EXTREMELY loud. And yes, yelling across the table. We went with my sister, BIL, and 2 nephews (about 7 & 9 at the time), the food was awful and the service terrible. My nephews liked it, but liked the make your own dinosaur in the gift shop more. They never wanted to go back, even they thought it was too loud. We waited nearly an hour for the server to come back after he brought our appetizers, when he finally came for our order we told him we wanted the check. He apologized and comped the apps and we ordered food. We should have just paid and left! I think if the service had been better and we weren't there for 2 hours it might not have been so bad. Thank goodness for ibuprofen!