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Restaurant Empire

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3.2/5

( 26 Reviews )

3.2

26 Reviews

English
5.995.99
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Restaurant Empire
Description
Starting with nothing except some cash and a passion for food, build a restaurant from the bottom up - hire waiters, decorate, even cook the meals! Buy, build, outsell and underprice your competition.     Will you use your culinary wizardry to out-cook chefs? What tactics and strategies will you emp...
Genre:
Simulation - Economic - Managerial
Tags:
Classic, Simulation, Managerial, Economic
User reviews

3.2/5

( 26 Reviews )

3.2

26 Reviews

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Product details
2003, Enlight Software, ESRB Rating: Everyone...
System requirements
Windows XP or Vista, 1 GHz, 256 MB RAM, 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7 (compatible with...
Time to beat
38 hMain
-- Main + Sides
-- Completionist
38 h All Styles

Game length provided by HowLongToBeat

Description
Starting with nothing except some cash and a passion for food, build a restaurant from the bottom up - hire waiters, decorate, even cook the meals! Buy, build, outsell and underprice your competition.    

Will you use your culinary wizardry to out-cook chefs? What tactics and strategies will you employ to buy out the competition? You decide. With a combination of business strategy and role-playing game styles plus a free-form sandbox game mode, three huge cities, and over 30 playable chefs and a host of locations to travel to, Restaurant Empire is an epicurean delight of gastronomic proportions!
  • Tycoon-style gameplay focused around managing a restaurant chain
  • Countless sliders and spreadsheets that let you control the minutiae of running a restaurant
  • You can change everything - from the staff and decor all the way to the font used in the menu
Goodies
manual (47 pages) artworks avatars
System requirements
Minimum system requirements:
Recommended system requirements:

Please be advised that Windows 10 operating system will receive frequent hardware driver and software updates following its release; this may affect game compatibility

Recommended system requirements:

Please be advised that Windows 10 operating system will receive frequent hardware driver and software updates following its release; this may affect game compatibility

Why buy on GOG.COM?
DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play.
Safety and satisfaction. Stellar support 24/7 and full refunds up to 30 days.
Time to beat
38 hMain
-- Main + Sides
-- Completionist
38 h All Styles

Game length provided by HowLongToBeat

Game details
Genre:
Simulation - Economic - Managerial
Tags:
Classic, Simulation, Managerial, Economic
Works on:
Windows (7, 8, 10, 11)
Release date:
{{'2003-03-26T00:00:00+02:00' | date: 'longDate' : ' +0200 ' }}
Company:
Enlight Software / Enlight Software
Size:
296 MB
Links:
Forum discussion
Rating:
ESRB Rating: Everyone
Game features
Single-player
Languages
English
audio
text
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User reviews

Posted on: May 30, 2014

Hemaehn

Games: 207 Reviews: 2

I like it

Well, actually its not a good game at all, but i really had fun. The story is simple (a young chef wants to be the best chef in the world), but I was motivated to progress in the campaign. From time to time you get new recipes, ingredients, styles of restaurants (like steakhouse or italian restaurant) and such stuff. The game itself isnt that hard, its easy to manage and not very difficult. Actually sometimes its boring, because you wait and wait and wait: Once youve setup your restaurant, you're done. But there are some guests, who want to talk to you and get or sell some recipes, ingredients and such stuff, thats kinda nice. Some things are irreproducible, like some complains of some guests because of anything and you have no clue how to solve these problems... Yip, thats it.

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Posted on: January 23, 2025

YoshiWellington

Games: 0 Reviews: 1

Amazing

An amazing game and a childhood memory , I aspired to be a chef because of this game but sadly I'm stuck in a country where culinary dreams die , I'm sure one day things will turn around for me and I can make the famous beef Wellington 89 score and compete with my non gmo speciality recipe , honestly this game is amazing. Armband would be proud

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Posted on: September 5, 2025

wontonwaddles

Verified owner

Games: 16 Reviews: 2

weird but in a good way

Its weird, but in a weird 2003 way that makes it charming.

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Posted on: March 21, 2020

MissyShihTzu

Verified owner

Games: 38 Reviews: 2

interesting, but kind of bland

i'm glad i bought this on sale because, wow. it's the type of game you play for one afternoon, and then completely forget about. it's not the worst game out there, and i'm sure if you really take the time to work at it, it would be more entertaining. But this game will probably not hold you attention for more than a few hours.

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Posted on: June 1, 2013

Greywolf2001ca

Games: 40 Reviews: 60

Poor and limited game design

This game shows you everything it has to offer at game start or almost. Once that is done, there is no point in playing the game. It does not really show how a restaurant is run, it's limited design makes you think that the designer wanted to make a quick buck out of fools and idiots rather than make a quality game. DO NOT BUY THIS!

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