# The Wharf: Agent-Direct Score C (56.9%)

Site: https://www.wharfrestaurant.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/wharfrestaurant.com
Scanned: 2026-10-17 (Provisional: the action test and the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.)
The Wharf is partly visible to agents.
AI assistants cannot open the website of The Wharf, so they rely on what other sites say about it.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://www.wharfrestaurant.com/reservations (on the business's own site)
- Order directly: https://www.toasttab.com/the-wharf-alexandria/v3/?mode=fulfillment (through toast acting for the business)
- Menu: https://www.wharfrestaurant.com/menus
- Phone: +1 703-836-2836

## What to fix first
- **The site turns every visitor without a browser away, AI agents included.** (+25 points) A plain fetch was refused (cloudflare_challenge); only a real browser got the page. Every AI crawler and agent is turned away the same way, so Reachable scores 0 and the rest is measured on the rendered page. Ask the host to let the AI user agents through. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** There is no robots.txt, which allows everything.
- **Structured data present (Restaurant).** address, phone, opening hours
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read items and prices directly.
- **Booking on your own site.** Agents can book without a marketplace in the loop.
- **Ordering through toast on your own domain.** No marketplace commission, and the guest stays yours.

## Where it stands
813 of 1294 in Washington. Top 63% 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 | 100% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 93% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 65% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 19% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Il Porto Ristorante (A, 9 m, https://directindex.org/r/ilportoristorante.com); Landini Brothers (B, 19 m, https://directindex.org/r/landinibrothers.com); Bugsy's Pizza Restaurant and Sports Bar (C, 37 m, https://directindex.org/r/bugsyspizza.com); Emmy Squared Pizza (A, 39 m, https://directindex.org/r/eatyourpizza.com); Urbano 116 (A, 48 m, https://directindex.org/r/urbano116.com); Bollywood Masala (B, 52 m, https://directindex.org/r/bollywoodmasalaalexandria.com); O'Connell's (C, 62 m, https://directindex.org/r/danieloconnells.com); Two Nineteen Restaurant (B, 75 m, https://directindex.org/r/219restaurant.com); Mia's Italian Kitchen (F, 77 m, https://directindex.org/r/miasitalian.com); Mai Thai (B, 122 m, https://directindex.org/r/maithai.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 built with Wix 49% (23% A or B, 7935 sites); Sites using Toast 72% (57% A or B, 2928 sites); This site 56.9%.

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

## Businesses like The Wharf in Washington

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Washington | 1294 | 59% | 47% | 56.9% |
| Sites built with Wix in Washington | 96 | 60% | 40% | 56.9% |
| Sites using Toast in Washington | 210 | 72% | 59% | 56.9% |
| Sites built with Wix and using Toast in Washington | 38 | 62% | 39% | 56.9% |

The best of the sites built with Wix and using Toast in Washington: Spices Restaurant (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/spicesdc.com); Our Mom Eugenia (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/ourmomeugenia.com); Bastille Brasserie & Bar (A 90.8%, https://directindex.org/r/bastillerestaurant.com); Beeliner Diner (A 87.7%, https://directindex.org/r/beelinerdiner.com); Char Bar & Eli's Market (A 87.7%, https://directindex.org/r/charbardc.com).

With the fix above (The site turns every visitor without a browser away, AI agents included) the score would be about 95.4%: 57th of 1,294 in Washington, up from 813th.

## The direct record
What agents get for The Wharf, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/wharfrestaurant.com
- Book: https://www.wharfrestaurant.com/reservations (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-17, not yet tested)
- Order: https://www.toasttab.com/the-wharf-alexandria/v3/?mode=fulfillment (vendor on own site: Toast; found by the scan of 2026-10-17, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://www.wharfrestaurant.com/menus (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +1 703-836-2836
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/wharfrestaurant.com/book, https://directindex.org/go/wharfrestaurant.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/wharfrestaurant.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 (Toast): yes

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 | 22 | 25 |
| Actionable | 15 | 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/wharfrestaurant.com/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/wharfrestaurant.com/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=wharfrestaurant.com&force=1