The food was good, my salad was especially fresh and tasty and my burger was ok. Why was it only ok? Partly because it was difficult to order due to the absolutely terrible acoustics in the restaurant. I could barely hear the person I was sitting across from and we were leaning towards each other over the table, so maybe less than a foot and a half apart. The restaurant had maybe 4 dining parties at that time, at least three quarters of the tables were empty. It was hard for us to enjoy our food because the sound was so terrible - as in painfully loud. The music was playing too loud, and bouncing off all the hard, non sound-absorbing surfaces and creating a cacophony that people had to shout over to speak to the person next to them. All of this combined to create a terrible atmosphere. We couldn't hear our waitress, she couldn't hear us, we couldn't understand or recognize the songs blaring over the speakers, and we couldn't understand what the people on the other side of the restaurant were saying, but somehow their voices bounced off the walls over to us. I would never take anyone who suffers from hearing loss, or anyone who wears hearing aids, to this restaurant. I don't think I would ever take anyone I actually want to have a conversation with to this restaurant, because it's impossible. They need to get curtains, carpeting and sound dampening panels on the walls, and lower the volume of the music or everyone who works there will suffer from permanent hearing loss in less than 6 months. The noise level was easily above 100 decibels at its quietest, and sitting there was actually painful, which means the noise level was probably over 125 decibels. For reference, anything above 90 decibels causes permanent hearing loss. Normal conversation is around 60 decibels. When we arrived, it wasn't so bad, there was just another party of diners or drinkers at the bar, but when more people arrived, someone turned the music up irresponsibly high, perhaps to disguise the sounds of other patrons speaking and the bad acoustics. It only made the whole problem worse. My mother wears hearing aids, so I could never take her here because she would be unable to hear anything. Hearing aids do not amplify anything above 90 decibels, because that is unsafe. Imagine trying to go to dinner and being completely unable to follow the conversation or carry on one with the people around you - it's incredibly isolating and depressing. That's atmosphere of this restaurant. I also would not take small children or babies here, because the sound levels could permanently damage their hearing. This is all truly unfortunate because the food was pretty good, but I don't think I could ever go back to this restaurant.