Order up! Get your apron on and grab your spatula, then dive into the best restaurant games on Android, iOS, Steam Deck, and Nintendo Switch. Whip out your portable device and sear some stakes, serve some customers, and climb the ranks to be the best chef there is.
If these games aren't tickling your taste buds, then maybe the best cooking games will, which get you testing your kitchen skills without the business management side.
Here are the best restaurant games:
1. Dave the Diver
OK, on the surface, Dave the Diver may not look like a restaurant-based game. Well, it is - sort of. Go fishing during the day, then return to your sushi restaurant at night to serve up some delicious meals.
You can embark on adventures to discover secrets located in the depths of the sea, or you can catch some fish and cook 'em up into some brilliant bites. If the base game isn't quite enough for you, there are DLCs available with crossovers, including Godzilla, Dredge, and Like a Dragon. Yes, the Yakuza game.
2. Tailside: Cozy Café Sim
Tailside is an adorable RPG that's been on my wishlist for a while, and is now available in early access. It's got all the best cozy themes - animals wearing clothes, a café to run, coffees to make - you name it.
There are no time pressures in your new café life. Take your time brewing up teas and other hot drinks, then get to know your fellow animal-shaped villagers as they pop in for a snack. Tailside also includes a sandbox mode if you want to get really creative, which is a great outlet for you creative types.
3. Chef RPG
Pixel art and cooking - two game features that go hand in hand. Chef RPG rolls them together perfectly like a delicious dough. In it, you can run your restaurants, but you also need to go out and forage for your own ingredients.
There are locals to get to know, shops to check out, and so many different flavors to discover. Oh, and you can romance some of the NPCs, so get ready to woo them with your wonderful delicacies.
4. Overcooked! 2
Overcooked! is a feeding frenzy party game for you and your friends, or other people on the internet via random matchmaking. Your job as a chef is to throw ingredients at each other and cook the orders coming in from customers.
It's a very hectic kitchen with a lot of obstacles to dodge, and sometimes, literal moving parts of the floor and portals to figure out the best route through. Wild though it is, Overcooked promises a raucously fun time for all involved.
5. Cooking Simulator
Quick, you're a chef, now get to work! Or don't, you can mess around in Cooking Simulator if you want. We recommend that you try to cook some dishes for the hungry patrons in your restaurant, but you can have fun with it at the same time.
Cooking Simulator places you in a first-person setting where you must grab all the ingredients and create dishes from scratch, then serve them up to your eager customers. There are over 80 succulent meals to prepare, so you can get to know plenty of different flavors and expand your palate.
6. Automachef
Tired of getting your hands dirty and doing all the work? Then try Automachef! Here, you build up a buzzing building filled with convenient machinery to take care of all your tasks for you. It can get a bit hectic, but don't worry, your tech can be trusted to produce tasty meals for all.
7. Pokémon Cafe Remix
It's also not a 'best of' list for Switch without a Nintendo-owned IP, so we introduce you to Pokémon Cafe Remix. It's a free-to-play puzzle game set in a cafe, with all your favorite Pokémon there to help out as your staff members.
All you need to do is link together emoji-like items to gain points and use special boosts that pop up. There may not be actual cooking involved, but your cafe will be booming in no time.
8. Good Pizza, Great Pizza
Ever wanted to own and run your own pizzeria? Well, grab a slice of the action and do just that in Good Pizza, Great Pizza. Available on almost every platform, including iOS, Android, Switch, and Steam, you can get rolling with the dough wherever you are.
Hungry patrons come in, and your job is to satiate their desires by creating the perfect pizza. Upgrade your store as you go and unlock plenty of toppings - there's something for everyone at Good Pizza. The developers also have a similar game about coffee - called Good Coffee, Great Coffee - if you want more of a café vibe, too.
9. Krusty Cook Off
SpongeBob SquarePants' Krusty Cook Off was originally released on mobile platforms, and now it brings us back to Bikini Bottom on Switch with all the trimmings.
Show off your skills as a fry cook (and pancake chef) by quickly assembling Bikini Bottomites' orders, or else they'll get angry and leave a bad taste in your mouth. We have a Krusty Cook Off review for your perusal right here.
10. Cat Cafe Manager
In Cat Cafe Manager, you run a cafe filled with cats. Not sold yet? OK, then let us tell you more. Starting with a run-down property, you rebuild the cafe and bring it to new heights of success with a warm and friendly atmosphere, welcoming both people and cats into your business.
Hire staff to help and create your own custom food and drink to entice even more friends and felines - what's not to love? Check out our Cat Cafe Manager review right here!