# Uchi: Agent-Direct Score D (40%)

Site: https://uchihackney.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/uchihackney.com
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.)
Uchi is hard for agents to use.
AI assistants cannot open the website of Uchi, so they rely on what other sites say about it.

## Direct links
- Order directly: https://app.squareup.com/gift/MLZAGTNM5SR23/order (through square acting for the business)
- Menu: https://www.uchihackney.com/_files/ugd/b96a42_fd041a63481e428c9576c96b44a9b49f.pdf
- Phone: +44 20 3302 4670

## What to fix first
- **The site turns every visitor without a browser away, AI agents included.** (+25 points) A plain fetch was refused (cloudflare_challenge); only a real browser got the page. Every AI crawler and agent is turned away the same way, so Reachable scores 0 and the rest is measured on the rendered page. Ask the host to let the AI user agents through. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing
- **Booking through an unrecognised third party.** (+5 points) Check that the provider keeps you as the merchant of record. 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
- **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

## 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": "Uchi",
  "url": "https://uchihackney.com/",
  "telephone": "+44 20 3302 4670",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Clarence Road 144",
    "postalCode": "E5 8DY",
    "addressLocality": "London"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 51.553693,
    "longitude": -0.0559743
  },
  "openingHours": "Mo,Th-Fr 18:00-22:00; Tu-We off; Sa 16:00-23:00; Su 13:00-22:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Monday",
        "Thursday",
        "Friday"
      ],
      "opens": "18:00",
      "closes": "22:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Saturday"
      ],
      "opens": "16:00",
      "closes": "23:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Sunday"
      ],
      "opens": "13:00",
      "closes": "22:00"
    }
  ],
  "servesCuisine": [
    "japanese"
  ],
  "hasMenu": "https://www.uchihackney.com/_files/ugd/b96a42_fd041a63481e428c9576c96b44a9b49f.pdf",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "OrderAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://app.squareup.com/gift/MLZAGTNM5SR23/order",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** There is no robots.txt, which allows everything.
- **Structured data present (LocalBusiness).** address, phone
- **Ordering through square on your own domain.** No marketplace commission, and the guest stays yours.

## Since the scan of 2026-10-14 (F then)
- Fixed: The site could not be read at all
- New: The site turned every visitor without a browser away; Structured data was incomplete; Menu was a PDF; Booking through an unrecognised third party

## Where it stands
1937 of 2630 in London. Top 74% 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 | 88% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 91% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 62% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 26% | no |

Nearest places with a similar menu: Seaweed (C, 630 m, https://directindex.org/r/seaweed-food.co.uk); Men (D, 775 m, https://directindex.org/r/menhackney.com); Fuji (A, 1575 m, https://directindex.org/r/fujirestaurant.co.uk); "mu" (C, 1880 m, https://directindex.org/r/mu-ldn.com); Koya Ko (C, 1955 m, https://directindex.org/r/koya.co.uk); AUN (C, 2011 m, https://directindex.org/r/aun-restaurant.com); The Japanese Canteen (F, 2783 m, https://directindex.org/r/thejapanesecanteen.co.uk); JIJI (F, 3726 m, https://directindex.org/r/jijirestaurants.com); Zen Mondo (D, 3745 m, https://directindex.org/r/zenmondo.co.uk); Tenshi (A, 3881 m, https://directindex.org/r/tenshilondon.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 Wix 58% (35% A or B, 3255 sites); Sites using Square 69% (47% A or B, 793 sites); This site 40%.

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

## Businesses like Uchi in London

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in London | 2630 | 57% | 40% | 40% |
| Sites built with Wix in London | 191 | 64% | 40% | 40% |
| Sites using Square in London | 18 | 68% | 44% | 40% |
| Sites built with Wix and using Square in London | 9 | 68% | 44% | 40% |

The best of the sites built with Wix and using Square in London: Fleurie (B 83.1%, https://directindex.org/r/fleurie.co.uk); Hare & Tortoise Putney (B 83.1%, https://directindex.org/r/hareandtortoise.co.uk); Lebanese Please (B 83.1%, https://directindex.org/r/lebaneseplease.com); Marjorie's (B 80%, https://directindex.org/r/marjorieslondon.co.uk); Citro (C 67.2%, https://directindex.org/r/eatcitro.com).

With the three fixes above (The site turns every visitor without a browser away, AI agents included; Booking through an unrecognised third party; Structured data is incomplete) the score would be about 90.8%: 144th of 2,630 in London, up from 1937th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Uchi, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/uchihackney.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: https://app.squareup.com/gift/MLZAGTNM5SR23/order (vendor on own site: Square; found by the scan of 2026-10-15, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://www.uchihackney.com/_files/ugd/b96a42_fd041a63481e428c9576c96b44a9b49f.pdf (pdf; from the scan)
- Hours: Mo,Th-Fr 18:00-22:00; Tu-We off; Sa 16:00-23:00; Su 13:00-22:00 (open now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +44 20 3302 4670
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/uchihackney.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/uchihackney.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): 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): yes
- Vendor terms for agents, Square: Yes. Square takes orders placed in ChatGPT and Claude for US food sellers since 1 July 2026 with no seller setup; its Buyer Account Terms still bar robots and scrapers from accessing Block systems. Read 2026-10-15: https://squareup.com/us/en/press/claude-chatgpt-integrations

Only a real browser got this page (a plain fetch got cloudflare_challenge); Readable and Actionable were measured on the rendered page.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 0 | 25 |
| Readable | 16 | 25 |
| Actionable | 10 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Not measured for this scan.
- JSON-LD for the business: yes

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/uchihackney.com/plan): the assistants asked again every month, with what changed; 2 EUR a month or 19 EUR a year.
Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/uchihackney.com/deep. Ten questions the way people ask, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF: 5 EUR, one-off. Reading and scanning stay free; these few euros pay for the questions sent to the assistants and for the servers.
Methodology: https://directindex.org/methodology · Rescan now: https://directindex.org/scan?url=uchihackney.com&force=1