Restaurant Reviews Account for Noise

Friday, 08 June 2012 | by Pat's Picks

I’ll have an order of earplugs, please. The LA Times says restaurants have become so noisy that Yelp has starting using noise as one of its review metrics. OpenTable has followed suit. The site now categorizes restaurants as “quiet,” “moderate” or “energetic”—the latter meaning, don’t expect to hear your companions.

SOURCE: LA Times