# Zen Sushi Omakase: Agent-Direct Score C (60.9%)

Site: http://Zensushiomakase.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/zensushiomakase.com
Scanned: 2026-10-24 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Zen Sushi Omakase is partly visible to agents.
Some AI assistants are turned away by Zen Sushi Omakase's website. It can read what Zen Sushi Omakase offers. To book or order, it is sent to Resy, a marketplace.

## Direct links
- Menu: http://zensushiomakase.com/menu
- Phone: +19176731724
- Address: 235 Eldridge St, 10002, New York

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Zen Sushi Omakase that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Uchu (80 m): https://directindex.org/r/uchu.nyc
- Sushi by M (470 m): https://directindex.org/r/sushibym.com

## What to fix first
- **Booking only through resy.** (+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
- **The server turns AI crawlers away at the door.** (+6.7 points) Requests as GPTBot (http_403), ClaudeBot (http_403) were refused, but a normal browser got the page. That's usually a bot list at the host or in a firewall that the owner never chose. Ask the host to allow these user agents. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing
- **robots.txt blocks GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended.** (+3.7 points) These are the crawlers behind ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Google's AI features. Remove the Disallow lines for them, or add explicit Allow rules. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/robots-txt-for-ai-agents
- **No working HTTPS.** (+3 points) The page is only served over plain http. Browsers and agents rank it lower or refuse it.

## Fix kit: What to paste

robots.txt. Add these lines to /robots.txt and delete any Disallow rule that names these crawlers.

```
# Let AI assistants read the site: they send people to you; a marketplace keeps them.
# Remove any Disallow lines for these names elsewhere in this file.
User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /

User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /

User-agent: Claude-User
Allow: /

User-agent: Perplexity-User
Allow: /
```

## Already right
- **Structured data found (Restaurant).** address, phone, opening hours
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.
- **Resy works with agents through its partners.** Resy's terms (9 June 2025) bar automated software that crawls, harvests or scrapes the service and require written consent for other automated use; Resy opened bookings inside ChatGPT on 10 August 2026. Terms read on 2026-10-15: https://resy.com/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.

## Where it stands
5156 of 11180 in New York. Top 46% 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 | 95% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 96% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 59% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 25% | yes |

Nearest places with a similar menu: Sushi On Jones (F, 83 m, https://directindex.org/r/sushionjones.com); Uchu (C, 83 m, https://directindex.org/r/uchu.nyc); Shinzo Omakase (F, 239 m, https://directindex.org/r/shinzoomakase.com); SUSHI YUKIMI (B, 355 m, https://directindex.org/r/sushiyukimi.com); Ondo Omakase (D, 396 m, https://directindex.org/r/ondoomakase.com); Taikun Sushi (C, 407 m, https://directindex.org/r/taikunsushi.com); Sushi by M (C, 473 m, https://directindex.org/r/sushibym.com); Zest Sushi (F, 503 m, https://directindex.org/r/zestnyc.com); Nagasaki Sushi (F, 511 m, https://directindex.org/r/nagasakisushi.com); SourAji (B, 578 m, https://directindex.org/r/souraji.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 13 everyday questions about New York and named 69 places. Zen Sushi Omakase wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/new-york/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites using Resy 67% (44% A or B, 2836 sites); This site 60.9%.

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

## Businesses like Zen Sushi Omakase in New York

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in New York | 11180 | 52% | 34% | 60.9% |
| Sites using Resy in New York | 971 | 68% | 45% | 60.9% |

The best of the sites using Resy in New York: Adrianna's Pizzeria (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/adriennespizzabar.com); Angelina's (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/angelinasristorante.com); Black Iris (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/blackirisny.com); Casa Louie (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/casalouienyc.com); Cross Road BK (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/crossroadbk.com).

With the three fixes above (Booking only through resy; The server turns AI crawlers away at the door; robots.txt blocks GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 343rd of 11,180 in New York, up from 5156th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Zen Sushi Omakase, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/zensushiomakase.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: http://zensushiomakase.com/menu (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +19176731724
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/zensushiomakase.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, Resy: Through partners. Resy's terms (9 June 2025) bar automated software that crawls, harvests or scrapes the service and require written consent for other automated use; Resy opened bookings inside ChatGPT on 10 August 2026. Read 2026-10-15: https://resy.com/terms

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 11.6 | 25 |
| Readable | 25 | 25 |
| Actionable | 3 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Level 2 of 5, Bot-Aware. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/zensushiomakase.com
- 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: yes
- 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/zensushiomakase.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/zensushiomakase.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=zensushiomakase.com&force=1