# The Terrace: Agent-Direct Score C (62%)

Site: http://www.theterracesouthall.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/theterracesouthall.com
Scanned: 2026-10-21 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
The Terrace is partly visible to agents.
Some AI assistants are turned away by The Terrace's website. What The Terrace offers is in a PDF or an image, and assistants read those badly. To book or order, it is sent to Just Eat, a marketplace.

## Direct links
- Menu: https://theterracesouthall.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/the-terrace-menu.pdf
- Phone: +44 208 574 3335
- Address: High Street 96 - 100 UB1 3DN Southall
- Hours, from theterracesouthall.com: Mon–Sun 12:00–00:00
- Outdoor seating (OpenStreetMap)
- Prices: 335 prices on the site, the middle one £4.90

## Nearby, also direct
Places near The Terrace that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Shahanshah (280 m): https://directindex.org/r/indisch-lieferservice.de
- Madhu's (330 m): https://directindex.org/r/madhus.co.uk
- Poonam Tandoori (1.6 km): https://directindex.org/r/poonams.com

## What to fix first
- **Ordering only through justeat.** (+12 points) Every transaction an agent makes goes through the marketplace, which takes its commission. Add a direct way on your own site. Even a simple form will do. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/online-ordering-without-delivery-apps
- **The server turns AI crawlers away at the door.** (+6.7 points) Requests as ClaudeBot (http_429), PerplexityBot (http_429) 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. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing
- **No working HTTPS.** (+3 points) The page is only served over plain http. Browsers and agents rank it lower or refuse it.
- **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
- **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. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/llms-txt-for-a-business

## What the site tells visitors (Measured, not scored)
- **335 prices on the landing page, the middle one £4.90.** In London, the middle price of comparable sites that show prices is £11.95.

## Fix kit: What to paste

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

```
# The Terrace

> restaurant (indian) in High Street 96 - 100 UB1 3DN Southall, London. Phone +44 208 574 3335.

## Book or order directly

- Menu: https://theterracesouthall.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/the-terrace-menu.pdf

## Opening hours

Mo-Su 12:00-24:00

## About

- Website: http://www.theterracesouthall.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 main AI user agents.
- **Structured data found (Restaurant).** address, phone, opening hours

## Where it stands
4175 of 8985 in London. Top 46% 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) | 94% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 64% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 37% | no |

Nearest places with a similar menu: The Nizam's Biryani Restaurant (Southall) (F, 259 m, https://directindex.org/r/thegreatnizam.com); Shahanshah (C, 275 m, https://directindex.org/r/indisch-lieferservice.de); Roshni (C, 283 m, https://directindex.org/r/roshnirestaurant.info); Madhu's (B, 333 m, https://directindex.org/r/madhus.co.uk); Southall Spice (D, 635 m, https://directindex.org/r/southallspice.com); Rita's (F, 695 m, https://directindex.org/r/ritasice.com); Punjabi Masala (F, 1088 m, https://directindex.org/r/punjabimasala.co.uk); Sanjha Chulla (F, 1225 m, https://directindex.org/r/sanjhachullasouthall.com); Brilliant (C, 1589 m, https://directindex.org/r/brilliantrestaurant.com); Poonam Tandoori (A, 1604 m, https://directindex.org/r/poonams.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.

The assistants were asked 23 everyday questions about London and named 108 places. The Terrace wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/london/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with WordPress 55% (25% A or B, 236087 sites); Sites using Just Eat 57% (12% A or B, 1981 sites); This site 62%.

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

## Businesses like The Terrace in London

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in London | 8985 | 54% | 36% | 62% |
| Sites built with WordPress in London | 2671 | 66% | 48% | 62% |
| Sites using Just Eat in London | 105 | 53% | 16% | 62% |
| Sites built with WordPress and using Just Eat in London | 24 | 65% | 42% | 62% |

The best of the sites built with WordPress and using Just Eat in London: La Ballerina (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/laballerina.co.uk); Hidden Kitchen (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/basement144.com); Bursa Kebab Evi (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/bursakebapevi.co.uk); Ceylon Street Restaurant (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/ceylonstreet.co.uk); Andromeda Restaurant (B 80%, https://directindex.org/r/andromedarestaurant.co.uk).

With the three fixes above (Ordering only through justeat; The server turns AI crawlers away at the door; No working HTTPS), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 187th of 8,985 in London, up from 4175th.

## The direct record
What agents get for The Terrace, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/theterracesouthall.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://theterracesouthall.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/the-terrace-menu.pdf (pdf; from the scan)
- Hours: Mo-Su 12:00-24:00 (closed now) (from theterracesouthall.com)
- Phone: +44 208 574 3335
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/theterracesouthall.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): no
- 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
- Vendor terms for agents, Just Eat: Not stated. Just Eat's UK website terms bar misuse of the website including scraping and limit use to personal, non-commercial purposes; they do not address an assistant ordering for a customer; an Alexa+ ordering tie-in is announced but not live. The terms page refused an automated read on 2026-10-15. Read 2026-10-15: https://www.just-eat.co.uk/info/terms-and-conditions

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 15.3 | 25 |
| Readable | 22 | 25 |
| Actionable | 3 | 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/theterracesouthall.com
- 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: 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: yes

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/theterracesouthall.com/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/theterracesouthall.com/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=theterracesouthall.com&force=1