One Piece: Grand Gourmet Reviews
Soft-edged and endlessly approachable in true kairosoft fashion, ONE PIECE: Grand Gourmet shows real reverence for the franchise by embracing characters from three decades of the series — another IP success story following Doraemon Dorayaki Shop Story.
Review in Korean | Read full review
I have spent years reading One Piece and an unreasonable amount of time playing Kairosoft games, so this was always going to be an easy sell for me. If somebody announced One Piece: Tax Administration Story and told me Kairosoft was developing it, I would probably still want to try it once it releases. Thankfully, Grand Gourmet is more than a pile of references. The restaurant management is strong enough to stand on its own, while the One Piece material gives me even more reason to keep playing. It can get a little too crowded at times, but after all those Kairosoft games I played in 2021, this feels like the one I was waiting for.
One Piece: Grand Gourmet is a fun and lighthearted little treat for fans, though the colorful visuals and tasty dishes ultimately can't quite mask the game's repetitive nature.
Review in Dutch | Read full review
ONE PIECE: Grand Gourmet is exactly what it needed to be. It’s charming, fun, and as a massive fan of all things ONE PIECE, it feels like a game I’ve always dreamed of playing.
One Piece: Grand Gourmet brings the Straw Hat crew into the kitchen with genuine fan service and over four hundred characters to welcome to the table; however, in terms of gameplay, it merely rehashes the Kairosoft formula without taking any risks. With a design so clearly rooted in mobile gaming, it struggles to justify its price point on consoles, ultimately serving as a pleasant pastime aimed primarily at fans.
Review in Italian | Read full review
ONE PIECE: Grand Gourmet finds its own identity by transforming the Straw Hat Pirates' adventures into a management experience with creative ways of leveraging the characters' personalities, the importance of food, and the diversity of places and relationships that make up the universe created by Eiichiro Oda.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
ONE PIECE: Grand Gourmet cooks up a meal that satiates my hunger for a good management sim and keeps me coming back for more. While the game occasionally serves up more mechanics than I can comfortably digest, there’s still plenty of fun in building the restaurant up into a treasure trove for its guests. ONE PIECE: Grand Gourmet looks to be a feast for fans of One Piece and casual management-sim enthusiasts, although those looking for a truly cosy experience might find themselves with a little too much on their plate.
ONE PIECE: Grand Gourmet is a charming restaurant management game that shines through its collecting aspect, its many unlockable items, and its huge cast of familiar One Piece characters. Building up your own restaurant and constantly unlocking new content is genuinely fun, and the pixel look suits the relaxed pace well. However, the gameplay turns monotonous quite quickly: recurring tasks and a thin story run out of steam in longer sessions, and the concept at times feels like a mobile game that lacks depth and variety. If you enjoy collecting and want an uncomplicated game for short sessions, you can have a good time here, but it never fully lives up to its potential.
Review in German | Read full review
Running a restaurant with the One Piece crew proves to be an addictive management loop, with expeditions, character relationships and pixel art giving Grand Gourmet plenty of personality. Clumsy menus and localisation errors spoil the experience in places, but there's a satisfying business to build here.
ONE PIECE: Grand Gourmet is clearly designed for players who enjoy building up a restaurant, discovering dishes and seeing their favourite characters appear in a charming pixel art style. Unfortunately, the One Piece universe couldn’t save me this time. To me, the game feels too much like a mobile game, and the story failed to captivate me sufficiently. Goodness me, even with Sanji at the stove, I couldn’t quite stomach this meal. For fans of restaurant management games, this might be a tasty dish, but for me, the plate remains largely untouched.
Review in Dutch | Read full review
A generally light and fun mix of characters from the franchise, food, and management sim elements that works well
It’s a different kind of idea that more famous franchises should try. It was refreshing to see a lighthearted alternative in a saturated gaming market—a market that typically focuses solely on quick profits by leveraging well-known characters.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
ONE PIECE fans will find a fun time waster in Grand Gourmet. It’s got excellent visuals and it stays very much true to the long-running pirate series; a casual game that will burn up precious time if you so need it gone.
Capturing the world of One Piece in a restaurant building game is a challenge; however, it was executed flawlessly and everyone is fully identifiable with their manga counterpart. It can definitely feel overwhelming in the late game and gets more repetitive with the actions, but the game is charming and an entertaining experience for fans. An experience that is best suited for people who are caught up with the anime with some of the best pixel art food I've seen in a game.
One Piece: Grand Gourmet delivers a bittersweet experience packed with fan service. The idea of managing Sanji's restaurant and interacting with over 400 pixel-art characters works remarkably well, guaranteeing hours of fun. However, the rigid, mobile-inherited interface and technical flaws weigh down the experience. If you are a fan of One Piece looking for a casual simulator, the journey is well worth it, especially on the Nintendo Switch 2, which offers the best usability for the title.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
One Piece: Grand Gourmet is one of the coolest ideas ever brought to life in the world of anime-based games. After all, what One Piece fan hasn't dreamed of running their own Baratie? With gorgeous pixel art, highly satisfying progression and gameplay systems, and tons upon tons of content, this game deserves a Michelin star, both for Oda's devoted followers and anyone who loves the Straw Hat Pirates.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
One Piece: Grand Gourmet takes the best parts of Kairosoft’s game design and One Piece’s neverending world and combines them into a truly delightful dish. Aside from a couple of small translation trip-ups, the game is a blast to take in. As someone who’s loved One Piece for almost as long as I’ve been alive, I've been pleasantly surprised by this and have struggled to put it down. Kairosoft gets what makes a sim game truly fun, and it mixes that fun with the whimsy and silliness of One Piece in a brilliant way.
"A Different Kind of Experience in the World of One Piece" ONE PIECE: Grand Gourmet offers an enjoyable restaurant management experience for fans of the series, leveraging a diverse cast of characters, a wide array of recipes and decorations, and a distinctive pixel-art style. However, the simplicity of the narrative, limited strategic depth, and certain technical and audio shortcomings hold back its full potential. Consequently, it is better suited for fans of casual management games than for those seeking an in-depth simulation or a robust, story-driven adventure.
Review in Arabic | Read full review