Game update: 31/08/16

It's the final day of August, and we've got an unusual selection of items this week.

Notification for treasure themed update

Gold seems to be the theme colour, with a real variety of such stuff. From statues and a telescope to royalty and a treasure map, there's no doubt that this is one of the more random updates. Here's the complete list of additions, with everything unlocked at level 22:

Tables:

• Compass Table - 3 gems

Aug 2016 showcase

It's showtime! Prepare to be amazed as we march around the restaurants of some of my lovely neighbours and feast our eyes on the glorious designs which have been conjured up.

This particular showcase has five participants, with two first timers joined by three old hands. There's a nice spread of diners coming up here as we approach the end of the summer, so let's hit the road and get rolling!

And after a lazy lie-in, all roads lead to the beach at A Quilted Café.

A Quilted Café

Game update: 24/08/16

It's a box week in Restaurant Story which might mean no content for coins, but it does mean eight new floor decorations!

Notification for Nursery Crate

The Nursery Crate is a 24 gem investment, and for every purchase you'll receive one of the eight prizes at random. As per usual, your odds of getting the bigger and better items are long, so be wary of taking the gamble!

Laboratory goals content report

It's goals content report time, with many players now finished with the new goal set released alongside last week's laboratory themed update.

Usually I power straight into the prizes provided by the quest, but in this case we have to discuss the structure of the goals themselves. For a start the first of the fresh appliances was available to purchase prior to completing any of the goal steps. This is not unheard of, although it does usually mean within a few hours that Storm8 hastily attach a padlock and apologise for making an uncharacteristic error.

On this occasion there was no such admittance of guilt, with the game's developers seeing a chemistry theme as the ideal excuse to mix things up. And that they most certainly did. In addition to the Food Lab Oven being available from the off, it didn't require any construction. This all set off my Storm8 cock-up sirens, but it turned out that both of the new parts were reserved for the second cooker, the Food Lab Stove.

More on that later, but what of the little circles indicating progression through the main strand of the goals?

Laboratory goals (in full)

Please note that these goals expired on Thursday 15th September 2016.

This week there was a second successive lab themed update, with an array of new content. But this second batch also came with goals, meaning that work needs to be done in order to unlock some of the decor.

In all there are three floor decorations, one appliance (at the time of writing!) and five recipes (again, at the time of writing!) which are padlocked until progress is made through the quest. There are 30 days available to complete all the stages, meaning that Thursday 15th September is the likely deadline for finishing it all off.

Let's get to it. The goals are entitled 'Phoebe's Science Project', with the complete list of goal steps outlined below:

• Step 1
• Step 2
• Step 3
• Step 4
• Step 5
• Step 6
• Step 7
• Sidestep A: A Gift for Phoebe
• Sidestep B: Agnes' Colorful Plants

Game update: 17/08/16

Following on from last week's laboratory themed update, we've got part two!

Introduction to 'Phoebe's Science Project' goals

The difference this time is that science exams must be taken in order to get hold of all the content. Although when I say exams what I really mean are goals - no prior studying required!

For now this update (including the goals) are only available to iOS players and selected Android players - I'd expect it to be pushed out to everyone soon, with Androiders who have yet to receive it recommended to look out for a new version of the app to download.

The Garlic Tree celebrates the Olympics

The second week of the Rio 2016 Olympics are ongoing and my restaurant, The Garlic Tree, is putting forward its bid to host a future Games. We're holding something of a test event at the moment, with various sports providing some excellent viewing for unsuspecting diners.

At the core of it all is of course the Olympic Cauldron, which is housed in the four-pillar centrepiece of the main eating area.

Olympic cauldron in main section of The Garlic Tree

Suggestions Box (Aug 2016)

Every month I list five things I'd like to see added, altered or abolished from the game. Because even though my long time of playing Restaurant Story clearly shows I love it, that doesn't mean it's perfect. Some of the ideas I'll air will be significant game changers while others will be low-key and irrelevant in the eyes of many of you readers.

You can share your own suggestions too via the comments. If I like them, I may even include them in the next instalment!

In no particular order, here are this month's entries...

Game update: 10/08/16

We're not so much cooking this week as concocting...

Notification for laboratory themed update

The theme is the laboratory, with a selection of content as science takes centre stage in Restaurant Story. Before I set something on fire or poison myself, let's peruse a list of all the additions, each of which are unlocked at level 21:

Tables:

• Lab Table X - 2 gems

RS2 News (Aug 2016)

It's once again time to check in on the sequel title, Restaurant Story 2. Surprisingly it's been a quieter few weeks since my last update, with Storm8 taking a couple of week off. More on that later, but first we have the conclusion of a quest and a cruise event to discuss.

The quest in question is the Wild West goals. It seems like a lifetime ago now that we were all frantically collecting Ten Gallon Hats in a bid to stash enough to polish off the challenge. Those hats came with just about every recipe cooked, and were soon racking up. However with 22,000 required to complete the final goal this was a tough quest.

There were some hat boosts available for cooking certain recipes and from certain appliances, and at the time of my previous review I was struggling with the last of them - the Cowboy Coffee. Well, in the end I just couldn't gather sufficient Sugar to produce enough of the coffee, thus meaning I missed out on 1,000 precious hats. But would this prevent me getting over the finish line in the goals as a whole?

Game update: 03/08/16

Get your sea legs ready because we're heading out into the big blue with this week's update!

Notification for sea themed update

We've got a selection of sea based items to discover, with all the content unlocked at level 20. With visibility good and the sea calm, let's dive straight into the traditional list of additions:

Tables:

• Ship in a Bottle Table - 21,000 coins