Noise in One London Restaurant Hit a Hazardous 110 dB

Here's a lively read that compares restaurants to rock concerts. Noise in one London restaurant hit a hazardous 110 dB.

"While everyone loves a friendly buzz and a vibrant atmosphere, too often it can tip over into the kind of brain-melting cacophony that leaves diners screaming across the table at each other."

"Look around the restaurants and chains on any High Street and you will be confronted with the kind of stripped-back, bare-bones modern design that amplifies noise to torturous levels. . . Noise bounces around the room, ringing off the hard surfaces, rebounding from the ceiling, making the people at the next table talk loudly, which means you have to talk even louder — and that's before the waitress cranks up the thumping bass beat music and rattles the cutlery drawer."


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...st-proves-restaurants-loud-rock-concerts.html

 

haha, that's crazy, that's the same volume as my motorcycle at full rev.

 

I feel bad for the people that have to work there, it is bad enough if you just have diner for an hour or so but those people are exposed to that madness for hours on end, day after day, they probably do not realise it but the damage to there ears is slowly building up over the years to critical levels.

Sadly this seems to be the trend these days, I was in a shopping mall earlier and the Christmas songs where blaring out the speakers at uncomfortable levels, I was in and out of there rather quickly.

 

Man I miss it. Love the vibe of good music, people laughing, eating/drinking and having fun.

 

Just got back from a restaurant (not in London). One of those big, noisy tables started singing happy birthday, one guy actually had a bell in his hands and was banging on that thing during the whole singing. Couldn't believe some genius thought that would be funny... Guess we only pay attention to our hearing when something goes wrong.

 

Yeah I do my best, the problem is that when I put plugs in my voice becomes too loud (occlusion effect) and painful due to H plus the T goes to such levels that sitting with plugs in becomes an absolute nightmare, my head feels like it going to explode. I get absolutely nothing out of going out anymore. Believe me I try all this stuff, it's not like I enjoy sitting on my own

 

For those visiting London, you might find this lovely little book of use.

Quiet London: food and drink, by Siobahn Wall

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/071...+and+drink&dpPl=1&dpID=41LRWF0ZEfL&ref=plSrch

 

If you read the article, the only restaurants that get as loud as a rock concert are for a very brief period due to coffee machines being on. It's pretty doubtful that anyone--T or no T--attending these restaurants is getting any kind of serious damage being there for an hour or two, as they're mostly hanging under 90db on average. The employees are another story. Yes, restaurants are loud, but it's the concerts, clubs, and bars that are doing the serious noise damage.

 

Just got home from dinner with my husband. The chef/owner is a friend and he made walleye the special tonight just because I love it. Hundreds of people had walleye for dinner there tonight because I love it! It was delicious and I am so completely satisfied and satiated right now, but I am also completely exhausted. There was a holiday party going on in the dining area so we had to sit in the bar section where a small band was performing. The room was so loud! We eat at this restaurant almost every Friday.I go for my husband and for our chef/friend, and for the delicious food. -I love the food, not the noise!