Licensed Background Music for Restaurants and Bars — Taste the Sound
Stop worrying about PRS fees and copyright compliance in your venue. Moodby gives restaurants, bars, and pubs 300+ professionally curated, fully licensed background music playlists — matched to your dining concept, your bar atmosphere, and every shift from lunch service to last orders.
300+ Restaurant & Bar Stations
Jazz, contemporary pop, acoustic, soul, and lounge sets curated for fine dining, bistros, wine bars, gastro pubs, and cocktail bars — genre-matched to your concept, not just your industry
Smart Service-Period Scheduling
Automatically shift from relaxed lunch ambience to upbeat early-evening energy and late-night bar atmosphere. Set it once, run it through every shift without touching it again
Zone Control for Dining Room, Bar & Terrace
Manage restaurant floor, bar area, and outdoor terrace independently from any device. Different mood for each space, one account for everything
How it works
Licensed playlists to elevate any business
Our restaurant and bar playlists are engineered to do more than fill the room — they shape how long guests stay, how much they spend, and how they remember the experience. Every track in the Moodby catalogue is fully licensed for commercial public performance, covering PRS, PPL, ASCAP, BMI, and collecting societies worldwide. One subscription, complete compliance, zero admin.
Our restaurant and bar playlists are engineered to do more than fill the room — they shape how long guests stay, how much they spend, and how they remember the experience. Every track in the Moodby catalogue is fully licensed for commercial public performance, covering PRS, PPL, ASCAP, BMI, and collecting societies worldwide. One subscription, complete compliance, zero admin.
Licensed playlists to elevate any business
Small business
Affordable licensed background music for independent restaurants, bistros, wine bars, and neighbourhood pubs. One flat price, one player on any existing device, unlimited songs — set it up before service and never think about it again.
Medium-sized units
Scalable background music for growing restaurant groups, bar chains, and multi-site hospitality operators. Get curated dining and bar stations, service-period scheduling, zone management, and usage reporting — all from one dashboard covering every location.
Enterprises
Centralised music strategy for restaurant chains, hotel F&B outlets, and international hospitality groups. Manage background music across hundreds of locations from HQ — consistent dining atmosphere, automated service-period scheduling, and licensing compliance that scales across every territory. Custom enterprise pricing available.
Created to give companies
music‑licensing peace of mind
Created to give companies
music‑licensing peace of mind
Skip complicated fees—enjoy unlimited streaming using Moodby. One click, instant ambiance.
Created to give companies
music‑licensing peace of mind
Skip complicated fees—enjoy unlimited streaming using Moodby. One click, instant ambiance.
Moodby freed me from licensing headaches and generic playlists. It's a true 'set-and-forget' system that perfectly shapes our atmosphere. A game-changer for ambiance and peace of mind.
Moodby just works.
Henry Tadevosyan
Anais Restaurant, Australia
5000+
clients.
Worldwide
We manage the music so you can manage the business
Moodby removes the stress of music licensing for your restaurant and bar. Stream seamless, high-quality background music online or offline — while you focus on your guests, your service, and running a great hospitality business.
Playlists crafted by DJs
Professional music curators build restaurant and bar-specific stations matched to your dining concept, seasonal menu changes, and the natural energy arc of a hospitality day — from quiet lunch service through peak dinner to late-night bar atmosphere.
Constant updates
New tracks added every week — your restaurant and bar playlist stays current and engaging, so regular guests always hear something fresh and your venue always sounds intentional, not accidental.
Multi‑location music control
Manage background music across all your restaurants, bars, and hospitality venues — dining room, bar counter, terrace, private dining area — from one account, with staff access controls and remote management from any device.
Simple pricing per zone*. Everything included.
No add-ons. One plan includes the full catalog + all features — regardless of venue size.
*A zone is one independent stream (e.g., dining room, bar, lobby). Small café — 1 zone; restaurant + bar — 2 zones; hotel (lobby + restaurant + gym) — 3 zones.
FAQ
Most restaurants play a mix of jazz, acoustic pop, contemporary pop, and ambient or soul tracks — genres that create a welcoming atmosphere without competing with conversation. The best choice depends on the dining concept: fine dining typically favours instrumental jazz or classical; casual bistros lean toward upbeat contemporary; wine bars often use lo-fi and acoustic. Moodby's restaurant stations are curated for each of these environments specifically.
Yes — research consistently shows that background music tempo and genre directly influence dining behaviour. Slower tempos correlate with longer table dwell times and higher average spend per cover. Familiar, positive music improves perceived food quality and service ratings. Moodby's restaurant stations are built around these principles, with time-of-day scheduling that adjusts tempo and energy automatically across your service periods.
Yes. Playing music in any commercial venue — including restaurants, bars, and pubs — constitutes public performance under copyright law. In the UK you need licences from PRS for Music (covering songwriters) and PPL (covering performers and labels). In the US, licences from ASCAP and/or BMI apply. Moodby covers all required licensing within every subscription — no separate applications needed.
No. Personal streaming accounts are licensed for private, individual use only. Playing them in a commercial restaurant or bar is a copyright infringement that can result in fines or enforcement action from PRS, PPL, or equivalent collecting societies. Moodby is fully licensed for commercial public performance from day one.
Upbeat pop, rock, soul, and contemporary hits work well in most bar and pub environments — with energy level adjusting based on the time of day and crowd. Cocktail bars and wine bars often prefer a more curated lounge or jazz sound. Moodby's bar stations cover the full spectrum, from relaxed early-evening atmosphere to high-energy late-night sets.
Yes. Moodby's drag-and-drop scheduler lets you set distinct playlists for breakfast, lunch, early evening, dinner service, and late-night bar hours — all automated, running without staff input across every service period.
Each location needs its own stream, but all are managed centrally from one Moodby account. There are no separate licence applications per site — add a zone for each location and the coverage applies automatically. Multi-site restaurant groups can access volume pricing through Moodby's enterprise plan.
Yes — Moodby offers a free trial with no credit card required. You get full access to the platform and the complete station catalogue to test across your venue before committing to a subscription.
Relaxed acoustic, light pop, and ambient instrumental tracks work particularly well for outdoor dining — genres that carry clearly in open-air settings without feeling intrusive. Moodby's terrace and outdoor dining stations are curated specifically for this environment, adjusting for seasonal atmosphere.
Trusted by 5000+ businesses worldwide
Why the right music is part of the dining experience
A library built around how restaurants and bars actually operate
Always fresh, always on-brand, always compliant
As the founder of Moodby, I set out to solve a challenge that every restaurant and bar owner knows intimately: finding affordable, high-quality, and legally compliant music that genuinely enhances the space without becoming another licensing headache to manage. The relationship between background music and guest behaviour in hospitality is one of the most researched areas in consumer psychology. Slower tempos during dinner service extend table dwell time and correlate with higher average spend per cover. Familiar, positive music improves perceived food quality and atmosphere ratings. The right genre signals what kind of venue you are before a guest reads the menu. Music is not background — it is part of the brand.
We've worked with hundreds of hospitality operators — from independent bistros and neighbourhood wine bars to multi-site restaurant groups and hotel F&B outlets — to understand what background music for a restaurant truly needs to deliver across an entire operating day. The result is a curated catalogue that moves with your service: relaxed jazz and acoustic sets for quiet lunch, contemporary and upbeat tracks through the evening rush, lounge and soul sounds for cocktail hour, and higher-energy mixes for late-night bar atmosphere. Every track is fully licensed for commercial public performance, covering PRS, PPL, ASCAP, BMI, and equivalent collecting societies worldwide. No annual licence renewals, no separate applications, no surprise invoices.
Our music team updates playlists weekly, responding to seasonal shifts and emerging trends in hospitality sound design. Regular guests hear something different each visit. Seasonal menus get matching seasonal playlists — delivered in hours, not weeks. And because licensing is built directly into every Moodby plan, your compliance updates automatically as regulations change across territories.
A restaurant or bar's sonic identity is as deliberate as its interior design, its menu, and its service style. Moodby gives hospitality operators the tools to define it, manage it, and keep it consistent — across one venue or a hundred.
A restaurant or bar's sonic identity is as deliberate as its interior design, its menu, and its service style. Moodby gives hospitality operators the tools to define it, manage it, and keep it consistent — across one venue or a hundred.
Moodby Manifesto — Background Music for Restaurants and Bars, Built for Hospitality
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