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title: What an AI agent reads on The Royal · The Direct Index
url: https://directindex.org/r/theroyaldc.com/agent-view?format=md
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# What an AI agent reads on The Royal

An assistant's crawler fetches the page once, without running JavaScript, and reads the text, the structured data and the links. This is that view of [theroyaldc.com](https://www.theroyaldc.com/), from the copy the scanner kept.

11,083

characters of text without JavaScript

LocalBusiness

structured data for the business

0

of 3 AI crawlers turned away at the edge

 Text

## The words an agent gets

Title: Royal · language en-US. First 1,800 of 11,083 characters:

```
Royal RESERVATIONS MENU ORDER ONLINE TAKE-OUT DELIVERY (UberEats) DELIVERY (Caviar/Doordash) CATERING Contact GIFT CARDS CAREERS BAR & KITCHEN RESERVATIONS MENU ORDER ONLINE TAKE-OUT DELIVERY (UberEats) DELIVERY (Caviar/Doordash) CATERING Contact GIFT CARDS CAREERS BAR & KITCHEN COFFEE SHOP + COCKTAIL BAR + ALL-DAY EATERY FOOD & DRINK COFFEE SHOP + COCKTAIL BAR + ALL-DAY EATERY Open 7 days a week, starting at 10am.Outdoor/indoor dining, and takeout/delivery. SCROLL DOWN COFFEE SHOP + COCKTAIL BAR + ALL-DAY EATERY Open 7 days a week, starting at 10am.Outdoor/indoor dining, and takeout/delivery. ABOUT USLocated in the heart of the historic LeDroit Park neighborhood, Royal is an all day spot – coffee shop by day and bar/kitchen by night. For his latest venture as a restaurateur, Paul Carlson, the owner of Lulu’s Winegarden, decided to join forces with his parents, Ron and Gloria, and sister, Katrina, to open Royal in the summer of 2015. Royal gets its name from the Royal Liquor Store, a business previously in this location. The concept of Royal stems from the Carlsons’ international background, as well as their love of cooking, good drinks, and spending time with family and friends. coffeE shopRoyal is a coffee shop and breakfast/lunch spot by day. Pick up your favorite cup of Counter Culture Coffee (or cup of tea) on your way to work, or stay in-house and take advantage of the free WiFi. Cocktail barRoyal's bar offers an eclectic variety of options ... local beers and spirits, wine, and cocktails crafted by our talented bar staff. kitchenRoyal is an all-day destination for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Our kitchen prepares simple yet creative food, much of it from our wood-burning grill. FOOD & DRINK FOOD & DRINK Royal has been operating with extraordinary increases in th
```

 Facts

## What it can state about the business

| A business type in JSON-LD | LocalBusiness |
| Name | Royal |
| Telephone | no |
| Address | yes |
| Opening hours | yes |
| Menu or price list | a menu or price-list page in HTML www.theroyaldc.com/menu-2 |
| Cuisine in structured data | no |
| JSON-LD blocks | 3 (LocalBusiness, Organization, WebSite) |

 Actions

## The links it would act on

| Link | Role | Where it goes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [resy.com/cities/washington-dc/venues/the-royal-dc](https://resy.com/cities/washington-dc/venues/the-royal-dc) | booking | resy, a marketplace |
| [www.toasttab.com/the-royal-501-florida-ave-nw](https://www.toasttab.com/the-royal-501-florida-ave-nw) | ordering | toast, acting for the business |
| [www.ubereats.com/store/the-royal/lPu3yL2TWtOoi5EqwTsEkA?diningMode=DEL](https://www.ubereats.com/store/the-royal/lPu3yL2TWtOoi5EqwTsEkA?diningMode=DELIVERY) | ordering | ubereats, a marketplace |
| [www.trycaviar.com/store/the-royal-washington-77975/](https://www.trycaviar.com/store/the-royal-washington-77975/) | ordering | caviar, a marketplace |

Everything here comes from one fetch of the homepage as a crawler; the [report](https://directindex.org/r/theroyaldc.com) turns it into a score and fixes, with a kit to paste.

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```json
{"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://directindex.org/#org","name":"The Direct Index","url":"https://directindex.org/","logo":"https://directindex.org/favicon.svg","founder":{"@type":"Person","name":"Antonio Curado"},"description":"Independent measurement of whether AI agents can find, read and act on a business's own website."},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://directindex.org/#site","url":"https://directindex.org/","name":"The Direct Index","publisher":{"@id":"https://directindex.org/#org"},"inLanguage":"en","potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://directindex.org/scan?url={url}"},"query-input":"required name=url"}},{"@type":"WebAPI","name":"The Direct Index API","url":"https://directindex.org/openapi.json","documentation":"https://directindex.org/llms-full.txt","provider":{"@id":"https://directindex.org/#org"}}]}
```