There are some things you don’t need to be told twice. Unless, that is, you haven’t heard properly the first time. Is there anybody alive shocked by the news that the noise in restaurants is out of control?
The charity Action on Hearing Loss carried out an experiment where they sent an undercover diner to nearly a dozen chain restaurants to measure the level of background noise.
The results were astounding: at Wagamama and Patisserie Valerie, the worst offenders, sound meters recorded readings of more than 90 decibels — the equivalent of eating your dinner next to a screeching motorcycle.