That sounds fabulous and is a definite stark contrast from "the best local ramen" here in the Austin,TX area. It's apparently vogue here to have music so loud you can't hear your dining companion unless they shout.
In Europe on the other hand, they're usually normal sit down restaurants. You have to go through the normal dance of waiting to be seated, ordering with the server, waiting 10-15 mins for your food then trying to get somebody's attention to pay when you're done.
It was eerie at first but I enjoy the calmness in the city now, e.g. drinking a glass in a rooftop bar of a 60 story building in total quietude is an event.
Dinners in US are irritable to me. I understand why and how it happens, I just wish there was a sign a wrist band or something to signal to waiting staff to leave me alone unless i ask for their help.