This has become my default selection criteria nowadays when choosing a cafe or restaurant to enjoy a meal or meet friends/colleagues at. No more is it about th

This has become my default selection criteria nowadays when choosing a cafe or restaurant to enjoy a meal or meet friends/colleagues at. No more is it about the food or coffee/tea quality. Noise levels are a critical factor. And this is coming from someone who regularly plays loud guitar on stage (though I do that with etymotic earplugs in nowadays). I hate the modern "stark industrial" design trend in modern eating establishments. All that concrete and bare wood just act as echo reflections and harmonic cacophony.