Vals
valsnola.com is partly visible to agents.
Listed by OpenStreetMap · Overture Maps.
Ways to reach Vals directly, with no marketplace in between. Checked 2026-11-13. Through toast acting for the business. Report a mistake
Hours, from OpenStreetMap · Overture Maps: Mon–Fri 16:00–22:00 · Sat–Sun 11:00–22:00
4632 Freret Street, New Orleans, LA 70115 · +1 504-356-0006
Outdoor seating (OpenStreetMap)
Places near Vals that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Mr. Tequila270 m · mexican
- Barracuda2.2 km · mexican
- El Paso Mexican Grill2.2 km · mexican
- Chipotle2.4 km · mexican
- La Patrona2.8 km · mexican
The website's grade
An AI assistant can open Vals's website. It can read what Vals offers. To book or order, it is sent to Resy, a marketplace.
40 of 65 points available
agent-readiness level, Basic Web Presence
things to fix
Provisional, with the action test and 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. Vals wasn't one of them. See who was named →
How Vals compares
455 of 828 in New Orleans
Top 55% of the sites scanned in this index. Just above: Ted's Frostop C, The Big Cheezy - Mid City C. Just below: Tartine C, The Avenue Pub C.
| 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% | 61.5% |
| Sites using Resy 3,138 sites | 67% | 45% | 61.5% |
| Sites using Toast 7,911 sites | 73% | 62% | 61.5% |
Nearest places with a similar menu
| Place | Distance | Grade | Direct booking or ordering |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr. Tequila mexican | 265 m | C | yes |
| El Pavo Real mexican | 1.6 km | C | no |
| Barracuda mexican | 2.2 km | B | yes |
| El Paso Mexican Grill mexican | 2.2 km | C | yes |
| Chipotle mexican | 2.4 km | A | yes |
| Panchita De Veracruz Criolla Cuisine mexican | 2.6 km | F | no |
| La Patrona mexican | 2.8 km | A | yes |
| Tacos & Beer mexican | 2.9 km | F | no |
| La Carreta Magazine mexican | 3.2 km | B | yes |
| El Guapo mexican | 3.3 km | D | yes |
Businesses like Vals in New Orleans
| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in New Orleans | 828 | 58% | 38% | 61.5% |
| Sites built with Squarespace in New Orleans | 107 | 71% | 53% | 61.5% |
| Sites using Resy in New Orleans | 50 | 63% | 26% | 61.5% |
| Sites built with Squarespace and using Resy in New Orleans | 14 | 68% | 43% | 61.5% |
After the top fixes
With the three fixes above (No structured data for the business; Booking only through resy; Almost no text without JavaScript), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 27th of 828 in New Orleans, up from 455th.
What to fix first
- No structured data for the business +15 points
Add schema.org JSON-LD for the business (Restaurant, LocalBusiness or the closest type, with name, address, telephone and openingHoursSpecification, plus servesCuisine and acceptsReservations). Every assistant reads this block first, and the fix kit below has it filled in. How to fix it
- Booking only through resy +5 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. How to fix it About this vendor
- Almost no text without JavaScript +2 points
Crawlers that don't run scripts see an empty page. Put the menu, hours and address in plain HTML. 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.
- Menu or price list is an HTML page Agents can read the items and prices.
- Ordering through toast on your own domain There's no marketplace commission, and the customer 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. Terms read on 2026-10-15: https://www.digitaltransactions.net/square-toast-jump-into-ai-boosted-google-maps/. 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.
Builder: squarespace · contact page /contact: nothing new; menu page /menu: nothing new · What to paste
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