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For Restaurants & Dining

The room sounds different when the music is right.

Beautiful, fully licensed background music for your restaurant. No PRO fees. No contracts. Just the right sound, from morning prep to last call.

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The invisible host

Music is the first thing a guest notices and the last thing they forget.

Not the playlist itself — the feeling. The warmth of a room that sounds like someone cared. The dissonance of a room where no one did.

Researchers at the University of Leicester found that when restaurants played slower-tempo music, diners stayed an average of 13.5 minutes longer — and spent 29% more per table. The right tempo, the right genre, the right energy: they change how people eat, drink, linger, and return.

Most restaurant owners know this intuitively. You've felt the difference between a Saturday night that hums and one that falls flat. Between the lunch rush that flows and the one where everyone leaves too soon.

The hard part was always finding the right music — and keeping it legal. Puana is the easy part.

Built for your schedule

From morning prep to last call.

A restaurant isn't one mood. It's five, six, ten. Puana lets you schedule different sounds for every part of the day — in 15-minute blocks, with automatic transitions and volume changes. Set it once. It runs itself.

7 AM

Morning prep

Light acoustic, warm jazz. The kitchen comes alive without being pushed.

12 PM

Lunch service

Uptempo bossa nova, indie pop. Energy without volume. Tables turn naturally.

4 PM

Happy hour

Funk, soul, deep grooves. The shift from work to play. Drinks flow.

7 PM

Dinner

Sophisticated jazz, ambient textures. Conversation stays easy. Guests stay longer.

10 PM

Late night

Downtempo, lo-fi, atmospheric. The room winds down. The mood deepens.

Close

After hours

Silence, or whatever the closing crew wants. Your schedule, your rules.

From a cafe in Michigan

“I spent twenty minutes every morning scrolling for the right music. Now the room sounds exactly the way it should — and I never think about it.”

There's a moment every morning at Cafe Meria in Charlevoix, Michigan — before the espresso machine warms up, before the first customer walks in — when the room is just a room. Four walls, some chairs, light coming off Lake Michigan.

Then the music starts, and the space becomes something. The air changes. The room has a feeling now.

Jesse Meria built Puana because he couldn't find music that sounded like his place was supposed to sound. Not someone else's playlist. Not a corporate feed. Something warm. A little rough around the edges. Alive.

Puana is a library of over 3,000 original tracks — each one composed to feel like it belongs somewhere real. You describe the atmosphere you want. Puana plays exactly that.

Jesse Meria

Founder, Puana · Owner, Cafe Meria · Charlevoix, MI

What you get

Everything included. Nothing complicated.

3,000+ original tracks

Jazz, bossa, ambient, soul, lo-fi, indie, acoustic, electronic. Every one made for real spaces.

15-minute scheduling

Different vibes for different dayparts. Automatic transitions. Volume changes included.

License certificate

Download a commercial license proving every track is legal. Show it to any auditor.

No PRO fees — ever

No BMI. No ASCAP. No SESAC. No additional licensing fees. Your subscription covers everything.

Explicit content filter

One toggle. Family-friendly across every genre, every daypart. No surprises.

Team access

Staff gets play and pause. Managers get scheduling and settings. No shared passwords.

Analytics

See what plays, when, and how long. Understand your restaurant's musical identity.

Multi-location

Every restaurant gets its own schedule, team, and settings. One dashboard for all of them.

The math

Playing personal playlists in your restaurant can cost you $30,000.

Personal streaming services aren't licensed for commercial use. The fine for copyright infringement is up to $30,000 per track. And 83% of businesses are doing it right now without knowing.

The “legal” alternative? A business music service ($25–30/mo) plus BMI ($250-500/year) plus ASCAP ($220-500/year) plus SESAC ($200-400/year). Total: $470-1,400+/year per year. And you still might not like the music.

Traditional setup

Music service + BMI + ASCAP + SESAC

$1,100–2,800/yr
Puana

Everything included. No PRO fees.

$14.99/mo

Common questions

Everything you need to know.

Do I still need a BMI, ASCAP, or SESAC license?

No. Every track on Puana is original music with full commercial rights included in your subscription. There are no third-party royalties, no PRO fees, and no additional licensing costs. Your Puana subscription covers everything.

What kind of music do you have for restaurants?

Over 3,000 original tracks spanning jazz, bossa nova, ambient, soul, lo-fi, indie, acoustic, electronic, classical, and more. Every track is composed specifically for real spaces — warm, textured, and alive. No generic stock music.

Can I schedule different music for different times of day?

Yes. Puana's scheduling works in 15-minute blocks. Set your morning acoustic, lunch energy, happy hour grooves, dinner ambiance, and late-night wind-down — each with its own genre, mood, and volume level. Set it once and it runs automatically.

What happens if a licensing auditor visits my restaurant?

You download your commercial license certificate from your Puana dashboard and present it. The certificate proves every track playing in your restaurant is fully licensed for commercial use. No paperwork, no lawyers, no stress.

Can my staff control the music?

Yes. You can give staff play and pause control while keeping scheduling and settings locked to managers. Each team member gets their own access level — no shared passwords.

How is this different from a personal streaming service?

Personal streaming services are licensed for personal use only. Playing them in a commercial space is copyright infringement — businesses have been fined up to $30,000 per track. Puana is built specifically for commercial use, with a license that covers your business from day one.

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