You can play Restaurant City without Flash. The original needed the Flash plugin, but this edition opens in a normal browser tab with no Flash, no plugins and nothing to install. All you need is an up-to-date browser, an internet connection and a free account. This guide covers what you need, what to expect while the game loads, what to do if it stalls, and how saving and leaving work.
Here is the game: open it in your browser, create a free account of your own and you are in, with no Flash in sight.
Customize your chef, hire a cook and a waiter, pick the menu, serve your customers and decorate your place in this classic Facebook restaurant game.
In beta: some parts of the original game are not complete yet and you may run into bugs.
The Facebook original of Restaurant City needed Flash to run. This edition does not use Flash at all: you open the page, sign in with your account and play, with no Flash and no plugins.
It also means there is nothing to install. The game is not an app, there is no installer and no APK, and the only place to play it is restaurantcity.fbgamesweb.com. Anyone offering you a Flash player or a launcher for Restaurant City is offering something you do not need.
Three things: an up-to-date browser, an internet connection and an account of your own. The account is free and does not need Facebook. It asks for a username, a password, a male or female character and, if you want, an email.
Chrome is the browser we have used most, in many runs with real clicks. Firefox passed a recent automatic test that covered sign-up, hiring staff, saving and reloading. A desktop Safari was checked only in a simulated test environment, and Edge has not been tested, so if you want the safest choice, use Chrome or Firefox.
In lab tests with Chrome, a brand new account and an empty cache, the first load downloads about 4.7 MB in 133 requests. It took about 7 seconds on a 9 Mbit/s connection with 150 ms of delay, and about 25 seconds on a 2 Mbit/s connection with 400 ms of delay. With the files already in the cache it took about 1 second.
These are measurements, not promises: your own connection decides. They do explain why coming back to the game is much quicker than the first visit.
Once it is running, the game ran at 60 frames per second in the lab, and it lowers its drawing quality by itself if the computer is struggling. We have not measured modest computers, so we cannot say how it will run on yours.
If loading stops, the game shows “Loading stopped. Check your connection and try again.” with a “Try again” button. If it cannot start at all, you will see “The game could not start.”
First check your connection and press “Try again”. Then make sure the same account is not open in another tab or on another device, because only one game can be open per account and opening a new one closes the earlier one. If it keeps failing, open a ticket from Support and tell us your browser and what you saw. You can attach a screenshot.
Your restaurant, level, coins and items are saved on the server, tied to your account, so you can pick up from another browser just by logging in.
The game saves by itself about once a minute and when the tab loses focus. If you reload with F5 or close the window abruptly, you can lose the last minute, including your latest collections. To leave calmly, press “Leave” and confirm.
The game stage has a fixed size of 760 x 600 and is scaled to fit your window, so on small screens it looks small.
The page header has an “Enlarge” button that shows the restaurant in a wide view inside the window, and “Shrink” takes you back. The game bar also has a full screen icon.
The original ran on Facebook. Here you do not need Facebook: you play with an account of your own, and progress from the Facebook game is not imported.
The game shows no promotions and no links to other games or to third parties.
And it is a beta. The garden, mail, gifts, ingredient trading and market, challenges, camera and random street are in the game but have not been checked in depth, so expect some rough edges.
Three steps and you're in.
From this home page. Each game opens at its own address, with its own start screen.
A quick sign-up inside the game. Your progress is saved on the server, not in your browser.
You play in your browser, with no Flash and no downloads, on a computer and, depending on the game, on your phone too.
Yes. This edition of Restaurant City opens in your browser with no Flash and no plugins. You create a free account, sign in and play in a normal tab. It is a beta, so some parts of the original game are not complete yet.
No. Restaurant City has no installer, no app and no APK. You only need an up-to-date browser, an internet connection and a free account at restaurantcity.fbgamesweb.com.
Chrome and Firefox are the browsers we have tested for Restaurant City. A desktop Safari was checked only in a simulated test environment and Edge has not been tested, so Chrome or Firefox are the safe choices.
In lab tests the first load of Restaurant City downloaded about 4.7 MB and took about 7 seconds at 9 Mbit/s and about 25 seconds at 2 Mbit/s. With the files in the cache it took about 1 second. Your own connection decides the real time.
Check your connection and press Try again when Restaurant City shows Loading stopped. Make sure your account is not open in another tab or on another device, since opening a second game closes the first. If it keeps failing, open a support ticket with your browser and a screenshot.
Yes, your restaurant is saved on the server, tied to your account. Restaurant City saves about once a minute and when the tab loses focus, so reloading or closing abruptly can lose up to a minute of work. Use Leave to exit calmly.
The Restaurant City stage has a fixed size of 760 x 600 and is scaled to your window, so it looks small on small screens. Use the Enlarge button in the page header to see the restaurant in a wide view inside the window.
No. Restaurant City on FB Games does not need Facebook, Flash or any other plugin. You play with an account of your own, and progress from the Facebook game is not imported.
It is the same kind of game, made by Playfish, but not the same service. This is an independent browser edition in beta, with accounts of its own, and its prices, rewards and timings are set by this server rather than by the original.
Brand notice: Restaurant City is an original game by Playfish (Electronic Arts). Facebook is a trademark of Meta Platforms, Inc. Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Edge belong to their respective owners. FB Games is an independent project and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Playfish, Electronic Arts, Facebook or Meta. This is a browser edition.
Creating an account takes a minute, and you play straight from your browser.