Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A couple’s toast, the clicking of the utensils, fire crackles around a pan of sizzling oil: These are some of the sounds cascading ...

It’s a restaurant owner’s dream: a lively ambience with delicious food, crowded tables, vibrant music and buzzy energy. But is it a diner’s nightmare? A bustling eatery can feel like a dreadful ...

“Good food but it’s SO dang loud,” reads a Yelp review for one of Fresno’s most popular restaurants. It’s a complaint that you hear a lot in Fresno. Someone goes to a restaurant anticipating a cozy ...

In a restaurant setting, the volume of the sound can affect customers differently. For example, quiet and slow music may relax customers, allowing them to spend more time at the table. On the other ...

Walk into a modern restaurant today, and you might not notice the playlist at first, but it's shaping your experience in subtle ways. The tempo of the music affects how quickly you eat, the genre ...

Restaurants seem louder these days. Design, square footage, music, and even table material and shape all contribute to how ...

Restaurant noise continues to be a thorn in the side of diners. Jonathan Gold and Jerry Christoffdiscuss sound design with Frances Anderton, host of DnA. Plus, Bon Appetit's restaurant critic Andrew ...

A note to San Antonio restaurants: Our readers would like you to turn it down, please. This week’s Taste Q&A column on noisy restaurants — prompted by a question wondering why I don’t include decibel ...