Shakespeares
shakespeares.ca is hard for agents to use.
Listed by OpenStreetMap · Overture Maps.
Ways to reach Shakespeares directly, with no marketplace in between. Checked 2026-11-12. Report a mistake
Hours, from OpenStreetMap · Overture Maps: Mon–Tue closed · Wed–Fri 12:00–14:00, 17:00–21:00 · Sat 17:00–21:00 · Sun closed
181 Main Street East, Hamilton L8N 1H2 · +1-905-528-0689
Places near Shakespeares that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Gastro Market Inc.170 m
- Brothers Grimm180 m · burger
- Dim Sum House200 m · chinese
- Seasoned200 m · french
The website's grade
Some AI assistants are turned away by Shakespeares's website. It can read what Shakespeares offers. To book or order, it is sent to OpenTable, a marketplace.
30.7 of 65 points available
agent-readiness level, Basic Web Presence
things 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 traditional local restaurant that tourists don't know. Book me a table for Saturday" in Hamilton, November 2026
Each assistant was asked the way people ask, with web search on, for up to three places in Hamilton 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 traditional local restaurant that tourists don't know. Book me a table for Saturday. | ChatGPT with a link to this site | 2026-11-12 |
Every place named in Hamilton, 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/shakespeares.ca"><img src="https://directindex.org/badge/named/shakespeares.ca.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 traditional local restaurant that tourists don't know. Book me a table for Saturday.” (ChatGPT, with a link to this site)
How Shakespeares compares
356 of 548 in Hamilton
Top 65% of the sites scanned in this index. Just above: Marino Pizza & Wings D, Pho Dui Bo D. Just below: Firehouse Subs D, Greek City Grill D.
| 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 | 96% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 98% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 52% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 43% | no |
Compared with its peers
| Average score | A or B | This site | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sites built with WordPress 251,600 sites | 55% | 24% | 47.2% |
| Sites using OpenTable 6,562 sites | 69% | 51% | 47.2% |
Nearest places in the index
| Place | Distance | Grade | Direct booking or ordering |
|---|---|---|---|
| Das Schnitzelhaus german | 97 m | F | no |
| La Cantina italian | 151 m | C | no |
| Gastro Market Inc. | 174 m | C | yes |
| Brothers Grimm burger | 175 m | F | yes |
| Dim Sum House chinese | 199 m | B | yes |
| Seasoned french, italian | 202 m | B | yes |
| Stairways Café and Catering | 238 m | C | no |
| Ajio Sushi japanese, korean | 238 m | C | no |
| Pho Anh Vu soup, vietnamese | 310 m | C | no |
| AM Breakfast breakfast, burger | 317 m | C | no |
Businesses like Shakespeares in Hamilton
| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Hamilton | 548 | 56% | 35% | 47.2% |
| Sites built with WordPress in Hamilton | 159 | 63% | 42% | 47.2% |
| Sites using OpenTable in Hamilton | 19 | 76% | 74% | 47.2% |
| Sites built with WordPress and using OpenTable in Hamilton | 9 | 72% | 56% | 47.2% |
After the top fixes
With the three fixes above (No structured data for the business; Booking only through opentable; The server turns AI crawlers away at the door), the score would be about 92.3%. That would be 33rd of 548 in Hamilton, up from 356th.
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). Every assistant reads this block first, and the fix kit below has it filled in. How to fix it
- Booking only through opentable +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. How to fix it About this vendor
- The server turns AI crawlers away at the door +3.3 points
Requests as 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. How to fix it
- Almost no text without JavaScript +2 points
Crawlers that don't run scripts see an empty page. Put the menu, hours and address in plain HTML. How to fix it
- 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
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Already right
- robots.txt lets AI crawlers in No rule blocks the main AI user agents.
- Menu or price list is an HTML page Agents can read the items and prices.
- OpenTable works with agents through its partners OpenTable's terms page could not be fetched on 2026-10-15; OpenTable names over 200 authorized partners, Google, Meta and OpenAI among them, as the channels through which agents book. Terms read on 2026-10-15: https://mynews13.com/fl/orlando/business/2026/07/14/opentable-new-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.
Builder: wordpress · contact page /contact/: nothing new; menu page /menu/: nothing new · What to paste
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