8.7/1010 votesLoading...#1 - Goombazz Gone Wild
Season 7 Episode 8 - Aired 12/18/2013
Goombazz Big City Eatzz, has struggled to find a strong customer base and is now more than $300,000 in debt.
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#2 - Listless in Louisiana
Season 18 Episode 10 - Aired 3/11/2021
Robert Irvine travels to Lafitte, La., to visit Boutte's Bayou Restaurant, where owner Nick is too proud to ask for help as he tries to keep the iconic coastal watering hole afloat. Robert must help Nick become a real leader and learn to trust his staff before it's too late.
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- 8.6/1013 votesLoading...
#3 - Mom Finds Her Mojo
Season 14 Episode 3 - Aired 5/4/2019
When Robert arrives at Incredible Cafe in San Diego, he finds a restaurant that is anything but incredible; the kitchen is an abomination and the woman who runs it is in crippling debt; Robert helps to reignite her passion.
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- 8.5/1018 votesLoading...
#4 - Wildcat Cafe
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 12/7/2011
It's back to school for Chef Robert Irvine as he travels to Canton South High School in Canton, OH to help the students of its culinary arts program that is struggling to survive due to state budget cuts. Canton South boasts the Wildcat Cafe, a working for profit restaurant located in the school which too is struggling with outdated, broken equipment in the kitchen and a dilapidated dining room. Can Robert help turn around the cafeteria as well as change the lives of some of the students?
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#5 - An Abundance of Emotions
Season 9 Episode 12 - Aired 10/13/2014
Robert offers help to the owner of Abudanza Restaurant in Wilbraham, Mass., a proud man with years of executive chef experience, but who is burnt out from the demands of the job and caring for a sick child.
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#6 - Legacy on the Line
Season 21 Episode 9 - Aired 6/23/2022
Robert Irvine heads to Shreveport, La., to meet Mavice, the owner of her father's legacy restaurant, Eddie's. The seafood spot is best known for its famous stuffed shrimp, but neither the signature dish nor the restaurant are what they used to be. Mavice's stubborn refusal to adapt is running the food, finances and family into the ground. Robert must convince Mavice to make the changes necessary to save her family's legacy and their livelihood.
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- 8.4/1014 votesLoading...
#7 - Drama at Momma's
Season 9 Episode 10 - Aired 9/24/2014
Robert deals with feuding sisters at "Mamma Lucrezia's" in Bellefonte, Pa., which despite excellent food coming from the kitchen, is losing $1000s a month and faces competition from a nearby Italian restaurant, owned by their brother.
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#8 - Double Trouble
Season 11 Episode 2 - Aired 3/25/2015
24-year-old Frankie is torn between his family's two Italian restaurants in Summerville, S.C., and he convinces Chef Robert Irvine to help him save both. Tackling twice the work without any extra time, Robert must get the family and the design team to focus on this double-sized mission.
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#9 - Chocolate: Impossible
Season 11 Episode 3 - Aired 4/1/2015
A French Bistro with a chocolate boutique in Texas is deeply in debt, but the owner refuses to advertise or cater to the local community.
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- 8.4/1012 votesLoading...
#10 - Smoky Steakhouse
Season 14 Episode 4 - Aired 5/11/2019
Robert arrives in Safford, Ariz., to help turn things around at the Copper Steer Steakhouse; the restaurant was the dream of Parrish and Maureen, but it turned into a nightmare as they started losing money with no clue how to turn things around.
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#11 - Saving a Piece of History
Season 16 Episode 7 - Aired 2/6/2020
Robert Irvine tries to save a piece of history in Garrettsville, Ohio, by rescuing a restaurant in a 200-year-old mill. Shelli, the owner of Garrett's Mill Brewing Co., is in over her head after her husband had to return to his trucking job to keep the business afloat. They have a $500,000 payment coming due, and the historic mill is just months away from grinding to a halt.
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#12 - Revisited: Helping One of Our Own
Season 17 Episode 5 - Aired 5/28/2020
Robert Irvine returns to Rosie's Cafe in Escondido, Calif., where he previously helped the owner, Kaitlyn, revive her failing restaurant. She has since suffered a near-fatal car accident, and Robert comes back to pull off a spectacular event -- breaking every rule in television if necessary -- to help this Restaurant: Impossible family member with her mounting medical bills.
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- 8.3/1013 votesLoading...
#13 - Sweet Tea's Restaurant And Catering
Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 3/24/2013
Sweet Tea's Restaurant opened as a storefront to a successful catering business three years ago, but the non-descript building hasn't attracting customers.
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- 8.3/109 votesLoading...
#14 - Holy Cow!
Season 9 Episode 5 - Aired 8/20/2014
The divorced owners of the Country Cow Restaurant and Bar in Campton, N.H., are on their best behavior for Robert's visit, but the staff and behind-the-scenes footage reveal that animosity between the couple is a problem that needs his uttermost attention.
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- 8.3/1012 votesLoading...
#15 - Prescription for Failure
Season 11 Episode 5 - Aired 4/22/2015
Chef Robert Irvine is challenged to fix an old fashioned lunch counter, located inside a family-owned pharmacy.
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#16 - Fight at Filomenia's
Season 14 Episode 2 - Aired 4/27/2019
Robert heads to Costa Mesa, Calif., to help turn around the struggling Filomena's Italian Kitchen and Market; despite a clean kitchen, organized dining room and allegedly good food, the owner hasn't been able to pay herself one dime since opening.
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#17 - Lakefront Disaster
Season 15 Episode 7 - Aired 8/31/2019
Robert Irvine heads to Tomahawk, Wisc., to try to save a small-town steakhouse from closing. Owner Brenda is just one month away from shutting the doors for good, and she needs Robert to remind her of her passion for the business and help her fix more than 30 years of bad habits. With only two days and $10,000, Robert has his hands full trying to save Besse's on Clear Lake.
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- 8.3/108 votesLoading...
#18 - Friends in Need
Season 18 Episode 11 - Aired 3/18/2021
Robert Irvine arrives at Dunbar's Creole Cuisine in New Orleans to find a restaurant full of history but in dire need of his help. The livelihood of two families depends on the success of this legacy restaurant, and with no systems in place, no set roles and the restaurant matriarch refusing to change, Robert has his work cut out for him.
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- 8.2/1018 votesLoading...
#19 - Rascal's BBQ and Crab House
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 2/2/2011
Robert travels to Rascal's BBQ & Crab House in New Castle, Del., where many pass by but almost none stop to eat. Rascal's hides behind mountains of trash and one of the dirtiest kitchens Robert has seen. He orders a mass cleaning, and as the trash sorting begins, some treasures surface to update the restaurant's aesthetic. Robert also introduces fresh dishes and a new catering menu to help revive this dump. As the mission comes to an end, Robert still needs to do some serious work to triumph over the trash.
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#20 - Flood Tide
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 3/2/2011
Robert must overcome the impossible to save the formerly venerable Flood Tide Restaurant in Mystic, Conn., which has earned a bad reputation due to its coarse owner. Robert evaluates an evening of service during which he finds many problems including a dirty kitchen. While encouraging the staff to take pride in their work, he tackles the kitchen mess. Then, he updates the menu and décor and retrains the staff to make better use of their time and materials. As the clock winds down it becomes a race to the finish to see if Robert will be successful.
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- 8.2/1014 votesLoading...
#21 - La Stanza
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 7/13/2011
At La Stanza, in Philadelphia, PA, Robert finds an old-world Italian restaurant being ruined by the owner's young daughter. 24-year-old Lucia has no restaurant experience and she's running the dark, funeral parlor-looking place right into the ground. Robert has his hands full on this mission teaching her everything there is to know about managing a restaurant, updating the menu, brightening up the décor and getting the word out about the restaurant on live TV. With countless ups and downs and a design that may prove too challenging to get finished, this mission could very well be... impossible.
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#22 - The Trails
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 9/21/2011
Robert hits the trail to San Diego, CA where he finds The Trails Eatery. An adorable little café owned and run by a young, energetic woman named Stacey. While, the surface here looks great, underneath the nicely painted exterior, is a business spiraling into bankruptcy. Will Stacey take Robert's advice or will it be the end of the line for The Trails?
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- 8.2/1013 votesLoading...
#23 - St. James Soup Kitchen
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 11/23/2011
Chef Robert Irvine's overhaul of The St. James Soup Kitchen in Newark, NJ is his biggest challenge to date. Can he and his team renovate a dilapidated, fire-ravaged kitchen and dining room for $10,000 in only two days? 31,000 hungry people are counting on him.
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- 8.2/1014 votesLoading...
#24 - Moss' Prime Rib & Spaghetti House
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 2/8/2012
When Chef Robert Irvine gets to Moss' Prime Rib and Spaghetti House in Elyria, OH, he soon realizes that the problems of this restaurant go beyond the subpar food. Owners Robert and Sandi are bullish and stubborn, refusing to accept the help that their struggling business needs. Can Robert and his team rebuild this struggling restaurant and the family behind it in two days?
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- 8.2/1015 votesLoading...
#25 - Whiskey Creek Steakhouse
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 1/2/2013
Pat and Karan, owners of the Whiskey Creek Steakhouse in Keyport, Wash., have lost nearly everything in the 20 years their restaurant has been open. As if the poorly cooked food and dreary design weren't big enough problems for Chef Robert Irvine to fix, he also must confront the staff when he uncovers money may be missing from the restaurant's financial records.
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The Best Episodes of Restaurant: Impossible
Every episode of Restaurant: Impossible ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Restaurant: Impossible!
Chef Robert Irvine tries to turn around restaurants across America that are facing an impending demise if things don't improve. With a $10,000 budget and...
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Best Episodes Summary
"Goombazz Gone Wild" is the best rated episode of "Restaurant: Impossible". It scored 8.7/10 based on 10 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 12/18/2013. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Listless in Louisiana".