zach montgomery is dialing down the noise in new york. >> we want our restaurant to be live and inner gettic. at the same time you and i can sit here and have a conversation. >> reporter: they built this restaurant with sound in mind. >> it's not only the loud inside that's the problems, it's the echos and reverb racing, that's where you get to the point where you can't hear yourself think. >> they put stretched vinyl in the creeling to absorb sound. a glass wall allows the kitchen to be seen and not heard remember carpet on the floors and pading on the wall, also keep conversations quiet. >> so this padding is behind all that fabric? >> that's right. you can push on it. it's soft. it absorbs the sound. >> reporter: he says many restaurants are making similar changes to adjust the acoustics. some even put padding under tables to suck in sound. >> the clients are more cognizant of it. >> ocean prime still uses music to give their restaurant a lively feel. but the design allows customers jill wag fer, cbs news, new york. >> i like it. coming up. after your local news on "cbs this mornin

general manager zach montgomery is dialing down the noise. >> we want our restaurants to be live and energetic. yet at the same time you and i can sit here and have a conversation. >> reporter: ocean prime built this new restaurant with sound in mind. >> it's not only the loud ness that's the problem. it's the echos and reverb racing, that's where you get to the point where you can't hear yourself think. >> reporter: they brought in greg america el who brought in vinyl in the ceiling to absorb sound a. glass wall in the kitchen allows it to be seen fought heard. padding on the walls keep conversations quiet. that fabric? >> that's right. on it. it's soft. it absorbs the sound. >> reporter: america el says many restaurants are making similar changes to adjust the acoustics. they put underpadding to suck if sound. >> clients are more cognizant of it. >> ocean prime uses music to give the restaurant a lively feel. the design allows customers to dine without the dim. york. >> i like it. "cbs this morning," a look at how including calorie count on restaurant chain menus can lead to health

the general manager zach montgomery says this space was designed so people can converse. >> to sit down and have a good conversation with whoever it is that you want to come to dinner or whatever. >> reporter: owners brought in a diner who put vinyl in the creeling to absorb sound. and a glass wall allows the kitchen to be seen and not heard. >> it's actually when the sound starts echoing throughout the room and bouncing back at you, that's where it gets disorienting. in general, we try to shoot for 20% of all the surfaces in the room to be soft or have value. >> reporter: he says even older restaurants are making similar changes to adjust. even though they can't change the walls or add carpeting, what he recommends is putting padding under neither the tables to soak up sound. >> if i want to be more rowdy with the guys, i probably won't go to this restaurant. but if i'm with my wife, i probably prefer this space. >> reporter: the design alouse customers to design without the din. in midtown, cbs 2 news. >> i like a little noise when i'm dining. a little fun. >> and it's nice to hear th

levels similar to city traffic or a jackhammer but a at ocean prime in new jersey, general manager zach montgomerywn the the noise. >> we want our restaurant to be, live, energetic but we can have a conversation. >> reporter: ocean prime built this new restaurant with sound in mind. >> it is not necessarily the loudness that is the problem but echoes and reverberation. when you get to the point where you cannot hear yourself think. >> reporter: they because in greg merckl to absorb the sound. a glass wall a allows the kitchen to be seen, and in the hurt. carpet on the floors and padding on the walls, also keep conversations, quiet. >> so this padding is behind all of that fabric. >> that is right. here you can push on it, it is soft, it absorbs the sound. >> reporter: merckel says many restaurants are making similar changes to adjust accoustics. some put padding under table to suck in sound. >> our clients are more something tonighttive of it. >> reporter: ocean prime still uses music to give their restaurant a lively feel but design a allows customers to dine without the din. jill wagner for cbs