# Tsehay Ethiopian Restaurant And Bar: Agent-Direct Score C (56.9%)

Site: https://www.tsehaydc.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/tsehaydc.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.)
Tsehay Ethiopian Restaurant And Bar is partly visible to agents.

## Direct links
- Order directly: https://www.toasttab.com/tsehaydc18th (through toast acting for the business)
- Phone: +1-202-808-8952

## What to fix first
- **The server turns AI crawlers away at the door.** (+10 points) Live fetches as GPTBot (http_403), ClaudeBot (http_403), PerplexityBot (http_403) were refused while a normal browser got the page. This is usually a hosting or firewall bot list the owner never chose. Ask the host to allow these user agents. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing
- **No menu or price list found.** (+7 points) Agents answer 'what do they offer' from marketplaces instead. Add a menu or price list page and link it from the homepage. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai
- **Booking only through resy.** (+5 points) Every agent transaction goes through the marketplace and its commission. Add a direct path on your own site, even a simple form. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+3 points) Missing: opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant

## 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": "Tsehay Ethiopian Restaurant And Bar",
  "url": "https://www.tsehaydc.com/",
  "telephone": "+1-202-808-8952",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "18th Street Northwest 2429",
    "postalCode": "20009",
    "addressLocality": "Washington"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 38.921283,
    "longitude": -77.041912
  },
  "openingHours": "Mo-We 16:00-22:00; Th-Su 12:00-22:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Monday",
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday"
      ],
      "opens": "16:00",
      "closes": "22:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Thursday",
        "Friday",
        "Saturday",
        "Sunday"
      ],
      "opens": "12:00",
      "closes": "22:00"
    }
  ],
  "servesCuisine": [
    "ethiopian"
  ],
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "OrderAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://www.toasttab.com/tsehaydc18th",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** No rule blocks the key AI user agents.
- **Structured data present (Organization).** address, phone
- **Ordering through toast on your own domain.** No marketplace commission, and the guest stays yours.
- **Toast works with agents through its partners.** Toast's guest terms could not be read on 2026-10-15 (bot challenge); since August 2026 Google's Ask Maps completes orders at Toast restaurants through Toast Local under the UCP for Food standard. Read 2026-10-15: https://www.digitaltransactions.net/square-toast-jump-into-ai-boosted-google-maps/. An assistant that is not a partner may not finish the step there; a direct path on your own domain works for all of them.

## Where it stands
Not ranked yet in Washington, DC.

| 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 | 100% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 95% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 53% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 25% | yes |

Nearest places with a similar menu: Elfegne (B, 46 m, https://directindex.org/r/elfegnedc.com); Eatopia Eatery (D, 1115 m, https://directindex.org/r/eatopiaeatery.com); Letena (A, 1247 m, https://directindex.org/r/letenadc.com); Dukem (F, 1310 m, https://directindex.org/r/dukemrestaurant.com); Axum Restaurant (F, 1614 m, https://directindex.org/r/axumethiopianrestaurant.com); Habesha Market & Restaurant (D, 1662 m, https://directindex.org/r/habeshamarket.com); Queen of Sheba (F, 2018 m, https://directindex.org/r/queenofshebadc.com).

## 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% (29% A or B, 36926 sites); Sites using Resy 69% (48% A or B, 600 sites); Sites using Toast 74% (63% A or B, 1884 sites); This site 56.9%.

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

## Businesses like Tsehay Ethiopian Restaurant And Bar in Washington, DC

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Built with WordPress in Washington, DC | 290 | 73% | 66% | 56.9% |
| Using Resy in Washington, DC | 57 | 71% | 51% | 56.9% |
| Built with WordPress and using Resy in Washington, DC | 18 | 72% | 56% | 56.9% |

The best of Built with WordPress and using Resy in Washington, DC: Agora (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/agorarestaurants.net); All Purpose (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/allpurposedc.com); Alfreda (A 90.3%, https://directindex.org/r/alfredadc.com); Alero (B 78.5%, https://directindex.org/r/alerorestaurant.com); Karma Modern Indian (B 78.5%, https://directindex.org/r/karmamodernindian.com).

## The direct record
What agents get for Tsehay Ethiopian Restaurant And Bar, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/tsehaydc.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: https://www.toasttab.com/tsehaydc18th (vendor on own site: Toast; found by the scan of 2026-10-14, not yet tested)
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: Mo-We 16:00-22:00; Th-Su 12:00-22:00 (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +1-202-808-8952
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/tsehaydc.com/order

## 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
- Vendor terms for agents, Toast: Through partners. Toast's guest terms could not be read on 2026-10-15 (bot challenge); since August 2026 Google's Ask Maps completes orders at Toast restaurants through Toast Local under the UCP for Food standard. Read 2026-10-15: https://www.digitaltransactions.net/square-toast-jump-into-ai-boosted-google-maps/

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

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 15 | 25 |
| Readable | 12 | 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/tsehaydc.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/tsehaydc.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=tsehaydc.com&force=1