# Zaalsha Indian Restaurant: Agent-Direct Score C (64.2%)

Site: https://zaalsha.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/zaalsha.com
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.)
Zaalsha Indian Restaurant is partly visible to agents.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://zaalsha.com/index.html#header3-l (on the business's own site)
- Order directly: https://zaalsha.com/Zaalsha-Takeaway-Menu.11.10.25.pdf (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://zaalsha.com/Zaalsha-Takeaway-Menu.11.10.25.pdf
- Phone: +44 121 429 7043

## What to fix first
- **No structured data for the business.** (+14 points) Add schema.org JSON-LD for the business (Restaurant, LocalBusiness or the closest type, with name, address, telephone and openingHoursSpecification, plus servesCuisine and acceptsReservations). It is the one block every assistant reads first; the fix kit below has it filled in. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **The server turns AI crawlers away at the door.** (+3.3 points) Live fetches as ClaudeBot (http_403) were refused while a normal browser got the page. This is usually a hosting or firewall bot list the owner never chose. Ask the host to allow these user agents. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing
- **Menu or price list is a PDF.** (+3 points) Most agents skip PDFs or read them badly. Publish it as HTML, keep the PDF as a download. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai
- **No llms.txt.** (no points, still worth doing) Optional today, cheap to add: a short text file describing the business for language models. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/llms-txt-for-a-business

## 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": "Restaurant",
  "name": "Zaalsha Indian Restaurant",
  "url": "https://zaalsha.com/",
  "telephone": "+44 121 429 7043",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Abbey Road 22/24",
    "postalCode": "B67 5RD",
    "addressLocality": "Smethwick"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 52.4774084,
    "longitude": -1.975693
  },
  "servesCuisine": [
    "indian"
  ],
  "acceptsReservations": "https://zaalsha.com/index.html#header3-l",
  "hasMenu": "https://zaalsha.com/Zaalsha-Takeaway-Menu.11.10.25.pdf",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://zaalsha.com/index.html#header3-l",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    },
    {
      "@type": "OrderAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://zaalsha.com/Zaalsha-Takeaway-Menu.11.10.25.pdf",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

llms.txt. Save as /llms.txt at the root of the site.

```
# Zaalsha Indian Restaurant

> restaurant (indian) in Abbey Road 22/24 B67 5RD Smethwick, Birmingham. Phone +44 121 429 7043.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://zaalsha.com/index.html#header3-l (on the business's own site)
- Order: https://zaalsha.com/Zaalsha-Takeaway-Menu.11.10.25.pdf (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://zaalsha.com/Zaalsha-Takeaway-Menu.11.10.25.pdf

## About

- Website: https://zaalsha.com/
- This file follows llms.txt (https://llmstxt.org): a short plain-text description for language models.
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** There is no robots.txt, which allows everything.
- **Booking on your own site.** Agents can book without a marketplace in the loop.
- **Ordering on your own site.** Agents can order without a marketplace in the loop.

## Where it stands
155 of 377 in Birmingham. Top 41% 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 | 97% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 97% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 90% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 44% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 31% | no |

Nearest places with a similar menu: Standard Tandoori (C, 391 m, https://directindex.org/r/standardrestaurant.co.uk); Shree Krishna Vada Pav (SKVP) (D, 675 m, https://directindex.org/r/skvp.co.uk); Haweli (B, 756 m, https://directindex.org/r/haweli-smethwick.co.uk); Kings of Punjab Resturant (F, 1448 m, https://directindex.org/r/yfdabv11.com); Spice Box Indian Curry & Gril (B, 2924 m, https://directindex.org/r/spiceboxoldbury.co.uk); Little Bangla Bangladeshi & Indian Cuisine (C, 2937 m, https://directindex.org/r/thelittlebangla.co.uk); Mozalicious (F, 2943 m, https://directindex.org/r/mozaliciousonline.com); takaa tak (B, 3047 m, https://directindex.org/r/takaatak.co.uk); Desi Sweets (D, 3855 m, https://directindex.org/r/dhesisweets.co.uk).

## 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.

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

Read by AI agents 5 times this month.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 21.7 | 25 |
| Readable | 5 | 25 |
| Actionable | 15 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Level 0 of 5, Not Ready. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/zaalsha.com
- Link headers on the homepage: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/link-headers/SKILL.md)
- sitemap.xml: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/sitemap/SKILL.md)
- AI bot rules in robots.txt: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/ai-rules/SKILL.md)
- 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: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/llms-txt/SKILL.md)
- 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: no

Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/zaalsha.com/deep. Ten questions the way people ask, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF: 19 EUR, one-off.
Methodology: https://directindex.org/methodology · Rescan now: https://directindex.org/scan?url=zaalsha.com&force=1