# Portland Arms: Agent-Direct Score F (0%)

Site: http://www.theportlandarms.co.uk/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/theportlandarms.co.uk
Scanned: 2026-10-24 (Provisional, with the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
The scanner couldn't reach Portland Arms's website on 2026-10-24 (cloudflare challenge). Rescans are free.
AI assistants can't open Portland Arms's website, so they go by what other sites say about it.

## Direct links
- Address: Chesterton Road 129 CB4 3BA Cambridge
- Hours, from OpenStreetMap: Mon–Wed 16:30–23:00; Thu 12:00–23:00; Fri–Sat 12:00–00:00; Sun 12:00–23:00

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Portland Arms that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- The Waterman (70 m): https://directindex.org/r/thewatermancambridge.com
- Byron's Bear (530 m): https://directindex.org/r/byronsbear.co.uk
- Stir (600 m): https://directindex.org/r/yourstir.co.uk
- The Maypole (650 m): https://directindex.org/r/maypolefreehouse.co.uk
- Fitzbillies Bridge Street (760 m): https://directindex.org/r/fitzbillies.com

## What to fix first
- **The site couldn't be read at all.** There's a bot challenge in front of the site (cloudflare_challenge), so a plain fetch never gets to the page. A real browser tried too and got challenge:title.

## Already right
- Nothing.

## Where it stands
82 of 84 in Cambridge cafes and bars. Top 98% 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 | 100% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 80% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 40% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 20% | no |

Nearest places in the index: The Waterman (A, 68 m, https://directindex.org/r/thewatermancambridge.com); Cofein (C, 108 m, https://directindex.org/r/cofeincambridge.com); The Artyst (C, 153 m, https://directindex.org/r/theartyst.co.uk); The Bamboo (F, 166 m, https://directindex.org/r/thebamboocambridge.co.uk); Byron's Bear (B, 530 m, https://directindex.org/r/byronsbear.co.uk); Stir (B, 600 m, https://directindex.org/r/yourstir.co.uk); The Maypole (B, 649 m, https://directindex.org/r/maypolefreehouse.co.uk); Cafe Foy (B, 708 m, https://directindex.org/r/cafefoy.com); The Mitre (C, 759 m, https://directindex.org/r/nicholsonspubs.co.uk); Fitzbillies Bridge Street (B, 763 m, https://directindex.org/r/fitzbillies.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 bar with live music this Saturday night, reserve a table for six." (Gemini)


Read by AI agents 2 times this month (ClaudeBot 2).

## Named by Gemini for "A bar with live music this Saturday night, reserve a table for six" in Cambridge cafes and bars, November 2026
- "A bar with live music this Saturday night, reserve a table for six." (2026-11-04): Gemini with a link to this site. https://directindex.org/city/cambridge-cafes-bars/recommended/live-music-bar
Named by 1 of 2 assistants asked. Badge: https://directindex.org/badge/named/theportlandarms.co.uk.svg

## Businesses like Portland Arms in Cambridge cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Cambridge cafes and bars | 84 | 58% | 35% | 0% |

The best of the businesses of the same kind in Cambridge cafes and bars: The Waterman (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/thewatermancambridge.com); Dutch (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/dutchcambridge.co.uk); GAIL's (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/gails.com); Aromi (A 90.8%, https://directindex.org/r/aromi.co.uk); Fort St George (A 87.5%, https://directindex.org/r/greeneking.co.uk).

## The direct record
What agents get for Portland Arms, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/theportlandarms.co.uk
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: Mo-We 16:30-23:00; Su, Th 12:00-23:00; Fr-Sa 12:00-00:00 (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: none on record

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 0 | 25 |
| Readable | 0 | 25 |
| Actionable | 0 | 30 |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Not measured for this scan.
- JSON-LD for the business: no

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