Restaurant Empire is realistic restaurant simulation developed by Trevor Chan and his team at Enlight Software (Capitalism II). Basically the principle idea for this game is to start rock bottom on the food chain in the restaurant world. You get a chance to use your Uncle's old establishment to try and make a go of it yourself.

Restaurant Empire features two gameplay modes: a sandbox mode and an 18-scenario campaign. The campaign mode let you follow the adventures of a young chef, Armand LeBoeuf, who has just graduated from cooking school. There's 18 chapters each with their own goals you must complete - for instance, making $50,000 in six months. The campaign mode cutscenes are played out to allow you to make choices in the dialogue, for example you can ask questions to get hints to help you in the game The Sandbox mode just lets you build your restaurant from scratch, adding a lot more freedom to do whatever you want, as long as the cash is sufficient.You can select from select from 3 types of cuisine (Italian, French, or American) and there is no limit to the number of restaurants that you can own at one time, as long as you have the cash to set up and sustain the operations.

Restaurant Empire features 3 World-famous cities to build your business in - Paris, Rome, and LA, over 180 recipes - they are tied to at least one of the three cuisines and are placed into one of five categories: breakfast, appetizer, soup, main course, and dessert; ability (or rather a must) to hire the staff, including chefs, waiters, and captains, all your staff have two settings- Morale and Mind. There's also a large library of graphics and objects - over 200 objects and decorations too choose from.

It may look deceptively easy to run a restaurant but in fact it is not. While it is very easy for you to get started with the game, especially with the game's interactive tutorials, the truth is that, just like the real life, making a restaurant profitable can be a daunting task. Customers always complain. They may complain about the food, the service the chairs or even the washroom. You manage everything - from hiring wait staff and preparing meals to modifying the font on menus. You can also enter competitions and if you win your chef will win money, new recipes and get a star next to that recipe on the menu.

If you are a fan of Trevor Chan's earlier work, particularly Capitalism II, Restaurant Empire won't disappoint you, the game features almost everything you'd possibly want. Try this playable demo.

System Requirements:
Intel Pentium III 500MHz (1GHz recommended), 128MB RAM (256MB recommended), GeForce, ATI Radeon, or 3D cards of the same grade, CD-ROM/DVD-ROM 4x Speed, 700MB HDD space.