The Ship
theshipsouthwark.co.uk is hard for agents to use.
Listed by OpenStreetMap · Overture Maps.
Ways to reach The Ship directly, with no marketplace in between. Checked 2026-10-21. Report a mistake
Borough Road 68 SE1 1DX London · 0203 924 6868
Places near The Ship that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Cafe Volt120 m
- Garden Bar SE1160 m
- The Trinity270 m
- RPG Taverns330 m
The website's grade
Some AI assistants are turned away by The Ship's website. It can't find a menu or price list, so it answers from other sites. It finds a phone number, but no link to book or order online.
32.7 of 65 points available
agent-readiness level, Basic Web Presence
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 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.
The assistants were asked 12 everyday questions about London cafes and bars and named 83 places. The Ship wasn't one of them. See who was named →
How The Ship compares
Not ranked yet in London cafes and bars
The ranking updates every hour. This site joins it at the next update.
| 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 | 93% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 93% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 49% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 22% | no |
Compared with its peers
| Average score | A or B | This site | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sites built with WordPress 236,086 sites | 55% | 25% | 50.3% |
Nearest places in the index
| Place | Distance | Grade | Direct booking or ordering |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cafe Volt | 116 m | B | yes |
| The Ministry, Borough | Workspace & Members' Club | South London | 116 m | C | no |
| Garden Bar SE1 | 160 m | B | yes |
| Lant Street Wine | 214 m | F | no |
| Riverfront Bar & Kitchen | 243 m | F | no |
| Maria's Market Cafe | 251 m | D | no |
| The Trinity | 273 m | A | yes |
| Grads Cafe and Venue Bar | 322 m | F | no |
| RPG Taverns | 328 m | B | yes |
| The Dragon Cafe | 357 m | C | no |
Businesses like The Ship in London cafes and bars
| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sites built with WordPress in London cafes and bars | 1,681 | 61% | 38% | 50.3% |
What to fix first
- No booking or ordering link on the website +13 points
There's only a phone number or WhatsApp, and agents can't use those yet. If you take bookings or orders through a platform, link to it from the site so agents can find it. Add a booking or ordering page. How to fix it
- No menu or price list found +7 points
Agents answer 'what do they offer?' from marketplaces instead. Add a page with the menu or price list and link to it from the homepage. How to fix it
- Structured data is incomplete +6 points
Missing: address, telephone, opening hours. How to fix it
- The server turns AI crawlers away at the door +3.3 points
Requests as ClaudeBot (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
- No llms.txt no points, but worth doing
Optional for now and cheap to add. It's a short text file that describes the business for language models. How to fix it
Send the fixes to your web person
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Already right
- robots.txt lets AI crawlers in No rule blocks the main AI user agents.
- Structured data found (Organization) no address, phone or hours in it
Builder: wordpress · contact page /about/: nothing new · What to paste
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What agents get, and what the site publishes
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