# Red Lion & Sun: Agent-Direct Score C (61.5%)

Site: https://www.theredlionandsun.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/theredlionandsun.com
Scanned: 2026-10-14 (Provisional: the action test and the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.)
Red Lion & Sun is partly visible to agents.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://booking.resdiary.com/widget/Standard/TheRedLionandSun/15205? (through resdiary acting for the business)
- Menu: https://my.propcom.co.uk/data/media/pdf/Red%20Lion%20Day%20To%20Day-8.pdf
- Phone: 020 8340 1780

## 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). It is the one block every assistant reads first; the fix kit below has it filled in. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **Ordering through an unrecognised third party.** (+5 points) Check that the provider keeps you as the merchant of record. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/online-ordering-without-delivery-apps
- **Menu or price list is a PDF.** (+3 points) Most agents skip PDFs or read them badly. Publish it as HTML, keep the PDF as a download. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai
- **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": "Red Lion & Sun",
  "url": "https://www.theredlionandsun.com/",
  "telephone": "020 8340 1780",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "North Road 25",
    "postalCode": "N6 4BE",
    "addressLocality": "London"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 51.5726081,
    "longitude": -0.1502606
  },
  "openingHours": "Mo-Sa 12:00-24:00; Su 12:00-23:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Monday",
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday",
        "Friday",
        "Saturday"
      ],
      "opens": "12:00",
      "closes": "24:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Sunday"
      ],
      "opens": "12:00",
      "closes": "23:00"
    }
  ],
  "acceptsReservations": "https://booking.resdiary.com/widget/Standard/TheRedLionandSun/15205?",
  "hasMenu": "https://my.propcom.co.uk/data/media/pdf/Red%20Lion%20Day%20To%20Day-8.pdf",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://booking.resdiary.com/widget/Standard/TheRedLionandSun/15205?",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

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

```
# Red Lion & Sun

> bar or pub in North Road 25 N6 4BE London, London cafes and bars. Phone 020 8340 1780.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://booking.resdiary.com/widget/Standard/TheRedLionandSun/15205? (through resdiary acting for the business)
- Menu: https://my.propcom.co.uk/data/media/pdf/Red%20Lion%20Day%20To%20Day-8.pdf

## Opening hours

Mo-Sa 12:00-24:00; Su 12:00-23:00

## About

- Website: https://www.theredlionandsun.com/
- 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.
- **Booking through resdiary on your own domain.** No marketplace commission, and the guest stays yours.
- **ResDiary lets agents act only through its partners.** ResDiary's consumer terms bar any robot, spider, scraper or other automatic means of access except as expressly authorised by ResDiary; Google names ResDiary as an AI Mode booking partner. Read 2026-10-15: https://www.resdiary.com/old/Terms. An assistant that is not a partner cannot finish the step there; a direct path on your own domain works for all of them.

## Where it stands
1174 of 2491 in London cafes and bars. Top 47% 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 | 96% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 97% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 67% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 12% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Superette (F, 240 m, https://directindex.org/r/superettestore.com); The Wrestlers (B, 261 m, https://directindex.org/r/thewrestlershighgate.com); The Flask (A, 304 m, https://directindex.org/r/theflaskhighgate.com); The Bull (B, 319 m, https://directindex.org/r/thebullhighgate.com); The Woodman (C, 620 m, https://directindex.org/r/the-woodman.com); The Steward's Room (F, 1174 m, https://directindex.org/r/searcyskenwoodhouse.co.uk); TRADE Highgate (C, 1207 m, https://directindex.org/r/trade-made.co.uk); Cricks Corner (C, 1241 m, https://directindex.org/r/crickscorner.co.uk); Duke of St. Albans (C, 1243 m, https://directindex.org/r/dukeofstalbans.com); Bread and Bean (C, 1402 m, https://directindex.org/r/breadandbeancoffeeshop.co.uk).

## 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 using ResDiary 63% (32% A or B, 79 sites); This site 61.5%.

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

## Businesses like Red Lion & Sun in London cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same kind in London cafes and bars | 2491 | 52% | 37% | 61.5% |
| Using ResDiary in London cafes and bars | 8 | 67% | 38% | 61.5% |

The best of Using ResDiary in London cafes and bars: The Kennington (B 83.1%, https://directindex.org/r/thekennington.com); Parliament Hill Café (B 80%, https://directindex.org/r/daisygreenfood.com); Coach and Horses (B 73.8%, https://directindex.org/r/thecoachandhorses.co.uk); 40ft Brewery (C 66.2%, https://directindex.org/r/40ftbrewery.com); The Salisbury (C 66.2%, https://directindex.org/r/thesalisburyhotelpub.co.uk).

With the three fixes above (No structured data for the business; Ordering through an unrecognised third party; Menu or price list is a PDF) the score would be about 95.4%: 20th of 2,491 in London cafes and bars, up from 1174th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Red Lion & Sun, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/theredlionandsun.com
- Book: https://booking.resdiary.com/widget/Standard/TheRedLionandSun/15205? (vendor on own site: ResDiary; found by the scan of 2026-10-14, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://my.propcom.co.uk/data/media/pdf/Red%20Lion%20Day%20To%20Day-8.pdf (pdf; from the scan)
- Hours: Mo-Sa 12:00-24:00; Su 12:00-23:00 (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: 020 8340 1780
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/theredlionandsun.com/book, https://directindex.org/go/theredlionandsun.com/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): not measured
- ACP discovery document (/.well-known/acp.json, OpenAI and Stripe's Agentic Commerce Protocol): not measured
- 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): not measured
- Vendor terms for agents, ResDiary: Partners only. ResDiary's consumer terms bar any robot, spider, scraper or other automatic means of access except as expressly authorised by ResDiary; Google names ResDiary as an AI Mode booking partner. Read 2026-10-15: https://www.resdiary.com/old/Terms

Not measured at this scan; the next scan measures it.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 5 | 25 |
| Actionable | 10 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Level 0 of 5, Not Ready. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/theredlionandsun.com
- Link headers on the homepage: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/link-headers/SKILL.md)
- sitemap.xml: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/sitemap/SKILL.md)
- AI bot rules in robots.txt: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/ai-rules/SKILL.md)
- 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: no

Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/theredlionandsun.com/deep. Ten questions the way people ask, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF: 19 EUR, one-off.
Methodology: https://directindex.org/methodology · Rescan now: https://directindex.org/scan?url=theredlionandsun.com&force=1