Cooking Fest Cooking Games Reviews

So I did the actions that are supposed to add bonus diamonds to my account (linking FB, following on FB, inviting a friend), etc., and the bonus diamonds are never awarded.

Also reached achievements that award coins and/or diamonds (50 cola served, 150 burgers served, 150 omelette served, I have tons of them!) but no matter how many times I press the CLAIM button for my rewards, nothing happens. Also tried different areas to press - still no luck.

The developers need to wake up and pay attention.

The game is really fun but it is very discouraging and takes away from the fun the fact that most of the upgrades take gems and we hardly to never get any with gameplay. None of the achievements so far that I see award gems and even on the bonus 5th levels I haven’t received any. The game should be fair for both paying and nonpaying players. I would be more likely to support the Devs financially if the gems were able to be earned. Also there are way too many ads which also takes away from fun. I recently downloaded CookingFest and it might end up deleted due to these 2 things.

I love these types of games and don’t mind the ads as I know they have a purpose. However, I don’t love having to pay to upgrade the equipment just to keep up with the levels in the very first kitchen. I understand about “in game purchases”, but seriously- you can’t even get one extra pan without gems which you don’t earn, you purchase. You should be able to earn at least some gems. Perhaps earning 1 gem for every level beaten. And certain levels you could earn extras by earning 3 stars. Deleting this one as there are plenty like it that don’t want to charge me a fortune just to play. Too bad because the game play is fun.

You earn a few gems while playing the first restaurant, but then it costs 20-35 gems to unlock a new restaurant (depending on which one you unlock) so it’s literally impossible to move on unless you pay for gems. I refuse to do that so unfortunately I uninstalled the game. The game also crashed a lot and would get slow and lag sometimes and I’d have to close CookingFest and reopen.

This game is okay - nothing wonderful. Not much different than a lot of other apps. I tried a few levels of the burger restaurant and it is very repetitive. You cook the same things over and over. You don't get to add things like lettuce or tomato to the burgers to make it a little more challenging. And just a note - I personally think the girl's face on CookingFest cover page is kind of creepy. I would consider changing that

I have played so many cooking and time management apps, but your is by far, the most annoying app I have seen in a long time. You can’t upgrade equipment with buying diamonds and make your customers watch endless double ads to get extra coins only to find out that you also need huge amount of diamonds that you have to purchase. This is ridiculous and wish you would fix this and develop new apps. I also hope others read this before they download it to save them the aggravation that I experienced.

I have been playing this game for a few weeks. I kept hoping it would provide a way to get gems without purchasing them, but to no avail. There are a lot of games that provide gems for rewards, but this is not one. I enjoy the game but it is difficult to advance without gems to improve the game play. I will be deleting this game to play other games that meet the needs for rewards.

This game is on the right track, but doesn’t quite make it. I don’t mind the ads, and I get that Taney want to ‘tempt’ you to buy things, but this game doesn’t allow you to earn the basics that you need to progress in the game. For example: in the first kitchen, you can’t buy an upgrade on the hamburger grill without gems and it is impossible to collect gems.... and the levels very quickly require you to cook more burgers- which you can’t do without adding grills. There are plenty of games like this out there that let you win gems and coins so that you may purchase them if you want to progress faster, but not forcing you like this game does. Save your money!

I have addressed this before. I don’t know what’s going on with the levels, but something isn’t right!! I am not losing customers; I’m doing everything I am supposed to be doing, and I still cannot get passed (2) Stars!! I have been stuck on Level-8 for weeks! I’ve Upgraded and I’ve purchased “gems” on more than one occasion, but nothing has changed- NO PROGRESS!!
I refuse to continue to give my hard-earned money to this game when it is obvious that something is very wrong!!

I agree with some of the other reviews regarding the lack of gems. I love this game so far but will not continue to shell out gems to play. If some upgrades aren’t made soon to earn more gems, I will just stop playin and delete this game and continue with other games I already have that keep u coming back by allowing to upgrade without always having to pay. I’m only rating this a three due to the greediness by not giving more gems.

Im giving three stars to this game only because when it gave a way to earn free diamonds by sharing the post on Facebook I did so I did so like several times and no diamonds has come as of yet but yet I have this cooking game shared and liked on my page ... I have kept up my end of the deal why can't you all do the same... Plus its a tone of commercials that's nerve racking... Please just send my diamonds please thanks .... I would have emailed u personally but had no wag to get in contact with you all but through here

I agree with the other person!!! U have to pay to get the gems you need and that’s wrong. There’s many games out there that don’t require you to pay unless u want to finish the game quicker but eventually gives you what u need to continue playing. I’m stuck because I have 6 gems and can’t buy the other restaurants and I haven’t fully upgraded the first restaurant!!! And yes way too many ads!!! I will be deleting this game too if changes are made soon!!!

Not enough coins and gems, you can’t upgrade anything because you only give out 2 gems at a time, and then you have to watch another commercial in order to get 2 more and the second upgrade needs 30 gems along with 500 coins it will take forever to make an upgrade, kinds of stinks

There needs to be less gems involved in getting upgrades. 30 gems for a frying pan is a bit much since you incur them so slowly.

I passed all levels with three stars and to unlock a new level I have to pay for the 300 or so gems to continue to play. The game is fun but I don’t want to pay for them. I thought that was the point of ads to help pay for games

Well I just started this game but I am already finding a few things wrong! First the bonus are really not bonuses and you do not get gems which you need so you have to pay for them so to me there are plenty of games that you earn gems as rewards! You should treat all players equal paying or not paying! I have bought rewards for coins and gems just to play!!! Also there are way to many ads!!! There is no reason for so many ads and the ads come up when you are getting your bonuses! It would be a real nice game if you could make a few changes if not I will be deleting this game

It would be nice to earn more gems or get more free gems. Also, I think if we get three stars on all levels we should be able to advance to the next cooking level instead of having to pay 25 gems or more to move on. If we want to move on without getting three stars on all levels then we can pay with the gems.

This is a great game but it would be so much better if there was an easier way to get diamonds to upgrade things. You can’t call it a free game if you are going to charge people just to keep playing it. I’ve played it before and deleted it because it wanted me to pay for diamonds to upgrade. I will play again until I get to that point or until changes are made.

I played this game like a couple days ago and it’s been a little bit hard because you have to wait for the things to cook but I upgrade my stuff and it’s been a little bit more easier but hopefully it’s going to be easier when I upgrade everything,and why the hamburger pans cost gems?

The gems are I think are hard is because,there are two choices, you can login to Facebook and get a couple of gems and stuff like that,or you buy gems,but I don’t want any of these options.

I love cooking games and am proud to see that you don’t have to have gems to purchase everything. Keep it that way please but with every bonus give some gems along with coins. That way you can earn gems as well as coins.

To get anywhere in the game, you need stars. They have to be purchased. This can get expensive. I love playing this game, but I don’t know how long I can afford it!