# Viet Balo: Agent-Direct Score A (86.2%)

Site: https://www.thevietbalo.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/thevietbalo.com
Scanned: 2026-10-14 (Provisional: the action test and the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.)
Viet Balo is ready for agents.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://thevietbalo.com/reservations/ (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://thevietbalo.com/menu
- Phone: +358442103939

## What to fix first
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+6 points) Missing: address, telephone, opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **Ordering through an unrecognised third party.** (no points, still worth doing) Check that the provider keeps you as the merchant of record. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/online-ordering-without-delivery-apps

## Fix kit: What to paste

Structured data (JSON-LD). One block in the page's head, or in the builder's custom-code slot. Replace anything that is wrong.

```html
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Restaurant",
  "name": "Viet Balo",
  "url": "https://www.thevietbalo.com/",
  "telephone": "+358442103939",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Liisankatu 9",
    "postalCode": "00170",
    "addressLocality": "Helsinki",
    "addressCountry": "FI"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 60.1743083,
    "longitude": 24.9571661
  },
  "openingHours": "Sa 12:00-19:00; Mo-Fr 11:00-19:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Saturday"
      ],
      "opens": "12:00",
      "closes": "19:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Monday",
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday",
        "Friday"
      ],
      "opens": "11:00",
      "closes": "19:00"
    }
  ],
  "servesCuisine": [
    "vietnamese"
  ],
  "acceptsReservations": "https://thevietbalo.com/reservations/",
  "hasMenu": "https://thevietbalo.com/menu",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://thevietbalo.com/reservations/",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

## 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 (Organization).** but without address, phone or hours
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read items and prices directly.
- **Booking on your own site.** Agents can book without a marketplace in the loop.

## Where it stands
48 of 828 in Helsinki. Top 6% 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 | 87% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 85% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 93% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 47% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 22% | yes |

Nearest places with a similar menu: Vibami (C, 743 m, https://directindex.org/r/vibami.fi); Fly Fusion (B, 818 m, https://directindex.org/r/flyfusion.fi); Lie Mi (A, 893 m, https://directindex.org/r/liemi.fi); Quê Em (B, 1444 m, https://directindex.org/r/queem.fi); NOM Vietnamese Kitchen (D, 1531 m, https://directindex.org/r/nomvietnamesekitchen.fi); The Saigonese (A, 1871 m, https://directindex.org/r/the-saigonese.com); Sen Viet (C, 3482 m, https://directindex.org/r/senvietsuomi.com); Wrap And Roll (F, 3558 m, https://directindex.org/r/wrapandroll.fi).

## 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.

Against its peers: Sites built with WordPress 58% (28% A or B, 36794 sites); This site 86.2%.

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

## Businesses like Viet Balo in Helsinki

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same kind in Helsinki | 828 | 51% | 19% | 86.2% |
| Built with WordPress in Helsinki | 354 | 59% | 20% | 86.2% |

The best of Built with WordPress in Helsinki: Dong Bei House (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/dongbeihouse.fi); John Scott’s (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/johnscotts.se); Monal (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/ravintolamonal.fi); House of Sandwiches (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/hofs.fi); Retro Enoteca (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/retroenoteca.fi).

With the fix above (Structured data is incomplete) the score would be about 95.4%: 9th of 828 in Helsinki, up from 48th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Viet Balo, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/thevietbalo.com
- Book: https://thevietbalo.com/reservations/ (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-14, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://thevietbalo.com/menu (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: Sa 12:00-19:00; Mo-Fr 11:00-19:00 (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +358442103939
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/thevietbalo.com/book, https://directindex.org/go/thevietbalo.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): not measured
- ACP discovery document (/.well-known/acp.json, OpenAI and Stripe's Agentic Commerce Protocol): not measured
- 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): not measured

Not measured at this scan; the next scan measures it.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 16 | 25 |
| Actionable | 15 | 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/thevietbalo.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: yes
- 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/thevietbalo.com/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=thevietbalo.com&force=1