/r/babbocucina.co.uk); Jaipur Palace Restaurant (A 87.5%, https://directindex.org/r/thewaterlily.co.uk); Sam's Chop House (B 82.5%, https://directindex.org/r/samschophouse.com).

With the three fixes above (No structured data for the business; Booking through an unrecognised third party; Menu or price list is a PDF), the score would be about 92.3%. That would be 11th of 370 in Manchester, up from 246th.

## The direct record
What agents get for The Pearl Restaurant & Bar, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/thepearlrestaurant.co.uk
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://www.thepearlrestaurant.co.uk/_files/ugd/c8f8e7_31db0cf63f8a411d9f27073d7238630b.pdf (pdf; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +44 161 301 5680
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/thepearlrestaurant.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): yes
- 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 | 23 | 25 |
| Readable | 5 | 25 |
| Actionable | 6 | 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/thepearlrestaurant.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: no

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/thepearlrestaurant.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/thepearlrestaurant.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=thepearlrestaurant.co.uk&force=1