I would like to discuss some ideas for a Dine Out pack refresh!Restaurants on residential lotsWe can‘t play a story where the restaurant is on the ground floor and your Sim is living above it. In Sims 2 it has been possible to open up a store/ restaurant on your home lot. Sims could live at a lot while simultaneously have it be a restaurant. This feature would be a huge game changer.Play as the chef, family-run restaurantsPeople were disappointed that you can‘t play the chef in Dine Out. You‘re basically the restaurant manager, but can‘t play the chef and cook food at your own restaurant. Also you should be able to employ Sims from your own household to make it a family-run business. Right now you can only employ NPCs outside of household.BIGGER aquariumsDine Out introduced aquariums. I would like to see a big aquarium returning in a Dine Out refresh. Even Sims FreePlay has a giant aquarium. You should be able to put your own fish inside, like the other aquariums.https://thumbs.modthesims2.com/img/7/3/7/5/8/2/8/MTS_simsi45-1841776-AquaboxThumbnail.jpgNectar making (Wine making)Sims should be able to make the wine that is served at the restaurant. In most previous Sims games you could press your own wine. This has been a popular request to be brought back into the game and Dine Out would be a perfect fit since it already has wine/nectar, but no wine pressing from harvestables.http://simswiki.info/images/thumb/5/5f/NectarSquishingFruit.jpg/300px-NectarSquishingFruit.jpgWhat are your ideas for a Dine Out refresh? List your ideas below!

absolutely play as chef.its so dumb that the person who owns the restaurant can't run it by themself doing all the jobs so i really never manage restaurants i just visit themalso i would like to set customer limits not by amount of seats but by whatever i freaking want because places get overcrowded so easily and my sims romantic dates are no longer romantic i just want to make a quiet vibey place pleasealso i would like if my sims could apply for job in restaurants without having to own them too! like if restaurant exists why can't my sims work in itand id like if i didn't need to put down the specific chef station and waiter station and such to be able to have restaurant but thats probably too much so maybe just versions of those to better suit old antiqued buildsand id like if i could have casual fastfood places without fancy host station too <:DI would also absolutely love sushi belt though idk how complicated that be but just for neon east vibesI would like to have new lot types so i can put multiple lot types on same lot (like if for example i wanted restaurant and nightclub thats a choice... or if later we have hotels then it'd come handy for that too... or yes absolutely restaurant+residential)aaand id like to be able to run a bar. only a bar. with no restaurant side. that be neat.oh and maybe we could have some 50s diner vibes with couple new objects?that would be stunning

Also the cooking pot that we got from snowy escape also high chairs for toddlers or maybe a bossier seat.

I like those ideas, and with new aspirations given in spa day it gives me hope that there could be a owning a restaurant based aspiration as well. Honestly, I usually never end up exploring any aspect of the game if there's not an aspiration attached to it, so I've literally never even tried to own a restaurant, especially since, as you pointed out, you can't own a restaurant and be the chef there, so it's not even really good for the master chef aspiration, where you need to join the culinary career. Owning your own restaurant on the side could be feasible and help with completing that one, but again, only if you can actually be the chef lol.

I would love a Sims 4 parody of McDonald's, KFC, A & W, DQ, Tim Hortons, Boston Pizza, Swiss Chalet, Robins, Steak House, etc, etc.

More aquariums and a BG update for care aquariums like in the past game like "feed" or "clean", but now with options for upgrade like thermostat, filter or automatic feeder. For bigger aquariums, it will be not necessary.New appliances can include the pizza oven and the deep fryer from TS3 Store. I don't think that the nectar making will be released as part of this refresh, but I think it can be included with another refresh like Jungle Adventure.

Dine Out - Pack Refresh Ideas by Community

Bluebutterflie2
4 years ago
The ability to take toddlers to restaurants would be good and opening and closing times.
Zenionith
4 years ago
"Simzilla_7;c-17983211" wrote:
The ability to take toddlers to restaurants would be good and opening and closing times.

Great ideas!
daFigg
4 years ago
Fast foods, food trucks (like @StrawberryYogurt said, one you can place in inventory and then set up anywhere).

More cuisines, ability to manage and have family as "workers" – do a family ran business.

Franchising options – start with one restaurant and grow as the popularity goes up.

I don't own the Dine Out pack because of the bugs people are reporting and it just not having enough. I would totally buy it if they do a refresh.
Redrogue60
Seasoned Hotshot
3 years ago
"LeGardePourpre;c-18010474" wrote:
I would like to add :

Set the table (GP05 Parenthood)
Free entertainment (NPC musician, comedian, DJ)
Teppanyaki Grill (Japanese restaurant)

https://na.lvlt.sims3store.cdn.ea.com/u/f/sims/sims3/sims3store/objects/JapaneseDining_SET/Thumbnail_688x336.jpg

I'd like a sushi counter too because most of those Japanese teppanyaki places have them plus if you want to make it just a sushi bar you could
Zenionith
3 years ago
I really want a huge 1-story aquarium like in Sims 2.
https://thumbs.modthesims2.com/img/7/3/7/5/8/2/8/MTS_simsi45-1841776-AquaboxThumbnail.jpg
Deafsimmer
3 years ago
Toddlers should be allowed at restaurants instead of being forced to go to daycare.

More appliances, like a pizza oven and a sushi station.

All-you-can-eat buffet bars.
mcgriddlegirl
3 years ago
What they need to do is fix the bugs. I always have problems with this pack, especially the chefs. They'll stand outside the restaurant and wont cook. Patrons will leave before they've finished, or will get frustrated and give low ratings over things that are caused by glitches.
Ice_431997
New Spectator
4 years ago
A lot of bug fixed and alot more menu. Pizza Oven! Fryer! Let me play as chef! let waiter as past time job option! Please let us open restaurant at our house lot!
ellengeohall
4 years ago
I would really like to see more detailed restaurant types added into the game, whilst we have a few options they don’t really effect gameplay or have any consequences for example if I want to run a really run down diner it’s fairly easy to progress to a 5 star restaurant. It would be nice for there to be more options for example having the dine out experience in a Cafe/Bakery where your sims can dine in etc, whilst I appreciate we have other packs that have these lot types they don’t offer the same interactions. Also having the ability to live and run within the restaurant as mentioned I would love for my Sims to have the choice if they want to be culinary or business based in the running of the restaurants which would be great for different types of gameplay for example a couple running a restaurant or a family.
Jyotai
4 years ago
I'd like to see something that is a bit of a refresh for a couple of related packs / EPs here.

More mixed venues.

I'd like to be able to place a restaurant, retail, cafe, lounge, movie theater, bowling alley, and whatever the Eco things that lets traders sell goods - all in the same lot and have things like clubs and dining out events be able to recognize all of the various elements when selecting where to go for an event.

Right now I can place them all - but clubs will only pick the spot if it's the right one of them for a lot type, likewise dates and other events. And retail and the 'eco EP' traders simply can't be on the same lot at all.

So that's my "refresh idea" - and it hits all of these.

I just want all this stuff to 'work together more' for those of us that have bought more of if not all of it.