Restaurant Rush: Cook & Serve

how am i please starting at this, when only played endless?

Sip Stop
Selected
Quick drinks, hot fries, and light snack bundles.
Level, 6 of 20
11 Menu Unlocks
Tables, 3 of 6
The neighborhood line starts with drinks, then grows into side bundles before the grill ever opens.
20 levels, 3 tables, 9 unlocks left

I have noticed that the coffee maker does not seem to be working or it takes an insane amount of time even when I bought the first level of faster brewing. Lotta times it just says whatever table wants coffee, not preparing, double tap to prepare again. When I do that, it doesn’t seem to do anything, and I have customers leaving upset because of it. This reminds me of a simplified version of that classic lemonade stand made by. tsatrio3. Anyhow, if we can pet the cat, how can we pet them in the middle of a shift to calm everyone in the restaurant so they’ll be a little bit more patient?

Just reporting another bug I found. When the waiter brings the food to the tables, VoiceOver will pronounce the wrong table that is being served. I don't know if anyone else has this issue but I figured I would report it. I think it's in the story mode, but I wanna make sure that I'm not the only one experiencing this

Hi everyone,

Version 2.2 is on the App Store. I said I would write a proper post about what changed, so here it is. I'll go person by person, because almost every item below started with one of you telling me something. I'll also say plainly what is NOT in this update yet.

First, the coffee bug was mine, and I'm sorry it cost some of you a level. Thank you for describing it so clearly.

COFFEE (Kelvin Tan and Exodia)

Kelvin, you were right that this was a bug and not your mistake. The game was handing out coffee orders before the Coffee Bar existed in your kitchen. Now customers only order what your kitchen can actually make, and the Menu tells you what each coffee recipe needs, for example "Needs Coffee bar: Extra Station in Upgrades".

Exodia, I found three problems behind the "not preparing" message you heard, and I fixed all of them:
- If a guest left while their coffee was being made, the machine or a tray slot could stay stuck. It is released now.
- If the machine is busy, the chef now waits for it instead of dropping the order.
- If the tray is full, double-tapping now tells you that, instead of doing nothing. Tapping a table that is already cooking speaks too.

I also checked the Faster Brewer upgrade: it does shorten the brew at every level, so the long waits you felt were most likely the stuck machine. If coffee still feels slow after updating, please tell me exactly which table and I'll dig further.

Exodia, you also asked about calming guests with the cat during a shift. With 2.2 VoiceOver players can do that: while a cat is in the restaurant there is a "Pet" button on the board, right after the tray. Petting makes the seated guests a bit more patient. It has a cooldown and a limit per shift, and it tells you the result.

UNLOCKING RESTAURANTS (MelodicFate and little bunny)

Every locked restaurant is now one button, for example "Grill Garden, Unlock, 180 Dollars". A normal double-tap unlocks it. The old label that did nothing is gone. If you can't afford it yet, the button says so. Thank you, MelodicFate, for reporting it so precisely.

FOCUS JUMPING (dark, Lexi and Faerie)

The Daily Goals part was fixed in 2.1. The Daily Rewards screen was the part still bouncing, dark, and that is what 2.2 addresses. After you collect the daily reward, VoiceOver focus goes to Daily Goals and it says "Claimed: 50 Dollars". The same idea covers other places where focus used to jump to the top: after closing a dialog or pressing Back, focus returns to the button you came from. I have tested this in the simulator and with automated tests. Please tell me if it still jumps on your device.

Paige, I am not going to say your problem is solved. Focus staying in place after collecting, closing and going back is much better in 2.2, and touch exploration keeps working after petting a cat or collecting something. But the items you skip while swiping are still on my list and I don't have a specific fix yet. Please keep telling me.

dark, one more thing from you: I asked where Coins go and I listened. The shop now has a "What can I buy with Coins?" section with links to each place, every Coin purchase asks first, and claiming all your daily goals gives 15 Coins once a day.

FOOTSTEPS, CHAIRS AND WALKING OUT (little bunny, Lexi)

This started as your idea, little bunny, and it is in.
- Guests are heard walking in from a distance, and the last step lands as they sit.
- You hear the chair as they sit down and again as they stand up.
- Guests now visibly get up and walk to the door, and you hear their steps fade away.
- Guests also take a little longer to walk to the table.
- It is one free setting, "Customer footsteps and chairs": Off, Quiet or Normal. Quiet is the default. There are also optional step styles you can buy with Coins, and you can listen to each one before buying.

The honest part: in accessible play, which is what most VoiceOver players use, you currently hear only the arrival steps. The chairs and the steps back to the door are only in the regular mode for now, because I did not want a new sound to mask or delay VoiceOver speech before I have tested it with real players. I think the leaving sounds are exactly what many of you want, so I would like your opinion on how they should behave in accessible play. Also, the arrival steps only play in a quiet moment, so during a busy shift you may hardly hear them.

Lexi, you asked for customer sounds too. Customer reactions (happy, waiting, angry) came in 2.1. In 2.2 you get the footsteps and chairs above, plus a soundscape for the room, a grandfather clock, a fish tank and a jukebox in the Restaurant Studio, a short jingle when you win a shift, and a signature sound for each chef outfit you wear. I did not do plates and glasses being set down yet. That is still a good idea and it is on my list.

LEARNING THE GAME (Brian Giles, Lexi)

Brian, you asked for a way to learn combos, Story and the screen layout without the pressure of a real shift. There is now a How to Play section on the main menu. It explains how the screen is laid out, how Story and Endless differ, what the paces do, and how stars, combos and tips work. There is also a Practice mode with two lessons, "Your first order" and "Combos", and a free practice shift where nobody leaves and nothing is saved. Lexi, this is also the answer to your questions about combos and about what Relaxed and Very Relaxed do. More lessons will follow in 2.2.1. If something in these lessons is confusing, tell me and I'll rewrite it.

ENDLESS AND STORY (Sysskuu, Karok)

Sysskuu, the game now says it in plain words, in How to Play and on the Menu and Endless screens: an Endless run is one long run where you pick a card after every shift, new dishes come now and then from dish cards (they are named like "Unlock Fries"), and everything resets when the run ends. The recipes you buy with Dollars under Restaurants and Menu are for Story levels only.
Sysskuu için kısaca: Sonsuz Vardiya tek uzun bir koşu. Her vardiyadan sonra bir kart seçiyorsun, yeni yemekler arada bir "yemek kartlarıyla" geliyor ve koşu bitince menü sıfırlanıyor. Restoranlar > Menü'de Dolar'la aldığın tarifler yalnızca Hikaye için. Bunlar artık oyunun içinde de yazıyor.
Karok, the "Play Story" button is described in How to Play too, so you don't have to hunt for it.

DELIVERING TO AN EMPTY TABLE (Karok)

Karok, you reported that a prepared order could still be delivered to a table after its guest had left. One way this could happen is fixed: a hired waiter no longer carries a dish to a guest who has left or is leaving, or to a different guest who sat down at that table in the meantime. The dish stays on your tray and the waiter walks back. In accessible play a finished dish also stays with the table it was cooked for. If you did not have a waiter when it happened, tell me what you did and I'll look again.

ADS AND VOICEOVER

I want to be open about this one. Until now VoiceOver and accessible play players saw no ads at all. The game has to earn some money for me to keep making it, so from 2.2 an occasional full-screen ad can appear for you too, between shifts and never during one. I tried to make it as safe as I could: before an ad, the game says "Ad starting. Find its Close button to leave it." and waits for that line to finish. After it, you hear "Ad closed." and focus goes back to the button you came from. The next shift never starts behind an ad. You can remove ads for good in the Premium Shop. If an ad ever traps you or you cannot find its Close button, please tell me the same day. That is exactly what I worry about most, and I can switch this off from my side.

MUSIC (Nafisah)

New music, as I promised: a four-piece Scott Joplin ragtime album called Ragtime Cafe, and five room soundscapes (Quiet, Rainy Bistro, Seaside Terrace, Night Market and Mountain Lodge). You can listen to any of them before you buy. Please keep telling me what kind of music you would like to hear.

YOUR RESTAURANT (little bunny, Ornella)

The Restaurant Studio is now open to everyone and works with VoiceOver, with a spoken description of the room. There are new wall items (jukebox, fish tank, grandfather clock), counters, whole-look themes, and two new chef outfits, Pajama Chef and Cowboy Cook. Objects you can switch on and off, like a lamp, are not there yet.

Ornella, "Pouring" instead of "Cooking cola" and the cat's meow were already in 2.1, thank you again for both. In 2.2 the cat's spoken line now comes after the meow and the bell, and Cat Corner on the main menu has a collar, a scarf and a toy mouse for Holosko and Sabri (Coin items you can try first). A small correction, to Moopie Curran and Jonathan Candler too: I told you the cats were on the Profile screen. They are on the main menu, and now in Cat Corner.

WHAT IS NOT IN 2.2 YET

I would rather tell you than let you find out.
- Alternative cooking sounds and a favourite picker (Lexi, Ornella). Not started.
- Rising-pitch timers (dark). Not started.
- Separate leaderboards for every pace (dark). Today there are two tables, Standard and Relaxed, and Custom pace is not ranked.
- Custom orders like extra pickles (Moopie Curran), and names for hired waiters. Not started.
- Braille-friendly message speed (Paige). Not started.
- Plates and glasses being set down, interactive objects and hands-on food preparation. Ideas I like, no date.
- A real Story mode with an actual story (Lexi). Later, 2.3 at the earliest.
- Chair and leaving sounds in accessible play, as explained above.

Thank you all for the reports, the ideas and the patience. Please keep telling me when something feels wrong, even if you told me before.

Gökhan, Birkin Apps

Thank you, charles, that's very kind! 2.2 is out today and it fixes a lot of what was reported here. I hope it holds up for you. If anything feels wrong, please tell me.

Gökhan

I’m so excited to try this new update out, I cannot wait to check it out, thank you for putting some of my suggestions in there, I appreciate it. I wanted to thank you for putting so much effort into making this accessible for us, I don’t think there are that many restaurant games that are accessible and are playable to the blind, so I think you’re doing a fantastic job, I am so happy that I get to test these updates out and tell you what needs fixing lol, I can't wait to see what comes next

Thank you for this update! I really love all the customization options that are being added! And the guest book is a nice touch, not sure if it was there before but I just noticed it in this version. i am unfortunately still unable to swipe through all elements on the screen, I can swipe between some of them but tapping and/or scrolling is required to be able to get to all of the options. This is happening to me on all of the game's screens except the active shift gameplay screen.

I haven't encountered too many ads yet but the few that I did, I was able to close with no issue. I'll definitely let you know if that changes.

I'm loving this game so far. I'm a serious cat lover, so that's another aspect of the game I love. In a future update, would it be possible to needing to take care of our cats in addition to keeping customers happy?

Can you add a cash sound for when we purchase or claim something? Thanks for the jam packed update. As much as I love cats as well maybe petting the cats should only be the thing we do else the game will be about cats and not a restaurant. I have been busy for the past week but haven't gotten to play much. If this isn't in the game already, how about cleaning and clearing tables? Example, when the first set of customers leave, you wipe down the tables and load the dish washer. Nothing to complex but after a time we should get something stating, out of dishes, run the dish washer now or how ever you want to word it. This is restaurant rush even if we play in relaxed mode so not to much detailed things like how much of ingredients for a recipe although I hope we get more cooking games to play. I have no trouble with the adds as long as you are getting the support, i don't mind watching them. Keep up the great work.

Hi,
I have an idea, and it's niche, so I really wouldn't blame you if it was low or non-existent on your priority list. But I think maybe with your coins, or dollars (in the app, not real money) you could unlock more customizable regulars that the player can name. Now, they wouldn't have their own sounds obviously, but the player could customize their name, gender, traits, etc. Just an idea, although niche, that I hope you'll at least consider, though, I'm sure you're getting a ton of ideas, lol.

An idea that i have is while the customer is waiting or leaving we can have coin machines for different restaurants. We don't have to do anything to them but it can lower patience. So maybe a snack machine or bubble gum. you insert a coin and pay for a snack. Will think of more ideas regarding that. My cat is so loud, she wants the entire village to know that she is in town. Wish if i could record her for this game but the neighborhood can be so noisy at times that the sound might not be good for the recording.

So now that I know how to play really good, is there a way to turn off the voice over hints? Was looking for it in settings and wasn't to sure what to turn on and off.

Having been playing the game since last night, it’s awesome! I found that it’s very effective (once you know how the tables are laid out onscreen) using Explore by Touch; it allows you to very quickly go to the desired table and double-tap to either serve it, or to wait on it. Really enjoying this! I’m at level 14 of the 2nd Restaurant, the Burger, joint, as we seak. I decided to try Explore by Touch wen I just couldn’t get out of Level 6 or 7! The flicks seemed to make things sort of slow!, for moving between tables etc., thus I thought what about if I tried Explore by Touch?

Wow! So far I have recommended this app to everyone I know who enjoys playing games on their iPhone. I still cannot put this one down. Thank you again to the developer for all of your hard work, for considering our ideas, and for assisting us when we get stuck. I am a cat lover and have two tabby brothers. I also love the cats’ names you chose. Finally a question: I had previously come across the screen in endless mode, which offered me the options to start a new run or continue the current one. However, I have just completed level 40 in endless mode and I’m not seeing that screen again. Is there a way to start a new run so that I can dispense with the current cards in endless mode that I currently have such as sluggish kitchen and dull knives?

Would it be possible to have a menu to learn the game sounds? I feel like I have figured some of them out, of course the cooking ones, the one for when someone arrives and for when an order is ready, but there are some that I hear and I'm still not sure what they're telling me.
Edit: I also have a small suggestion that might help with the fast pace of the game, when focusing on a table, could we have the option to read the status like waiting or preparing, before the food order?

I have a suggestion for a future update if its not in the game already. In endless mode, or any mode you wish for us to do this, when selecting a certain restaurant, I think there should be an option to choose to work the breakfast, lunch and dinner rush. Breakfast might just be sandwiches coffee and tea maybe other things to, but I think lunch and dinner require more items and can serve as a challenge even when playing in very relaxed mode. So if you are starting out in level 1, you have 2 slot trays, then you get an order for table 1, ordering a 4 course meal which takes very long because you need more than 1 slot trays so the other tables wait longer. Another idea is to add a buffet restaurant, in this one, you watch the crowd and just put the food on the serving sections and the customers serve them selves but this one pays out more. But we can customize it if we like, 2 or 3 hour buffet, in game time, but i won't mind playing in real time because i am so addicted to this game that I forgot it was lunch time and I had to put the phone down to go and eat. One final thing, is if you want more sounds for the game, freesounds.org I don't know if they have food sounds but I can check and get back to you on that.