The Will & The Way
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Ways to reach The Will & The Way directly, with no marketplace in between. Checked 2026-11-13. On the business's own site. Report a mistake
Hours, from thewillandtheway.com: Mon–Thu 15:00–01:00 · Fri–Sun 12:00–01:00
719 Toulouse Street, 70130 · +1-504-354-1139
Places near The Will & The Way that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Bourbon Heat160 m · american
- Sylvain170 m · american
- Hard Rock Cafe460 m · american
- TGI Friday's470 m · american
- M bistro Restaurant590 m · american
The website's grade
An AI assistant can open The Will & The Way's website. It can read what The Will & The Way offers. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.
75 of 80 points available
agent-readiness level, Basic Web Presence
things to fix
Action test, 2026-11-13: completed, an agent can get as far as the step before confirming. Date, time and party-size controls are on the page, so an agent can get to the confirmation step.
Provisional, with 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 22 everyday questions about New Orleans and named 100 places. The Will & The Way wasn't one of them. See who was named →
How The Will & The Way compares
46 of 828 in New Orleans
Top 6% of the sites scanned in this index. Just above: Joe's Italian Bistro A, Rib Room A. Just below: Court of the Two Sisters A, Tableau A.
| What the top 10% 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 | 95% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 98% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 65% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 42% | no |
Compared with its peers
| Average score | A or B | This site | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sites built with Squarespace 37,558 sites | 61% | 42% | 93.8% |
| Sites using Toast 7,911 sites | 73% | 62% | 93.8% |
Nearest places with a similar menu
| Place | Distance | Grade | Direct booking or ordering |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vampire Apothecary Restaurant & Bar american | 110 m | C | no |
| Cajun Crawfish House american | 125 m | F | no |
| Bourbon Heat american | 155 m | C | yes |
| Sylvain american | 165 m | B | yes |
| Hard Rock Cafe american | 457 m | A | yes |
| TGI Friday's american | 469 m | C | yes |
| House of Blues american | 483 m | D | no |
| M bistro Restaurant american | 587 m | C | yes |
| B.B. King's Blues Club american | 652 m | C | no |
| Gallier’s Restaurant & Oyster Bar cajun, local, regional, american, breakfast, salad | 673 m | A | yes |
Businesses like The Will & The Way in New Orleans
| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in New Orleans | 828 | 58% | 38% | 93.8% |
| Sites built with Squarespace in New Orleans | 107 | 71% | 53% | 93.8% |
| Sites using Toast in New Orleans | 99 | 75% | 64% | 93.8% |
| Sites built with Squarespace and using Toast in New Orleans | 25 | 80% | 88% | 93.8% |
After the top fixes
With the fix above (Structured data is incomplete), the score would be about 96.3%. That would be 27th of 828 in New Orleans, up from 46th.
What to fix first
- Structured data is incomplete +2 points
Missing: telephone. 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
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
- robots.txt lets AI crawlers in No rule blocks the main AI user agents.
- AI crawlers get the page GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all got a normal response.
- Structured data found (LocalBusiness) address, opening hours
- Menu or price list is an HTML page Agents can read the items and prices.
- Booking on your own site Agents can book without going through a marketplace.
- Ordering through toast on your own domain There's no marketplace commission, and the customer stays yours.
Builder: squarespace · contact page /about: nothing new; menu page /menu: ordering via toast, 98 prices; booking page /large-reservations-private-events: booking via tripleseat · What to paste
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