Topic

What restaurant reviews say about noise in New York, United States

Noise appears in 2.5% of analyzed complaint excerpts in this market.

Google Maps is above the baseline by 0.2 percentage points.

Confidence
28,312
Reviews analyzed
Last update
July 26, 2026
2 platforms in the sample

At a glance

Share of complaint snippets where this topic appears by platform.

This metric tracks topic presence in complaint snippets, not positive versus negative sentiment split.

Balance is praise minus complaint for this topic on the same platform.

Google Maps
Signal balance: +1.2pp

Complaint signal

1.2%

Praise signal

2.4%

Tripadvisor
Signal balance: +0.9pp

Complaint signal

3.8%

Praise signal

4.7%

How this market compares

Compare this subdivision with country-level Restaurants patterns.

Largest gap: Google Maps is above baseline by 0.2 points.

Google Maps

Country baseline

1.0%

Tripadvisor

Country baseline

3.9%

Platform-by-platform signal

Compare complaint and praise mentions by source, including the available baseline.

Tripadvisor

Complaint signal is 3.8%.

Praise signal is 4.7%.

Baseline signal is 3.9%.

Delta vs baseline is -0.1 points.

Google Maps

Complaint signal is 1.2%.

Praise signal is 2.4%.

Baseline signal is 1.0%.

Delta vs baseline is 0.2 points.

Largest difference from baseline

This is the largest measured difference between the current market and its available baseline.

Google Maps

0.2pp above

Current signal is above baseline by 0.2 points (current 1.2%, baseline 1.0%).

Tripadvisor

0.1pp below

Current signal is below baseline by 0.1 points (current 3.8%, baseline 3.9%).

What reviewers keep mentioning

These themes appear most often in the analyzed excerpts for this market.

Google Maps Top complaints
2 issues - quite slow service and it was very loud, making it difficult to have conversations.
Google Maps Top complaints
2.) The environment itself is a little loud and loose.
Google Maps Top complaints
A bit loud music for my preference.
Google Maps Top praises
10/10 music playlist too.
Google Maps Top praises
A bit quiet but nice to have a chat during lunch.
Google Maps Top praises
Absolutely love the entrees, the ambience and live music while dining.
Tripadvisor Top complaints
6:30 reservation and it was pretty loud with lots of activity.
Tripadvisor Top complaints
A big disappointment...from the noisy table by the bar (I an still hear the cocktail shaker ice cubes rattling in my head a day later...to the nearly completely indecipherable menu which required every dish to be translated - nothing was really good.
Tripadvisor Top complaints
A big noisy room with folks bustling around trying to tempt you into multiple dim sum plates, but slow your roll to really get the best of this place.
Tripadvisor Top praises
Able to have a good conversation, didn't have to talk loud.
Tripadvisor Top praises
About the restaurant itself we had a great experience: attentive, very kind and professional staff, beautiful location by the sea, surrounded by the quiet of the pine forest ..
Tripadvisor Top praises
Across from Buffalo Zoo Casual dinning, nice bar area in separate room, great background music.

Representative review quotes

These excerpts show the review language behind the measured signal.

Google Maps Complaint quote
Also, short staffed at the height of brunch hour on a very Sunday so loud and chaotic.

Review rating: 2.0

Google Maps Praise quote
They had live music, which made the whole experience feel even more immersive.

Review rating: 5.0

Tripadvisor Complaint quote
My worst experience in NY I travel several times a year worldwide Low quality food The manager's are third category, especially a lady They have now idea about customer attention We be there intwo nights before the WW final All the tables began singing (90% was argentine people) That lady I mentioned put the music at top volume to avoid the celebration So the problem was not the noice, was somo kind of racism against us Roger , another manager, has to give us several apologies for the food and colegues Expensive for what they pretende to be Last time there

Review rating: 1.0

Tripadvisor Praise quote
Great buzz but also thumping music playing unnecessarily loudly.

Review rating: 4.0

What the signal means

Coverage

312 insight listings mention Noise in this scope.

Signal strength

Complaint signal is 2.5% across available platforms.

Praise signal is 3.5% across available platforms.

Next step

Pick one issue worth checking, then use recent reviews to see whether the pattern is still present.

Compare New York, United States with the national Restaurants pattern to see what stands out locally.

Use the Noise signal to decide where to look, then check it against recent feedback from your own Restaurants.

Evidence behind this topic

  • Noise groups review language such as noise, noisy, loud, quiet, music, and volume, so the signal stays tied to concrete guest wording rather than a generic score.
  • New York, United States, Restaurants uses 28312 analyzed reviews across 2 platforms, 4 locality records, and 312 supporting insight listings for Noise.
  • Tripadvisor has the strongest complaint signal for Noise at 3.8%, compared with a measured average of 2.5% across platforms.
  • Tripadvisor has the strongest praise signal for Noise at 4.7%, compared with a measured average of 3.5% across platforms.

How reliable is this signal?

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Reviews analyzed

28,312

Collected reviews: 864,754 · Analysis coverage: 3.3%

Platforms covered

2

Last update

July 26, 2026

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