Country Club noise level

[Golfie McGolferson]

I took my wife out for a nice quiet dinner at a country club recently, just wanted to listen to some live music and have some cheap drinks at happy hour. We were sitting very close to the performer, but it just got so noisy with people talking (and screaming and shouting) that we couldn't even hear the music!

Maybe it's because we're all old and can't hear so well, but let's try to respect everyone's space, please.

[retiredguy123]

You expected a quiet dinner with live music during happy hour at a Villages Country Club?

That was a bad plan.

[VApeople]

I took my wife out for a nice quiet dinner at a country club recently, just wanted to listen to some live music and have some cheap drinks at happy hour. We were sitting very close to the performer, but it just got so noisy with people talking (and screaming and shouting) that we couldn't even hear the music!


Now you know what to expect next time you go to any country club.

We love The Villages. We do the things we enjoy and avoid the things we hate, like loud music and loud people.

[vintageogauge]

The only quiet country club restaurant here was Hacienda Hills. Absolute quiet except for the one guy at the pool bar. It's a shame more people didn't take advantage of that.

[Marathon Man]

I took my wife out for a nice quiet dinner at a country club recently, just wanted to listen to some live music and have some cheap drinks at happy hour. We were sitting very close to the performer, but it just got so noisy with people talking (and screaming and shouting) that we couldn't even hear the music!

Maybe it's because we're all old and can't hear so well, but let's try to respect everyone's space, please.

Asking a room full of people to change their behavior to suit you is not reasonable.

[John_W]

I played Glenview two weeks ago on a Saturday and I could hear the entertainment, some fellow singing classics like Frank Sinatra just about anywhere on the Stirrup Cup nine, I mean hundreds and hundreds of yards away.

As far as Bonifay and Belle Glade, they have entertainment on the patio most Fridays when I normally play and when combined with the crowd noise as mentioned by the OP, you'll know coming up the 18th fairway everyone is enjoying themselves.

[Buffalo Jim]

I took my wife out for a nice quiet dinner at a country club recently, just wanted to listen to some live music and have some cheap drinks at happy hour. We were sitting very close to the performer, but it just got so noisy with people talking (and screaming and shouting) that we couldn't even hear the music!

Maybe it's because we're all old and can't hear so well, but let's try to respect everyone's space, please.

That should fix it ! Thanks !!

[Velvet]

I found ear plugs are a good idea - previously the only time I used to wear them was at night. In TV it’s the other way.

[tophcfa]

I took my wife out for a nice quiet dinner at a country club recently, just wanted to listen to some live music and have some cheap drinks at happy hour. We were sitting very close to the performer, but it just got so noisy with people talking (and screaming and shouting) that we couldn't even hear the music!

Maybe it's because we're all old and can't hear so well, but let's try to respect everyone's space, please.

Hmmm, indoors in a tight space with lots of vulnerable old people screaming and shouting while consuming cheap drinks.

Somebody should get a Covid test and reconsider where they go for entertainment. If being in that situation bothers you, just imagine how much it would suck being on a ventilator.

[blueash]

Hmmm, indoors in a tight space with lots of vulnerable old people screaming and shouting while consuming cheap drinks.

Somebody should get a Covid test and reconsider where they go for entertainment. If being in that situation bothers you, just imagine how much it would suck being on a ventilator.

Actually ventilators blow, not suck.

[Stu from NYC]

Asking a room full of people to change their behavior to suit you is not reasonable.

Rather rude to sit near an entertainer and speak in loud voices dont you think?

If you want to talk sit away from him..

[Scott O]

I took my wife out for a nice quiet dinner at a country club recently, just wanted to listen to some live music and have some cheap drinks at happy hour. We were sitting very close to the performer, but it just got so noisy with people talking (and screaming and shouting) that we couldn't even hear the music!

Maybe it's because we're all old and can't hear so well, but let's try to respect everyone's space, please.
If you didn’t like where you were seated, request a different table or leave..Choose a restaurant without live music...This is quite elementary...no need for discussion...

[Scott O]

Hmmm, indoors in a tight space with lots of vulnerable old people screaming and shouting while consuming cheap drinks.

Somebody should get a Covid test and reconsider where they go for entertainment. If being in that situation bothers you, just imagine how much it would suck being on a ventilator.
Another miserable soul, draining the life out of others...I’m not worried about Covid, I worry about brainwashed fools, who spend their days in front of TV..

[ts12755]

Let the people have fun... stay home if you want quiet time.

[jedalton]

I have noticed, at happy hour, some people have too much to drink and become very loud. Seems that way at all the restaurants in T.V.

[MandoMan]

I took my wife out for a nice quiet dinner at a country club recently, just wanted to listen to some live music and have some cheap drinks at happy hour. We were sitting very close to the performer, but it just got so noisy with people talking (and screaming and shouting) that we couldn't even hear the music!

Maybe it's because we're all old and can't hear so well, but let's try to respect everyone's space, please.

I feel your pain, but people talk louder because they want to talk with each other and have to talk loud enough to be understood. If there is a loud band, they have to talk even louder. It drives me crazy to see lips moving, but not be able to make out what my dinner companion is saying. Thus, I avoid loud restaurants at all times, and Happy Hour is out of the question. My hearing sort of gets paralyzed after five or ten minutes of noise like that, and then being there gets miserable. At my house, any hour can be happy hour, I can be in silence or play the music of my choice, and I can enjoy my drink in my favorite chair or even relaxing in my pool. That’s why I’m always happy.

[graciegirl]

Actually ventilators blow, not suck.

Oh Blueash. Much can be said about THAT....lol.

[Kgcetm]

Surely you're kidding. Country Club, music and you want a quite dinner. Try Bluefin, Chophouse or Bonefish. You deciding you want a quiet dinner isn’t going to change people’s behavior. Ask for a quiet table, go to another restaurant or eat at home (don’t forget to turn the radio down).

[meboyle]

To say nothing of the rudeness while someone is performing.

[Tweety Bird]

Surely you're kidding. Country Club, music and you want a quite dinner. Try Bluefin, Chophouse or Bonefish. You deciding you want a quiet dinner isn’t going to change people’s behavior. Ask for a quiet table, go to another restaurant or eat at home (don’t forget to turn the radio down).

Sooo true. Chop House has booths that are quiet and private. Country clubs are usually noisy. Ask the hostess which area is the quietest and don’t sit near the music. Wear earplugs and then text each other.

[shut the front door]

LOL! Only 8 posts until someone turns it into a covid panic!

[Marine1974]

People who are not afraid of Covid 19 and do not follow guidelines are our Nurses and Doctor’s worst nightmare . Probably just too much beer muscles talking .

[PhyllisC]

Yep, it’s called “Happy Hour”. You’re kidding, right??????

[Joe C.]

Most all of the music, whether in the squares, or country clubs is WAY TOO LOUD. I'm partially deaf, and have a hard time understanding people when there is background noise that is too loud. I sit at Dunkin Donuts when music is on at the square, and it's painfully loud, and none of us can have a decent conversation. The best time to talk is when the band is on a break. I did go to the Glenwood CC a couple of weeks ago and sat outside for dinner and music. The music was at a decent level, and I enjoyed the music, the food, and the conversation.
Ever check the db level at the squares? Even from 250 feet away, I've seen the db level around 100. Now that's loud.

[Rwirish]

Good, people are having fun.

Let’s stop complaining about everything.

[holmesperdue]

Old people are sometimes hard of hearing; some people talk louder to make up for it. We do need more quiet places to dine in. Try the Rose Plantation, its quiet and has great food - and yes, it's more expensive...

[Waltdisney4life]

Alcohol and villagers equals noise.

[Don5154]

LI took my wife out for a nice quiet dinner at a country club recently, just wanted to listen to some live music and have some cheap drinks at happy hour. We were sitting very close to the performer, but it just got so noisy with people talking (and screaming and shouting) that we couldn't even hear the music!

Maybe it's because we're all old and can't hear so well, but let's try to respect everyone's space, please.

OMG.....Golfie’s in the house.....everyone please keep quiet for Golfie until he has finished his cheap drinks !

[Bethwill]

Ii doubt their experience was indoors. You sound a bit snarky.

[Bethwill]

Don5154....Grow up.

[OhioBuckeye]

Country Clubs aren’t the place to wine & Dine your lady. The Country Club ceilings Aren’t insulated so sounds bounce off metal ceilings. Surely you can find somewhere else besides a noisy C. C. to take your gal out for a little soft music. Live music plays what kind of crowd they have. Next time wait until some nursing home has family night, I gaurantee you it’ll suit you!

[Bethwill]

Tophcha, I doubt their experience was indoors. You sound a bit snarky. Im amazed how ornary you all sound.

[Neils]

Another miserable soul, draining the life out of others...I’m not worried about Covid, I worry about brainwashed fools, who spend their days in front of TV..

From a brainwashed fool

We have had a lot less free time the past couple months. Needed to help arrange funerals for 3 family members that DIED from Covid.
U R lucky so far.
Please rethink and start doing what you can to stay safe so you will be around to enjoy the music next summer after the Operation Warp Speed has provided everyone a protective vaccine.

[airstreamingypsy]

I think The Villages is the noisiest place I've ever seen. Perhaps because many seniors are hard of hearing, and they eat in large groups.... the noise level in restaurants does not make for quiet conversation.

[Spalumbos62]

Whoa !!!

[VApeople]

I think The Villages is the noisiest place I've ever seen. the noise level in restaurants does not make for quiet conversation.

That's why it is good to get out of TV where the normal people live.

[Don5154]

Don5154....Grow up.

I suggest you take a look in the mirror and review all your comments on this post.

[jimjamuser]

Another miserable soul, draining the life out of others...I’m not worried about Covid, I worry about brainwashed fools, who spend their days in front of TV..
120,000 new cases yesterday, yikes! Maybe the brainwashed one is the one thinking that those with the opposite opinion are brainwashed. I personally know of a case that just appeared yesterday in TV Land. There are some people that will have to be dragged "kicking and screaming" into the world of mask-wearing and the empathy needed to respect their fellow TV Landers. Unfortunately, it may require laws to ensure safe and healthy behavior. No one in the US wants that. New Zealand and other countries were able to simply request mask-wearing on a voluntary basis. Their country complied. Again, UNFORTUNATELY, our country is losing the war against CV and is pretending that it is unnecessary to fight CV back. All-you-all can only PRETEND for so long. The CV is coming closer and closer to friends that YOU know here locally! Countrywide sanity needs to return soon. Winston Churchill understood the US well when he said that America will do the RIGHT thing..........AFTER they have tried all other options. We are currently very far from doing the right thing.......as Americans are NEEDLESSLY dying!

[vintageogauge]

120,000 new cases yesterday, yikes! Maybe the brainwashed one is the one thinking that those with the opposite opinion are brainwashed. I personally know of a case that just appeared yesterday in TV Land. There are some people that will have to be dragged "kicking and screaming" into the world of mask-wearing and the empathy needed to respect their fellow TV Landers. Unfortunately, it may require laws to ensure safe and healthy behavior. No one in the US wants that. New Zealand and other countries were able to simply request mask-wearing on a voluntary basis. Their country complied. Again, UNFORTUNATELY, our country is losing the war against CV and is pretending that it is unnecessary to fight CV back. All-you-all can only PRETEND for so long. The CV is coming closer and closer to friends that YOU know here locally! Countrywide sanity needs to return soon. Winston Churchill understood the US well when he said that America will do the RIGHT thing..........AFTER they have tried all other options. We are currently very far from doing the right thing.......as Americans are NEEDLESSLY dying!

And this has what to do with noisy country clubs???

[Kenswing]

Maybe I'm wrong, but isn't this thread about noise at a country club restaurant? Why do some people have to turn EVERYTHING into a Covid debate?

[jimjamuser]

From a brainwashed fool

We have had a lot less free time the past couple months. Needed to help arrange funerals for 3 family members that DIED from Covid.
U R lucky so far.
Please rethink and start doing what you can to stay safe so you will be around to enjoy the music next summer after the Operation Warp Speed has provided everyone a protective vaccine.
Operation warp speed has a dreamy, unrealistic sound to it. There IS a good chance that it will happen, but NOT 100%. The virus can mutate. A vaccine may take 2 doses. It will be logistically difficult to transport it - at super cold levels. We are right to be hopeful, but it IS possible that we will have to wake up and wear masks and stay 10ft apart for a long time.

[jimjamuser]

And this has what to do with noisy country clubs???
It has a lot to do with restaurants. Mask-wearing and empathy need to be part of the dining out experience. For example, more outdoor seating and less indoor seating. That is a realistic and doable option for restaurants - Florida is warm. The live music could have open seating close up, but sound deadening booths with adjustable volume speakers that customers could adjust to their preference. As long as CV persists ALL society MUST eventually adjust to that new reality. Restaurants are a BIG part of society - particularly here in TV Land.

[bpascani]

Happy Hour itself, brings on louder voices (especially the later in happy hour it gets!). Multiply that by them also being close to the music, trying to make sure they are louder than the music to carry on their conversation, and that's what you get. We've been to Nancy Lopez and Arnold Palmer, and didn't have that problem. One of them (can't remember which) had soft background music (not live), which was pleasant, and no loud talking/screaming. I'm sure there are probably others as well. Sorry your evening didn't go as planned. I've been there before, and I feel the same way.

[La lamy]

You expected a quiet dinner with live music during happy hour at a Villages Country Club?

That was a bad plan.

Touché! :1rotfl:

[NavyVet]

The country clubs have always been notoriously loud/noisy. The way they are built, sound just carries, though especially during happy hour and/or live music. I haven't been to any in ages. I don't enjoy eating outside as it's almost always too freaking hot to even breathe.
Sadly, all the local restaurants that will be participating in the Veterans Day special deals are for dine-in only, so I won't be able to enjoy that this year. Just yet another thing we've had to give up on. Oh well.

[Mortal1]

The country clubs have always been notoriously loud/noisy. The way they are built, sound just carries, though especially during happy hour and/or live music. I haven't been to any in ages. I don't enjoy eating outside as it's almost always too freaking hot to even breathe.
Sadly, all the local restaurants that will be participating in the Veterans Day special deals are for dine-in only, so I won't be able to enjoy that this year. Just yet another thing we've had to give up on. Oh well.

MOVE!!!! I've yet to see a law that states once you move here you have to stay. I'm from Maine and find the villages 100% quieter than my home town of less than 20K.

[Andyhope]

That’s not why it was leveled. $$$$$

[Barborv]

I have to say, that's what was one thing that also attracted me to the Villages. My husband and I came to check out the Villages about 9 years ago or so, we went to a restaurant to get dinner. We were at a booth with a high back. We heard a lot of loud laughing and cheering, etc. and thought it was a bunch of young people and to my surprise , it wasn't ! I thought "how terrific that was" ! They were all having a great time. But I don';t see a lot of rowdy behavior that often.

[Velvet]

On our lifestyle visit, hubby and I went to the Lighthouse restaurant. We were about to start eating when the server brought a menu to the next table and when asked she repeated it in such a loud voice I almost fell out of my chair. Hubby said to me, the person she is talking to must be deaf. I don’t know if this was usual but I’ve been taking my earplugs with me just incase.

[Eg_cruz]

I took my wife out for a nice quiet dinner at a country club recently, just wanted to listen to some live music and have some cheap drinks at happy hour. We were sitting very close to the performer, but it just got so noisy with people talking (and screaming and shouting) that we couldn't even hear the music!

Maybe it's because we're all old and can't hear so well, but let's try to respect everyone's space, please.
I do get what you are saying. Been out plenty of times and you will have a group or two acting worse then middle schoolers. One time there was this lady that was so loud there wasn’t a place in the whole restaurant that couldn’t hear her. Some people just not pay attention to how they are acting or how loud they are. And have you notice their the ones that stay there for hours....

[rustyp]

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[charlieo1126@gmail.com]

I go out 4 or 5 times a week there are some restaurants that are very loud lighthouse , Cody’s , Red Sauce all fun places and more quiet ones Bonefish, Blue fin , Chops , the country clubs seem to mostly loud and fun , the OP was looking for cheap drinks and quiet I suggest the best place for them is home

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

The only quiet country club restaurant here was Hacienda Hills. Absolute quiet except for the one guy at the pool bar. It's a shame more people didn't take advantage of that.

The place was a dump, poorly managed and the food was terrible. Thank God it's gone.

[Terriy]

Maybe I'm wrong, but isn't this thread about noise at a country club restaurant? Why do some people have to turn EVERYTHING into a Covid debate?

Because some miserable people don't want others to evaluate their own risks and live their lives.