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Dr. Panda Restaurant – Education Game Review
Dr. Panda Restaurant is a Education/Family game from Dr. Panda Ltd, first launched in 1st September 2012.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 292+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Dr. Panda Restaurant Stand Out
Come to Dr. Panda’s Restaurant and cook delicious food for the animal guests!
In this app, kids will be introduced to cooking through fun and exciting mini-games. They will be exposed to a wide range of foods as Dr. Panda has a recipe book which contains 10 different dishes and drinks. Among many others, it includes pizza, apple pie, corn soup, Chinese wok and fruit milkshakes.
For kids, this game combines meal time with fun time, without any mess!
To prepare all of these delicious things, kids will complete varied activities such as slicing, frying, toasting, mixing and baking. Besides preparing and serving food, they will also have fun while feeding the animals, decorating the dining rooms, cleaning the tables, and recycling garbage.
KEY FEATURES
- 8 adorable animal guests to serve and feed
- Learn the basics of cooking with Dr. Panda’s 10 recipes
- Learn to help with the housework via 3 additional mini-games
- Touch & Discover: Fantastic artwork, fun animations and sounds
- Kid-Friendly: Easy-to-use interface and no reading required
- No third party advertisement or any in-app purchase
Privacy Policy
As a designer of kids’ games, we understand how important privacy is in this modern, digital world. You can read our privacy policy here: http://www.drpanda.com/privacy
About Dr. Panda
Dr. Panda is a developer of games for kids. We develop games with educational values that help kids learn about the world. All of our games are safe and do not contain inappropriate content.
If you’d like to know more about us and how we design games for kids, visit our website www.drpanda.com/about. If you have any questions, feel free to send us an email at [email protected] or contact us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/drpandagames) or Twitter (www.twitter.com/drpandagames) or Instagram (www.instagram.com/drpandagames).
This Education game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Dr. Panda Restaurant is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 29th September 2019
Recent improvements include:
- Dr. Panda Restaurant should now work properly on all iOS 13 devices
- We made some other improvements and fixed up the kitchen so everything should run smoother for everyone
Download & Availability
Dr. Panda Restaurant is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Dr. Panda Restaurant 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:
Hello, Im 12 years old and we remember loving this game as a kid. We still remember it right now. We still play some of your other games as well as this one. Its very nostalgic for us. Thanks for making this app. By the way, this is a good option for kids who want to learn how to make pizza or learn what it feels like to experience working at a pizzeria. Very creative.
Ive been going on a little nostalgia trip through the app store. All the Dr Panda games are incredibly nostalgic, but this one hit HARD. The second we opened the game and saw the little flashing sign we had to take a moment to breathe, Im not even kidding. We love this game. <3.
Our brother Bennett loves this game.
Im 24 years old and we really enjoy playing this game. Its also very educational for children as they learn how to cook, of course parents should always supervise. This game actually taught us how to make scrambled eggs! We like to add cheese in our eggs. The instructions are simple and very easy for small children to follow. The animals are cute, the music is pleasant, and the sounds are lovely. You can also wash the dishes and sort the garbage as well which teaches kids responsibility. You can cook stir fry, corn soup, chocolate parfait, smoothie, scrambled eggs, chocolate toast, apple pie, orange juice, gingerbread people, pizza, and chocolate fondue! Edit: There appears to be a sound bug when feeding the animals, they dont make the noises during and after theyve finished eating. But maybe its because Im using a newer model phone and the game, while its still functional, there might be a few sound effects missing. Im not sure.
This game is good to the point of us playing it 9 years after discovering it in 2013. Would recommend for kids, made our childhood that much more enjoyable.
This is an easy game to enjoy and its very cute. Adorable! Though we are eight and this is for 4 year olds, it is sweet. Kids really enjoy this game! P.S.we had this game when we were 2.
This is like a simplified version of cooking mama except you have animals come in with a set dish in mind instead of being able to choose dishes. Making them is easy too, and almost too easy. For example, we wish you could stir longer so that it could be more fun/ satisfying. Also, there could be a better variety of dishes. We didnt see that many salty dishes or meat/ seafood for that matter. Lots of sweets though. And when you cook theres really no room for error because the dishes come out perfectly no matter how you make them which is a shame. Washing dishes isnt that fun either after a couple times, so Im glad you can scroll down and skip that part. Not sure why you wash multiple dishes each time either because you only make one dish at a time. Overall fun, cute food game if not a bit bland.
Our 2-year-old loves this game, but if you enable Guided Access (the best/only way to let a toddler use a tablet) it becomes completely unresponsive. Like, completely frozen. Its a big problem.
Im 24 years old and we really enjoy playing this game. Its also very educational for children as they learn how to cook, of course parents should always supervise. This game actually taught us how to make scrambled eggs! We like to add cheese in our eggs. The instructions are simple and very easy for small children to follow. The animals are cute, the music is pleasant, and the sounds are lovely. You can also wash the dishes and sort the garbage as well which teaches kids responsibility. You can cook stir fry, corn soup, chocolate parfait, smoothie, scrambled eggs, chocolate toast, apple pie, orange juice, gingerbread people, pizza, and chocolate fondue.
We love the Dr Panda apps. Im a SLP in a school & a mom. Our kids & our students love these apps.
The food dishes look delicious.we wish we knew how to make em in real life.
This is perfect for kids who want to help in the kitchen but are to young. They can do a lot of different things, and if they are making a salad they learn the proper cutting technique. 5 stars. Just wonderful.
Childish and boring we hate this game.
Direct from our 6 year old daughter, Your games are so fun! We want to download all of them! She enjoys all her Dr. Panda games.
Our little one can't get her hands off.
Our two children love this game.
The best game ever we love this game it is a great game for a very cheap price By June.
It is so fun to play , and it teaches you how to cook.
Our daughter loves this game. It teaches cooking and serving. We highly recommend this app for anyone who likes cooking. There is no problems with any Dr. Panda games.
You can make the food and it is fun. The game never messes up.
Our seven years old granddaughter loves this game.
Our 6 and 4 year olds LOVE this game! It's so much fun and there's so much to do.
Wonderful game our 5 year old loves cooking.
All of the little ones in our household absolutely LOVE the game.
First of all, this game is not just for 5 year olds, it is also for adults. We own all of the Dr Panda games but this one is our favorite! The animation is amazing! After a long day at work, all want to do is curl up in our pjs and play this game! Is it just us or does everyone love the little elephant guy and the cat girl? The game is different from any game we have played because we makes you feel like you are actually there! So adults, buy this game for your kids (and for you!). As we end this review, one last thing we want to say is BUY THIS GAME.
3 year old loves it!! It's perfect for anytime, anywhere.
Our son loves this app, as well as Dr. Panda's Restaurant 2. This holds his interest even after playing extensively with other cooking apps.
Maybe if you turn the music off.
Our child loves most Panda games but this one is just a regurgitation of simple task like soaping and rinsing dishes, putting a bowl on top of a bowl shadow on a table, all levels are the same with slightly different backgrounds. Not worth the 1.99 no effort was made in distinguishing or creating any entertainment for children. Extremely disappointed.
Our daughter loves dr panda games but she said she did not like this one our daughter is 8.
We cant mess anything up and especially if this is for little kids then it should be able to mess up because babies dont know anything except how to pee and poop in there diapers.
Great app for very small children. Our 3 yr old loves this app. It's so simple for her to use without annoying adds. Improvement: add more dishes to prepare.
Our granddaughter loves it thats the first games she plays she is 2 years old.
Our 2-year-old daughter had the handyman dr. Panda app which she loved but this one has become number one. Seriously, this app is perfect for toddlers. There are just enough dishes for her to make and we like that she has to clean dishes as well. The app has made her realize that she can help in real life which has caused her favorite phrase to be "let us! Let us!" She helps us cook every night. Thank you.
Our two years old son love this app. We would like to have more dishes in this app.
We like this app but we would like for there to be more things to make.
Our three and a half year old loves this.
Such an interesting game! We really enjoy it.
We love this game it is super fun but it would load and we would play but then it didn't load. Or at least a think so. We would wait around 20 minutes for it to load and then we gave up. Later in we decided to try it and it worked. But now it's back to the game with the glitch.
Requires to rate. So here you go.
Dumb app hated it end of story ok? Feel the burn.
Annoying garbage that comes with no instructions. You're better off giving 2 dollars to a terrorist organization.
Doctor panda is one of the best games ever for our little girl.
Our son absolutely loves this game.
We love it it's so cool how you get to make all the food yourself we love washing the dishes yourself and anything. AND we LOVE IT just as much as we like.
Our 3 year old LOVES these Dr Panda titles, which is why Ive gotten all of em now. They present dozens of real world tasks and activities in the most intuitive and simple way Ive seen. From cooking scrambled eggs to helping get items off a shopping list at the supermarket. Theyre great learning. HIGHLY recommend.
Our granddaughter loves all the Doctor Panda apps.
Children can feed 8 adorable animal guests. Learn the basics of cooking with out knowing it, kid friendly, great graphics, this app also includes mini games. Dr. Panda has a recipe book which contains 10 different dishes and drinks. Among many others, it includes pizza, apple pie, corn soup, Chinese wok and fruit milkshakes. Our sons fav to make is the pizza. This app reminded us of cooking mama our son loves this game he was so excited to see it on his ipad this morning.
He plays it when his sis in dance.
This game is okay for our two-year-old. The only problem we have is that it does not have any sound compared to Dr. Panda Teach us. They should know the name of the food they are cooking. For example, if they are making a milkshake it should indicate or say it out loud for the child to understand. "Pour the milk into the blender, pick a fruit blueberry, kiwi, or strawberry. Then turn on the power to blend. ".
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 2.6
- Size: 187.02 MB
- iOS: 9.0 or later
- Languages: DA, NL, EN, FI, FR, DE, ID, IT, JA, KO, NB, PL, PT, RU, ZH, ES, SV, TH, ZH, TR
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: Dr. Panda Ltd
Last updated: 29th September 2019 | Genre: Education, Family | Developer: Dr. Panda Ltd