# The Union Bar & Grill: Agent-Direct Score B (83.1%)

Site: https://paddington.theunionbar.co.uk
Report: https://directindex.org/r/theunionbar.co.uk
Scanned: 2026-10-15 (Provisional: the action test and the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.)
The Union Bar & Grill is mostly ready for agents.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://partners.designmynight.com/pf/js?venue_id=5cc9524c7864b564bf5a3ba4 (through designmynight acting for the business)
- Menu: https://paddington.theunionbar.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/UNION-Summer-PADD-Sunday-.pdf
- Phone: +44 20 7289 3063

## What to fix first
- **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

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

```
# The Union Bar & Grill

> bar or pub in Sheldon Square 4 W2 6EZ London, London cafes and bars. Phone +44 20 7289 3063.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://partners.designmynight.com/pf/js?venue_id=5cc9524c7864b564bf5a3ba4 (through designmynight acting for the business)
- Menu: https://paddington.theunionbar.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/UNION-Summer-PADD-Sunday-.pdf

## About

- Website: https://paddington.theunionbar.co.uk
- 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.
- **Structured data present (Restaurant).** address, phone, opening hours
- **Booking through designmynight on your own domain.** No marketplace commission, and the guest stays yours.

## Since the scan of 2026-10-14 (B then)
- Fixed: No booking or ordering path at all
- New: nothing

## Where it stands
411 of 2491 in London cafes and bars. Top 16% 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% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 12% | no |

Nearest places in the index: HUCKSTER (B, 189 m, https://directindex.org/r/hucksterlondon.co.uk); Prince of Wales (B, 246 m, https://directindex.org/r/princeofwalespaddington.co.uk); Heist Bank (A, 260 m, https://directindex.org/r/heistbank.com); The Bridge House (C, 352 m, https://directindex.org/r/thebridgehouselittlevenice.co.uk); The Café at Clifton Nurseries (D, 415 m, https://directindex.org/r/clifton.co.uk); The Mad Bishop & Bear (A, 435 m, https://directindex.org/r/madbishopandbear.co.uk); Social Impact Coffee (C, 469 m, https://directindex.org/r/socialimpactcoffee.org); The Cleveland Arms (D, 526 m, https://directindex.org/r/theclevelandarms.com); Bonne Bouche Coffee Shop (B, 540 m, https://directindex.org/r/bonnebouche.co.uk); The Pride of Paddington (C, 560 m, https://directindex.org/r/theprideofpaddington.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.

Score over 2 scans since 2026-10-14: 2026-10-14 71%, 2026-10-15 83%.

Against its peers: Sites built with WordPress 58% (29% A or B, 36926 sites); Sites using DesignMyNight 67% (34% A or B, 44 sites); This site 83.1%.

See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/theunionbar.co.uk/agent-view

## Businesses like The Union Bar & Grill in London cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same kind in London cafes and bars | 2491 | 52% | 37% | 83.1% |
| Built with WordPress in London cafes and bars | 755 | 65% | 46% | 83.1% |
| Using DesignMyNight in London cafes and bars | 35 | 67% | 31% | 83.1% |
| Built with WordPress and using DesignMyNight in London cafes and bars | 24 | 69% | 33% | 83.1% |

The best of Built with WordPress and using DesignMyNight in London cafes and bars: The Oyster Shed (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/oystershed.co.uk); Duke's Head (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/dukesheadputney.com); Halfway House (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/thehalfway.com); The Leather Bottle (A 87.7%, https://directindex.org/r/leatherbottlepub.co.uk); The Flying Horse (B 78.5%, https://directindex.org/r/flyinghorsepub.co.uk).

With the fix above (Menu or price list is a PDF) the score would be about 87.7%: 229th of 2,491 in London cafes and bars, up from 411th.

## The direct record
What agents get for The Union Bar & Grill, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/theunionbar.co.uk
- Book: https://partners.designmynight.com/pf/js?venue_id=5cc9524c7864b564bf5a3ba4 (vendor on own site: DesignMyNight; found by the scan of 2026-10-15, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://paddington.theunionbar.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/UNION-Summer-PADD-Sunday-.pdf (pdf; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +44 20 7289 3063
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/theunionbar.co.uk/book, https://directindex.org/go/theunionbar.co.uk/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, DesignMyNight: Not stated. The terms do not address an agent acting for a person (several bar scraping or data extraction only), could not be read on the date given, or the vendor has not been researched yet.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 19 | 25 |
| Actionable | 10 | 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/theunionbar.co.uk
- 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

Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/theunionbar.co.uk/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=theunionbar.co.uk&force=1