# YaYa Southern Cuisine: Agent-Direct Score F (36.9%)

Site: http://yayasoutherncuisine.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/yayasoutherncuisine.com
Scanned: 2026-11-12 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
YaYa Southern Cuisine is largely invisible to agents.
AI assistants can't open YaYa Southern Cuisine's website, so they go by what other sites say about it.

## Direct links
- Menu: https://yayasoutherncuisine.com/menu-1
- Phone: +18133741827
- Address: 2301 E Hillsborough Ave, Tampa 33610
- Hours, from yayasoutherncuisine.com: Mon–Tue closed; Wed–Sun 14:00–21:00

## Nearby, also direct
Places near YaYa Southern Cuisine that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Hot Chix (170 m): https://directindex.org/r/hotchixtampa.com
- That's Wat'Sub (360 m): https://directindex.org/r/thatswatsub.com
- Taco Bus (1.7 km): https://directindex.org/r/taco-bus.com
- Outside Bbq (1.7 km): https://directindex.org/r/theoutsidebbq.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 (TimeoutError: The operation was aborted due to timeout). 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
- **Ordering only through ezcater.** (+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/online-ordering-without-delivery-apps
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+1 points) Missing: telephone. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant

## What the site tells visitors (Measured, not scored)
- **The footer says © 2019.** Visitors and assistants may read that year as the last time anyone looked after the site. In Tampa, 84% of comparable sites that show a year say 2025 or later.

## 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": "LocalBusiness",
  "name": "YaYa Southern Cuisine",
  "url": "http://yayasoutherncuisine.com/",
  "telephone": "+18133741827",
  "address": "2301 E Hillsborough Ave, Tampa 33610",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 27.994934,
    "longitude": -82.433358
  },
  "openingHours": "We-Su 14:00-21:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday",
        "Friday",
        "Saturday",
        "Sunday"
      ],
      "opens": "14:00",
      "closes": "21:00"
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

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

## Where it stands
627 of 821 in Tampa. Top 76% 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) | 93% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 67% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 35% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Golden Krust Caribbean Restaurant (F, 132 m, https://directindex.org/r/goldenkrust.com); Popeyes (F, 139 m, https://directindex.org/r/popeyes.com); Hot Chix (B, 169 m, https://directindex.org/r/hotchixtampa.com); Wingstop (C, 272 m, https://directindex.org/r/wingstop.com); That's Wat'Sub (B, 360 m, https://directindex.org/r/thatswatsub.com); Tropical Cuisine (D, 1150 m, https://directindex.org/r/tropicalcuisinetampa.com); Down South Barbeque (F, 1273 m, https://directindex.org/r/downsouthbbq.com); Ladies of the Sea & Soul (F, 1579 m, https://directindex.org/r/ladiesofthesea.com); Taco Bus (A, 1661 m, https://directindex.org/r/taco-bus.com); Outside Bbq (A, 1679 m, https://directindex.org/r/theoutsidebbq.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 Tampa and named 92 places. YaYa Southern Cuisine wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/tampa/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with GoDaddy Website Builder 35% (9% A or B, 7976 sites); Sites using ezCater 57% (24% A or B, 144 sites); This site 36.9%.

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

## Businesses like YaYa Southern Cuisine in Tampa

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Tampa | 821 | 58% | 42% | 36.9% |
| Sites built with GoDaddy Website Builder in Tampa | 20 | 49% | 25% | 36.9% |
| Sites using ezCater in Tampa | 4 | 55% | 25% | 36.9% |
| Sites built with GoDaddy Website Builder and using ezCater in Tampa | 1 | 37% | 0% | 36.9% |

The best of the sites using ezCater in Tampa: Little Greek (B 83.8%, https://directindex.org/r/littlegreekfreshgrill.com); Blenz Smoothie Bowls (C 66.2%, https://directindex.org/r/blenzbowls.com); Denny's (F 32.3%, https://directindex.org/r/dennys.com).

With the three fixes above (The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included; Ordering only through ezcater; Structured data is incomplete), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 38th of 821 in Tampa, up from 627th.

## The direct record
What agents get for YaYa Southern Cuisine, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/yayasoutherncuisine.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://yayasoutherncuisine.com/menu-1 (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: We-Su 14:00-21:00 (closed now) (from yayasoutherncuisine.com)
- Phone: +18133741827
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/yayasoutherncuisine.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, ezCater: Not stated. The terms do not address an agent acting for a person (several bar scraping or data extraction only), could not be read on the date given, or the vendor has not been researched yet.

Only a real browser got this page (a plain fetch got TimeoutError: The operation was aborted due to timeout); Readable and Actionable were measured on the rendered page.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 0 | 25 |
| Readable | 21 | 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/yayasoutherncuisine.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/yayasoutherncuisine.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=yayasoutherncuisine.com&force=1