# Zou Zou’s: Agent-Direct Score A (90.8%)

Site: https://www.zouzousnyc.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/zouzousnyc.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.)
Zou Zou’s is ready for agents.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://www.zouzousnyc.com/private-events (on the business's own site)
- Order directly: https://getbento.com/?utm_source=header&utm_campaign=zouzousnyc.com (through bentobox acting for the business)
- Menu: https://www.zouzousnyc.com/menus/
- Phone: +1-212-380-8585

## What to fix first
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+3 points) Missing: opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **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": "Zou Zou’s",
  "url": "https://www.zouzousnyc.com/",
  "telephone": "+1-212-380-8585",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "9th Avenue 385",
    "postalCode": "10001",
    "addressLocality": "New York"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 40.7528942,
    "longitude": -73.9987297
  },
  "openingHours": "Mo-Fr 11:30-15:00, 17:00-23:00, Sa-Su 11:00-15:00, 17:00-23:00",
  "servesCuisine": [
    "mediterranean"
  ],
  "acceptsReservations": "https://www.zouzousnyc.com/private-events",
  "hasMenu": "https://www.zouzousnyc.com/menus/",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://www.zouzousnyc.com/private-events",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    },
    {
      "@type": "OrderAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://getbento.com/?utm_source=header&amp;utm_campaign=zouzousnyc.com",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

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

```
# Zou Zou’s

> restaurant (mediterranean) in 9th Avenue 385 10001 New York, New York. Phone +1-212-380-8585.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://www.zouzousnyc.com/private-events (on the business's own site)
- Order: https://getbento.com/?utm_source=header&amp;utm_campaign=zouzousnyc.com (through bentobox acting for the business)
- Menu: https://www.zouzousnyc.com/menus/

## Opening hours

Mo-Fr 11:30-15:00, 17:00-23:00, Sa-Su 11:00-15:00, 17:00-23:00

## About

- Website: https://www.zouzousnyc.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.** No rule blocks the key AI user agents.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all received a normal response.
- **Structured data present (FoodEstablishment).** address, phone
- **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 bentobox on your own domain.** No marketplace commission, and the guest stays yours.

## Where it stands
410 of 4270 in New York. Top 10% 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 | 99% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 94% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 50% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 13% | no |

Nearest places with a similar menu: Anixi Mediterranean Vegan Restaurant (B, 743 m, https://directindex.org/r/anixinyc.com); Mémé Mediterranean (F, 951 m, https://directindex.org/r/mememediterranean.com); Zaytinya (A, 1163 m, https://directindex.org/r/zaytinya.com); CAVA (F, 1322 m, https://directindex.org/r/cava.com); Mama Mezze (F, 1337 m, https://directindex.org/r/hillcountrychicken.com); Dervish (B, 1416 m, https://directindex.org/r/dervishrestaurant.com); Ravagh Persian Grill (B, 1455 m, https://directindex.org/r/ravaghrestaurants.com); Pera (C, 1631 m, https://directindex.org/r/peranyc.com); Mezeh Mediterranean Grill (F, 1731 m, https://directindex.org/r/mezeh.com); Leonetta (B, 1766 m, https://directindex.org/r/leonettanyc.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 BentoBox 84% (96% A or B, 951 sites); Sites using BentoBox 83% (93% A or B, 357 sites); This site 90.8%.

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

## Businesses like Zou Zou’s in New York

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same kind in New York | 4270 | 52% | 40% | 90.8% |
| Built with BentoBox in New York | 278 | 86% | 96% | 90.8% |
| Using BentoBox in New York | 101 | 84% | 93% | 90.8% |
| Built with BentoBox and using BentoBox in New York | 97 | 84% | 94% | 90.8% |

The best of Built with BentoBox and using BentoBox in New York: Miss Lily's (Soho) (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/misslilys.com); Place des Fêtes (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/pdfnyc.com); Lilia (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/lilianewyork.com); Sonnyboy (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/sonnyboynyc.com); Alfie's (A 90.8%, https://directindex.org/r/alfiesnyc.com).

With the fix above (Structured data is incomplete) the score would be about 95.4%: 74th of 4,270 in New York, up from 410th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Zou Zou’s, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/zouzousnyc.com
- Book: https://www.zouzousnyc.com/private-events (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-14, not yet tested)
- Order: https://getbento.com/?utm_source=header&amp;utm_campaign=zouzousnyc.com (vendor on own site: BentoBox; found by the scan of 2026-10-14, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://www.zouzousnyc.com/menus/ (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: Mo-Fr 11:30-15:00, 17:00-23:00, Sa-Su 11:00-15:00, 17:00-23:00 (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +1-212-380-8585
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/zouzousnyc.com/book, https://directindex.org/go/zouzousnyc.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/zouzousnyc.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): not measured
- ACP discovery document (/.well-known/acp.json, OpenAI and Stripe's Agentic Commerce Protocol): not measured
- 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): not measured

Not measured at this scan; the next scan measures it.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 19 | 25 |
| Actionable | 15 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Level 1 of 5, Basic Web Presence. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/zouzousnyc.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: 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: yes

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/zouzousnyc.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/zouzousnyc.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=zouzousnyc.com&force=1