# VUE Rooftop: Agent-Direct Score F (33.8%)

Site: https://vuerooftopdc.com
Report: https://directindex.org/r/vuerooftopdc.com
Scanned: 2026-10-21 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
VUE Rooftop is largely invisible to agents.
AI assistants can't open VUE Rooftop's website, so they go by what other sites say about it.

## Direct links
- Menu: https://www.vuerooftopdc.com/rooftop-bars-dc
- Phone: +1 202 661 2400
- Address: 15th Street Northwest 515 20004 Washington
- Hours, from OpenStreetMap · Overture Maps: Mo-Th 16:00-00:00, Fr 16:00-01:00, Sa 11:00-01:00, Su 11:00-00:00
- Outdoor seating (OpenStreetMap)
- Step-free access (OpenStreetMap)

## Nearby, also direct
Places near VUE Rooftop that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Fireclay (60 m): https://directindex.org/r/thehotelwashington.com
- The Willard Room (90 m): https://directindex.org/r/intercontinental.com
- The Hamilton (120 m): https://directindex.org/r/thehamiltondc.com
- Old Ebbitt Grill (130 m): https://directindex.org/r/ebbitt.com
- MXDC Cocina Mexicana (140 m): https://directindex.org/r/mxdcrestaurant.com

## What to fix first
- **The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included.** (+25 points) A plain fetch was refused (cloudflare_challenge). Only a real browser got the page. Every AI crawler and agent gets turned away the same way, so Reachable scores 0 and the rest is measured on the page as the browser rendered it. Ask the host to let the AI user agents through. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing
- **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
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+3 points) Missing: opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant

## Fix kit: What to paste

Structured data (JSON-LD). Paste it as one block in the page's head, or in the builder's custom code box. Change anything that's wrong.

```html
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Restaurant",
  "name": "VUE Rooftop",
  "url": "https://vuerooftopdc.com",
  "telephone": "+1 202 661 2400",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "15th Street Northwest 515",
    "postalCode": "20004",
    "addressLocality": "Washington"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 38.8969064,
    "longitude": -77.0333929
  },
  "openingHours": "Mo-Th 16:00-00:00, Fr 16:00-01:00, Sa 11:00-01:00, Su 11:00-00:00",
  "hasMenu": "https://www.vuerooftopdc.com/rooftop-bars-dc"
}
</script>
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** No rule blocks the main AI user agents.
- **Structured data found (Restaurant).** address, phone
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.
- **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.

## Since the scan of 2026-10-17 (B then)
- Fixed: nothing
- New: The site turned away every visitor that wasn't a browser

## Where it stands
638 of 1686 in Washington, DC. Top 38% 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 | 100% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 99% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 95% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 53% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 19% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Fireclay (B, 57 m, https://directindex.org/r/thehotelwashington.com); The Willard Room (C, 94 m, https://directindex.org/r/intercontinental.com); The Hamilton (A, 121 m, https://directindex.org/r/thehamiltondc.com); Old Ebbitt Grill (B, 128 m, https://directindex.org/r/ebbitt.com); MXDC Cocina Mexicana (A, 135 m, https://directindex.org/r/mxdcrestaurant.com); Kabuki (B, 176 m, https://directindex.org/r/kabukirestaurants.com); The Fourth Estate Restaurant (C, 192 m, https://directindex.org/r/press.org); La Grande Boucherie (A, 197 m, https://directindex.org/r/boucherieus.com); Avenue Grill (C, 203 m, https://directindex.org/r/marriott.com); Omakase Room by Tadayoshi (B, 206 m, https://directindex.org/r/omakaseroom.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.

The assistants were asked 22 everyday questions about Washington, DC and named 140 places. VUE Rooftop wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/washington/recommended


Score over 2 scans since 2026-10-17: 2026-10-17 72%, 2026-10-21 34%.

Compared with its peers: Sites using OpenTable 69% (51% A or B, 6523 sites); This site 33.8%.

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

## Businesses like VUE Rooftop in Washington, DC

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Washington, DC | 1686 | 56% | 40% | 33.8% |
| Sites using OpenTable in Washington, DC | 104 | 71% | 63% | 33.8% |

The best of the sites using OpenTable in Washington, DC: Chez Billy (A 96.3%, https://directindex.org/r/chezbillysud.com); Pisco y Nazca (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/piscoynazca.com); Tiffany's Bar & Bistro (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/tiffanysbistrobar.com); Bresca (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/brescadc.com); Letena (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/letenadc.com).

With the three fixes above (The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included; Booking only through opentable; Structured data is incomplete), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 45th of 1,686 in Washington, DC, up from 638th.

## The direct record
What agents get for VUE Rooftop, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/vuerooftopdc.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://www.vuerooftopdc.com/rooftop-bars-dc (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: Mo-Th 16:00-00:00, Fr 16:00-01:00, Sa 11:00-01:00, Su 11:00-00:00 (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +1 202 661 2400
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/vuerooftopdc.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, 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

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 | 19 | 25 |
| Actionable | 3 | 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/vuerooftopdc.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/vuerooftopdc.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=vuerooftopdc.com&force=1