# The View Tube café: Agent-Direct Score A (89.2%)

Site: https://viewtubecafe.co.uk/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/viewtubecafe.co.uk
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.)
The View Tube café is ready for agents.

## Direct links
- Order directly: https://www.foodbooking.com/ordering/?restaurant_uid=060df8e9-621e-4954-9d0d-98fe9e36dd4d&reservation=true (through gloriafood acting for the business)
- Menu: https://viewtubecafe.co.uk/menu

## What to fix first
- **GloriaFood's terms bar bots and automated use; a direct form on your own site has no such limit.** (+5 points) GloriaFood's terms of use (6 February 2024, Oracle) say you agree not to use any robot, spider, scraper or other automated means without written permission; GloriaFood reaches end of life on 30 April 2027. Read 2026-10-15: https://www.gloriafood.com/terms-of-use. An agent that books or orders there acts outside the vendor's terms unless the vendor permits it; a form or booking page on your own domain has no such limit. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+2 points) Missing: telephone. 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": "CafeOrCoffeeShop",
  "name": "The View Tube café",
  "url": "https://viewtubecafe.co.uk/",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "The Greenway",
    "postalCode": "E15 2PJ",
    "addressLocality": "London"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 51.5353802,
    "longitude": -0.0131839
  },
  "openingHours": "Mo-Su 09:00-19:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [],
      "opens": "09:00",
      "closes": "19:00"
    }
  ],
  "servesCuisine": [
    "coffee shop"
  ],
  "hasMenu": "https://viewtubecafe.co.uk/menu",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "OrderAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://www.foodbooking.com/ordering/?restaurant_uid=060df8e9-621e-4954-9d0d-98fe9e36dd4d&amp;reservation=true",
        "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.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all received a normal response.
- **Structured data present (Restaurant).** address, opening hours
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read items and prices directly.
- **Ordering through gloriafood on your own domain.** No marketplace commission, and the guest stays yours.

## Where it stands
228 of 2491 in London cafes and bars. Top 9% 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 | 96% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 97% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 67% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 12% | yes |

Nearest places with a similar menu: Simmos (D, 682 m, https://directindex.org/r/simmoscoffee.com); Nunnery Café (D, 781 m, https://directindex.org/r/bowarts.org); Sawmill Cafe (B, 1280 m, https://directindex.org/r/sawmillcafe.co.uk); Bad Coffee (F, 1310 m, https://directindex.org/r/drinkbadcoffee.com); A.F/P Coffee Shop (F, 1424 m, https://directindex.org/r/afallenpoete.com); Saffi (F, 1807 m, https://directindex.org/r/safficaffe.co.uk); Pavilion Cafe (F, 2066 m, https://directindex.org/r/pavilionbread.com); Mowchi (D, 2188 m, https://directindex.org/r/mowchi.me); Bread & Oregano (B, 2436 m, https://directindex.org/r/breadandoregano.co.uk); La Camionera (C, 2542 m, https://directindex.org/r/lacamionera.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 using GloriaFood 68% (42% A or B, 104 sites); This site 89.2%.

See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/viewtubecafe.co.uk/agent-view

## Businesses like The View Tube café in London cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same kind in London cafes and bars | 2491 | 52% | 37% | 89.2% |
| Using GloriaFood in London cafes and bars | 1 | 89% | 100% | 89.2% |

The best of Same kind in London cafes and bars: And Then (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/andthentooting.com); Bar Américain (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/brasseriezedel.com); Bar Soho (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/barsoho.co.uk); Be At One Monument (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/beatone.co.uk); Conuco (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/conuco.co.uk).

With the two fixes above (GloriaFood's terms bar bots and automated use; a direct form on your own site has no such limit; Structured data is incomplete) the score would be about 100%: first of 2,491 in London cafes and bars.

## The direct record
What agents get for The View Tube café, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/viewtubecafe.co.uk
- Book: none on record
- Order: https://www.foodbooking.com/ordering/?restaurant_uid=060df8e9-621e-4954-9d0d-98fe9e36dd4d&amp;reservation=true (vendor on own site: GloriaFood; found by the scan of 2026-10-14, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://viewtubecafe.co.uk/menu (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: Mo-Su 09:00-19:00 (open now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: none on record
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/viewtubecafe.co.uk/order, https://directindex.org/go/viewtubecafe.co.uk/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): 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, GloriaFood: No. GloriaFood's terms of use (6 February 2024, Oracle) say you agree not to use any robot, spider, scraper or other automated means without written permission; GloriaFood reaches end of life on 30 April 2027. Read 2026-10-15: https://www.gloriafood.com/terms-of-use

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

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 23 | 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/viewtubecafe.co.uk
- 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

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/viewtubecafe.co.uk/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/viewtubecafe.co.uk/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=viewtubecafe.co.uk&force=1