Cards are accumulated over the course of a run and generally increase the difficulty by introducing more customers or greater complexity.
The first Card is chosen at the start of Day 4, and then on every subsequent third day. Players are always offered a choice between two Cards: a Food Card on the right and a Customer Card on the left.
Each Card is worth between 0 and 200 XP, and the cumulative Experience of all chosen Cards is granted at the end of the run. If players run out of one type of Card, both options will be of the other type.
Each Food Card has three ratings listed at the bottom of the card: Recipe Difficulty, Eating Time, and Dish Value.
Recipe Difficulty indiciates the difficulty of making the recipe. The higher the rating, the longer and/or nesscary steps needed to make the food.
Eating Time indicates the eating time customers will take when delivered the food. The default eating time value is 3 seconds, wich is modified based on the food. If not listed on this site, assume the value is the default. This Eating Time modifier does not stack with itself and only the highest eating time modifier from a food is applied to a customer group.
Dish Value indicates how many coins are provided to the player for each food given to and eaten by a customer.
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
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Eating Time Modifier | 1x (3s) or less |
1.5x (4.5s) |
2x (6s) |
2.5x (7.5s) |
3x (9s) or more |
Dish Value | 3 or less | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 or more |
Further information: Recipes
One Base Recipe is chosen in the Headquarters before starting a new run, unless continuing a Franchise. Every customer's order will involve either the chosen Recipe, or some variation of it introduced by Additional Recipes or Extras. Unlike other Food Cards, these Recipes cannot appear for selection during a run (though the Variety Franchise Card allows for multiple).
Additional Recipes are acquired during the run like any other Food Card, and are offered according to the chosen initial Recipe.
A fresh profile starts with only Steak unlocked, while other Recipes are gained by leveling.
Name | Level Unlock | Description | Course | Eating Time | XP | |
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Steak | 1 | Adds steak as a main dish Cook steaks multiple times to match the order |
Main | 1x | 50 | |
Salad | 2 | Adds salad as a main dish No cooking, but lots of chopping! Basic lettuce salads, served with and without chopped tomato |
+15% | Main | 1x | 50 |
Pizza | 3 | Adds pizza as a main | Main | 1x | 50 | |
Dumplings | 4 | Adds dumplings as a main | -30% | Main | 1x | 200 |
Black Coffee | 4 | Adds black coffee as a dessert Take a cup from the machine and place it back to fill it up |
+30% | Dessert | 4x (12s) | 100 |
Burgers | 5 | Adds burgers as a main | +30% | Main | 1x | 50 |
Turkey | 6 | Adds turkey as a main | -15% | Main | 1x | 200 |
Pies | 7 | Adds meat pie as a main Bake pies and serve in your restaurant |
-15% | Main | 1x | 50 |
Cakes (Pastry) | 7 | Adds cakes as a dessert | -15% | Dessert | 2x (6s) | 100 |
Spaghetti | 8 | Adds spaghetti as a main | -15% | Main | 1x | 100 |
Fish | 9 | Adds blue fish and red fish as a main Fish vary each day, so make sure you're ready for anything! |
-15% | Main | 1x | 50 |
Tacos | 10 | Adds Tacos as a main dish | +15% | Main | 1x | 100 |
Hot Dogs | 11 | Adds hot dogs as a main | +15% | Main | 1x | 50 |
Breakfast | 13 | Adds toast as a main The most important meal of the day |
Main | 1x | 50 | |
Stir Fry | 15 | Adds stir fry as a main dish Cook after adding each ingredient! |
-15% | Main | 1x | 50 |
These cards introduce new recipes that customers may order instead of the initial Recipe.
Name | Prerequisite | Description | Eating Time | XP | |
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Bone-in Steaks | Steak | Adds bone-in steak as a main dish Served with the bone, which must be thrown away afterwards |
-15% | 1x | 100 |
Thick Cut Steaks | Steak | Adds thick steak as a main dish Thick cut steaks take longer to cook, so prepare some in advance! |
-15% | 1x | 100 |
Thin Cut Steaks | Steak | Adds thin steak as a main dish Thin cuts cook quickly and burn even faster |
-15% | 1x | 100 |
Apple Salad | Salad | Adds apple salad as a main It's a bit off the wall |
-30% | 1x | 0 |
Potato Salad | Salad | Adds potato salad as a main dish A challenge for even the most experienced chefs |
-30% | 1x | 100 |
Mushroom Pie | Pies | Adds mushroom pie as a main | -15% | 1x | 100 |
Vegetable Pies | Pies | Adds vegetable pie as a main Vegetable pies, with broccoli and carrots |
-15% | 1x | 100 |
Crab Cake | Fish | Adds crab cakes as a main Crab cakes, made of chopped crab, egg and flour |
-15% | 1x | 100 |
Fish Fillet | Fish | Adds fish fillet as a main You've got bigger fish to fry |
-15% | 1x | 100 |
Oysters | Fish | Adds oysters as a main Each oyster must be shucked individually |
-15% | 1x | 100 |
Spiny Fish | Fish | Adds spiny fish as a main Contains sharp spines that must be removed before cooking |
-15% | 1x | 100 |
Bamboo Stir Fry | Stir Fry | Add bamboo shoots to stir fry | -15% | 1x | 100 |
Mushroom Stir Fry | Stir Fry | Add mushrooms to stir fry | -15% | 1x | 100 |
Steak Stir Fry | Stir Fry | Add chopped meat to stir fry | -15% | 1x | 100 |
Iced Coffee | Black Coffee | Adds iced coffee as a coffee variant Comes with a cooling-off period |
-15% | 3x (9s) | 100 |
Latte | Black Coffee | Adds latte as a coffee variant | -15% | 3x (9s) | 100 |
Tea | Black Coffee | Adds tea as a dessert Shouldn't we heat this up a bit? |
-15% | 3x (9s) | 100 |
Affogato | Black Coffee | Adds affogato as a dessert | -15% | 1x | 100 |
Sponge Cake | Cakes | Provides 6 pieces of cake. Add flavour after baking I hope everyone wants chocolate |
+15% | 3x (9s) | 100 |
Cupcake | Cakes | Provides 4 individual cakes. Add flavour after baking Something for everyone |
+15% | 3x (9s) | 100 |
Doughnut | Cakes | Provides 12 individual doughnuts. Add flavour after baking A hole new perspective |
+15% | 2x (6s) | 100 |
Brownies | Cakes | Chocolate only. Provides 6 individual cake portions. Add flavour before baking. | +15% | 2x (6s) | 100 |
Cake Flavour - Coffee | Cakes | Adds Coffee as a cake flavour | -15% | - | 100 |
Cake Flavour - Lemon | Cakes | Adds Lemon as a cake flavour | -15% | - | 100 |
Spaghetti Bolognese | Spaghetti | Adds spaghetti bolognese as a main | -15% | 1x | 100 |
Cheesy Spaghetti | Spaghetti | Adds cheesy spaghetti as a main | -15% | 1x | 100 |
Lasagne | Spaghetti | Adds lasagne as a main | -15% | 1x | 100 |
Extras introduce optional toppings, or new required steps for your Recipes.
Name | Prerequisite | Description | XP | |
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Steak Sauce - Mushroom | Steak | Adds mushroom sauce as a steak topping Takes some time to make, but each pot will serve multiple portions |
-15% | 100 |
Steak Sauce - Red Wine Jus | Steak | Adds red wine jus as a steak topping Takes some time to make, but each pot will serve multiple portions |
-15% | 100 |
Steak Topping - Mushroom | Steak | Adds mushroom as a steak topping Chop a mushroom and add to a plated steak |
-15% | 100 |
Steak Topping - Tomato | Steak | Adds tomato as a steak topping Chop a tomato and add to a plated steak |
-15% | 100 |
Turkey - Cranberry Sauce | Turkey | Adds cranberry sauce as a turkey extra | -15% | 100 |
Turkey - Gravy | Turkey | Adds gravy as a turkey topping | -15% | 100 |
Turkey - Stuffing | Turkey | Adds stuffing as a turkey topping | -30% | 100 |
Dumpling - Soy Sauce | Dumplings | Customers can request soy sauce while eating dumplings | -15% | 100 |
Seaweed | Dumplings | Adds fried seaweed as a dumpling extra | -15% | 100 |
Salad Toppings | Salad | Adds olives and onions as a salad topping Mix up your salads with some extra toppings |
-15% | 100 |
Mushroom Pizza | Pizza | Adds chopped mushroom as a pizza topping | -15% | 100 |
Onion Pizza | Pizza | Adds chopped onion as a pizza topping | -15% | 100 |
Burger Toppings | Burgers | Adds chopped tomato and onion as burger toppings Chop and pop on top |
-15% | 100 |
Cheeseburgers | Burgers | Add chopped cheese to burgers Everyone's favourite! |
-15% | 100 |
Fresh Patties | Burgers | Create your own patties instead of using premade Much better than frozen |
-15% | 100 |
Fish Selection | Fish Fillet | Adds one fish slot More choices for customers means more work for you |
100 | |
Fish Selection | Oysters | Adds one fish slot More choices for customers means more work for you |
100 | |
Hot Dog - Mustard | Hot Dogs | Customers can request mustard while eating hot dogs | -15% | 100 |
Breakfast Beans | Breakfast | Adds beans as toast topping | -15% | 100 |
Breakfast Eggs | Breakfast | Adds egg topping for breakfasts Crack and fry! |
-15% | 100 |
Breakfast Extras | Breakfast | Adds chopped tomato and chopped mushroom to breakfasts Not just beans for breakfast |
-15% | 100 |
Stir Fry - Soy Sauce | Stir Fry | Customers can request soy sauce while eating stir fry | -15% | 100 |
Main page: Starters, Sides, and Desserts
Sides are served alongside the Main, either individually or on the same plate. Additionally, customers will accept sides on a Main even if they did not order it, but they will not pay for the side.
Starters and Desserts introduce other optional courses, served separately from the Main. The number of Expected Groups is reduced for each new course added to the menu, in addition to the usual -15% indicated by the Card (-20% with two courses, and -33.3% with three).
Name | Prerequisite | Description | Eating Time | XP | |
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Broccoli Cheese Soup | Adds broccoli cheese soup as a starter | -15% | 1x | 100 | |
Carrot Soup | Adds carrot soup as a starter Takes a lot of effort, but each batch will serve multiple customers |
-15% | 1x | 100 | |
Meat Soup | Adds meat soup as a starter Takes a lot of effort, but each batch will serve multiple customers |
-15% | 1x | 100 | |
Pumpkin Soup | Adds pumpkin soup as a starter Takes a lot of effort, but each batch will serve multiple customers |
-15% | 1x | 100 | |
Tomato Soup | Adds tomato soup as a starter Takes a lot of effort, but each batch will serve multiple customers |
-15% | 1x | 100 | |
Bread | Adds bread as a starter | -15% | 1x | 100 | |
Christmas Crackers | Turkey | Adds Christmas Cracker as a starter | -15% | 1x | 100 |
Mandarin Starter | Adds mandarin orange as a starter | -15% | 1x | 100 | |
Pumpkin Seed | Adds roasted pumpkin seeds as a starter Freshly scooped |
-15% | 1x | 100 | |
Name | Prerequisite | Description | XP | |
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Bamboo | Adds bamboo as a side | -15% | 100 | |
Broccoli | Adds broccoli as a side Boil broccoli in water to create multiple portions at once |
-15% | 100 | |
Chips | Adds chips as a side Quick to make, but each portion must be made separately |
-15% | 100 | |
Corn on the Cob | Adds corn on the cob as a side | -15% | 100 | |
Mashed Potato | Adds mashed potato as a side Mashing potatoes takes a lot of work, make sure you prepare some in advance! |
-15% | 100 | |
Onion Rings | Adds onion rings as a side Quick to make, but each portion must be made separately |
-15% | 100 | |
Roast Potato | Adds roast potato as a side | -15% | 100 | |
Name | Prerequisite | Description | Eating Time | XP | |
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Apple Pies | Adds apple pie as a dessert Remember to bake your pastry first! |
-15% | 1x | 100 | |
Pumpkin Pies | Adds pumpkin pies as a dessert option A seasonal treat all year round |
-15% | 1x | 100 | |
Cherry Pie | Adds cherry pie as a dessert option | -15% | 1x | 100 | |
Cheese Board | Adds cheese board as a dessert. Up to three customers can share each A little bit of everything |
-15% | 1x | 100 | |
Ice Cream | Adds ice cream as a dessert Offer three flavours of ice cream as a dessert |
-15% | 1x | 100 | |
Name | Prerequisite | Blocked By | Description | XP | Notes | |
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Individual Dining | Medium Groups | -1 maximum group size The same people, they're just all eating alone now |
100 | Does not affect total number of customers (more, but smaller groups) | ||
Medium Groups | Individual Dining | +2 maximum group size +1 minimum group size Group up your customers into (probably) easier batches |
200 | Does not affect total number of customers (fewer, but larger groups) | ||
Large Groups | Medium Groups | +2 group size | 200 | Does not affect total number of customers (fewer, but larger groups). Increases both maximum and minimum Group Size by 2 | ||
Flexible Dining | Medium Groups | +1 maximum group size -1 minimum group size |
200 | Does not affect total number of customers (group vary in sizes) | ||
Morning Rush | Turbo | More customers at the start of each day | ➔ | 100 | Each Rush introduces +15% Expected Groups, which appear in a wave at the specified time of day, indicated on the timeline. The sum of all chosen Rush Cards is indicated by a '+x' after the Expected Groups number in the Preparation Phase. | |
Lunch Rush | Turbo | More customers in the middle of the day | ➔ | 100 | ||
Dinner Rush | Turbo | More customers shortly before closing | ➔ | 100 | ||
Herd Mentality | All customers come during rush times There's a queue? It MUST be good |
100 | Customers are split between three waves – Morning, Lunch, and Dinner. Unlike Rush Cards, does not introduce additional customers | |||
Advertising | 25% more customers | ➔ | 100 | +25% not listed at bottom of Card | ||
Advertising | Advertising | 25% more customers | ➔ | 100 | ||
All You Can Eat | Customers can order courses twice We've had one, yes, but what about second dinner? |
-30% | 100 | After eating a course, a customer group has a 25% chance to order the same course again before moving onto the next course or leaving the restaurant. Each group will do this at most once during their entire meal. | ||
Double Helpings | All You Can Eat | Increased chance of double orders Increased side, dessert and starter orders All this wonderful food! So little time! |
-15% | 100 | Also grants additional 3 per dish. Increase double orders, sides, dessert, and starter orders chance by 25% (for Order Chance calculation, see Starters, Sides, and Desserts) |
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Blindfolded Chefs | Process progress is hidden | 100 | Applies to all processes with progress bars (), but not desks | |||
Closing Time? | Customers can arrive after closing time If there's people eating, it must still be open |
➔ | 100 | Conditional – additional customers will only appear following a short grace period after closing time, if players have failed to clear all remaining customers within that window | ||
Discounts | Earn 25% less money | 100 | Included under 'Table Bonuses' in end-of-day Earnings | |||
Empathy | Customer patience is hidden | 100 | The patience of customers in the restaurant displays as an opaque box rather than a decreasing gauge. The box still starts flashing red when patience is low. Queue patience is not hidden by this card. | |||
Health and Safety | Customers are slowed by messes If only they'd brought their wellies |
100 | ||||
High Expectations | 20% less patience | 100 | Affects all patience, except the Waiting for Table patience from the Hosting Stand. | |||
High Quality | All processes 20% slower | 100 | Applies to , but not or desks | |||
High Standards | Salad | Food burns 100% faster | 100 | Only applies to appliances and food which can burn | ||
Instant Service | Coffee Shop | Customers order without waiting For service, please shout your order |
100 | Removes Service phase | ||
Leisurely Eating | Greatly increases customer eating time Delicious dishes need time to be enjoyed |
-15% | 100 | Increases Eating phase duration +300% (+300% more mess due to longer eating phase) | ||
Personalised Waiting | Allows customers to change their order Customers can change their order shortly after giving it |
100 | Change of order occurs after short, random interval upon entering Waiting for Food phase. Each customer group will change their order at most once per course, and this change will reset the group's patience. A group will not change their order if they have already received any part of their original order. | |||
Picky Eaters | Customers can leave food on their plates which must be thrown out Suddenly they're just not that hungry |
100 | Interact with any Trash Can or Bin to discard leftover food (cannot be automated) | |||
Photographic Memory | Customer orders are hidden when not nearby | 100 | A customer group is considered to be "nearby" when a player is within a 4-tile-wide square centered on the group's head table. | |||
Relaxed Atmosphere | Increased messes created by customers This is what mops were invented for |
100 | ||||
Sedate Atmosphere | Players walk slowly when near customers You wouldn't want to give them indigestion, would you? |
100 | -50% movement penalty while within 3 tiles and in same room as any customer (does not stack) | |||
Simplicity | Desks can only be used once per day | 100 | Each individual desk (Research, Discount, Copy) can only apply its effect to one Blueprint Cabinet each day. Multiple desks of the same type can be used once each, on different Cabinets. Used desks are marked with an 'X' | |||
Splash Zone | Messes are created in a wider area Why drop food when you can throw it? |
100 | Applies to messes created by customers and appliances, and wet spots created by the Sink and its upgrades | |||
Tipping Culture | Customers pay based on their remaining patience Slow service? I'll remember this |
100 | Lost Waiting for Food patience is deducted from original cost of dish | |||
Victorian Standards | Customers lose patience when looking at players | 200 | Table loses patience at rate of +300% while any player is within a limited-range cone of vision and in same room as any customer seated there (does not apply through Serving Windows). Only applies to Waiting for Table, Service, and Waiting for Food patience. Indicated by an eye icon while active | |||
Main page: Decorations
Upon reaching Day 6, players are prompted to choose one of two Theme Cards. The chosen theme determines the Decorations offered throughout the run, which provide various bonuses. It also carries over to any subsequent Franchise runs, so the Theme Card is only chosen once on the initial run.
Name | Description | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 |
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Affordable | Focus on serving customers as quickly as possible Sometimes it's not about luxury |
Decreased eating and time | Table consumables have a 50% chance to be reused | Halves time, but combines phase into |
Charming | Focus on making your customers feel welcome with a personal touch Standards aren't as important as feeling like a home away from home |
Increased patience | Patience decreases slower when player is near table | Customers will sit at tables before they are cleared |
Exclusive | Focus on making customers happy even to get inside your restaurant People will wait a long time for a destination restaurant |
Increased queue patience | Extra 1 per item delivered | Queues stop table patience decreasing |
Formal | Focus on high standards and expect the same from your customers It's just a business, after all |
Decreased mess | Bonus patience when delivering food | Tables create no mess |
Further information: Franchising
Upon completing Day 15, players are prompted to choose one of two Franchise Cards. If a Franchise is created from the restaurant at the end of the run, this will come into effect alongside all other chosen Cards on subsequent runs of that Franchise. Unlike the single Theme Card, players may accumulate multiple different Franchise Cards if they repeatedly surpass Day 15 with the same Franchise.
Name | Description | XP | Notes | |
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Bootstrapping | Start with two random free appliances | +30% | 100 | Specified appliance(s) appear as 0 Blueprints at start of run |
Grabber | Start with a Grabber | +30% | 100 | |
Wash Basin | Start with a Wash Basin | +30% | 100 | |
Coffee Tables | Shops offer coffee tables regularly | +30% | 100 | Specified appliance(s) are added to Staple Pool of blueprints for the entire run |
Conveyors | Shops offer conveyors regularly | +30% | 100 | |
Floor Protectors | Shops offer floor protectors regularly | +30% | 100 | |
Flower Pots | Shops offer flower pots regularly | +30% | 100 | |
Metal Table | Shops offer metal tables regularly | 100 | ||
Simple Cloth Table | Shops offer simple cloth tables regularly | 100 | ||
Loyal Customer | Receive a new blueprint when purchasing | +30% | 100 | Does not apply to Copies produced by Copying Desk |
Second Helpings | 50% chance that blueprints can be purchased again | +30% | 100 | |
Careful Accounting | Earn 50% more money | +30% | 100 | |
Catalogue | Shop offers an additional blueprint each day | +30% | 100 | |
Coupons | All blueprints cost 25% less | +30% | 100 | |
Double Homework | Gain two copies of blueprints from desks | +30% | 100 | Copies do not replace other Shop blueprints, but appear in addition to the usual quantity |
High Tech Suppliers | Shop blueprints have a 25% chance to be upgraded | +30% | 100 | Also applies to Rerolls |
Mandatory Tips | Earn a 2 bonus per customer served | +30% | 100 | |
Preparation Time | Customer start arriving slightly later | +30% | 100 | Indicated by blue bar on Customer Phase timeline |
Reincarnation | Lost extra lives regenerate each day | +30% | 100 | (see Extra Life) |
Savings | Start with 50 | +30% | 100 | |
Supplier Error | Shop costs are randomized | +30% | 100 | Costs range from 0–250 |
Variety | Bring an extra dish on future franchise runs | 100 | Introduces a new Recipe Card, chosen in Headquarters (may be selected up to six times) | |
As of Release 0.18.0, the following Franchise Cards are no longer offered, but may still be present in runs prior to this update. Many have since been reworked into Customer Cards.
Name | Description | XP |
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Focus | Food burns 50% faster | 200 |
Renown | 30% increased customers | 200 |
Simplicity | Desks can only be used once per day | 200 |
Variety | Add a new dish | 200 |
Quality | All processes 20% slower | 200 |
Expectation | 20% less patience | 200 |
Discount | 25% less money | 200 |
Expansion | +2 group size | 200 |
Main page: Restaurant Settings
Setting Cards are exclusive to a particular Event Setting, chosen alongside a floorplan in the Headquarters.
Name | Setting | Description | XP | |
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Community | Autumn | Group size increases by 1 every 3 days (or every 10 days in Overtime) Everyone's welcome! |
-15% | 200 |
Flower Pots | Romantic | Shops offer flower pots regularly | 50 | |
Turbo | Turbo | New card each day, bigger shops, cheaper blueprints More customers, customers come in rushes |
50 | |
Coffee Shop | Coffee Shop | Customers have less patience, but order instantly and leave less mess | 50 | |
Group Cards introduce new types of customers with unique characteristics. Each group of normal customers arriving at the restaurant has a chance to be replaced by a special group, which can be identified by their particle effects.
Groups are currently exclusive to the Romantic setting for the Valentines 2023 Event.
Name | Prerequisite | Description | XP | |
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Couples | Demanding 25% less and Together 50% less Increases all queue patience by 25% |
100 | ||
Double Dates | Couples | Couples can now come in groups of 4 Increases all queue patience by 25% |
100 | |
First Dates | Couples | Demanding 25% less and Together 50% less Hit or Miss Randomised thinking and eating times Increases all queue patience by 25% |
100 | |