Costly

I enjoyed this game and it was entertaining. It was “technically” free. But it’s really very cheap when it comes to rewards. It gives you one or two diamonds at a time and yet the upgrades are costly so if you want to continue to higher stages, you will eventually have to invest. Naturally, it’s good revenue for the app developer. But it could get pricy for us players since the “tricks” or extra moves that will earn you the Boosters only get you 2 diamonds. After reaching my budget, it is no longer fun. I got to stage 364 and now I’m done. Also, they change currencies when you reach certain stages. So you’re back to $0 at that point, which is such a cheat. They let you keep the boosters but your cash changes? So all money earned in previous stages do not transfer to this “new restaurant”. In which case, you will have to pay if you want to move on because the upgrade cost is high but winning a level at these early stages only gets you 200 or so. Second, diamond rewards are low but you have to pay 67 diamonds to extend 30 seconds or add more customers. Who came up with this? Really? I am pretty sure I have already spent about $100 at this point. Now I’m done since what I spent money on before is now useless. I’ll just go back to the earlier stages if I want to play this game again. But I’m no longer interested in moving forward. Thanks for the time.

Uniquely challenging restaurant game

(*Update: I’m at level 519, and it’s officially too hard, haha. I’m finally out of free gems to buy boosters. I haven’t spent a penny on this game. Sad to throw in the towel. It was a nice little app to challenge my mind when I needed a break from the daily grind.) I really like this one! I like that there are different challenges to pass the levels, like serving the most dishes before the time runs out or making the most tip money from a limited amount of customers. It makes things much more interesting. The use of combos and “likes” is a unique twist. Be strategic about the way you spend your gems! Some levels need the right upgrade in order to win, and if your gems are gone, you’re out of luck unless you buy or earn more. Fortunately, there are plenty of free ways to earn gems. I haven’t had a reason to spend money yet! I’ve played this for several weeks now as my go-to for blowing off steam. I wish there was a way to purchase the game to remove ads. You can pay for an allotted time of unlimited play. I haven’t tried it, so I’m not sure if it removes the ads for that time. I usually just play until my five lives run out. Sometimes I’ll watch an add for an extra life if I run out too quickly. It lets you watch for up to five extra lives in a 24hr period. Pretty good for a free app!

Money hungry

This game is great. It’s fun. But does it’s best to give you a run for your money. The purple jewels you need are needed to get any kind of booster. And of course the boosters cost 100 gems. And you barely win or earn enough to ever be able to purchase a booster. The time to get more energy to keep playing the game is too long in my opinion. And the amount of time you get to actually attempt to pass the level is nearly impossible if you don’t have the support of a booster. Running out of time or running out of customers is very irritating. Especially when you need to try and pass the level to win a key to unlock the next few levels to play. Understandably the game is meant to be more difficult the more you level up. But if you don’t purchase the expensive packages with boosters and gems. You barely get to go far in this game. And the packages only come with one booster each. And only 100 gems. Which is the lowest costing package at $2. Which is pricey when you barely get anything useful in return. I think they should take away the energy bar and just allow people unlimited play. And make boosters be available to buy with the coins you make or lower the cost of gems it takes to be able to purchase a booster. And it only allows you to join a group and ask for energy once. It won’t allow me to join another group to ask for energy.

Costly and the game cheats you!

I loved this game at first and it is very addicting but also very costly! I have spent so much money on this game it’s ridiculous. No more, never again, especially when you don’t get all the points you deserve when you serve the customers. On some levels you get a point for each item you serve but then on other levels you don’t! Why is this? I know it’s just a greedy way for the developers to make money but this is absurd! I can have customers lined up to get their food and then when I serve them I don’t get the points deserved. Like if I have 3 customers and they each have 3 items a piece which should add up to 9 points I may only get 4. This is cheating and also like giving away free food! No restaurant in real life would do this! I know it’s only a game but you all can be fair and give gamers the points they deserve when they serve the customers. I beat a level that I needed a 1050 points on but couldn’t beat a level that only needed 36 points! This again is absurd and awfully greedy of you all! I do spend money and a lot of it but don’t force me to because you aren’t giving me the points I deserve. Why are you all so money hungry!

so upset

such a good game!!! you did so well i literally love it. i’ve played over 400 levels and im addicted it’s become a part of my life. HOWEVER- a lot of the levels are literally just impossible to pass without spending in game “diamonds” and i think that’s dumb. the levels im complaining about are the ones where the objectives are linked and like correspond to each other but don’t match or line up so that it’s possible to win the level. like when you have a certain amount of customers to get a certain amount of money, and i’ve already fully upgraded my kitchen, i accidentally once used two boosters (the temperature one and the instant cooking one) and still with the number of the customers and their orders it was impossible to beat the level because the customers and their dishes just didn’t bring in enough revenue to beat the level, so at this point you can either skip the level (you cant if it’s a keycard level), pay 67 diamonds to continue playing the level (why do i have to pay so much when the level is literally rigged against me?), or use a double profit, which costs 100 diamonds if you don’t have one already. at the very most i should have to watch an ad to continue these levels, or maybe the devs could just make it playable? when in the history of ever has it been okay to produce a game that is so obviously and blatantly impossible?

Cooking Madness is driving me crazy!

I enjoy playing this game, to a point, but then I hated it. It's just another scam, designed to part fools from their money - LOTS of their money. If they wanted to charge me $15 to buy their game, then let me go my happy way to play it, I would happily do so -but they want to make it so every few levels, it is impossible to move on, unless you buy their super powers - over and over and over. NO game is worth all they are trying to get! This is ridiculous! I don’t mind watching a couple of ads here and there to earn boosts - and completing challenges that are difficult but doable to earn them is fine, too… but NO game is worth paying every single day (what they WANT - NOT what I do!) just to play for a little bit! Most days I just play for a little while, then quit when it wants to charge me to play on… but today, I was finally beating the level I’ve been stuck on for weeks, and the stupid game cheated me! In the Valentine challenge, I am constantly beating 6, 7, and occasionally 8, then running out of time on 9 and getting busted back down to 6… but today, I was actually killing it on 9, and the stupid game glitched on me, and no matter how many times I tried to take my hearts out of the oven, the ovens would not open. I give up. Not worth the frustration. The designer has a potentially good game here, but greed has ruined it.

Reset progress—Revised

Revision: Reached out to game developer. They emailed me back some very helpful information!! I had also forgotten to use my accumulated gems to purchase boosts. Thank you, game developer, for quickly responding and helping :) I’m back playing this game again, and I’m grateful. Enjoy, everyone! Previous review: Have really enjoyed this game until recently. I’ve reached a level that I can’t pass. I avoid ads, so watching them to gain gems to purchase the boosts I would need is illogical and impractical. I miss the days when I would reach a level I couldn’t pass in Atari 2600’s Frostbite, die, and simply have to restart at the beginning. At least I could play the game still, successfully passing levels! There’s a note in the Help Section in the game that states they have no way to reset your progress. If you delete your game and reinstall it, it’s still saved and comes back onto your device at the same level you were unable to beat. I don’t even have the game backed up, but the developer apparently does :( So.. I have to locate another game to download and quit playing this one, since you cannot begin again at the beginning.

Fun but I’m Mad.

This game is pretty fun and I was cruising along enjoying myself but here comes level 22 and I literally can’t pass it because I keep being told I need more customers. So I can’t figure out if it’s because I’m too slow or if I’d run out regardless. But honestly I feel like I do a pretty good job. I’m filling all the orders, no one has walked away. The only level I’ve failed so far was level 6 of the valentine levels. So back to the customers I need: the only way to get more customers? Pay 67 gems for them. Guess what else? I don’t have enough gems. I’ve played this level like 5 times now. I started out like 20 or more gems short. I have watched ads and I get 2 gems per ad. How many ads do I have to watch? And then what happens on the next level? Do I need to pay for more customers again? This makes me mad because I’m basically being forced to pay real money to get more gems or else I can’t advance in the game. Now don’t get me wrong, I’m happy to pay for in-app purchases WHEN I WANT TO. But NOT because I’m forced to in order to play the game. Disappointed because I was having fun. DEVELOPER: People will pay money for this game regardless. Don’t force us to do it. I would have kept playing and I would have eventually spent money. Now? You lost me.

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