# Upstairs: Agent-Direct Score C (60.5%)

Site: http://www.upstairsnyc.com
Report: https://directindex.org/r/upstairsnyc.com
Scanned: 2026-10-23 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Upstairs is partly visible to agents.
Some AI assistants are turned away by Upstairs's website. It can't find a menu or price list, so it answers from other sites. To book or order, it is sent to OpenTable, a marketplace.

## Direct links
- Phone: +12128881220
- Address: 145 E 50th St, 10022-9502, New York
- Prices: 15 prices on the site, the middle one $12.00

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Upstairs that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Urbanspace Lexington (120 m): https://directindex.org/r/hfbrandsandmarkets.com
- Cafe Joyeux (160 m): https://directindex.org/r/cafejoyeux.com
- Rosemary's Cafe (180 m): https://directindex.org/r/architecturaldigest.com
- Bar Bastion (230 m): https://directindex.org/r/barbastion.com

## What to fix first
- **Booking only through opentable.** (+12 points) Every transaction an agent makes goes through the marketplace, which takes its commission. Add a direct way on your own site. Even a simple form will do. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website
- **No menu or price list found.** (+7 points) Agents answer 'what do they offer?' from marketplaces instead. Add a page with the menu or price list and link to it from the homepage. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai
- **The server turns AI crawlers away at the door.** (+6.7 points) Requests as GPTBot (http_403), ClaudeBot (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. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing
- **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. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/llms-txt-for-a-business

## What the site tells visitors (Measured, not scored)
- **15 prices on the landing page, the middle one $12.00.** In New York, the middle price of comparable sites that show prices is $15.00.

## Fix kit: What to paste

llms.txt. Save as /llms.txt at the root of the site.

```
# Upstairs

> restaurant in 145 E 50th St, 10022-9502, New York, New York cafes and bars. Phone +12128881220.

## About

- Website: http://www.upstairsnyc.com
- This file follows llms.txt (https://llmstxt.org): a short plain-text description for language models.
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** No rule blocks the main AI user agents.
- **Structured data found (Restaurant).** address, phone, opening hours
- **OpenTable works with agents through its partners.** OpenTable's terms page could not be fetched on 2026-10-15; OpenTable names over 200 authorized partners, Google, Meta and OpenAI among them, as the channels through which agents book. Terms read on 2026-10-15: https://mynews13.com/fl/orlando/business/2026/07/14/opentable-new-terms. An assistant that isn't a partner may not be able to finish there. A direct path on your own domain works for all of them.

## Where it stands
1599 of 4114 in New York cafes and bars. Top 39% of the sites scanned in this index.

| What the top 10% of the index does | Top 10% | This site |
|---|---|---|
| Take bookings or orders on their own domain | 97% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 95% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 98% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 36% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 23% | no |

Nearest places in the index: The Met Bar (D, 90 m, https://directindex.org/r/thegrillnewyork.com); The Pump Energy Food (D, 113 m, https://directindex.org/r/thepumpenergyfood.com); Manhattan Espresso Cafe (F, 119 m, https://directindex.org/r/manhattanespresso.com); Urbanspace Lexington (A, 121 m, https://directindex.org/r/hfbrandsandmarkets.com); Ground Central Coffee Company (D, 154 m, https://directindex.org/r/groundcentral.com); Cafe Joyeux (C, 162 m, https://directindex.org/r/cafejoyeux.com); Rosemary's Cafe (C, 182 m, https://directindex.org/r/architecturaldigest.com); Studio Calmplex (D, 188 m, https://directindex.org/r/studiocalmplex.com); Bar Bastion (C, 225 m, https://directindex.org/r/barbastion.com); Sofia Wine Bar (F, 233 m, https://directindex.org/r/sofiawinebar.com).

## What assistants answer
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.


Compared with its peers: Sites using OpenTable 69% (51% A or B, 6152 sites); This site 60.5%.

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

## Businesses like Upstairs in New York cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in New York cafes and bars | 4114 | 48% | 27% | 60.5% |
| Sites using OpenTable in New York cafes and bars | 90 | 68% | 53% | 60.5% |

The best of the sites using OpenTable in New York cafes and bars: Essex (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/essexnyc.com); Cafe Paradiso (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/cafeparadisonyc.com); The Brazen Tavern (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/thebrazentavern.com); A to Z Rooftop on Fifth (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/atozrooftoponthefifth.com); Castell Terrace (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/castellnyc.com).

With the three fixes above (Booking only through opentable; No menu or price list found; The server turns AI crawlers away at the door), the score would be about 100%, which would be first of 4,114 in New York cafes and bars.

## The direct record
What agents get for Upstairs, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/upstairsnyc.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +12128881220

## 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, Toast, or a vendor whose terms allow agents): no
- Vendor terms for agents, OpenTable: Through partners. OpenTable's terms page could not be fetched on 2026-10-15; OpenTable names over 200 authorized partners, Google, Meta and OpenAI among them, as the channels through which agents book. Read 2026-10-15: https://mynews13.com/fl/orlando/business/2026/07/14/opentable-new-terms

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 18.3 | 25 |
| Readable | 18 | 25 |
| Actionable | 3 | 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/upstairsnyc.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: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/llms-txt/SKILL.md)
- 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

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/upstairsnyc.com/plan): the assistants are asked again every month, and you see what changed. 2 EUR a month or 19 EUR a year.
Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/upstairsnyc.com/deep. Ten questions phrased the way people ask them, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF. 5 EUR, paid once. 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=upstairsnyc.com&force=1