Cook and hope for the best to impress the hungry diner!

A fun, lively culinary party game!
“Ding ding!” Ring the bell, call out “ORDER PLEASE!” and let the game begin!
Select your ingredients, add in your own personal touch, and cook with the hope for the best… FLIP!
What fun and unique dish did you make? Was it what you were hoping for?
Create interesting and original dishes and have a belly laugh at what comes up!

Crowdfunded by backers in 27 countries!

The project was made possible through international crowdfunding on Kickstarter in 2020.

Printed English instructions included.

Players: 2-6
Time: 10-60 min.
Ages: 10+
Bistro FLIP
International Edition
Board Game | Made in Japan
[Contents] 222 cards (Ingredients x 79 cards, Chef’s Style x 64, Course x 79), 1 Pen, 1 Diner’s Order board, 1 Bell, 18 Star chips, 1 Instruction sheet (JP, EN)

Printed English instructions included.
3,647 JPY (Official Online Store Price)

Online
| Offical Store |

*Worldwide shipping is available only through the Official Online Store.
*No sales at physical stores outside of Japan.

Gameplay Video

Play Bistro FLIP International Edition (English, 12 min)

Key Features

A fun party game that will make you belly laugh!

The diner rings the bell and says “Oder please!”, signaling the start of the game.
As the chef, you select (draft) the ingredients and put your own personal touches into the recipe. However, the finishing touch to the dish is flipping a card from the pile!

Select your ingredients and add in your own personal touch!

The diner player gives the order. The chef players combine the cards to come up with a recipe that the diner will love!

Cook and hope for the best!

It’s up to your luck with the “course card” to see what kind of dish your recipe will turn into!
Will you create a miracle dish that gets rave reviews, or will you end up with a disaster that makes people laugh?

A wide variety of game components, with a total of 222 cards!

79 Ingredients cards

64 Chef’s Style cards

79 Course cards

Diner’s Order board, pen and bell

Star chips

Comes with Short Game rules for 2 players and up!

In addition to the standard rules for the “long game”, it also comes with instructions for the “short game”, which can be played by two people and can be played quickly in a short amount of time.

*A smartphone with an internet connection is required to play the “Short Game”.

Game Overview

Instruction video (English, 5 min)

“Ding ding!” Ring the bell!

The game is played by splitting into one diner and multiple chefs, and the chef players compete to make a three-course dinner of appetizer, main dish and dessert.
The diner rings the bell and call out “ORDER PLEASE!” to start the game.

The diner orders dinner

The diner player requests the dinner they want to eat. Decide what kind of dinner you desire and write it on the Diner’s Order board.
It’s so much fun to write a crazy request!

The chefs each plan their own recipes

The chefs draft ingredients cards, then plan their meals. Combine the ingredients to make your 3 courses. Add your own personal touch with Chef’s Style cards.

Pitch your recipe and appeal to the diner!

Each chef presents their recipe to the diners.
Don’t just stick to what’s written on the card – use your words to add to the appeal of the recipe and impress the diner. However, the dish is not yet complete!

Cook with the hope for the best… FLIP!

Each chef flips over a face down course card to reveal the final completed dish.
What fun and unique dishes will they make?

Diner’s judgement

The diner chooses the most enticing dish and awards the chef one star chip.
The game continues until all players have been the diner once. The player holding the most Star chips wins!

 

Game Rule Instructions → English

Reviews and Articles

Fuji TV’s “EXITV” 102nd episode “BUZZ Game”

EXIT’s Rintaro and Daikichi Kanekichi, and “Ray” reader models Momiji Nakagawa and Hana Minamino play the cooking party game “Bistro Flip”, which is a game of interesting recipes and oogiri! (June  27, 2023, Japanese)
Now streaming on FOD!  https://fod.fujitv.co.jp/title/2671/2671110111/

Doujin Games SPOTLIGHT Sept 2020

YouTube video: MISS MERC 007 (September 16, 2020, English), Bistro FLIP’s spotlight mention starts at 7:39

Play Bistro FLIP: We want a full course dinner at Ge-mu-ma (Tokyo Game Market)!

YouTube video: Ma-man Asobi Channel (September 24 and October 2, 2020, Japanese)

Board Game Communication Asorabo♪ [Bistro Flip]

YouTube video: Asorabo Channel (November 16, 2021, Japanese)

Let’s introduce the board games that will be exhibited and sold at the Tokyo Game Market 2021 Autumn!

YouTube video: Gingagin Gundan Channel (November 15, 2021, Japanese)

Play Bistro FLIP, a fun, lively culinary party game

YouTube video: Shotube / Shohei & the MU.S.I.C. Channel (November 8 and 23, 2020, Japanese)

Challenge the world with a board game: The story of Bistro FLIP and the development team

Newspaper article: The Hokkaido Shimbun Press newspaper (September 11, 2020, in Japanese)

Board game free magazine “Welcome to the restaurant”

Magazine article: Ryoko Yabuchi (May 10, 2020, Japanese)

The 10 best interesting latest board games in Japan

YouTube video: Ma-man Asobi Channel (April 18, 2020,.Japanese), Bistro FLIP’s spotlight mention starts at 12:20

 


Other Videos by Banana Moon Games

Playing Bistro FLIP in almost English (English)

Play Bistro FLIP! (Japanese)

BananaMoon@GameMarket Live: Day 2

YouTube Live Streaming Archive: June 28, 2020, Bistro FLIP’s playing session in English starts at 1:42:50, in Japanese at 2:12:47.

Learn Japanese with Bistro FLIP! #1

Learn Japanese with Bistro FLIP! #2

Learn Japanese with Bistro FLIP! #3

Learn Japanese with Bistro FLIP! #4

Learn Japanese with Bistro FLIP! #5

Creative team

 

Game design: Banana Moon Studio Sapporo / RareSightGames
Team leader: MAEDA Hiroshi
Game designer: SAITO Tomoyuki
Graphic designer: YOSHIDA Kinuka, ISHIJIMA Haruna
Production manager: MAEDA Kumiko
Translator: Darcy LEWIS

Special Thanks

Bistro FLIP International Edition was made possible with the help of supporters from 27 countries and regions.

Board gamers from 27 countries and regions around the world provided us with invaluable help. We received a lot of ideas and feedback through the BGG (Board Game Geek) forum, Facebook groups, and online test plays, about ingredients, food, artwork, and so on. A lot of people have helped us by crowdfunding on Kickstarter to make the game a reality. To all of you, thank you so much! We hope you all enjoy the game, it makes us very happy!

 


Product Information

Bistro FLIP International Edition, Board Game
ビストロ・フリップ[拡張版(国際版)](ボードゲーム)
Expanded edition released in March, 2021
JAN: 4582540850162|Made in Japan
[Contents] 222 cards (Ingredients x 79 cards, Chef’s Style x 64, Course x 79), 1 Pen, 1 Diner’s Order board, 1 Bell, 18 Star chips, 1 Instruction sheet (JP, EN)
[Package Size] 4.92 x 5.71 x 1.06 inch / 125 x 145 x 27 mm
[Weight] 9.53 oz / 270 g
[Materials] Cards, Board, Chips, Instruction sheet, Box: Paper; Pen: Plastic; Bell: Metal
Printed English instructions included.
[Major Exhibits] Tokyo Game Market 2021 Spring, Tokyo Game Market 2021 Autumn
[Major sales platforms and physical stores to date] Banana Moon Games Official Store, Kickstarter, Indiegogo
Bistro FLIP
International Edition
Board Game | Made in Japan
[Contents] 222 cards (Ingredients x 79 cards, Chef’s Style x 64, Course x 79), 1 Pen, 1 Diner’s Order board, 1 Bell, 18 Star chips, 1 Instruction sheet (JP, EN)

Printed English instructions included.
3,647 JPY (Official Online Store Price)

Online
| Offical Store |

*Worldwide shipping is available only through the Official Online Store.
*No sales at physical stores outside of Japan.

Bistro FLIP
International Edition
3,647 JPY (Official Online Store Price)