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Dine Hear by Knauf – 40 seconds at Shingle Inn

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When DineHear.com.au asked us to review the noise level in 3 random restaurants we decided we wouldn’t take the kids to all the reviews. But we did take them to the last one at Shingle Inn Mt Ommaney.

Brisbane’s Lychee Lounge 

SanChurro

The first problem was getting the kids to be quiet for 40 seconds so I could record the surroundings. It took 3 attempts for no one at the table to talk.

As if on que the ladies dropped a pile of plates to add to the 40 second sound effects. Initially I thought this would be a quiet cafe, but actually once we finished the recording we move to a quieter table outside. Our first table was near the counter so we were in the thick of it and my children do not handle noise very well.

Here is our 40 seconds of noise. You can hear the kitchen and the counter.

Click here to here 40 seconds at the shingleinn

Well what do you think? Too noisy?

DineHear.com.au (Knauf ) put together their own funny noisy restaurant video.

[vimeo 67695954]

The Break Up from Talking Brand on Vimeo.

You can review your local restaurant and go into the draw to win 1 of 3 ipad Minis!

(perfect for bad dates and entertaining children at overly loud restaurants)

Visit the DineHear Website for all the details on how to win.

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