The Velvet Cactus
thevelvetcactus.com is hard for agents to use.
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Ways to reach The Velvet Cactus directly, with no marketplace in between. Checked 2026-11-13. Report a mistake
6300 Argonne Boulevard, New Orleans 70124 · 504-301-2083
Its menu mentions: vegan options, vegetarian dishes
Prices: 6 prices on the site, the middle one $11.00
Places near The Velvet Cactus that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Redbird Fried Chicken40 m · chicken
- Dixie Chicken and Ribs140 m · comfort food
- Boil and Barrel140 m
- Juniors on Harrison270 m · american
- Landry's Restaurant280 m · seafood
The website's grade
Some AI assistants are turned away by The Velvet Cactus's website. It can read what The Velvet Cactus offers. It finds a way to book or order directly, through velvetcactus.hrpos.heartland.us.
33.3 of 65 points available
agent-readiness level, Bot-Aware
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 the site tells visitors Measured, not scored
These don't change the grade.
In New Orleans, the middle price of comparable sites that show prices is $12.00.
Every city compared →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 22 everyday questions about New Orleans and named 100 places. The Velvet Cactus wasn't one of them. See who was named →
How The Velvet Cactus compares
552 of 827 in New Orleans
Top 67% of the sites scanned in this index. Just above: Recbar Llc D, Public Service D. Just below: Boswell's Jamaican Grill D, Breakaway's Restaurant & Bar D.
| 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 | 95% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 98% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 65% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 42% | yes |
Compared with its peers
| Average score | A or B | This site | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sites built with WordPress 259,325 sites | 55% | 24% | 51.2% |
Nearest places in the index
| Place | Distance | Grade | Direct booking or ordering |
|---|---|---|---|
| Desi Vega’s Prime Burgers (Lakeview) burger | 39 m | C | no |
| Redbird Fried Chicken chicken | 39 m | B | yes |
| Dixie Chicken and Ribs comfort_food | 135 m | D | yes |
| Boil and Barrel | 135 m | A | yes |
| Steak Knife Restaurant | 142 m | F | no |
| Lakeview Burgers and Seafood seafood | 149 m | C | no |
| Jaeger Burger Co burger | 159 m | F | no |
| Juniors on Harrison american | 274 m | A | yes |
| Landry's Restaurant seafood | 284 m | C | yes |
| Filmore in the Oaks breakfast_and_brunch | 362 m | D | no |
Businesses like The Velvet Cactus in New Orleans
| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in New Orleans | 827 | 58% | 38% | 51.2% |
| Sites built with WordPress in New Orleans | 183 | 63% | 39% | 51.2% |
After the top fixes
With the three fixes above (The server turns AI crawlers away at the door; Ordering through an unrecognised third party; Structured data is incomplete), the score would be about 89.7%. That would be 76th of 827 in New Orleans, up from 552nd.
What to fix first
- The server turns AI crawlers away at the door +10 points
Requests as GPTBot (http_403), ClaudeBot (http_403), PerplexityBot (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
- Ordering through an unrecognised third party +9 points
Check that the provider keeps your business as the seller of record. How to fix it
- Structured data is incomplete +6 points
Missing: address, telephone, opening hours. How to fix it
- robots.txt blocks GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended +3.7 points
These are the crawlers behind ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Google's AI features. Remove the Disallow lines for them, or add explicit Allow rules. How to fix it
Send the fixes to your web person
No one is listed yet to fix this in New Orleans. List your agency or yourself. It's free, and every listing is reviewed by hand.
Already right
- Structured data found (Organization) no address, phone or hours in it
- Menu or price list is an HTML page Agents can read the items and prices.
Builder: wordpress · contact page /contact/: nothing new; menu page /menus/?e-filter-8916ac6-category=dinner: 70 prices · What to paste
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