The Bear
bearoxford.co.uk is ready for agents.
Listed by OpenStreetMap.
Ways to reach The Bear directly, with no marketplace in between. Checked 2026-10-24. On the business's own site. Report a mistake
Hours, from OpenStreetMap: Mon 12:00–22:30 · Tue–Sat 12:00–23:00 · Sun 12:00–22:30
Alfred Street 6 OX1 4EH Oxford · +44 1865 728164
Outdoor seating (OpenStreetMap)
Places near The Bear that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Formosan Tea Bar40 m · tea
- Sandy's Piano Bar90 m
- Oxford Illusion Museum90 m · sandwich
- The Oxford Wine Cellar110 m
- Paul110 m
The website's grade
An AI assistant can open The Bear's website. It can read what The Bear offers. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.
62 of 65 points available
agent-readiness level, Not Ready
thing to fix
Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.
Named by ChatGPT for "A pub showing the football tonight. Can I book a table?" in Oxford cafes and bars, October 2026
Each assistant was asked the way people ask, with web search on, for up to three places in Oxford cafes and bars and a link to each one's own site. This business was named in one answer, by 1 of the 2 assistants asked.
| Question | Named by | Asked |
|---|---|---|
| A pub showing the football tonight. Can I book a table? | ChatGPT with a link to this site | 2026-10-22 |
Every place named in Oxford cafes and bars, question by question.
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The badge shows how many of the assistants asked named this business, and the month. It updates after every round.
<a href="https://directindex.org/r/bearoxford.co.uk"><img src="https://directindex.org/badge/named/bearoxford.co.uk.svg" alt="Named by 1 of 2 assistants, Direct Index" width="300" height="40"></a>
What assistants answer
Each assistant gets three questions about this business: the official website, where to book and where to order. Each cell shows where the answer sent people.
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.
Recommended when people ask:
“A pub showing the football tonight. Can I book a table?” (ChatGPT, with a link to this site)
How The Bear compares
Not ranked yet in Oxford cafes and bars
The ranking updates every hour. This site joins it at the next update.
| What the top 10% 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 | 89% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 100% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 72% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 50% | no |
Nearest places in the index
| Place | Distance | Grade | Direct booking or ordering |
|---|---|---|---|
| Formosan Tea Bar tea | 44 m | B | yes |
| The Chequers burger | 68 m | C | no |
| Sandy's Piano Bar | 87 m | D | yes |
| Oxford Illusion Museum sandwich | 92 m | D | yes |
| Swoon ice_cream | 108 m | F | no |
| The Oxford Wine Cellar | 111 m | A | yes |
| Paul | 111 m | C | yes |
| Caffè Nero coffee_shop | 113 m | F | no |
| Black Sheep Coffee coffee_shop | 120 m | C | yes |
| Sofi De France sandwich, french | 124 m | C | yes |
What to fix first
- No llms.txt no points, but worth doing
Optional for now and cheap to add. It's a short text file that describes the business for language models. How to fix it
Send the fixes to your web person
No one is listed yet to fix this in Oxford cafes and bars. List your agency or yourself. It's free, and every listing is reviewed by hand.
Already right
- robots.txt lets AI crawlers in No rule blocks the main AI user agents.
- AI crawlers get the page GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all got a normal response.
- Structured data found (Restaurant) address, phone, opening hours
- Menu or price list is an HTML page Agents can read the items and prices.
- Booking on your own site Agents can book without going through a marketplace.
Builder: unknown · contact page /find-us: nothing new; menu page /food/menus: nothing new; booking page /christmas: nothing new · What to paste
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