Last updated on February 6th, 2026 at 06:20 am
Penguin Diner 3D: Cooking Game – Family Game Review
Penguin Diner 3D: Cooking Game is a Family/Casual game from Bigwig Media Ltd, first launched in 9th October 2014.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 1,106+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Penguin Diner 3D: Cooking Game Stand Out
Penguin Diner 3D is a bigger, cuter, deeper sequel to the smash hit web originals: Penguin Diner and Penguin Diner 2!
The Penguin Diner games are super-fun and addictive time management games for all ages and the Penguin Diner 3D game for iOS is the best of the bunch.
Penny the Penguin and her tribe are, once again, lost in the Great Antarctic. They stumble upon a vast, beautiful glacier — their new home! Help Penny and her friends, run their cool diners and feed some very cute, but very hungry penguins.
- Pick your own adorable penguin character and get serving through 3 fabulous diners.
- Get daily surprises, free boosters and bonuses galore!
- Complete exciting daily challenges — that will keep you on your toes!
- Decorate the diner and keep your penguin customers happy and coming back for more
- Dress-up your penguin in the latest 'chick' styles
Game Features:
- 90+ exciting levels of non-stop fun
- Cute 3D penguin characters in a beautiful 3D ice-world
- Clever boosters to help up your game
- Replay levels to improve your score and earn more coins
- Continuous updates with more levels and features
- Unlock cool achievements in the Game Center
Please note that this game is free to play but some items require in-app purchases – which can be bought for real money.
Thanks for playing Penguin Diner 3D. We hope you enjoy playing it!
Please follow us on Facebook >> http://goo.gl/UHJHF8 and Twitter >> http://goo.gl/czd1tD to get the latest updates!
This Family game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Penguin Diner 3D: Cooking Game is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 10th January 2023
Recent improvements include:
Happy new year everyone!
We hope you're having a great start to the year, here's an update from our end where we've added:
- Stability improvements
- Bug fixes
- iPad optimizations
Have a great one!
Download & Availability
Penguin Diner 3D: Cooking Game is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Penguin Diner 3D: Cooking Game on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
This game is our childhood we loved it when you played it on the computer then you could play it on your phone and now they have upgraded it Im so excited we love this game.
This app will get more likes Suggestions: Add more food like Iceberg lettuce or piping hot salad. Open penguin city! Add more restaurants like foos, shahs, and jeans. Give us a 5,000*3 Gems in this next update! More penguins that come. Add another special Food Called: rainbow Sushi boat: 30 Coins A drink special Called: Green Icy Lemonade: 5 Gems You should add this stuff.
So good, divorced our wife for this game.
How about a daily reward every time we players come back to play the game, it would be really appreciated.
We know this is a lot of fun but, the latest update was 2 years ago and Im sad, we really want a new update so can you please update the game.
When played 1 an 2 we thought they wasnt making 3 its fun like the old 1 an 2 when we beat this one hopefully developer makes 4.
We love this game if you think it is short the download the other ones.
So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool So cool :3.
Love this new Modern version of the game but really miss the little tune that used to play in the background in the original game ADD IT BACK.
This is an amazing game over all! Its addicting and we love everything about it other than the crystal part its hard to earn crystals and everything is so expensive but other than that we really wish you would continue this game as well as updates and Id really like if you make more of these penguin diners Ive played them all.
Just a Steele town girl on a saturday night, looking for the fight of her life In the real time world no one sees her at all They all say shes craaaaaaaazy Shes a maniac maniac on the floor And shes dancing like shes never danced befoooooore.
It feels cheaply made things move slower then the original. Im not a fan of the double clicks youre able to do on a customer or order. The silence is very awkward to.
We loveddd this game when we were little, and now that Im older we play it when we have nothing else to do. Gems are very hard to obtain unless you pay for them, which is disappointing especially since the target audience is likely kids. Its still a good quality game.
Please make diamonds more attainable. It is impossible to progress regularly when everything we need to pay for in game requires an insane amount of diamonds. We also have a lot more cash than we can even spend.
The first game was awesome, unfortunately too little to expand or buy. The second game is very similar and a little too easy. This game unfortunately has fallen prey to in app purchases, many challenges are impossible without purchasing gems for items like dishes and extra tables. However it looks like a longer and more expansive game, which is exciting but how much cash money are you willing to spend to get there.
So first off, we love this game! So cute and rly fun we found it from penguin diner (the non 3d one) also super fun btw!! Well anyways, we were playing and Im on the seventh level of the first diner. In order to get three stars in the level we need to get the lobster dish, we didnt have enough crystals so we bought the starter pack with 1000 crystals and some other things for 4.99. We went back into the game and was going to get the lobster dish but our crystals were still at their original amount and we hadnt gotten any of the other things. We did buy the pack, but it was working. We found the load purchases button thing on the main page of the game but it kept saying it wasnt working. If you could get back to us quick because we love the game and want to continue playing but we need the crystals . Again, love the game, but these technical issues should be addressed because we want to get our moneys worth and we dont want any other players to have this same issues. So we dont know what you mean by add more info??? We cant rly take screenshots? We purchased the pack with like 1000 gems and like the walrus the tv and a table and some other things came with it for 4.99 total so we bought it but it never came thru and we clicked the refresh purchases and it still didnt work even after trying multiple times (said refreshing purchases failed) we really dont know how to give you more information there was so like glitches in the gameplay we just never got our purchase. Even though we one hundred percent bought it and everything really upset honestly bc we loved this game and now we js wasted five bucks on it for it to not even work.
Its fun like the classic, but the upgrade system is completely broken. Destroying the game by forcing you to purchase gems.
The game has potential dont get us wrong , but why give challenges that require you to use diamonds that cannot be earned in the game? It only gives us an option to BUY diamonds not counting the 1 minute ad you could voluntarily watch for just two diamonds!!! We mean come on who would want to play a game that has you watching more ads than playing the actual thing.
This game is so fun because it adds more to the original penguin diners, but theres some things that need changing for it to be better. Our first complaint is that its literally IMPOSSIBLE to earn enough gems for the upgrades that are necessary at every restaurant, our next complaint is that the game ends quickly. Theres only 3 restaurants that you get through pretty quick, so its not even worth it to buy gems because the game doesnt go on. It was fun, but the longer it takes to build more restaurants, the more uninterested we are. If you want people to actually spend money on the game and make it worth it, create more restaurants. Overall game is fun but it ends quick & its too hard to move on if you dont spend real money.
We want to echo the difficulty others have expressed with acquiring gems. However, our biggest complaint is how glitchy this app is. Ive gotten stuck on loading screens several times. Our last straw was when it got stuck on an ad (we were trying to earn some gems). The ad wouldnt load, got stuck on one screen, and didnt have an option to exit. This ultimately made the game unplayable. Bummer because Im a big fan of all other penguin diner games.
The game is relatively fun, but not nearly as much as the other games. Im stuck now because we cant play further because we dont have enough stars, but thats because some challenges that will give you the star require that you buy upgrades. However its impossible to buy these upgrades if you dont have enough crystals and you cant get more crystals because you cant complete the challenges. Youre essentially stuck in a loop. Problem could be fixed if the upgrades were made cheaper or there was an option to watch ads to gain crystals at any point you want. Some of us dont have the option to buy more crystals with real money.
How can we play it wont download to our iPhone.
We love this game a ton, we used to play it when we were in middle school and recently redownloaded it, its super easy and really cute but it feels like one of those pay to win games. With certain levels early on, the challenges require items you need to spend gems on, people say you could grind for the gems but the game wont let you progress until you get a certain amount of stars which means you kinda HAVE to buy gems to progress. Still pretty fun but we dont like that you have to spend actual money to play past level 10 lol.
Too difficult to earn diamonds should be daily rewards. And also the app freezes a lot especially after watching an ad to earn free diamonds smh.
This sequel is definitely cuter and deeper. But is it just us whose phone burns up after three levels, even if it can run other detailed games like Animal Jam without that happening so quickly.
Ive loved Penguin Diner games ever since we played the first one when it was the only game out out of the three. What kept us playing the first game was the super satisfying sounds of the skates, customers, plates, etc. The story also kept us entertained. And to top it all off, it was free!! With Penguin Diner 3, the satisfying sounds are all there, and we love that they are. However, the problem is that, like many, many other reviews have been saying, the game is very much a Pay 2 Play. Its very difficult to get enough gems/diamonds to be able to afford upgrades that are vital in helping you beat challenges that give you MORE gems. Of course, you can watch ads, but they only give you 2 for each ad you watch. Even the challenges themselves only usually give 6 gems (we say usually because they sometimes give outfit stuff instead). And the majority of the upgrades cost 30 gems and up. So, coins, another currency in the game, isnt a problem, the gems are. Another problem, which kinda ties back to the other problem, is that you have to beat challenges to get the third star in a game day (you get 2 stars for getting to the expert level amount of income for that day). And since you cant beat challenges w/o gems, you cant advance forward because at some point, the game requires you to have a specific amount of stars to play the next day. The only way to do that is with upgrades that require 30+ gems which we dont get easily. To get them, you have to watch A LOT of ads that, like we said before, only give 2 gems each. To sum everything up, this game has a lot of potential. Its fun and satisfying, but you have to Pay 2 Play. Unfortunately, we would ultimately say that its a waste of your time if you arent looking to spend money/watch ads for gems.
Crashes on launch immediately on latest software ios.
When we first got the game, we had the older version. (The first version) and later on it was like rlly fun we saw the recommendation and we were a lil sketchy but we got it either way. Best idea Ive had in years! Its super duper fun and its A LOT more detailed than the first version. We definitely recommend getting it. Unlike other people we never really worry about the gems or coins. That might be cause we just got the game but otherwise we dont really have any bad stuff to talk about the game! Its so fun so definitely get it if you want a more detailed version of the game. Its also a bit funner than the other game since you can customize your penguin.
This is a very fun game however you need stars to move to the next days, and to get those extra stars you have to purchase stuff that are ridiculously expensive, it wont let you progress if you dont. So pls lower the amount of stars needed to move onto the next day 3/5 honestly we dont recommend.
This game is so much fun and we love penguins., but how is a person suppose to complete the challenges if you not given the tools to complete them for example the lobster challenge if no one orders the lobster how do you complete the challenge another example the couples, if theres no couples you cant complete that challenge either and its impossible to serve 5 to 6 drinks in a row most of these challenges are impossible to complete and you cant move to the next stage because you havent earned enough stars which is not told to you but you figure it out. Great game just needs a little tweaking. Thank you.
You have to pay or watch ads to get crystals and complete challenges or get upgrades. Makes it kinda pointless unless you dont want to upgrade or have 3 stars.
This made our day when we finally saw an update. We thought it was never gonna get worked on again. This is so nostalgic since the last time we played was a year ago. We can finally get the required items for challenges that needed lots of diamonds without watching adsI love it!! Ill definitely stay tuned for the next chapter. Thanks for updating the game.
L remember playing this game when we were 9 and we loved it. 15 now and we still like playing it.
Very happy, colorful and fun game! Ive been playing Penguin Diner games since they first came out on computers. Loveem.
Well we love the charecters and game! But….when u get all the boosts why are there no more new ones? Like the skates? And the tv? Hmmm. So Im asking for the creators to fix it! P.S /if u fix them we will rate this game 5 stars .
We havent played this since we were little Im 21 now and Im so glad its on mobile we love this game.
We have an idea for a new penguin diner game penguin 4 city diner and it will have the same graphics as the first 2 games and each diner will have 15 days to work at until you move to the next restaurant and there will be 5 restaurants and you have 15 days to work there Plz make this a game we would love it if you did plz Im begging you.
Chose this version because of the cute 3D graphics and wasnt disappointed! Also, just as challenging and fast-paced as traditional Diner Dash.
Flawless little gem we had to try since the first penguin diner became and instant fave! Somehow we like the fact that these games dont have music its oddly fitting and nostalgic! 5/5.
We tried to hit the purchase button at least to see the price it didnt let us but its still a great game.
This game is really fun you should definitely get it!!!!! We loved it.
This is a really cute game, we must say! The animation is so flowing, and not choppy (besides the beaks, but thats not too bad), the story doesnt make too much sense, but the gameplay seems to make up for that. We wonder if Penguin City will help with the story any. Besides minor inconveniences, like upgrades being a bit costly, this is a wonderful game that seems to be better made for mobile than PC, which we love! Finally, we can easily play Penguin Diner on mobile :D Keep doing wonderful work BigWig.
We love this game! 1. Its free 2. Super cute 3. It challenging!! And some of it we wish for more. But we love it still! GET IT! You wont regret it.
Very good game but the diamonds its very long time to get them but nice game.
We loved playing the normal PenguinDiner2 and when we saw this we had to get it it keeps be busy and our brain thinking on how to complete each of its special challenges to get the extra prize! Its cute and family friendly for sure. The only tiny minor thing is you need gems to get the upgrades and that was a little annoying but its still fun anyway.
This is one of our childhood games and we are so glad to be able to play it again. We love how its in 3-D and we love how it went so smoothly. Its a great game.
Im just starting to play this game but so far we really like it. The little penguins are so cute.
We think its a great game and it being free makes it even better.
Ive always loved this game! This one is our favorite out of the three.
Super fun, like diner dash but with cute penguins! Challenges are fun! Its in our top 3 favorite games.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.9.2
- Size: 118.46 MB
- iOS: 11.0 or later
- Languages: CA, EN, FR, DE, JA, KO, ZH, ES
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: Bigwig Media Ltd
Last updated: 10th January 2023 | Genre: Family, Casual | Developer: Bigwig Media Ltd