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AI restaurant music adviser.
Based on music research.

Describe your restaurant. Get AI music recommendations based on 15 research sources, a practical step to try and what to measure.

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Find your restaurant’s music

Three ways to test restaurant music

Afternoon bakery café

Match the music to your café

What to try
Compare a warm soul or mellow pop selection with your current playlist during similar afternoon shifts. Keep volume, prices and offers the same.
What to measure
Pastry orders per coffee order, spend per guest and feedback on how well the music fits.

Research

An industry-backed restaurant field study compared brand-fit music with other music conditions. Use the finding to plan a café test and measure your own results.

Read the HUI & Soundtrack report

Busy family brunch

Make conversation more comfortable

What to try
Keep your playlist and lower the volume slightly during comparable brunch shifts. Check tables near speakers and ask guests how easily they can hear each other.
What to measure
Conversation comfort, requests to turn the music down and guest feedback on the atmosphere.

Research

Research in restaurants links the sound environment and room acoustics with the dining experience. A volume comparison is a practical application to test in your room.

Read Steffens et al. (2021)

An all-day restaurant team

Agree on a broader music rotation

What to try
Ask the team which tracks feel repetitive or distracting. Compare a broader selection in the same musical style across similar shifts, at the same volume.
What to measure
End-of-shift music fatigue, distracting tracks and guest feedback on the new selection.

Research

Two studies examined how music that mismatches employees’ needs relates to their daily experience. A broader rotation is a proposed trial to evaluate with your team.

Read Keeler et al. (2025)
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Restaurant music playlists to explore

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Put research into practice

How to test background music during service

Choose a comparable shift and keep a simple record that another manager can repeat. Start with one change to the playlist, tempo or volume.

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Set a baseline

Note the shift, playlist and volume setting. Listen from tables near speakers and in quieter corners. Check whether guests can hear each other over music, kitchen noise and other conversations.

02

Compare like with like

Try the change in the same service window on comparable days. Record covers, occupancy and any promotions or events that could affect the comparison.

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Keep what helps

Use the measure that fits your goal. For spend, compare sales per guest. For queues, record wait times and covers served. Ask staff and guests about conversation comfort before making the change permanent.

For more on how room acoustics shape the dining experience, see Steffens et al. (2021).

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Moodby emails your certificate after payment is confirmed. It documents commercial access to the Moodby catalogue covered by your subscription for the paid music zone.

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What customers say about Moodby

TrustpilotMoodby TrustScore: 4.5 out of 54.5 out of 5 · 49 reviewsVerified November 10, 2026
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Research behind the recommendations

15 works
  1. Maria-Angeliki Trompeta et al.A meta-analysis of the effects of music in tourism and hospitality settingsPublished 2022; online 2021. Review coverage: before 1990 and 1990–2019.
  2. Jochen Steffens et al.Junk Food or Haute Cuisine to the Ear? Investigating the Relationship Between Room Acoustics, Soundscape, Non-Acoustical Factors, and the Perceived Quality of RestaurantsPublished 2021.
  3. Merav Malcman et al.How Does Background Music Affect Dining Duration, Tips and Bill Amounts in Restaurants? A Field ExperimentPublished 2024.
  4. Holger Roschk et al.Calibrating 30 Years of Experimental Research: A Meta-Analysis of the Atmospheric Effects of Music, Scent, and ColorPublished 2017; online 2016. Review coverage: 1982–March 2016.
  5. Ori Grossman, Matti RachamimThe impact of background music style on price thresholds for food and beverage productsPublished online 2025; journal issue 2026.
  6. Sven-Olov Daunfeldt and the HUI / SoundtrackThe impact of music in restaurants — HUI/Soundtrack
  7. Yen-Cheng Chen et al.Does Background Music Affect Silent Dining Emotions? An Empirical Study of Restaurants during COVID-19Published 2022. Fieldwork: March–June 2020.
  8. NRG / BMIValue Of Music Research — BMI/NRGPublished July 2022.
  9. Kathleen R. Keeler, Harshad Puranik et al.In sync or out of tune? The effects of workplace music misfit on employeesPublished 2025.
  10. Domenico Sanseverino et al.Dont Stop the Music, Please: The Relationship between Music Use at Work, Satisfaction, and PerformancePublished 2023; online December 2022. Fieldwork: March–May 2022.
  11. Adrian C. NorthWine & Song: The Effect of Background Music on the Taste of Wine
  12. Charles Spence et al.Extrinsic Auditory Contributions to Food Perception & Consumer Behaviour: An Interdisciplinary ReviewPublished 2019.
  13. Lieve Doucé et al.Crossmodal Congruency Between Background Music and the Online Store Environment: The Moderating Role of Shopping GoalsPublished 2022.
  14. Sven-Olov Daunfeldt et al.Effects of employees opportunities to influence in-store music on sales: Evidence from a field experimentFieldwork: July 5, 2016–August 1, 2017; baseline from February 1, 2016.
  15. H. Bruce LammersAn Oceanside Field Experiment on Background Music Effects on the Restaurant TabPublished 2003.

Questions about music for restaurants

What is the best music for a restaurant?

Start with your guests, concept and service. Compare a coherent musical direction at a comfortable volume, then ask guests how it feels. There is no single genre that is best for every restaurant. The free AI adviser helps turn your preferences into a specific starting point.

Can music help increase the average check?

There are promising tests. In Lammers’ restaurant experiment, mean party bills were $21.63 with quiet music and $18.57 with loud music — about 16.5% higher, calculated from the published means. It was one restaurant and 80 parties, not a forecast for your venue. Keep your playlist constant and test volume in comparable shifts. Lammers, 2003 ↗

What should I try during a busy lunch service?

If guests are waiting for tables and conversation is comfortable, test a faster selection at the same volume. One experiment found shorter visits with faster music. Track guests served, waiting time and revenue per seat-hour; faster visits alone do not prove more revenue. Malcman et al., 2024 ↗

Can I play personal Spotify playlists in my restaurant?

Spotify says its consumer service is for personal, non-commercial use and cannot be played publicly in businesses such as restaurants. Choose a service intended for business use and check the terms for your location and repertoire. Spotify’s guidance ↗

Is the AI music adviser free?

Yes. You can describe your restaurant or complete the six-question quiz without signing up. Playlist previews are also available on this page. Playing music through the Moodby service is separate; check its current plans and terms.

How do I choose a music service for restaurants?

Look for music that suits your guests, playlists for different service times, and playback controls that fit your team’s routine. Check the business-use terms for your location. Start with the free AI adviser and playlist previews, then explore Moodby’s restaurant music service.

How does the AI use research?

It uses reviewed findings relevant to your answers to propose music and a practical test. The recommendation links to its sources. Musical directions are suggestions to try in your restaurant; research results are not promises of a particular outcome.

Find a sound that fits your restaurant.

Start with your goal. Leave with something practical to try.

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