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Amplify your restaurant brand with strategic music and digital signage experiences.
Startle is the fully managed background music and digital signage provider for restaurants and restaurant groups. We offer expert curation, centralised control across every location and the hardware that makes it work, so your team can focus on service, not systems.
Trusted by groups including Zizzi, Ask Italian, Pizza Pilgrims and Coco di Mama, Startle takes responsibility for delivering it properly, whatever your trading hours.
We get to know you and your locations, understanding the role music plays in your unique branded atmosphere. Getting your restaurant soundtrack spot on not only impacts the choices of your customers, it can also influence how they perceive your brand long after. It can also inspire happy and productive employees.
Branded atmosphere - curated playlists are tailored to your brand and unique restaurants, from up-tempo tracks during peak weekend sittings to slow and sophisticated soundtracks for midweek lunches.
More than guesswork - Startle's robust academic model means music is targeted to each location - reflecting local customers' tastes and expectations, while remaining on-brand, and helping you meet your operational goals.
No two hours are the same - our multi-million track library guarantees you a fresh and non-repetitive playlist, keeping your restaurants feeling vibrant and energetic and engaging staff throughout every shift.
It's not just what you taste that defines a restaurant experience – it's also what you hear and see.
Startle's digital signage solution helps create a captivating audio visual atmosphere that enhances the dining experience without distracting from the food and good company that make a restaurant meal special.
A vision for your brand - digital signage contributes to your restaurant's unique audio visual experience. Create sleek and stylish, minimalist visuals or eye-catching promotions and branded assets.
Backed by science - studies show that digital signs can reduce perceived wait times during busy serving periods, as well as helping with brand recall and return custom among diners.
Display (almost) anything - install branded visuals to enhance the audio visual experiences, promote deals, upcoming events, themed nights and new menu additions or even roll out innovative features such as live kitchen updates.
Startle Studio is an intuitive, granular and adaptable platform – helping you curate and adapt the perfect branded atmosphere in your restaurant and replicate it effortlessly across your locations.
Our simple drag-and-drop scheduling tool lets you tailor music to different times of day and trading patterns – avoiding repetition and keeping staff and diners engaged.
Startle's user-friendly platform is perfect for use in the hospitality sector, helping you manage the atmosphere across multiple locations simultaneously, as well as set granular permission levels.
Scheduled volume adjustment means you can match the busyness of your restaurant, creating the perfect atmosphere without the need for staff intervention.
Startle helps restaurants create bespoke branded atmospheres that provide the backdrop for all your diners’ memorable moments.
Enjoy personalised playlists without repetition and custom visuals that work together to enhance the dining experience without distraction.
Our integrated platform creates harmony between your audio visual experience, so your music and visual assets always hit the mark - and your hospitality employees can spend more time with diners and less time pressing skip.
So, next time your customers need to book a table, there’s no competition.
It’s your brand, amplified.
From my first interaction with Startle I have been very impressed with the understanding they have of what we're looking for. Creating a 'vibe' or environment within a space is something quite hard to explain but the support and reactivity they gave throughout the curation process was incredible.
Head of Business Development
Startle has proved to be the perfect partner for Pizza Pilgrims, embracing all of our ideas for using music and technology to enhance our pizzerias. Our playlist management has improved massively.
Co-founder
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Frequently asked questions.
Startle's Relentless Support™ team is available 24/7/365 via WhatsApp, phone and live chat, with an average response time under 30 minutes. Proactive remote diagnostics mean most issues are caught before they affect your floor.
Startle operates on a predictable monthly cost, no surprise hardware fees. Pricing is tailored to the number of locations. Request a quote or book a discovery call for a proposal built around your estate.
Yes. Startle supports multi-zone audio, so each area of a restaurant can play a different curated playlist simultaneously, all managed from a single dashboard.
Yes, businesses playing music on commercial premises require a licence (typically PPL PRS for Music in the UK). Find out more about music licensing here.
