SIM Chef: Restaurant management

You run everything here: what goes on the menu, who works in the kitchen, what to order from the supplier and how much to charge. At the end of the day, the customers tell you if you got it right.



You start on a small, empty lot. Put up the walls, pick the doors and windows and fill the place with tables, stoves and fridges. Set up your bar with a beer tap and an espresso machine. Paint the walls, choose the colors of the furniture and hang a few pictures. When the money comes in, buy the lot next door and grow.



There are more than 200 dishes and drinks to learn, from feijoada and moqueca to jiaozi, poutine and a proper cappuccino. Learning a dish costs money, and it only comes out right if someone in the kitchen knows how to make it. Same with drinks: no bar and no bartender, no caipirinha. You set the price of each one and see what it costs to make.



Post a job ad and the résumés come in. Every candidate has a level, a country, the dishes and drinks they make best and a few traits, and not every trait shows up in the interview. Hire cooks who fit your menu, bartenders for the bar, waiters for the dining room and a janitor so the floor doesn't turn into a mess after a busy day. Unhappy staff quit, and firing someone costs severance.



People walk by on the sidewalk, and some come in because they're craving a dish you serve. The ones who stay leave a rating, and some post about your restaurant. The report card shows what pulled your score down: the wait, the dish or the variety on the menu. Keep the score up and the judges start showing up, the food magazine gives your place prestige, and then the awards come.



Pick your staff's uniforms and the plates the food arrives on. Together with the wall paint and the furniture colors, every restaurant ends up looking like the person who built it.

Running the business

Ingredients come in different qualities, from frozen to fresh, and you order from the supplier or set up a standing order. Every day ends with the till closing, and when money gets tight, the bank lends you some, with interest. Upgrades open new ways to run the place, like craft beer at the bar and a tablet for the waiters to take orders. You can play it by making the place look great or by squeezing every cent of profit.