Music in restaurants

[SteveG]

Yes, as long as it's not shit and not too loud.

 

[Lowand]

Went to Fellinis in Ambleside on Saturday for madam's birthday and they had on some Michael Franks ... seemed about right. Food was great too

 

[Big Tabs]

Difficult to tab-hang a good barney between couples if the music is loud.

 

[Pete MB&D]

Only if it isn’t too loud.


Pete

 

[Anh]

You have not lived until you ate in a 'Greek Taverna' and this guy performing right by your table ...

 

[Colin L]

When I lived in KL we used to Passage through India resto and they would have Indian musicians playing live. Most cool, and the food was awesome.

 

[PaulMB]

I once went to a Hungarian restaurant in Rome where a violinist went round the tables playing tragic-romantic music and sort of grinning and leering. I quite liked that. But I don't like the piped stuff with the repetitive bass out of 24 tiny speakers in the ceiling so you can't talk normally.

 

[clivem2]

Maybe everyone in the restaurant votes for music via a QR coded menu…

 

[eternumviti]

I'm not sure what is meant by 'contextually appropriate' music?

 

[RJohan]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

 

[foxwelljsly]

I think there’s a gap in the market for a Motörhead restaurant.

 

[awkwardbydesign]

I'm not sure what is meant by 'contextually appropriate' music?

Indian music in an Indian restaurant, for example. Instead of western pap. Sorry, pop.

 

[Big Tabs]

I think there’s a gap in the market for a Motörhead restaurant.

 

[foxwelljsly]

OT, but I think Jeremy Corbyn may have missed a trick by not using "C'mon baby and eat the rich, put the bite on the son of a bitch" as his slogan to rally idealistic young socialists.

 

[Sue Pertwee-Tyr]

I think there’s a gap in the market for a Motörhead restaurant.

Pre-dinner cocktails with a twist of Lemmy

 

[Big Tabs]

with a twist of Lemmy

I think ‘A line of Lemmy,’ will get the evening off to a flying start

 

[foxwelljsly]

I think ‘A line of Lemmy,’ will get the evening off to a flying start

Not sure anyone would be very hungry after a line of Lemmy...

 

[Eugene]

Context on what's played is everything and it can be part of a restaurant's 'brand' - witness the number of places playing vinyl on retro gear. I can think of a few that have (at least when I've been) got the choice and loudness of music spot-on without it being too much of a distraction.

This place looks horrible and vulgar to me whenever I pass it, but it may be wonderful, I’ve never been in and it’s survived for years and years, so it may have something going for it

https://www.sarastro-restaurant.com/

From the website, it looks less horrible and vulgar than when I went 10+ years ago (bizarre location for a work Christmas lunch) - there was some 'quirky' art on the walls of the gents
[Edit:] Pictures (probably NSFW) available on Google!

 

[PaulMB]

This place looks horrible and vulgar to me whenever I pass it, but it may be wonderful, I’ve never been in and it’s survived for years and years, so it may have something going for it

https://www.sarastro-restaurant.com/

Had a look at the pictures and I wonder if it isn't a brothel or a swapping place, but maybe you can have a meal.

 

[Yank]