Restaurants & Cafès

Whether you are playing background music for your customers in dining areas, having live performances in the restaurant, or the radio in the kitchen areas for staff, you’ll usually need TheMusicLicence.

Music in restaurants and cafès can help enhance the atmosphere and create an environment people enjoy.

By obtaining TheMusicLicence you will be able to play music legally and enjoy its benefits, whilst ensuring that its creators are fairly rewarded for their work.

We use the music to change the atmosphere. We, like all good retailers, split our day into parts…and you can actually feel the atmosphere change.

Pablo Ettinger

Caffè Nero

Benefits of TheMusicLicence

Music has the power to create a setting for customers to really savour the moment. Turn your restaurant into a rendezvous, and complement your café with millions of songs to choose from. Music could amplify the ambience of the most seasoned establishments, so add some flavour to your atmosphere today and get TheMusicLicence for your restaurant or cafè.

With TheMusicLicence you can have relevant playlists to reflect different times of the day, or clientele. In dining areas music provides a relaxing atmosphere plus additional privacy, so the tables nearby cannot hear other diners’ conversations.

While playing music could help to improve your customers' experience, it could also have an effect on their spending habits. Using music in your restaurant or cafè could help to:

Increase revenue

Create an upbeat and positive atmosphere to help increase customer dwell time. The music you play could reflect a certain season or occasion, encouraging customers to make relateable purchases as a result.

Employee engagement

Contribute to creating a healthier working environment, promoting engagement, collaboration and motivation. Helping to engage your staff with your business along with improving morale. This could lead to increased productivity, as well as better service levels for your customers.

Enhance the environment

Help set the tone, change the mood and create an atmosphere that people enjoy. This can help make customers and employees feel more welcome and relaxed and could improve their overall experience.

Define your brand

Make your business unique and it can be just as important as your name or décor. Carefully selected music that is relatable to your business or clientele can complement your brand and help you stay ahead of the competition.

Millions of songs

TheMusicLicence covers virtually all commercially released music available – millions of songs and recordings, including the most popular and well-loved music, not just from the UK, but from around the world.

How is my music licence cost calculated?

A restaurant or café with up to 30 seats, and an audible area below 400 sqm, playing music via the radio, could play music from only 78p a day.

There are a range of tariffs to cover the different uses of music across various venue types. However, the cost of TheMusicLicence will vary according to your music use. To help you understand how much TheMusicLicence could cost, you can view the individual PPL and PRS for Music tariffs that may be applicable to you.

Quote checklist

The cost of TheMusicLicence varies depending on the specific characteristics of each restaurant and café, so please contact us for a quote. Before doing so, please ensure you’ve read our Music Licence Quote Checklist for each section that is applicable to you and have the relevant information ready so we can provide an accurate quote for your restaurant or café music licence.

1.Background music

The areas where music is audible such as restaurant/café dining areas, bars or kitchens
The square meterage of each area where music audible
The number of seats in restaurant/café dining areas
Type of devices used to play music, such as radio, CDs, TV etc.