Mini Restaurant - Play-through and Review - October 2024

~~~~~ What is Mini Restaurant? What kind of game is Mini Restaurant? ~~~~~

Mini Restaurant is a restaurant simulation type game with a touch of real-time strategy and time management techniques baked into the game.

~~~~~ Is Mini Restaurant “Pay to Win”? What do you get for spending real world money? ~~~~~

Strictly speaking, Mini Restaurant is not pay to win. Although the grind in this game starts early and builds up that the prospect of watching advertising to save a few minutes of impatiently grinding, sorry, trying to build up to an upgrade, that the game ceases to be enjoyable.

So paying removes the advertising requirements for these little perks ("offers") which appear every so often in the game.

~~~~~ Is there any objectionable material in Mini Restaurant? ~~~~~

Strictly speaking, no. Some may desire more diversity in the customer base but if that's the worst objectionable material, the game will be appropriate for everyone.

~~~~~ Is Mini Restaurant fun to play? Is the game challenging? Is this game a grind? ~~~~~

We are a little biased here. We prefer challenging games. We prefer games that make us think. We prefer games that force us to expand our minds.

That said, we also understand the need for casual games. We understand the need for “mindless” type games. We understand that even young children can benefit from playing easier type games.

All that being said, we do not find Mini Restaurant to be fun or challenging. We definitely find this game to be a grind.

~~~~~ What about in-game advertisements? How many are there? How intrusive are they? Do you get anything for enduring them? ~~~~~~

In-game advertisements do exist in this game. You can choose to view some for in-game currency which is almost required - as that is better than aimlessly wasting time waiting to accumulate enough in-game currency to get an upgrade.

~~~~~ Do you recommend this game? ~~~~~

Bottom line, no. We absolutely HATE saying this about any game. We want to support the developers and understand that coding and debugging games can be an arduous task.

It's a shame too. This game could be good for children learning how a decision can have an impact. Do I purchase another table or do I hire another chef? Do I make the restaurant prettier or do I learn new foods?

But there are so many ads and requests for ads that we simply can not recommend this game. (October 2024 - seems the ad requests have decreased to the point where the game is playable.)