Category Archive: Restaurants

Echo Eliminators being used in a music studio, for sale at Acoustical Surfaces.

Echo Eliminator™ Panels by Acoustical Surfaces

Echo Eliminator™ Panels by Acoustical Surfaces is the most cost-effective and high-performance acoustical absorbing material on the market. Also known as Bonded Acoustical Cotton (B.A.C.), this product is manufactured from recycled cotton, and has the perfect configuration for noise reduction and noise control applications.  Echo Eliminator™ Panels are perfect for schools and other public venues […]

Sound Silencer (PEPP)

Sound Silencer (PEPP) By Acoustical Surfaces

For noise reduction that isn’t afraid of getting dirty, trust the Sound Silencer (PEPP) by Acoustical Surfaces. These durable acoustical wall and ceiling panels are made from Rigid Porous ARPRO Acoustical (PEPP) Planks. These non-fibrous panels provide noise control for large and loud spaces and are made without fiberglass.  Sound Silencer (PEPP) is Class A […]

people enjoying restaurant food

4 Restaurants with Great Acoustic Design

As perceptions of what constitutes luxurious environments and trends in food service have evolved, restaurant design has more and more favored large, open spaces and hard surfaces. And this is having a serious effect on restaurant noise levels. In the race to create sumptuous and modern aesthetics, many of the decorative features which used to […]

Restaurant Noise

Is Food That Loud?

It’s practically official: “too much noise” is now customers’ single most-hated restaurant problem, ahead of bad service, bad food, and high prices. While open kitchens, cranked-up music-playback systems, and raucous diners certainly have played a part in amplifying this business-killing monster, many complaints were aimed squarely – and rightly – at the restaurant’s acoustics. Hard […]

Can Awful Acoustics in Restaurants Alter Taste?

Have you ever been to a busy restaurant that was so noisy you could barely hear your friend across the table? From an acoustics standpoint, restaurants are tricky spaces; the hard surfaces of the tables, bar, and floor are carefully designed to match the menu and overall aesthetic, but they can make a quiet Tuesday […]

Noisy Restaurant

“We are looking for some panels for an existing restaurant with hard floors, walls and ceiling.” The question is simple, but the answer may be lengthy fairly variable depending on the budget for the project and the aesthetic that you need to maintain […]