Papa's Pastaria 2.0

Warning: You need to have a program capable of running an SWF file to play this game. You can click here to find one such program right here on our website.

City and Theme Park building simulation games were pretty popular back in the 2000s, with a couple of them popping up every year. However, restaurant simulators were pretty rare, and even today, there aren't many games where you focus on serving the customers. It's a different story in Flash games, though. The Papa franchise has tons of entries that span a ton of different food types. Let's look at Papa's Pastaria.

To play Papa's Pastaria, simply run it with whatever SWF player you have.

The core gameplay is still the same, with some twists. After cooking the pasta, you have to shake the water clear of it as well - nobody likes wet pasta, after all. Everything else is nothing you haven't seen before, however.

The main change is the dining room, where you have to hire servers to help you bring orders from customers seated there. Otherwise, you won't really interact with it at all, which feels weird because it's just another layer of difficulty that feels artificial. Outside of that, though, it's still a great bit of core gameplay that still holds up well after six full years.

The series has been one of subtle enhancements, and Papa's Pastaria really embodies that. Outside of big gameplay changes, there are some tiny shifts such as better looking food and backgrounds. All in all, Papa's Pastaria is very much worth playing.