The Direct Index
Report · New Orleans · scanned 2026-11-13

Vessel NOLA

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BookOrderMenuCallWebsite

Ways to reach Vessel NOLA directly, with no marketplace in between. Checked 2026-11-13. On the business's own site. Report a mistake

Hours, from vesselnola.com: Mon–Tue 16:00–23:00 · Wed–Thu 16:00–00:00 · Fri–Sat 16:00–01:00 · Sun 16:00–00:00

3835 Iberville St, New Orleans 70119 · +15046032775

Nearby, also direct

Places near Vessel NOLA that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.

Owners

The website's grade

An AI assistant can open Vessel NOLA's website. It can read what Vessel NOLA offers. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.

92.3%

60 of 65 points available

1/5

agent-readiness level, Basic Web Presence

2

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.

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What the site tells visitors Measured, not scored

These don't change the grade.

The footer says © 2020.

Visitors and assistants may read that year as the last time anyone looked after the site. In New Orleans, 77% of comparable sites that show a year say 2025 or later.

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Named by assistants

Named by ChatGPT for "A dinner for a group of twelve next Thursday. Who takes big tables online?" in New Orleans, November 2026

Each assistant was asked the way people ask, with web search on, for up to three places in New Orleans and a link to each one's own site. This business was named in one answer, by 1 of the 2 assistants asked.

QuestionNamed byAsked
A dinner for a group of twelve next Thursday. Who takes big tables online?ChatGPT with a link to this site2026-11-13

Every place named in New Orleans, question by question.

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The badge shows how many of the assistants asked named this business, and the month. It updates after every round.

Named by 1 of 2 assistants, Direct Index

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Assistants

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.

Recommended when people ask:
“A dinner for a group of twelve next Thursday. Who takes big tables online?” (ChatGPT, with a link to this site)

Where it stands

How Vessel NOLA compares

Where it stands

57 of 828 in New Orleans

Top 7% of the sites scanned in this index. Just above: Plates Restaurant & Bar A, Saba A. Just below: Five Guys A, Boil and Barrel A.

What the top 10% of the index doesTop 10%This site
Take bookings or orders on their own domain100%yes
Publish the menu or price list as HTML95%yes
Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt)98%yes
Structured data with address, phone and hours65%no
Have an llms.txt42%no

Compared with its peers

Average scoreA or BThis site
Sites built with Squarespace 37,558 sites61%42%92.3%
Sites using DoorDash Storefront 3,312 sites70%57%92.3%

Nearest places with a similar menu

PlaceDistanceGradeDirect booking or ordering
Midcity Chicken and Poboy cajun_and_creole1.1 kmAyes
Neauxstalgia Bar & Grille cajun_and_creole1.5 kmAyes
Legends Cafe cajun_and_creole1.6 kmFno
Beaucoup Eats cajun_and_creole1.8 kmAyes
Indigo cajun_and_creole2.2 kmCno
Chapter IV cajun_and_creole3.0 kmByes
Ginger ROUX cajun_and_creole3.2 kmFno
Clarinet Bistreaux cajun_and_creole3.2 kmAyes
B Sweet Bistro cajun_and_creole3.2 kmFno
Shrimp Boil Cabaret cajun_and_creole3.2 kmCyes
Businesses like yours

Businesses like Vessel NOLA in New Orleans

GroupSitesAvg scoreA or BThis site
Businesses of the same kind in New Orleans82858%38%92.3%
Sites built with Squarespace in New Orleans10771%53%92.3%
Sites using DoorDash Storefront in New Orleans1874%67%92.3%
Sites built with Squarespace and using DoorDash Storefront in New Orleans282%100%92.3%

After the top fixes

With the fix above (Structured data is incomplete), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 27th of 828 in New Orleans, up from 57th.

Findings

What to fix first

  1. Structured data is incomplete +2 points

    Missing: telephone. How to fix it

  2. 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

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One email with the fixes and the link. Nothing is stored.

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 doordash_storefront on your own domain There's no marketplace commission, and the customer stays yours.

Builder: squarespace · contact page /about-us: nothing new; menu page /menu: nothing new · What to paste

Owners

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