Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator

 PlayStation 5
Metascore
71

Mixed or average reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
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  1. Finger Guns
    Mar 2, 2023
    80
    Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator captures both the stress, gratification, and realism of the heat in the kitchen. With the opportunity to juggle many different knives at once, such as prepping, managing staff, and cooking, there’s a lot to this game. Players can show individual creativity through plate and restaurant design, or focus simply on the meal. It’s a solid addition to the many different cooking games within the simulation genre.
  2. PlayStation Universe
    Feb 23, 2023
    75
    It may not be the most in-depth sim, but Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator does a great job of recreating the mechanics of running a restaurant without devolving into grim spreadsheet nonsense or coming off as loose-limbed mobile port fodder. I wouldn’t give it a Michelin star, but I’d definitely eat there.
  3. Gaming Nexus
    Mar 27, 2023
    70
    Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator nails the minutia of cooking, with impressively detailed recipes that most people could only dream of making in real-life. Unfortunately, the gameplay loop struggles to keep you engrossed, and the experience is rigid in ways that won’t be palatable for some.
  5. KeenGamer
    Mar 22, 2023
    70
    While it may not be served with intuitive cooking controls, Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator delivers an engaging and unique game. Cooking dishes is a challenge to begin with but with some practice you can make them perfect, Having total control over your restaurant ensures there are plenty of ways to pass the hours as you customise the interior design and plating layouts, and the ability to lower the difficulty down to a simmer means you are able to enjoy a leisurely cooking sim, or keep the heat on high for a more realistic restaurant experience.
  6. Push Square
    Feb 23, 2023
    60
    Do well and everyone is happy and they might leave tips. You can spend your hard-earned coin on new cooking equipment, décor for your bistro, furniture, that kind of thing. As you progress, you learn new recipes, and you can add new flourishes to old ones. Eventually you get more chefs you can lead to help you out. And if you're really struggling there's options to lower the difficulty significantly, which makes the game quite chilled out if that's more your thing.

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1.2

Overwhelming dislike- based on 6 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 6
  3. Negative: 5 out of 6
  1. LaernuTairo
    Apr 18, 2023
    0
    Other review is true.

    This never shouldve been released. Even if you do get past the INSANE # of bugs, JUST within the tutorial the damn game    Other review is true.

    This never shouldve been released.
    Even if you do get past the INSANE # of bugs, JUST within the tutorial the damn game isnt even fun.

    The fact critics avg is 7.1 just proves total corruption and lies on their end. Like most of us already knew that but for any of them to rate this even over a 4 is complete brown nosing for unknown reasons. (Well, tbh we know why, and its pathetic)

    I went in expecting a more complex mix of overcooked and some sort of restaurant making sim. But even the recipes in this game (job???) are not even a little fun making. Like, at all. Forget the bugs for a moment, the game is boring as hell. That said there IS a ton of bugs. Horrible explanations, etc. like having to make the same dish 3 times in the first tutorial, but it only says to make it once. Leaving you to believe its stuck and you quit. Mind you at this point, you cannot even save.

    Dont support this game. Its nothing like overcooked. Which wouldve been perfectly fine, yes, but the bugs and it not being fun AT all…. Man this game is flat out horrible. Would not even pay 9.99. It feels like an actual job playing this, maybe they should be paying us. Seriously this game is disgustingly bad    … Full Review »
  2. sosad
    Apr 5, 2023
    0
    This game is a joke. Tons of bug and the lazy devs dont care to fix them fast. Players lost their hundred hours saves and the game likes notThis game is a joke. Tons of bug and the lazy devs dont care to fix them fast. Players lost their hundred hours saves and the game likes not being tested before launch. Selling for 40-50 bucks and it is not playable.… Full Review »
  3. Stevenix94
    Aug 23, 2023
    0
    Game-breaking bugs and developers don't give a s**t about that. Each power blackout or each game crash will corrupt your game data and evenGame-breaking bugs and developers don't give a s**t about that. Each power blackout or each game crash will corrupt your game data and even upload it on plus storage. Unplayable after many months, they should legally give refounds to ps users… Full Review »
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