Most Popular Sims 4 Restaurant Mods

The Sims 4 has an incredible and active community supporting various modifications that take the gaming experience up to another level. I know how this can be overwhelming, especially if you’re looking for a specific type of mod, like restaurant mods, for the game. Here, we have collected the best Sims 4 restaurant mods and created the overview below. Let us know if you think that we’ve missed any noteworthy restaurant mod. Don’t forget that most of the mods included in this list require the Dine Out EP.

Are you interested in downloading more exciting mods and custom content for Sims 4? Check out our Mega Guide on The Sims 4 Mods and CC for detailed information about everything you need to know about these awesome creations that make the gameplay more enjoyable. But before that, here are the best Sims 4 restaurant mods. Enjoy!

Sims 4 Restaurant Mods To Have in 2020

More Drinks For Kids Mod

I have added a new feature for my Sims 4 Family Management Cheats mod: Extended Family Recognition! Now your Sims' extended family members throughout the whole family tree can be recognized! (Well, up to a certain depth level, there had to be a limit.) All relatives will get a 'Family' relationship bit that can be seen in the relationship panel. Sims 4 Genealogy. Genealogy is a valuable tool that keeps the track of complex relations of Sims. Genealogy has the details of every generation of Sims. You can watch your Sims Family History. This Includes Father, Mother, Grandparents, Step Relations, etc. You can access Genealogy in Simology Panel. Sims 4 Plum Tree App. However, you cannot add cousins, uncles, aunts, grandchildren or grandparents yet. This mod allows you to add those relationships! I use it to add cousins since the game only recognizes first cousins in the relationship panel by default. To use the mod, click on the desired sim and click on the Set Family Relationships Menu.

This extension by K9DB is a go-to for everyone wondering how to make more drink options available for kids and make them get the buff benefits from. Drinks can be downloaded in a bundle or separately. With over 50,000 downloads at ModTheSims, the More Drinks For Kids Mod is one of the most popular modifications in the community and the most popular restaurant mod I could find! The mod and more information are available here.

More Realistic Restaurant Mod

Many of you were asking me how to have more realistic conditions for restaurants in The Sims 4. Guys, this is the absolutely right modification for you. It is just the second mod by Krizz.88, but it is a really great one. Why? Well, for one, this mod adds more realistic gameplay for restaurants, such as defined opening hours and realistic prices of meals depending on the food quality. Exciting, right? Here’s more: the packages can be used separately or all together. To download this fun mod and see more information, just go to this page.

Hire One Additional Host Mod

I’ve always wanted to hire two hosts for my restaurant, but this is not allowed in The Sims 4 Dine Out game pack. Fortunately, Lindseyy developed a restaurant mod that grants my game wish – the Hire One Additional Host Mod. Of course, you need the TS4 Dine Out game pack for this to work. As soon as you have this in your gameplay, you can then hire another host for your restaurant once you have obtained enough perk points. You may download the file and find further information here.

Waiter Career (Part Time) Mod

The Waiter Career (Part Time) Mod is the absolutely perfect extension for you if you have at any point wondered how to have part-time jobs for waiters available in the game. The awesome modification by “Marduc_Plays” includes three career levels:

• Coffee Refiller
• Tray Carrier
• Receptionist

You may download the file and find further information here.

Hire Who Ever You Want Mod

One amazing mod that you’ll definitely enjoy if you have the Dine Out expansion pack is the Hire Who Ever mod. You want to avoid spending time and money, improving your employee skills? Then this creation by PolarBearSims, who is actually one of the most active mod makers in the community, is perfect for you. With this mod, your Sims can have the option to hire skilled employees for your restaurant. The download link and more information are available at this site.

Up To 6 Waiters Mod

I never understood why EA didn’t think of this on their own. With the possibility to hire more than three waiters added into the game, this is an extension for Sims “thinking big” when running a restaurant. The Up To 6 Waiters Mod is another very popular mod widely used in the community. And speaking for myself, all in all, this is surely one of the mods that I am using really a lot and thus cannot be missed in this list! For downloading the mod – which was created by Rbarkah – and for more info simply go to this page.

Hire Teen for Restaurant Mod

The Hire Teen for Restaurant Mod is definitely the perfect extension for you if you want to hire teens in your restaurant. A fun creation by C821118, this extension adds the option to employ teens in the game. Note, however, that this is tuning mod, overriding certain resources of the game. And if you have the Hire Who Ever mod installed, some conflicts can be expected. So either this or that – you can’t have them both. The Hire Teen for Restaurant Mod and more info are available here.

Restaurant and Vet Level 10 Mod

The Restaurant and Vet Level 10 Mod is one of the most promising modifications that I’ve tried. I have this extension installed on my computer, and let me tell you – it is making everything much easier! You should certainly try it too! This creation by kou makes everyone you employ is by the standard at the highest skill level. Download and see further resources following this link

Arcadia Greens Restaurant

This is not really a mod. Nevertheless, I wanted to include it on the list as I really love this creation. Perfect for all of you out there loving the neo-futuristic style, this restaurant presents a great atmosphere and futuristic vibe. Plus, it offers all the experimental dishes in the game. The download link and more information are available at this site.

Retail and Restaurant Higher Prices

Having more realistic pricings in The Sims 4 is something that has been in the wishlist of many ‘Simmers’ out there. One solution to that is this creation by kou. The extension adds higher markups for restaurants and makes the game more realistic. I like this extension, as it allows you to run a restaurant while generating a good income. Some may consider it cheating but I think it is really just about being more authentic. For downloading the modification and more details, just go to this page.

Asian Restaurant

Also included in this list is this Asian Restaurant designed by Moscowlyly. Note that this is not really a mod, but it definitely is something that you should have in your inventory if you are a fan of Asian cuisine. It’s the kind of The Sims 4 custom content worth trying! The Asian Restaurant and more info are available here.

We play EA’s Sims 4 to experience a detailed simulation of human life.

It’s fun to watch the wacky situations our sim counterparts get themselves into… or the situations we force onto them for our amusement.

But The Sims contrasts substantially with human life in its cartoonish nature. Everything is funny, absurd, and sims just take everything as lightly as possible. For them, life is simple.

Well not anymore! Thanks to the tireless work of some amazing modders, we can re-introduce some of the more nuanced aspects of human life into the game, increasing the simulation’s complexity and often making everything just a little bit darker, grittier… more real.

For anyone interested in making their Sims experience as real as it can be, here are the some awesome mods for increased realism.

20. Realistic Reactions

Have you ever been cheated on?

Hopefully not, but let me tell you it isn’t chill.

For this reason I always found it unrealistic that sims would just get angry at their cheating spouse for a little bit before returning to normal, at least whenever infidelity was actually discovered.

Creator Scaldwellhu agrees. And they made a mod to make cheating as big a deal as it usually is in real life.

Now couples will be devastated by the event, and it’ll take a lot of work to get things back in order. Even the kids will feel upset when their parents are in this situation!

19. Miscarriage Chance

Pregnancy is a beautiful process. But sometimes there are complications, and that’s just a fact of life.

This mod by LittleMsSam introduces a slight chance that one morning, a pregnant Sim may wake up with cramps and abdominal pain, prompting them to go to the hospital.

While sometimes they’ll come back with a healthy baby and make everyone in the household relieved, more often than not they’ll return with dark news despite the doctor’s best efforts.

It’s sad, it’s dark, and it’s incredibly realistic.

Now on the flip side, if you want pregnancy custom content that’s a bit more light-hearted take a peek at our pregnancy mods list. Not as much realism, but a whole lotta fun in there.

18. Pregnancy Overhaul Mod

Creator LittleMsSam doesn’t just want to put a damper on your reproductive fun.

She just strives for realism, which we can find in her Pregnancy Overhaul Mod.

Not only does it replace the absurd pregnant belly size found in vanilla for something more anatomically correct, but it removes the exaggerated pregnant walking animation as well.

It also lets expecting sims continue practicing yoga, swimming, and other such activities up to the beginning of their third trimester, as is normal for would-be-moms in real life(which I had to Google to confirm, I mean I’ve never been pregnant so…)

17. Risky Woohoo & Try For Baby Chances

Normally you can actively choose whether you want a sim to have safe Woohoo with a partner, or outright try for a baby and get them pregnant.

But that’s not quite how it works in real life.

Modder PolarBearSims came up with some tweaks to make the Woohoo experience more immersive by replacing it with Risky Woohoo, and implementing a complex fertility system affecting all sims.

Depending on their fertility levels, location of the encounter, and some other factors, some sims will have more of a chance of becoming pregnant accidentally than others. Sims may also become infertile, requiring them to get fertility treatments to actually get pregnant. If that isn’t real, I don’t know what is.

16. More Best Friends

I’ve never been able to give a definitive answer when someone asks who my best friend is.

I would never be able to pick just one. They’re all key parts of my life!

Thanks to creator LittleMsSam, your sims won’t have to pick just one either.

Now the “become best friends” interaction will have a 30-minute cooldown rather than a one-time use, allowing you to create inseparable squads of Sim besties.

15. SNB – Sim National Bank

The way money and bills work in The Sims 4 is pretty basic for a game made for simulating human life.

Sim National Bank by SimRealist is an in-depth mod that endeavors to overhaul the financial system in TS4, letting sims manage bank accounts, take out loans, pay their bills individually, and so on.

Quite honestly, this is one of the most realism-enhancing mods I’ve ever seen.

But only the most hardcore players will actually have fun introducing accounting into their sim lives, which is why I don’t place it higher in this ranking.

But let it be known, this mod is exceptionally realistic.

14. Personality Please!

Sims are notoriously less complicated than humans. They take life one day at a time and often choose what feels right in the moment, rather than what makes sense in the long run.

Personality Please! by PolarBearSims is a mostly romance-centric rework that makes Sims considerably less promiscuous by making traits, aspirations, and past events greatly affect their relationships with other sims.

Now they’ll actually need to be compatible if you want them to get down and dirty.

Other than that, the mod also gives cats and dogs more varied personalities, and sims can learn traits and choose careers just from having deep conversations with others. How cool!

13. Automatic Beards

Ever since I turned 14 years old, my ever-growing beard has been an important part of my life.

Every morning I decide whether or not to shave, and the choice has important ramifications on how my life plays out. The same should be true of our digital friends.

This mod makes sim beards grow automatically over time, requiring constant shaving. Unless you want your sim to become Gandalf the Grey, that is.

12. SimDa Dating App

Dating and finding partners is astoundingly easy in Sims 4 compared to real life. Which is why we needed dating apps, and they don’t – until now.

The SimDa Dating App by LittleMsSam works a lot like a streamlined version of Tinder, allowing your sims to schedule meetings, set up blind dates, or simply call somebody over for a one night stand.

Each of these interactions has its own interesting features and possibilities.

You can start relationships, have some fun… and even get someone pregnant by accident. Just like real life!

11. The Explore Mod

While there’s a lot of places to visit and activities to enjoy in The Sims 4, there’s always room for some improvement.

And more autonomy is always good.

The Explore Mod by KawaiiStacie lets your Sims go out and explore the world autonomously, either alone or with friends.

They’ll have adventures, gain skills, meet people, and maybe even change their world view!

The Sims 4 Extended Family Mod

This mod adds several entertaining activities like gambling, getting your nails done, doing temporary work for an extra buck, and even going out to get takeout if you’re too lazy to cook. All very realistic and very immersive.

10. Height Slider

One of the most frustrating and unrealistic things in the game is how every sim is exactly the same height as others of the same age group.

Well thanks to this mod by creator Luumia, you’ll be able to give your sims different heights through a slider in CAS.

Everything else will, of course, scale proportionately to height.

As a bonus, Luumia included a hip shape slider and neck length variation for even more Sim variety.

9. Extreme Violence

The world is a very violent place, and even peaceful suburban areas like see their fair share of violence from time to time.

Extreme Violence by Sacrificial Mods adds the possibility for wrongdoing sims to attack others in a wide variety of ways.

Shooting them with machine guns, cracking their necks, chopping them up with a machete, and even crushing their skulls by sitting on them are only some examples.

I mean, I guess it’s realistic?

Not only does it add the acts in themselves, but a bunch of added functionality revolving around them, like the possibility for sims to acquire the Serial Killer trait, or paying a gang to off someone your Sim doesn’t like. Yikes!

8. Meaningful Stories

Sims don’t take life too seriously, and they’re incredibly fickle.

They may be completely devastated by the death of their pet one moment, then ecstatic because they watched a good movie the next with no in-between.

This mod by Roburky reworks the mood and emotion systems to make them more nuanced and realistic.

A depressed sim will need time and help from their friends to get out of a rut, and something like a first kiss will make them feel happy like never before.

Transitions between emotions also take time, and there are transitional periods when they’re feeling a bit of everything.

7. Passionate Romance

The romance system in vanilla TS4 is pretty basic.

You can flirt, go on dates, Woohoo and get married, but it never really feels like a relationship.

Passionate Romance by Sacrificial Mods improved this greatly by adding several new interactions like snuggling, hugging romantically, taking a romantic selfie, and even grabbing each other’s butts like they used to in TS2.

6. After School Activities

Going to school has never been just about learning history or science.

It’s also about making friends, acquiring skills, and finding yourself.

With this add-on by amazing creator KawaiiStacie you can add all these things. It endeavors to flesh-out educational experiences by adding over 30 after-school programs for children and teens.

Examples include the Anime Club, the Yoga Club, band, and basketball.

Sims partaking in these activities will learn skills, make friends, gain motives, and may even apply for scholarships depending on their performance throughout their school life.

5. Wicked Whims (NSFW)

If there’s something humans never get tired of, it’s sex. We love it, and so should our Sims if we’re to have a realistic experience in-game.

Wicked Whims goes a long way to develop everything sex-related in TS4, from turning the Woohoo interaction incredibly graphic to giving female Sims a fully-functional menstrual cycle complete with mood swings, cramps, varying fertility and a need for pads and tampons.

Sims 4 Better Family Tree

This one goes deep.

It even introduces contagious STDs! Now if that isn’t seriously realistic, I really don’t know what is.

4. Basemental Drugs

Alcohol and other drugs have been a reality of life since time immemorial, and that’s not about to change anytime soon.

Basemental Drugs endeavors to introduce this reality of human life into TS4. It lets your sim pals acquire, consume, and sell alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, and many other mind-altering substances.

Sims engaging in these activities may become addicted, have problems with the law, get arrested, and even go to rehab… and that’s only the tip of the iceberg.

It’s not pretty, but it is the real world.

3. Basemental Gangs

If you like Basemental Drugs, the Basemental Gangs expansion is sure to pique your interest.

It fleshes out the entire drug dealing aspect of the mod, allowing you to create a criminal empire and become the leader of one of four gangs.

Again, dark but quite brutally realistic.

You’ll have underlings, earn loads of blood money, and there’s even an entire skill system to become a better thug. It may not be wholesome, but it sure as hell is realistic.

If you’ve ever wanted a little more GTA in your Sims experience, this mod is the ultimate crossover.

2. Life’s Tragedies

As you may have realized by now, not everything is glitter and candy.

There are tragic and difficult moments in everyone’s lives. And they can arrive when you least expect them.

Life’s Tragedies by Sacrificial Mods adds a wide variety of possible tragedies that may befall your Sim or NPCs close to them. Like randomly being run over by a car, getting jumped by a homicidal maniac, or even contracting a life-threatening disease they’ll need surgery to overcome.

It may seem a bit intense, but don’t worry. You can control how often these tragedies happen, so you can either turn your Sim’s life into a horror story or just inject a tiny bit of dark realism into your game.

This will be absolutely hilarious, devastatingly upsetting, or some kind of in-between, depending what you’re looking for.

Just note the download page includes a lot of other mods from this creator, so look towards the lower part of the screen for their “Life’s Tragedies” download file. It does get updated from time-to-time so if you want the absolute newest version definitely grab it from the link above.

1. Slice of Life

Easily the most comprehensive and complete realism overhaul for The Sims 4 is Slice of Life by KawaiiStacie.

It’s an extensive mod that touches almost every aspect of life in the game.

Your sims get visible emotions, recurring memories of past events that’ll affect their moods, a complex fitness system, and reactions to their own appearance. Among many other things!

One of the most impressive features of the mod is giving every single sim a personality based on the Myers-Briggs 16 personalities test, which affects the way they behave and interact with other sims to a great extent.

It also adds many features we’ve already seen in previous mods such as functional alcohol, serious sickness, and a complex menstrual cycle, all in a single polished CC pack affecting every sim in your world, including NPCs.

This is truly the ultimate realism mod for The Sims 4, hands down.

If you need a one-stop shop realism mod then give this a try before anything else. You’ll be surprised how much it offers.